Indiana 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1186
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Report Pass
1/30/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Engrossed
2/19/25
Refer
3/3/25
Law enforcement matters. Provides that a correctional professional is considered a public safety officer for purposes of determining eligibility for line of duty death benefits. (Current law provides that a correctional officer is considered a public safety officer for determining eligibility line of death benefits.) Provides, with certain exceptions, that a law enforcement officer, including a constable, school resource officer, special deputy, or reserve officer, who has completed a pre-basic course but who has not completed Tier I or Tier II basic training requirements may not exercise police powers outside the jurisdiction of the appointing law enforcement agency. Provides that a school resource officer who has completed Tier I or Tier II basic training has statewide jurisdiction. Provides that all deputies, excluding reserve deputies and jail deputies, employed by the Marion County sheriff's office on July 1, 2025, shall be certified by the law enforcement training board (board) as Tier II law enforcement officers. Requires the Marion County sheriff's office to submit to the board a list of deputies who have successfully completed at least the minimum basic training requirements at the Marion County Sheriff's Office Academy. Makes changes to the definition of a "law enforcement officer" for purposes of mandatory training for law enforcement officers. Increases the penalty for criminal recklessness from a Class B to a Class A misdemeanor. Specifies that the immunities and limitations on liability that apply to a law enforcement officer (and the officer's employing agency) acting within the officer's jurisdictional area also apply to an officer (and employing agency) acting outside the jurisdictional area under certain circumstances. Makes pointing a firearm by a passenger in a vehicle whose driver is committing criminal recklessness a Level 6 felony under certain circumstances. Provides that a school resource officer may pursue a person who flees from a school resource officer after the school resource officer has, by visible or audible means, including the operation of the school resource officer's siren or emergency lights, identified themself and ordered the person to stop. Adds a hospital police department to the definition of police departments required to provide police officers with certain rights.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1187
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Watershed development commissions. Alters the membership of a watershed development commission (commission) board. Allows a county to join a commission if any part of the designated watershed lies within boundaries of the county. Alters what must be considered regarding the membership and the activities of a commission. Provides that a commission may take certain actions with respect to certain flood plains. Expands permitted uses for certain funds collected by a commission and establishes certain budget limits. Provides that the department of natural resources's division of water shall provide a commission with a written summary of the division's review of certain public works projects within 30 days of the review. Makes conforming changes.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1188
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Engrossed
2/19/25
Refer
3/3/25
Refer
3/11/25
Resisting law enforcement. Increases certain penalties for resisting law enforcement.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1189
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Protection of property rights. Provides that under certain circumstances, a residential property owner may obtain the removal of an unauthorized person from the residential property owner's residential real property. Establishes a cause of action for wrongful removal from residential property. Provides that if a person without either the consent of the owner of a dwelling or a contractual interest in the dwelling knowingly or intentionally enters the dwelling and knowingly or intentionally causes more than $10,000 in damages to the dwelling, the person commits a Level 6 felony.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1190
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Water quality. Establishes the water protection and restoration trust fund (fund). Provides that the state comptroller shall transfer each year to the fund from the money appropriated to certain state agencies an amount equal to $1,660,000. Establishes the water quality board (board) to manage and develop the fund. Sets out the membership, terms, and compensation of the board. Provides that the board shall establish a surface water quality financial assistance program for the purpose of assessing and reducing nutrients that are negatively affecting surface waters within the state. Makes conforming changes.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1191
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Retiring farmers tax credit. Provides an adjusted gross income tax credit for retired farmers who sell or lease farmland or sell livestock to a qualified beginning farmer. Defines "qualified beginning farmer" and "farmland" for purposes of the credit. Allows a taxpayer to apply to the Indiana state department of agriculture (ISDA) for approval and certification of the credit. Allows a beginning farmer to apply to the ISDA for certification as a qualified beginning farmer. Specifies the amount of the credit that may be claimed by a taxpayer. Limits the total amount of tax credits that may be awarded to $1,000,000 per state fiscal year. Sunsets the credit after six years.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1192
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Farmland assessment. Amends the six year rolling average calculation and the capitalization rate percentage under the statewide agricultural land base rate determination.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1193
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Township assessors. Abolishes the office of township assessor, effective January 1, 2028. Transfers the duties of the township assessor to the county assessor of the county in which the township is located. Provides that if the office of township assessor becomes vacant before January 1, 2028, the office is abolished and the duties of the township assessor are transferred to the county assessor.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1194
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Engrossed
2/18/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
3/17/25
Enrolled
3/26/25
Passed
5/6/25
Chaptered
5/6/25
Passed
5/6/25
County coroners. Requires the coroner where the incident occurred to respond to the coroner where the death occurred not more than 24 hours after being contacted to discuss the need for an autopsy. Provides that if the coroner where the incident occurred does not timely respond, the coroner where the death occurred may conduct an autopsy and bill the coroner where the incident occurred. Provides that beginning January 1, 2026, a licensed hospital is required to have a blood retention protocol for the preservation of the first sample of blood drawn from an individual after arriving at a hospital for treatment. Specifies the required elements of the blood retention protocol, including how long a laboratory is required to hold a blood sample in storage. Provides for waiver of the blood sample storage requirement in any case where the sample is tested and cannot be retained for reasons of medical necessity in the clinical care of the patient.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1195
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Pornographic material. Requires a specified school to adopt policies and procedures concerning material alleged to be pornographic, obscene, or harmful to minors. Provides that a specified school or an employee, a contractor, or a third party vendor of a specified school may not knowingly make available or provide pornographic material, obscene matter, or matter harmful to minors to a student.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1196
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Report Pass
1/27/25
Engrossed
1/31/25
Refer
2/18/25
Report Pass
3/10/25
Enrolled
3/19/25
Passed
4/1/25
Chaptered
4/1/25
Passed
4/1/25
Membership of aviation boards. Provides that an eligible entity with a population of less than 38,000 is not subject to the political party membership requirements for a board of aviation commissioners or an airport authority.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1197
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Report Pass
1/21/25
Engrossed
1/29/25
Refer
2/18/25
Report Pass
3/31/25
Enrolled
4/16/25
Passed
5/1/25
Chaptered
5/1/25
Passed
5/1/25
Election matters. Requires particular candidates for selection for an appointment pro tempore to an office to: (1) comply with qualification requirements imposed on candidates for election to the office; and (2) if the individual is a candidate for selection by a caucus, be affiliated with the political party holding the caucus. Allows an individual or entity with authority to select a candidate for an appointment pro tempore to remove a candidate from consideration if the candidate does not meet these requirements. Specifies additional grounds on which certain county officers or a township executive may be charged and deprived of office following a hearing. Provides that if an accused party does not appear before the court, the court may proceed to hear and determine the accusation in the accused party's absence. Includes a member of the county executive, if the county does not contain a consolidated city, in a provision concerning the initiation of an action for removal of a county officer. Exempts a member of the county executive from a requirement concerning physical presence in the county officer's office. Provides that a city-county legislative body may declare the seat of a member vacant by a two-thirds vote if the member fails to perform the duties of the member's office.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1198
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Report Pass
1/30/25
Engrossed
2/5/25
Refer
2/18/25
Report Pass
3/6/25
Enrolled
3/12/25
Passed
4/16/25
Chaptered
4/16/25
Passed
4/16/25
Local public work projects. Changes the amount of a public work project that a board may perform using its own workforce, without awarding a contract, from an estimated cost of less than $250,000 to an estimated cost of less than $375,000, adjusted annually to account for inflation. Provides that the department of local government finance shall annually publish the adjusted cost estimate threshold on the department's website. Removes the distinction between a political subdivision that is a school corporation and a political subdivision that is not a school corporation for the cost of a public work project that is not subject to certain procedures. Provides that if a federal grant is to be issued to fund a portion of the construction on a public work project, the successful bidder has 90 days to proceed with the contract. Provides that plans and specifications approved by an architect or engineer are not required for certain public work on a public building.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1199
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Mental health support for law enforcement officers. Requires a political subdivision to contract with mental health providers for the purpose of supplementing existing crisis intervention teams with mental health professionals. Specifies certain eligibility requirements for mental health professionals' rapid response assistance. Requires a mental health professional who is appointed to accompany responding law enforcement or police officers to a call or be separately dispatched to an emergency involving a mental health or substance use disorder crisis. Provides that a law enforcement officer or police officer (officer) may not be held liable for damages, including punitive damages, for any act or omission related to a mental health professional's contribution to a crisis intervention team or a crisis intervention team response. Specifies that no other person or entity may be held liable for certain damages by reason of an agency relationship with an officer. Defines certain terms.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1200
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Report Pass
1/21/25
Engrossed
1/31/25
Refer
2/18/25
Report Pass
3/13/25
Enrolled
3/19/25
Passed
4/3/25
Chaptered
4/3/25
Passed
4/3/25
Opioid prescriptions. Provides that if a prescriber issues a prescription for an opioid for administration through an intrathecal pump or epidural pain pump: (1) the prescription may not exceed a 180 day supply; and (2) the patient may not be required to have a face-to-face visit with the prescriber more than once every 180 days unless the prescriber determines an earlier follow up visit is medically necessary.