Indiana 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1576
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Small town opportunity initiative. Adds provisions concerning the awarding of redevelopment tax credits by the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) for projects located in counties, cities, and towns that meet specified population and project criteria. Provides for the minimum and maximum credit percentages for such a project. Specifies that a credit awarded to a taxpayer for such a project is not subject to repayment and prohibits the IEDC from including a repayment provision as part of an agreement entered into for the award of the credit. Provides that the aggregate limit of applicable tax credits that the IEDC may certify for a state fiscal year excludes the first $100,000,000 in redevelopment tax credits for projects in counties, cities, and towns meeting the criteria added by the bill. Allows a redevelopment commission (commission) in a county, city, or town for which a project meeting the criteria added by the bill has received a redevelopment tax credit to establish a program to enhance investments made for those projects in the form of a 60 year allocation area to accomplish the purposes of the program. Sets forth the procedures that a commission is required to take to establish such a program. Requires the commission to annually transfer at least 12% of the aggregate allocated tax proceeds from the allocation area to school corporations located within the allocation area.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1577
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
1/28/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Engrossed
2/19/25
Refer
3/3/25
Refer
3/13/25
Report Pass
3/27/25
Enrolled
4/8/25
Passed
5/6/25
Chaptered
5/6/25
Passed
5/6/25
Mobile retail food establishment licenses. Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) to establish: (1) a statewide mobile retail food establishment license (license); (2) standards for the licensure, inspection, and operation of a mobile retail food establishment; and (3) license fees and inspection fees. Requires the state department to establish a workgroup to collaborate with in implementing specified provisions. Beginning January 1, 2027, requires a local health department to: (1) receive applications for licenses; (2) collect annual license and inspection fees; (3) issue licenses; and (4) conduct semiannual inspections of a mobile retail food establishment that is issued a license. Provides that an owner or operator of a mobile retail food establishment issued a license is not required to obtain a county or local license or permit, nor required to pay a county or local inspection fee or a license or permit fee. Provides that beginning January 1, 2027, a person may not operate a mobile retail food establishment in Indiana unless the person obtains a license. Requires the state department to adopt rules to implement these provisions. Repeals provisions of law governing mobile retail food establishment permits effective January 1, 2027.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1578
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Prohibited discrimination in housing. Expands the Indiana fair housing statute to prohibit discrimination on the basis of a person's: (1) source of income; (2) military active duty status; or (3) veteran status. Defines "source of income", "active duty", and "veteran" for purposes of the statute.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1579
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
1/29/25
Report Pass
2/6/25
Carbon sequestration. Amends the Indiana Code chapter governing eminent domain for the pipeline transportation or underground storage of carbon dioxide as follows: (1) Defines a "carbon dioxide transmission pipeline company" (company) for purposes of the chapter. (2) Specifies that a company that seeks to construct, operate, and maintain a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline in Indiana must apply to the department of natural resources (department) for a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline certificate of authority (certificate). (3) Provides an exemption from the requirement to obtain a certificate under certain circumstances based on the route of the pipeline and the location of the surface property. (4) Requires the department to deposit filing fees for certificate applications in the carbon sequestration project program administrative fund (instead of in the oil and gas environmental fund, under current law) established by the bill's provisions. Amends the Indiana Code chapter governing the underground storage of carbon dioxide as follows: (1) Amends the definition of "UIC Class VI permit" to specify that the term means a permit that allows specified entities to construct or operate (instead of operate, under current law) a carbon dioxide injection well. (2) Provides that the department may issue an involuntary order requiring two or more pore space owners to integrate their interests to develop an underground carbon dioxide storage facility if the department finds that a storage operator has filed a complete application for a UIC Class VI permit with the United States Environmental Protection Agency. (Current law requires the department to find that a storage operator has been issued a UIC Class VI permit.) (3) Provides that the filing fee for an application for a permit for a carbon sequestration project (project) is to be: (A) determined based on the metric tons of carbon dioxide proposed to be injected into the storage facility during the first 10 years of the project's operation; and (B) deposited in the carbon sequestration project program administrative fund (administrative fund) established by the bill's provisions. (Current law provides for a flat $1,000 filing fee.) (4) Makes technical changes to provisions governing: (A) the department's review of submitted applications for projects; and (B) the designation of information as confidential. (5) Requires a storage operator to pay two fees, not later than March 1 of each year, to the department for the amount of carbon dioxide injected for storage during the immediately preceding calendar year. (Current law requires a storage operator to pay one annual fee for the amount of carbon dioxide injected, based on a prior estimate of the amount to be injected that is made at the time of application for a permit.) (6) Redesignates the "carbon dioxide storage facility trust fund" as the "carbon dioxide storage facility fund", removes the requirement that the fund must be maintained as a special fund, and provides that annual appropriations from the fund to the department are subject to review by the budget committee. (7) Establishes the administrative fund for the purpose of defraying the department's administrative costs in managing and operating the carbon sequestration project program (program) and annually appropriates to the department from the fund an amount sufficient to defray costs, subject to review by the budget committee. (8) Prohibits a person from: (A) drilling or operating a nonproduction well to investigate the suitability of underground formations for carbon sequestration; or (B) converting a well for oil and gas purposes (as defined in the Indiana Code) for use in carbon dioxide investigations; without a permit and establishes procedures by which a person may apply for and the department may issue a permit. (9) Provides that once the department has issued a certificate of completion for a project, the department may, with advance notice to the surface property owner, enter property on which an injection well or monitoring well for the storage facility is located to inspect or maintain the well or storage facility. (10) Provides that the state may assume ownership and accept transfer of a storage facility for which an interest in or rights to property are conveyed by a lease only if the lessor and lessee agree in the lease agreement to transfer the storage facility to the state. (11) Requires the department to report to the budget committee not later than: (A) July 1, 2030; and (B) July 1, 2035; the amounts collected and the costs incurred by the department in administering the program. (12) Provides that a person that violates the statutes governing the pipeline transportation or underground storage of carbon dioxide is subject to specified civil penalties and cessation orders issued by the department.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1580
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Parkinson's disease registry. Requires the Indiana University School of Medicine to collect data on the incidence of Parkinson's disease and establish a Parkinson's disease registry. Requires health care providers to report a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease and a related condition to the registry, and, if a patient agrees to the reporting, additional information concerning the medical treatment. Requires the health care provider to provide certain information to a patient diagnosed with Parkinson's disease or a related condition and to receive either permission or a denial to provide other information concerning the diagnosis and treatment. Requires that the information be confidential. Provides immunity to a person that provides information for the registry. Specifies persons that can obtain information from the registry.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1581
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Community solar facilities. Requires the Indiana utility regulatory commission (commission) to adopt rules governing community solar facilities not later than July 1, 2026. Provides that, not later than 180 days after adoption of the rules, an electricity provider shall begin: (1) allowing interconnection of the electricity provider's facilities with community solar facilities in which at least three of the electricity provider's customers have entered into a subscription; and (2) crediting the electricity provider's subscribing customers for the amount of electricity from the community solar facility for which the customer subscribes. Requires the commission to: (1) establish an interconnection working group composed of representatives of electricity suppliers and other stakeholders with respect to electric utility service; and (2) implement the working group's recommendations regarding creation, revision, or elimination of policies, processes, tariffs, rules, or standards relating to the interconnection of community solar facilities and electricity suppliers as necessary for transparent, accurate, and efficient implementation of community solar facilities.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1582
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Small loan finance charges. Changes the current incremental finance charge limits that apply to a small loan to a maximum annual rate. Prohibits certain acts with respect to financing of a small loan and makes a violation a deceptive act and subject to penalties.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1583
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Climate change studies. Establishes a task force to study the impact of climate change in Indiana and annually report findings to the general assembly and the governor from December 1, 2025, to December 1, 2028.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1584
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Child care tax credits. Provides a child and dependent care refundable tax credit against an individual's Indiana adjusted gross income tax for employment related child and dependent care expenses based on the taxpayer's Indiana adjusted gross income and a percentage of the federal child and dependent care tax credit the taxpayer claimed for the taxable year for federal income tax purposes. Provides a refundable tax credit against an individual's Indiana adjusted gross income tax for employment at a child care facility with a rating in the paths to QUALITY program.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1585
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
1/30/25
Engrossed
2/5/25
Refer
2/19/25
Report Pass
3/4/25
Refer
3/24/25
Cemetery perpetual care fund. Exempts certain veteran focused nonprofit cemeteries from certain deposit and trustee requirements with respect to a perpetual care fund. Provides that certain nonprofit cemeteries must deposit into the perpetual care fund $30 for every niche in the cemetery.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1586
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
1/27/25
Medicaid funding. Makes changes in Medicaid payment formulas and assessment of the hospital assessment fee. Extends the law governing the hospital assessment fee to June 30, 2027. Authorizes a managed care organization assessment fee.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1587
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/4/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Engrossed
2/19/25
Refer
3/3/25
Refer
3/27/25
Report Pass
4/3/25
Enrolled
4/16/25
Passed
5/6/25
Chaptered
5/6/25
Passed
5/6/25
Insurance matters. Provides that the director of the state personnel department may make a determination to provide coverage under the state employee health plan for emergency medical services as part of a mobile integrated healthcare program. Provides that the requirement for a policy of accident and sickness insurance and a health maintenance organization contract to provide reimbursement for emergency medical services includes emergency medical services that are performed or provided as part of a mobile integrated healthcare program. Repeals a provision that requires the department of insurance to maintain an electronic system for the collection and storage of information concerning transactions involving residential property. Provides that the article regarding consumer data protection does not apply to any organization exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that is: (1) established to detect or prevent insurance related crime or fraud; and (2) subject to a memorandum of understanding with a statewide law enforcement agency. Changes the deadline for the Indiana Public Employers' Plan, Inc., to apply to the insurance commissioner for a certificate of authority to transact business as a domestic tax exempt reciprocal insurance company from before December 31, 2026, to before December 31, 2030. Repeals the statute requiring carriers of health insurance plans to conduct annual public forums. Provides that provisions requiring a notice of material change apply to personal automobile or homeowner's policies that are issued, delivered, amended, or renewed after June 30, 2026. Amends the definition of "small employer" in the chapter regarding small employer group health insurance. Makes corresponding changes.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1588
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Long term care savings accounts. Establishes the primary care access revolving fund (fund) for the purpose of making loans to primary care medical practices in Indiana. Specifies the purposes for which money in the fund may be loaned. Provides that the Indiana finance authority shall administer the fund. Requires the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) to transfer $15,000,000 to the fund from the amount appropriated to the IEDC by the general assembly in the 2025-2026 state fiscal year. Increases the employee threshold for purposes of eligibility for the health reimbursement arrangement income tax credit. Increases the maximum amount of tax credits that may be granted in a year. Specifies the procedure for claiming the credit. Allows an employer to establish a long term care savings account program that allows an employee to save with favorable tax treatment for services required when the employee's or the employee's dependents' functional capacities become chronically impaired due to advanced age or other circumstances. Expands the physician practice ownership tax credit (tax credit) against state tax liability to practicing physicians (instead of only primary care physicians) who have an ownership interest in a physician practice and meet other eligibility criteria. Requires a taxpayer claiming the tax credit to certify that each physician with an ownership interest provides health care services to patients. Provides that the total amount of tax credits awarded in a state fiscal year may not exceed $20,000,000.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1589
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Public safety officer benefit advisory board. Establishes the public safety officer benefit advisory board (board). Requires the state police department to provide staff support for the board. Requires the board to provide a report to the legislative council and interim study committee on pension management oversight before October 1 of each year.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1590
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Emergency medical services. Specifies that county local income taxes for emergency medical services may be used to pay costs incurred for the provision of emergency medical services by an emergency medical services provider organization (EMSPO). Provides that an employee of an EMSPO who is engaged in emergency medical services is eligible to participate in training funded by the regional public safety training fund. Specifies that an EMSPO may collaborate in the dissemination of information concerning public and private grant opportunities related to improving outcomes for stroke patients. Requires the Indiana emergency medical services commission (commission) to include EMSPOs when seeking funding opportunities for the support of emergency medical services. Authorizes the commission to award mobile integration health care grants to EMSPOs.