Indiana 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0282
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Indiana motor vehicle board. Changes the name of the motor vehicle sales advisory board to the Indiana motor vehicle board (board). Fixes board membership at 11 persons appointed to the board. Provides that four appointed members must represent the general public and must not have any direct interest in the manufacture or sale of motor vehicles, but must have experience with, or knowledge of, the motor vehicle industry. Provides that if there is a vacancy on the board, the governor may appoint upon the recommendation of the secretary a member who represents the general public. Provides that an unfilled vacancy on the board does not impair the right of the board from exercising the powers of the board. Provides that a member of the board may not participate in a vote on a proceeding of the board in which the member has a financial or other vested interest. Provides that a member of the board may participate in and vote only on a proceeding in which the member has general interest in the outcome. Sets forth the powers of the board to enforce certain causes of action. Provides for a private right of action for a consumer or motor vehicle dealer against a manufacturer, a distributor, or a motor vehicle dealer subject to a proceeding of the board.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0283
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
2/6/23
Engrossed
2/14/23
Refer
2/28/23
Report Pass
4/4/23
Report Pass
4/11/23
Enrolled
4/18/23
Passed
5/4/23
Chaptered
5/4/23
Passed
5/4/23
Marion County road funding. Provides that at least 65% of the funds distributed to a county containing a consolidated city from the motor vehicle highway account (MVHA) shall be used for the construction, reconstruction, and preservation of highways by the county and the consolidated city respectively. (Current law provides that at least 50% of the funds distributed to a county or a municipality from the MVHA is to be used for the construction, reconstruction, and preservation of the county or municipality's highways.) Provides that, for purposes of determining the right of the consolidated city to receive a distribution of money from the MVHA based on population, the population of all the territory of the consolidated city is considered its population. Provides that, beginning in calendar year 2024, the consolidated city must use: (1) the entire amount distributed to the consolidated city from the MVHA that is attributable to the consolidated city's population in Wayne, Pike, and Decatur townships not included in the population of the fire special service district; and (2) an appropriation that is the greater of $8,000,000 or the amount of the distribution from the MVHA that is attributable to the consolidated city's population in Wayne, Pike, and Decatur townships not included in the population of the fire special service district in the previous year; for the construction, reconstruction, and preservation of the consolidated city's local streets and alleys. Requires the Indiana department of transportation (department) to: (1) conduct a study, with advisement from the consolidated city, to determine the asset condition of the consolidated city's former state highways; (2) appear before the interim study committee on roads and transportation during the 2023 legislative interim to provide testimony on the department's findings and observations from the study; and (3) not later than November 1, 2023, report the department's findings and observations to the interim study committee on roads and transportation.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0284
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
2/23/23
Engrossed
3/1/23
Refer
3/6/23
Report Pass
3/30/23
Prosecuting attorneys. Removes the attorney general's concurrent criminal jurisdiction in certain cases. Establishes a prosecutor review board. Establishes a special prosecutor unit as a division of the prosecuting attorneys council of Indiana (IPAC) to: (1) take special prosecutor appointments; (2) increase the number of qualified special prosecutors; and (3) exercise concurrent criminal jurisdiction with a prosecuting attorney if authorized by the prosecutor review board. Establishes the Indiana prosecuting attorney commission as a division of IPAC to: (1) make recommendations to the general assembly concerning staffing for prosecuting services; (2) adopt guidelines and standards for attorney services; and (3) provide reimbursement to counties for expenses incurred in connection with attorney services. Makes conforming amendments.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0285
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Powers of the general assembly. Provides that a session of the general assembly shall adjourn sine die not later than November 1 of the year in which it convenes. Provides that the sessions of the general assembly are considered to adjourn sine die, by operation of law, on November 1 of each year, if the general assembly has not adjourned sine die on an earlier date of that year. Provides that the "prohibited period" during which campaign fundraising may not occur by candidates for election to the general assembly and for state offices ends on the earlier of: (1) May 1; or (2) the date the budget bill for the following budget period is approved by the governor. (Under current law, the prohibited period ends the day the general assembly adjourns sine die in an odd-numbered year.) Provides that, unless otherwise specifically provided by a statute to the contrary, an executive order issued by the governor expires 30 calendar days after the executive order is issued. Provides that a state of disaster emergency declared by the governor may not continue for longer than 30 days unless the state of disaster emergency is specifically renewed by a statute enacted by the general assembly. Provides that certain health orders issued by political subdivisions expire 30 days after they are issued. Repeals the statutes providing for technical sessions and the emergency sessions statute.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0286
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Refer
1/26/23
Report Pass
2/23/23
Engrossed
3/1/23
Refer
3/6/23
Report Pass
3/16/23
Enrolled
3/22/23
Passed
4/20/23
Chaptered
4/20/23
Passed
4/20/23
Credit time. Permits a person placed on pretrial home detention to earn accrued time and good time credit in the same manner as other persons on home detention, but provides that specified misconduct will result in the deprivation of all credit time earned on pretrial home detention. Amends the sentencing guidelines for a habitual offender.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0287
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Refer
1/26/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/28/23
Report Pass
3/16/23
Enrolled
3/28/23
Passed
4/20/23
Chaptered
4/20/23
Passed
4/20/23
Various probate and trust matters. Provides that a person may sign a form of living will declaration or a form of life prolonging procedures will declaration in the presence of a notary public. Removes nonconforming language in a petition for administration statute. Clarifies the service requirements for certain probate notices. Provides that a testator or a testator's agent may send written notice of the existence of a will to certain persons. Provides that if a testator's will includes a provision exercising a power of appointment, the testator or the testator's agent may notify certain persons of the existence of the will. Provides that a written notice of the existence of a will contains certain information. Provides for a procedure to contest certain wills. Provides that if a notice to contest the validity of a trust pertains to a trust created by a settlor who is still living, a complete copy of the trust instrument must be sent with the notice to each recipient. Sets forth certain complaint and notice requirements if a trust is being contested. Allows a court to increase, decrease, or waive the bond amount that: (1) a nonresident personal representative; or (2) a personal representative who becomes a nonresident; is to file in order to administer an unsupervised estate. Sets forth the requirements for: (1) a verified petition for a confidential health disclosure order; and (2) the court procedures after the verified petition is filed. Provides that if a settlor revokes a revocable trust and the trustee does not deliver the trust property, the remaining trust property becomes part of the revoking settlor's probate estate. Provides that certain grantors are entitled to reimbursement from a trust for certain taxes. Provides that an individual may execute certain authority for an application for public benefits on behalf of the individual. Sets forth requirements for the enforcement of a portability agreement contained within a premarital agreement or postmarital agreement. Makes conforming and clarifying changes. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the probate code study commission.)
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0288
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Damages in wrongful death actions. Removes certain damage limitations in a wrongful death action if the act or omission that caused the death constituted a criminal act or certain tortious acts.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0289
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Review of distribution of federal pandemic funds. Provides that each state agency directly receiving federal: (1) pandemic relief funds; (2) economic stimulus funds; or (3) loan funds; shall use a portion of the funds allocated to engage an independent third party firm to perform a risk assessment of the agency's controls in administering the use of the funds and to audit the disbursement of the funds. Provides that the auditor of state (auditor) shall engage internal or third party assistance to perform a risk assessment of executive branch agency internal controls for administering and disbursing federal: (1) pandemic relief funds; (2) economic stimulus funds; or (3) loan funds. Provides that upon engaging internal or third party assistance, the auditor shall consult with the state board of accounts and executive branch agencies that are conducting similar risk assessments or audits of federal funds regarding the scope of work being performed by the state board of accounts and executive branch agencies. Provides that before December 31 of each year, the auditor shall compile the auditor's findings and provide a report to the governor and to the legislative council. Appropriates to the auditor $500,000 from the coronavirus local fiscal relief funds made available to the state under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0290
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/17/23
Engrossed
1/25/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
3/21/23
Report Pass
3/30/23
Enrolled
4/5/23
Passed
5/1/23
Chaptered
5/1/23
Passed
5/1/23
BMV disclosure of personal information. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles (BMV) to disclose to the department of veterans' affairs (department) certain personal information included on an application form for a disabled Hoosier veteran license plate, a Purple Heart license plate, a Hoosier veteran license plate, a support our troops license plate, and an Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal license plate unless the applicant makes an affirmative statement against the disclosure. Sets forth the purposes for which the personal information may be used by the department. Requires the BMV to annually provide a report to the budget committee that includes: (1) the amount of revenue received in the calendar year in exchange for the disclosure of personal information or data to any person or entity; and (2) detailed, specific information on the BMV's use, or intended use, of the revenue.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0291
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Life insurance matters. Provides that, after a life insurance policy is issued, the insurer that issued the policy shall not materially change: (1) the method of calculating the cash surrender value of the policy; or (2) any other regulated benefit of the policy; in a manner that was not specified in the policy when the policy was issued. Requires the insurance commissioner: (1) to disapprove an endorsement filed by the insurer that issued a life insurance policy if the endorsement would modify the method of calculating the cash surrender value of the policy; and (2) to rescind any approval of an endorsement allowing the modification of the method of calculating a life insurance policy's cash surrender that was granted before July 1, 2023, as having been inconsistent with law at the time the endorsement was granted. Allows an insurer to require an individual applying for a life insurance policy to provide any information known to the individual that is pertinent to the longevity risk posed by the individual, including information resulting from genetic testing or screening regarding the individual's susceptibility to future health conditions. However, provides that: (1) a life insurance policy shall not be underwritten on the basis of a requirement that the applicant or insured individual undergo genetic testing or screening; and (2) the issuance of a life insurance policy shall not be conditioned on the requirement that the applicant or insured individual undergo genetic testing or screening.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0292
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
1/26/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Refer
2/28/23
INPRS investments. Requires the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system (board) to make investment decisions with the primary purpose of maximizing the target rate of return on the board's investments. Prohibits the board from making an investment decision with the purpose of influencing any social or environmental policy or attempting to influence the governance of any corporation for nonpecuniary purposes. Specifies an exception. Requires the board to adopt a policy that ensures proxy voting and engagement is based primarily on maximizing the target rate of return on the board's investments. Provides certain guidelines and reporting requirements for proxy voting in relation to the administration of the public pension and retirement funds of the system.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0293
Introduced
1/12/23
Refer
1/12/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Craft hemp flower products. Establishes certain regulatory testing and packaging requirements for the distribution and sale of craft hemp flower products and specifies penalties applicable to the unlawful possession or distribution of craft hemp flower products. Prohibits the possession of craft hemp flower unless it is being used by a licensee to manufacture a legal hemp product, including a craft hemp flower product. Provides that a food is not considered adulterated for containing low THC hemp extract or craft hemp flower. Provides that craft hemp flower product is not included in the definition of "controlled substance analog", "hashish", "low THC hemp extract", or "marijuana". Prohibits the sale of low THC hemp extract to a person less than 21 years of age, if it contains certain elements. Adds craft hemp flower products to a statute imposing an infraction that applies with regard to persons less than 21 years of age involving the sale, distribution, purchase, and possession of craft hemp flower product. Defines terms. Makes conforming changes. Makes technical corrections.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0294
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Critical incident training at ILEA. Requires the law enforcement training board to develop a 40 hour critical incident or crisis intervention response training program in consultation with the technical assistance center. Requires that the program's curriculum be equivalent to curriculum developed by the National Alliance on Mental Illness and Crisis Intervention Teams International (NAMI/CIT International). Requires a law enforcement training school or academy to include the program as part of the basic training requirements. Makes technical corrections and removes an unused definition.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0295
Introduced
1/12/23
Refer
1/12/23
Red flag laws. Specifies a process for the state to request, and a court to order, release of mental health records of an individual who is alleged to be dangerous. Provides that a court that: (1) issues a warrant to search for and seize a firearm in the possession of an individual who is dangerous; or (2) finds probable cause that an individual is dangerous; may issue an order enjoining the individual from possessing a firearm until a hearing may be held. Requires the prosecuting attorney for the judicial district to represent the state at a hearing concerning an individual alleged to be dangerous. Requires a court in certain circumstances to issue an order prohibiting the owner of a firearm from providing access to or possession of a firearm to an individual found to be dangerous. Allows the state to request a court order requiring a mental health evaluation of an individual alleged to be dangerous.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0296
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Refer
2/28/23
Report Pass
3/9/23
Enrolled
3/16/23
Passed
4/5/23
Chaptered
4/5/23
Passed
4/5/23
Sale of tax delinquent real property. Defines the term "severed interest" as an improvement,
mineral rights, air rights, water rights, or other rights in property in, on, under, or above the land for which the owner or holder of the interest identified in the current real property tax records of the county auditor is sent a separate property tax statement. Provides that the estate in fee simple that is vested in a grantee by a tax deed executed under the law on the sale of tax delinquent property is subject to a lease shown by public record if the tax deed conveys only a severed interest located in, on, under, or above the land. Provides that the rights that an owner of land has in the land, in a lease shown by public record, or in a memorandum of a lease shown by public record are not limited or abrogated by a tax deed conveying an interest in one or more severed improvements.