Indiana 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1381
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Elkhart County courts. Allows the judges of the Elkhart circuit and superior courts to appoint five full-time magistrates. (Current law allows for the appointment of two magistrates.)
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1382
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Report Pass
2/3/25
Engrossed
2/12/25
Refer
2/20/25
Report Pass
3/11/25
Enrolled
3/25/25
Passed
4/16/25
Chaptered
4/16/25
Passed
4/16/25
Dealer services division. Provides that certain licensing requirements relating to vehicle merchandising do not apply to distributors or manufacturers that are not located in Indiana. Provides that if certain persons engage in the business of buying, selling, or trading motor vehicles on a Sunday, those persons commit a Class B misdemeanor. Amends current law that establishes a mandatory training program that applicants for a used motor vehicle dealer license must complete. Provides that except as part of a change in dealer business entity type, a holder of a dealer license or endorsement may not take certain actions with respect to the dealer license or endorsement. Makes conforming changes.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1383
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Indiana civilian cyber corps. Establishes the Indiana civilian cyber corps program (program). Provides that the adjutant general of the military department shall administer the program. Provides that the program includes civilian volunteers who have expertise in addressing cybersecurity incidents and who volunteer at the invitation of the adjutant general to provide rapid response assistance to a cybersecurity client in need of expert assistance after recognition of a cybersecurity incident or potential cybersecurity incident. Provides that the work product of a civilian cyber corps volunteer or advisor, including any information voluntarily submitted to the volunteer or advisor, is exempt from disclosure. Provides that a civilian cyber corps volunteer or advisor is immune from tort liability for an injury to a person or damage to property that occurs while the volunteer or advisor is deployed and acting on behalf of the adjutant general if certain conditions are met. Repeals the Indiana cyber civilian corps program advisory board. Makes an appropriation.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1384
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Public defender benefits. Allows an attorney who: (1) performs court appointed legal services on a full-time or full-time equivalent basis; (2) regularly performs court appointed legal services in more than one county that receives reimbursement from the Indiana commission on court appointed attorneys; and (3) is not eligible to join an employee health plan in any state or local unit; to participate in the state employee health plan. Establishes eligibility, enrollment, and coverage requirements. Provides that the cost of coverage shall be shared between the Indiana commission on court appointed attorneys and the eligible attorney. Establishes the public defender health benefit fund. Makes conforming changes.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1385
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Report Pass
1/27/25
Engrossed
2/4/25
Refer
2/18/25
Report Pass
3/13/25
Enrolled
3/25/25
Passed
4/16/25
Chaptered
4/16/25
Passed
4/16/25
Health care facility employees. Provides an exception to one of the disqualifying conditions for a nurse aide or other unlicensed employee.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1386
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Community corrections program. Specifies that a community corrections program is a political subdivision for purposes of: (1) the statute prohibiting legal actions by political subdivisions against the firearms industry; and (2) the tort claims act. Makes a conforming change to cross-reference the statute authorizing the establishment of community corrections programs.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1387
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Uniform recognition of Canadian protection orders. Codifies the Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act. Provides procedures for enforcement of a Canadian domestic violence protection order (protection order) by a law enforcement officer and the court. Provides that a protection order may be registered in Indiana.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1388
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
School protective door assemblies. Requires, not later than July 1, 2026, the fire prevention and building commission to adopt rules to adopt the: (1) Standard for Life Safety Code (NFPA 101) published by the National Fire Protection Association; and (2) Standard for Fire Doors and Other Opening Protectives (NFPA 80) published by the National Fire Protection Association for the purpose of regulating protective door assemblies for schools. Requires each school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school (school) to annually inspect each protective door assembly in each school building that is being used to provide instruction to students. Provides that the inspection must: (1) be performed by a qualified inspector; (2) verify whether each particular protective door assembly meets certain standards; and (3) include a report to the school with the results of the inspection. Provides that if a protective door assembly is determined to not be in compliance with standards and there is a serious risk for a fire or life safety hazard, the school shall remedy the noncompliant protective door assembly not later than 180 days after the date of the inspection. Provides that if a protective door assembly is determined to not be in compliance with standards, but there is not a serious risk for a fire or life safety hazard, the school shall remedy the noncompliant protective door assembly not later than 18 months after the date of the inspection. Provides that the department of homeland security (department) or the department's designee shall annually review a school's inspection records. Provides that the department or the department's designee shall issue an order to the school if the protective door assembly is not brought into compliance within the designated period to remedy. Requires a school that receives an order to post the citation on the school's website until the noncompliant protective door assembly is made compliant with certain standards. Requires the fire prevention and building commission to adopt administrative rules.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1389
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Report Pass
2/10/25
Engrossed
2/18/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
3/27/25
Enrolled
4/16/25
Local regulation. Prohibits, subject to specified exceptions, a county, municipality, township, or neighborhood or homeowners association from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, order, regulation, resolution, policy, or similar measure that: (1) prohibits or restricts the use, sale, or lease of a motor vehicle or outdoor equipment; (2) distinguishes between motor vehicles or outdoor equipment; or (3) results in differing regulatory standards for motor vehicles or outdoor equipment; based on the fuel source that powers the motor vehicle or outdoor equipment. Requires political subdivisions located within five miles of the end of a runway of a publicly owned, public use airport to adopt an airspace overlay zoning ordinance.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1390
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Report Pass
2/3/25
Report Pass
2/6/25
Engrossed
2/14/25
Refer
2/20/25
Refer
3/27/25
Report Pass
4/3/25
Enrolled
4/9/25
Passed
5/6/25
Chaptered
5/6/25
Passed
5/6/25
Bureau of motor vehicles. Provides the records of the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau), for purposes of showing the last registered owner of a vehicle when obtaining a certificate of title for a repossessed vehicle, mean records related to certificate of titles or registrations. Allows the bureau to issue an electronic certificate of registration. Requires a toll operator to invoice a user not later than one year after a toll is incurred. Allows the bureau to issue a temporary registration permit at the bureau's discretion if a person meets certain requirements. Allows the bureau to offer alternative designs or color scheme versions of license plates. Requires a customer who selects both an alternative design or color scheme and a personalized license plate message for a license plate to pay two separate fees. Amends the requirements for a special group recognition license plate. Allows an insurance company to submit a signed or unsigned certificate of title for the issuance of a certificate of salvage title. Provides that a slow moving vehicle emblem and the emblem's position of mounting must substantially adhere to certain recommendations. Repeals provisions concerning the Indiana criminal justice institute's rulemaking authority concerning slow moving vehicle emblems. Provides that a commercial driver's license (CDL) may include an intrastate passenger transport endorsement if the applicant is at least 18 years of age. Provides maximum prices that public and private institutions and other entities may charge for conducting skills exams. Provides that a learner's permit, driver's license, identification card, and photo exempt identification card expire upon the bureau receiving notice of the death of the holder or upon issuance of a subsequent physical credential. Effective January 1, 2028, requires the bureau to maintain a secure online insurance verification system to verify proof of a driver's financial responsibility. Establishes the real time insurance verification advisory board. Allows a law enforcement officer to include in a written accident report whether a driver's medical impairment may have contributed to an accident. Removes the population requirement for a county to enter into an interlocal cooperation agreement with an adjacent county to allow a public transportation corporation to provide expanded service beyond the boundary of the county in which it is located. Prohibits a person from advertising: (1) a product containing marijuana; or (2) a controlled substance listed in schedule I; by any medium. Adds to the definition of a "consumer transaction" for purposes of deceptive consumer sales. Requires a towing company to release property to a consumer if the consumer pays a percentage of the towing invoice, obtains a bond for the remaining amount of the invoice, and provides a copy of a complaint filed with the attorney general. Requires a city, county, or town to credit the proceeds from the sale of an abandoned vehicle or parts against the costs of removal, storage, and disposal of the vehicle. Establishes rates a towing company may charge for fees for emergency towing or private property towing. Allows a county to mow or maintain any grass or vegetation in a right-of-way that is owned by the state and located in the county if the county obtains a permit from the office of the Indiana department of transportation district in which the county is located.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1391
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Report Pass
2/17/25
Engrossed
2/21/25
Refer
3/3/25
Refer
4/3/25
Report Pass
4/10/25
Enrolled
4/16/25
Passed
5/1/25
Chaptered
5/1/25
Passed
5/1/25
Services for the aged and disabled. Allows the office of the secretary of family and social services (office of the secretary) to study and prepare a report containing recommendations for realigning and consolidating the local area agency on aging (area agency) planning and service areas. Amends the definition of "community and home care services" for purposes of community and home options to institutional care for the elderly and disabled program (CHOICE). Prohibits the division of aging from requiring a CHOICE provider to be certified under the Medicaid program or a Medicaid waiver program. Creates an exception for a provider of certain services. Requires an area agency to prioritize CHOICE funding to identify specified individuals and provide community and home care services to these individuals. Requires the office of the secretary, in negotiating reimbursement rates for CHOICE services, to consider the location and availability of service providers. Authorizes the office of the secretary to establish a Medicaid diversion pilot program to evaluate the effectiveness of home modification and telehealth enhanced chronic care services provided by specified area agencies in reducing Medicaid expenditures. Allows the office of the secretary, a managed care organization that has contracted with the office of Medicaid policy and planning, and a person who has contracted with a certain managed care organization or the office of the secretary to contract with an area agency to provide and receive reimbursement for a level of care assessment for the: (1) health and wellness Medicaid waiver; (2) traumatic brain injury Medicaid waiver; and (3) risk based managed care program for the covered population.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1392
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Report Pass
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/17/25
Engrossed
2/21/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
3/18/25
Enrolled
3/25/25
Passed
4/30/25
Chaptered
4/30/25
Passed
4/30/25
State comptroller matters. Specifies the timing of annual salary increases for state elected officials. Provides that the state comptroller calculates distributions of financial institutions tax revenue to taxing units. Provides that a taxing unit may deposit a distribution of financial institutions tax revenue in any fund, and the revenue may be used for any purpose allowed by law. Requires the state comptroller to calculate and provide the distribution amounts of commercial vehicle excise tax revenue for each taxing unit in a county to the county auditor. Provides that the county auditor may deposit a distribution of commercial vehicle excise tax revenue in any fund, and the revenue be may used for any purpose allowed by law. Removes a requirement that a prosecuting attorney notify the state comptroller of the prosecuting attorney's election to devote full professional time to the duties of the office. Provides that an individual is not required to file any notification with the state comptroller that the individual has been elected or appointed to a judgeship. Requires the state comptroller and Indiana public retirement system to develop and present to the interim study committee on pension management oversight a proposed plan for a transition from the use of, and contribution of state revenue to, retirement medical benefits accounts to an increased focus on the use of, and additional contributions of state revenue to, the state employees' deferred compensation plan.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1393
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Report Pass
1/27/25
Engrossed
2/5/25
Refer
2/18/25
Report Pass
3/18/25
Enrolled
3/25/25
Passed
4/30/25
Chaptered
4/30/25
Passed
4/30/25
Immigration notice. Provides that if a law enforcement officer arrests an individual for a felony or a misdemeanor and there is probable cause to believe that the individual is not lawfully present in the United States, the jail or detention facility shall notify the county sheriff of the probable cause during the individual's intake process, and the county sheriff shall notify the proper authority.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1394
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Authority to deny enrollment to unlawful immigrant. Authorizes a school corporation to deny an immigrant student enrollment in a school operated by the school corporation if the school corporation determines by a preponderance of the evidence that the immigrant student is present in the United States in violation of law. Requires the attorney general to defend the school corporation in any cause of action brought against the school corporation for denying an immigrant student enrollment. Requires a school corporation to annually report the number of immigrant students present in the United States in violation of law who were enrolled in a school operated by the school corporation in the immediately preceding school year.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1395
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Drug testing requirement for TANF eligibility. Provides that as a condition of receiving temporary assistance for needy families (TANF), an individual who is at least 18 years of age must submit to and pass: (1) a drug test at the time the individual applies to receive TANF; and (2) routine, randomly scheduled drug tests while the individual is receiving TANF (required drug tests). Provides that the testing requirement does not apply to an individual who receives TANF benefits on behalf of a child and does not receive TANF benefits on the individual's own behalf. Requires county offices of the office of the secretary of family and social services (FSSA) to inform TANF applicants of the drug testing requirement. Provides that an individual who fails a required drug test is ineligible to receive TANF benefits until the individual: (1) provides to FSSA evidence that the individual is participating in, or on a waiting list to participate in, a drug abuse treatment program; and (2) passes two consecutive drug tests. Provides for appointment of a representative payee to receive TANF on behalf of a child if the individual who would otherwise receive TANF on behalf of the child is ineligible for TANF as a result of failing a required drug test. Provides that if an individual fails a required drug test, FSSA shall withhold the amount of the cost of: (1) the drug test; and (2) any subsequent required drug test; from future TANF benefits the individual receives. Requires a county office of FSSA to provide a list of drug abuse treatment programs to an individual who fails a required drug test. Specifies requirements for a facility that administers a required drug test. Requires FSSA to provide to: (1) the Indiana housing and community development authority; and (2) any division of FSSA that implements the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; the name of an individual who fails a required drug test. Provides that FSSA's records concerning the results of an individual's required drug test may not be admitted against the individual in a criminal proceeding. Provides for administrative remedies and an appeals process with regard to the drug testing requirement. Requires FSSA to collect data to assess and prevent discrimination based on race, ethnicity, or sex with regard to the administration of the drug testing requirement. Consolidates overlapping definitions of "TANF" and "TANF program".