Indiana 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0236
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/17/23
Engrossed
1/24/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
3/28/23
Enrolled
4/4/23
Passed
5/4/23
Chaptered
5/4/23
Passed
5/4/23
Learner's permits. Provides that, to obtain a learner's permit, an individual who is less than 18 years of age must provide the bureau of motor vehicles with an emergency contact person who is not the holder of the learner's permit to be listed in the Indiana emergency contact data base for the individual who holds the learner's permit.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0237
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Medical cannabis. Establishes a medical marijuana program (program), and permits caregivers and patients who have received a physician recommendation to possess a certain quantity of marijuana for treatment of certain medical conditions. Establishes a regulatory agency to oversee the program, and creates the regulatory agency advisory committee to review the effectiveness of the program and to consider recommendations from the regulatory agency. Authorizes the regulatory agency to grant research licenses to research facilities with a physical presence in Indiana. Repeals the controlled substance excise tax and the marijuana eradication program. Makes conforming amendments.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0238
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Child and dependent care tax credit. Provides a refundable child and dependent care tax credit to taxpayers whose adjusted gross income for the taxable year is not more than 250% of the federal poverty level. Provides that the credit is equal to the lesser of: (1) an amount ranging from $200 to $1,000, depending on the extent to which the taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds the federal poverty level; or (2) 20% of the taxpayer's employment related expenses.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0239
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Bone marrow donor recruitment program. Requires, rather than allows, the Indiana department of health to establish the bone marrow donor recruitment program. Requires money in the bone marrow and organ donor fund to be used to implement and administer the bone marrow donor recruitment program.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0240
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
False reporting. Specifies that a law enforcement officer who, knowing that information is false or misleading, includes the false or misleading information in a police report commits false informing, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0241
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/17/23
Engrossed
1/24/23
Refer
2/7/23
Reporting requirements for electric vehicles. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to submit a report annually to the Indiana utility regulatory commission that includes information regarding the number of electric vehicles registered by county.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0242
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/23/23
Engrossed
2/1/23
Refer
2/28/23
Report Pass
3/23/23
Enrolled
4/18/23
Passed
5/4/23
Chaptered
5/4/23
Passed
5/4/23
Floodplain mapping. Repeals the requirement that local floodplain administrators use the "best floodplain mapping data" as provided by the department of natural resources (department) and located on the Indiana Floodplain Information Portal when reviewing an application for a permit to authorize construction in or near a floodplain. Provides that, after June 30, 2023, a county or municipality may not issue a permit for construction activity in or near a floodplain unless the permit applicant is allowed to elect whether the local floodplain administrator will use: (1) the department's "best floodplain mapping data"; or (2) an engineering study provided by the permit applicant; in reviewing the permit application. Prohibits a local floodplain administrator from issuing a permit authorizing a structure or construction activity in or near a floodplain if the issuance of the permit will violate National Flood Insurance Program requirements. Provides that, after June 30, 2025, an individual may not serve as the floodplain administrator of a county or municipality unless the individual has successfully completed: (1) the Certified Floodplain Manager program of the Association of State Floodplain Managers; or (2) another course or training program for local floodplain managers that is approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the department. Provides that a person that has: (1) an ownership interest; (2) a leasehold interest; or (3) a security interest; in a parcel of real property may at any time request a review by the department of the department's "best floodplain mapping data" that applies to the parcel of real property. Requires the department to conduct the review at no cost to the person requesting the review and to use a detailed hydrologic modeling method in conducting the review. Provides that: (1) if the person requesting the review has applied to a local floodplain administrator for a permit authorizing the construction of a structure or other construction activity on the parcel of real property; and (2) the department does not complete the review within 120 days after the review was requested; the person may elect whether the local floodplain administrator, in reviewing the person's permit application, will use the department's "best floodplain mapping data" or an engineering study provided by the person. Provides that, in the disclosure form that is adopted by the Indiana real estate commission and that must be submitted to a prospective buyer of real estate before the prospective buyer's offer is accepted, the owner of real estate must disclose the fact that all or a portion of the owner's real estate is located within a community's floodplain boundaries, as indicated in a Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate Map, if the owner has personal knowledge of that fact.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0243
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/15/23
Refer
2/28/23
State spending report for taxpayers. Requires the department of state revenue (department) to annually provide each resident individual taxpayer who paid adjusted gross income taxes in the immediately previous taxable year a taxpayer receipt statement in an electronic format explaining how the individual taxpayer's taxes are being used. Requires the department, in consultation with the budget agency, to create and administer an Internet web page on which individual taxpayers may access an estimate of the allocation of their adjusted gross income taxes to various expenditure categories for the most recent state fiscal year based on the adjusted gross income taxes paid by the taxpayer. Specifies the information that the must be provided on the web page. Requires the department to include a link to the web page on the Indiana individual income tax return, Form IT-40.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0244
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Surety bond for home improvement suppliers. Amends the statute governing residential real property improvement contracts (statute) to provide that before entering into a real property improvement contract (contract) after June 30, 2023, and throughout the duration of the contract, a real property improvement supplier (supplier) must be covered by a surety bond in the amount of $50,000. Provides that the bond must be payable to the state and must secure the payment of restitution to a person aggrieved by a violation of the statute by the supplier. Provides that the terms of a contract entered into after June 30, 2023, between a supplier and a consumer must include the name of the issuer of the supplier's bond, along with the bond number or similar identifier. Amends provisions concerning a consumer's right to cancel a contract to provide that a consumer may cancel a contract before midnight on the third business day after the latest of the following occurs: (1) The date the contract is signed by the consumer and the supplier. (2) If applicable, the date the consumer receives written notice from the consumer's insurance company as to whether all or any part of the consumer's claim or the contract is a covered loss. (3) For a contract entered into after June 30, 2023, the date the supplier provides the consumer with the name of the issuer of the supplier's required bond, along with the bond number or similar identifier. (Current law provides that a consumer may cancel a contract before midnight on the third business day after the later of the following: (1) The date the contract is signed by the consumer and the supplier. (2) If applicable, the date the consumer receives written notice from the consumer's insurance company as to whether all or any part of the consumer's claim or the contract is a covered loss.)
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0245
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Public transportation projects. Provides that there shall be no dedicated lanes for any portion of a public street that is located outside of the one square mile area surrounding Monument Circle at the intersection of Meridian Street and Market Street in the city of Indianapolis for the exclusive use of public transit vehicles. Provides an exception for certain rapid transit lines. Defines the term "blue line". Provides that bonds may not be used to fund a dedicated lane for any portion of a public street that is located outside of the one square mile area.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0246
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/23/23
Engrossed
3/1/23
Refer
3/6/23
Report Pass
3/30/23
Report Pass
4/6/23
Enrolled
4/12/23
Passed
5/4/23
Chaptered
5/4/23
Passed
5/4/23
Excess liability trust fund. Defines "aboveground storage tank" as a tank or combination of tanks that is at least 90% above the surface of the ground, that has a capacity of more than 1,500 gallons but not more than 20,000 gallons, and that is used for the bulk storage and distribution of motor fuel to retailers or used at an airport. Changes the name of the underground petroleum storage excess liability fund to the "petroleum storage excess liability fund" (ELTF). Changes the name of the underground storage tank financial assurance board to the "petroleum storage tank financial assurance board" (financial assurance board). Transfers, from the state fire marshal and the fire prevention and building safety commission to the department of environmental management (department) and the environmental rules board, the authority to issue certificates for people who install, test, or decommission underground or aboveground storage tanks. Transfers rules concerning the certification program. Authorizes the use of the ELTF to provide a source of money to satisfy liabilities for corrective action involving aboveground storage tanks. Authorizes the use of the ELTF to provide reimbursement of 50% of costs of decommissioning or replacing underground petroleum storage tanks subject to certain conditions, but limits the total amounts that can be paid from the ELTF each year for this purpose. Requires the financial assurance board to adopt: (1) rules concerning this reimbursement program; and (2) rules under which ELTF eligibility and funding may be reopened for a release previously granted "no further action" status by the department. Provides that a subsequent owner of a property on which a restrictive covenant has been placed because of soil or water contamination due to a leaking underground or aboveground storage tank is eligible for reimbursement from the ELTF of remediation expenses if the tank was registered and all annual fees for the tank were paid before the eligible release. Provides that the commissioner of the department (commissioner) may not: (1) issue an order to secure compliance; or (2) proceed in court; to require the owner or operator of an underground storage tank to undertake corrective action with respect to a release of petroleum until the commissioner has received and reviewed the initial site characterization of the site of the release. Provides that, if a quantity of the released petroleum remains or may remain underground at a site, the commissioner is prohibited from: (1) requesting that the owner or operator execute a restrictive covenant applying to the site; (2) making a determination of no further action being required at the site; or (3) approving closure of the site; unless the commissioner has received and reviewed the initial site characterization, but allows the commissioner to require the owner or operator to undertake corrective action at the site before reviewing the initial site characterization in case of a threat to human health or the environment. Establishes requirements for initial site characterizations. Provides that a qualified environmental professional, upon behalf of a tank owner, may request a waiver of the initial site characterization requirements and suggest an alternative procedure. Provides that the fee for the inspection of gasoline or kerosene: (1) applies to "avgas" (aviation fuel used in piston engine powered aircraft) in the same manner and to the same extent as it applies to gasoline; and (2) applies to jet fuel in the same manner and to the same extent as it applies to kerosene. Establishes an aviation fuel account (account) within the ELTF and requires that the inspection fees on avgas and jet fuel be deposited in the account. Provides that the account may be used only for financial responsibility, corrective action, third party indemnification, and administration expenses related to avgas and jet fuel.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0247
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Carbon sequestration. Provides that a carbon sequestration project may not be undertaken unless the project is approved by the county legislative body (for a project located in the unincorporated area of a county) or the city or town legislative body (for a project located in a city or town).
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0248
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Refer
2/7/23
Driving privilege cards. Provides that an individual who is an Indiana resident and cannot provide proof of identity and lawful status in the United States may apply for a driving privilege card to obtain driving privileges. Sets forth the requirements to obtain a driving privilege card. Provides that a driving privilege card may not be used as identification for any state or federal purpose other than to confer driving privileges, for the purpose of voting, or to verify employment. Requires an individual who holds a driving privilege card and operates a motor vehicle to verify and continuously maintain financial responsibility on any motor vehicle operated by the individual who holds the driving privilege card in the amount required by law. Provides that the bureau of motor vehicles may not disclose certain information unless presented with a lawful court order or judicial warrant. Requires an applicant for a driving privilege card or driving privilege card renewal to sign up for selective service. Makes conforming amendments. Makes technical corrections.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0249
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Refer
1/31/23
INDOT InCORS funding. Appropriates $900,000 to the Indiana department of transportation (INDOT) for the biennium beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2025, to be used by the land survey department of INDOT's land and aerial survey office to upgrade Indiana continuously operating reference stations (InCORS) that provide global navigation satellite system carrier phase and code range measurements in support of three-dimensional positioning activities throughout Indiana.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0250
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Short line railroad tax credit. Allows a taxpayer to claim a credit against state income tax liability for certain qualified railroad expenditures and qualified new rail infrastructure expenditures. Specifies the amount of the credit. Limits the total amount of credits that may be allowed in a state fiscal year to: (1) $9,500,000 for qualified railroad expenditures; and (2) $10,000,000 for qualified new rail infrastructure expenditures.