Indiana 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0477
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/7/23
Refer
2/28/23
Report Pass
3/13/23
Enrolled
3/24/23
Passed
5/1/23
Chaptered
5/1/23
Passed
5/1/23
Threats to critical infrastructure. Amends the statute prohibiting the use of public funds to purchase equipment or services produced or provided by certain prohibited persons determined to be a national security threat to communications networks or supply chains to also prohibit the use of public funds to purchase communications equipment or service that is: (1) determined under specified federal regulations to pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the security and safety of United States persons; and (2) included on the covered list published, maintained, and updated by the federal Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau on the website of the Federal Communications Commission. Provides that the governor may, at any time, and in consultation with the executive director of the department of homeland security, designate a country as a threat to certain critical infrastructure located in Indiana. Provides that after June 30, 2023, a specified qualified entity may not enter into an agreement relating to critical infrastructure with a company if: (1) under the agreement, the company would be able to directly or remotely access or control of a critical infrastructure or a cybersecurity system of a critical infrastructure; and (2) the company is: (A) owned or controlled by citizens of (or a company or entity owned or controlled by citizens or the government of) China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or a country designated as a threat to critical infrastructure by the governor; or (B) headquartered in China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or a country designated as a threat to critical infrastructure by the governor. Provides that after June 30, 2023, a prohibited person may not purchase, lease, or acquire a parcel of real property that is directly adjacent to a military installation. Provides that the attorney general may investigate the purchase, lease, or acquisition of real property upon receipt of a complaint. Provides that the attorney general shall enforce a violation by commencing a receivership proceeding and selling the property through the receivership.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0478
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Historic rehabilitation tax credit. Allows a taxpayer to claim a historic rehabilitation tax credit equal to 25% or 30% of the qualified expenditures incurred in the restoration and preservation of a qualified historic structure, depending on the type of historic structure.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0479
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Disaster emergency duration. Provides that a state of disaster emergency declared by the governor expires after 60 days unless the general assembly adopts a concurrent resolution authorizing the governor to extend the state of disaster emergency.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0480
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Report Pass
2/23/23
Engrossed
3/1/23
Refer
3/6/23
Report Pass
3/21/23
Enrolled
3/28/23
Passed
4/5/23
Chaptered
4/5/23
Passed
4/5/23
Gender transition procedures for minors. Prohibits a physician or other practitioner from: (1) knowingly providing gender transition procedures to an individual who is less than 18 years of age (minor); and (2) aiding or abetting another physician or practitioner in the provision of gender transition procedures to a minor. Specifies certain medical exceptions. Establishes civil enforcement actions.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0481
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Human trafficking. Provides that the human trafficking prevention and victim assistance fund may provide funds for victim transition services. Allows a community based organization to inspect sexually oriented businesses. Requires that all hospital staff likely to have direct, ongoing contact with patients are required to participate in training pertaining to the identification and reporting of human trafficking. Requires sexually oriented businesses and hotels to provide certain training pertaining to the identification and reporting of human trafficking. Provides that a sexually oriented business or hotel that fails to provide this training commits a Class A infraction. Establishes an annual $500 inspection fee to be paid by sexually oriented businesses to be deposited into the human trafficking prevention and victim assistance fund.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0482
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
PFAS biomonitoring pilot program. Establishes the PFAS biomonitoring pilot program (pilot program) under the department of homeland security (department) to collect and analyze blood samples of individuals who were previously, or are currently, firefighters: (1) for serum PFAS levels; and (2) to determine whether there may be corresponding health implications associated with elevated serum PFAS levels. Requires the department to consult the department of environmental management and the Indiana department of health regarding the pilot program. Provides that the department shall, to the extent possible, test 1,000 firefighters. Allows the department to work with a third party to administer the pilot program and to store data collected under the pilot program. Requires the department to submit, not later than July 1, 2027, a report summarizing: (1) the results of the pilot program; and (2) recommendations of the department, the department of environmental management, and the Indiana department of health for decreasing serum PFAS levels and exposure to PFAS chemicals; to the governor and the legislative council. Establishes the PFAS biomonitoring pilot fund. Makes an appropriation.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0483
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
New markets tax credit. Establishes the Indiana new markets tax credit (credit) for certain qualified equity investments. Provides that the total amount of the credit over the seven year credit allowance period is equal to: (1) 42%, multiplied by; (2) the purchase price paid to the qualified community development entity for the qualified equity investment. Establishes a procedure for a qualified community development entity to apply to the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) for qualified equity investment authority in a qualified active low income community business with principal business operations in Indiana under the rural allocation or the statewide allocation. Requires a qualified community development entity to pay a nonrefundable application fee of $5,000 to the IEDC. Provides that the credit is subject to recapture. Allows the IEDC to issue letter rulings requested by taxpayers, similar to private letter rulings issued by the Internal Revenue Service at the federal level, and adopt rules regarding the credit. Requires each qualified community development entity to submit an annual report to the IEDC regarding qualified low income community investments made by the qualified community development entity.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0484
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Appointed counsel for juveniles pilot project. Establishes the court appointed attorneys for children pilot program (pilot program). Provides that the Indiana office of court services (office) shall administer the pilot program. Requires the office to select participating courts. Specifies the requirements for participating courts.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0485
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Office of the child representative. Requires a child's attorney to request an independent guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate under certain circumstances. Provides that the following are entitled to representation by counsel: (1) A child in a proceeding to terminate the parent-child relationship. (2) A child who is, or is going to be, in an out-of-home placement with a child services provider. (3) A child who is at least 12 years of age in a child in need of services case. Allows a child at least 12 years of age to waive the right to counsel only after an initial meeting with the appointed attorney, in open court, on the record and confirmed in writing, and in the presence of the appointed attorney. Establishes the office of the child representative, which consists of both a council directed by a board of directors and a commission. Provides procedures and duties for the council and the commission. Creates the child representative fund. Makes an appropriation.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0486
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Refer
2/2/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/24/23
Refer
2/28/23
Report Pass
4/10/23
Enrolled
4/18/23
Passed
5/4/23
Chaptered
5/4/23
Passed
5/4/23
Education matters. Repeals teacher training requirements regarding: (1) criminal gang organizations awareness; (2) certain information concerning homeless students; and (3) recognizing the signs and symptoms of seizures and the appropriate steps to be taken to respond to the symptoms; and requires that information concerning these subjects be included within the curriculum of teacher preparation programs. Provides that the department of education (department) may establish or license for use an online platform to provide information and training concerning these and other subjects. Removes certain requirements regarding annual performance evaluation plans for certificated employees, including: (1) certain content requirements; and (2) certain requirements that a plan be discussed. Amends requirements to be considered a probationary teacher and professional teacher. Provides that, after a school corporation has assigned an evaluator to perform a certificated employee's evaluation, the certificated employee may request the school corporation to assign another evaluator. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying current school assessments in an effort to reduce and streamline assessments for Indiana students. Removes a provision that requires a school employer to discuss certain items with the exclusive representative of certificated employees and provides that a school employer may discuss: (1) with a certificated employee or group of certificated employees; or (2) at one or more meetings that are open to all certificated employees; any topic that significantly impacts a certificated employee's working conditions or impacts the educational quality of the school employer's students. Repeals provisions concerning: (1) requirements regarding the adoption of model evaluation plans and an approval process for the plans; (2) the obligation to discuss certain items not requiring either party to enter into a contract, agree to a proposal, or make a concession; and (3) the definition of "discuss" for purposes of the collective bargaining provisions.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0487
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Preventing pregnancy in prison. Provides that the department of correction shall assign an offender, including a delinquent offender, to a facility or program that is based on the offender's biological sex at birth in accordance with the offender's genetics and reproductive biology.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0488
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Paid parental leave for school employees. Establishes the families first paid parental leave program (program) for the purpose of awarding grants to eligible school corporations to provide paid parental leave to school employees. Requires the department of education (department) to establish and maintain the program. Provides that the department may award a grant to a school corporation in an amount sufficient to compensate a school employee of the school corporation for not more than six consecutive weeks of parental leave. Requires a school corporation that receives a grant to: (1) use the money from the grant to compensate a school employee at the school employee's regular rate of pay for the first six weeks of parental leave; and (2) compensate the school employee at the school employee's regular rate of pay for an additional six weeks of parental leave. Establishes the families first paid parental leave program fund. Requires the department to submit a report that includes certain information regarding the program to the general assembly not later than December 1, 2023, and December 1, 2024. Makes an appropriation.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0489
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Machine guns; firearm safety guide. Revises, for purposes of an enhancement and certain criminal offenses, a definition of "machine gun" to include a particular part or combination of parts designed and intended for use in converting a weapon into a weapon that fires automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. Modifies a separate definition of "machine gun". Requires the state police department to create a firearm safety guide (guide) that includes certain information before September 1, 2023, and to deliver the guide to each retail dealer located in Indiana before October 1, 2023. After November 1, 2023, requires a retail dealer to provide a copy of the guide to the recipient of a firearm at the time the retail dealer completes a firearm sale, rental, trade, or transfer.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SCR0003
Engrossed
1/9/23
Introduced
1/9/23
Memorializing late Governor Kernan. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the late Governor Joe Kernan and urging the Indiana Department of Administration to place a memorial bust of Governor Kernan within the State Capitol.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SCR0004
Introduced
1/23/23
Refer
1/23/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/3/23
Urging INDOT to rename the bridge over West 300 N on SR 25 in Carroll County the "George H. Mears Memorial Bridge". A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the bridge over West 300 North on State Road 25 in Carroll County as the "George H. Mears Memorial Bridge".