Indiana 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0145
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Pharmacy matters. Requires the state health commissioner or the commissioner's designated public health authority to issue a standing order, prescription, or protocol (standing order) that allows a pharmacist to treat or screen, test, administer, or dispense for certain health conditions. Allows a pharmacist to order tests that are waived under the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) or established under a standing order. Allows a pharmacy intern or a pharmacy technician to perform a test that is: (1) delegated by a supervising pharmacist; and (2) a waived test under CLIA. Allows a pharmacy technician who is certified to perform any activity delegated by a supervising pharmacist or pharmacist owner if the activities: (1) do not require the clinical judgment of a pharmacist; (2) are not prohibited by a rule adopted by the Indiana board of pharmacy; or (3) are not an activity required by law to be performed only by a pharmacist. Provides civil and criminal immunity for a pharmacist related to filling a prescription for a drug, medicine, or other prescribed substance. Establishes exceptions.
IN
Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0146
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Refer
1/23/25
Report Pass
1/30/25
Engrossed
2/5/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
3/20/25
Report Pass
4/3/25
Enrolled
4/9/25
Passed
5/6/25
Chaptered
5/6/25
Passed
5/6/25
Teacher compensation. Requires the department of education (department) to submit a report to the general assembly before November 1, 2025, that provides an analysis of the feasibility and cost of increasing school corporation employee health plan options. Creates the Indiana teacher recruitment program. Beginning June 30, 2025: (1) increases the minimum salary for a teacher employed by a school corporation to $45,000 (current law requires $40,000); and (2) requires a school corporation to expend an amount for teacher compensation that is not less than 65% of state tuition support (current law requires 62%). Amends the requirements for a school corporation and the department if the school corporation determines that the school corporation cannot meet minimum teacher salary requirements. Removes a provision that provides that the matrix rating system may not rank or compare teacher preparation programs.
IN
Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0147
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Report Pass
1/23/25
Engrossed
2/18/25
Refer
3/3/25
Physician referrals and reimbursement rates. Prohibits, in accordance with the federal Stark Law (42 U.S.C. 1395nn), a referring physician from receiving compensation or an incentive from a health care entity or another physician, who is in the same health care network as the referring physician, for referring a patient to the health care entity or other physician. Provides that the attorney general may investigate certain complaints. Provides that the attorney general may cooperate with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in the investigation of certain complaints. Provides that the attorney general may take certain actions when conducting an investigation of certain complaints. Requires the all payer claims data base to publish the physician reimbursement rates as a separate line item for each contract instead of in the aggregate.
IN
Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0148
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Loans from the common school fund. Extends by three years provisions that apply with regard to an extension of the term of loans or advances from the common school fund for the Gary Community School Corporation, which are set to expire on January 1, 2025. Reinstates the provisions in a new section of the Indiana Code with an extended expiration date of January 1, 2028.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0149
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Electronic monitoring program immunity. Adds judicial officers to the list of persons immune from civil liability for certain acts or omissions that occur in connection with the statute establishing electronic monitoring standards. (Current law provides that immunity does not apply to gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.)
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0150
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
East Chicago school board elections. Changes the election process for the governing body of the East Chicago school corporation, so that all members are elected at large by the voters of the school corporation. (Current law provides that three members are elected from certain districts, and two members are elected at large.) Makes conforming changes.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0151
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Report Pass
2/4/25
Engrossed
2/12/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
4/3/25
Enrolled
4/9/25
Passed
4/30/25
Chaptered
4/30/25
Passed
4/30/25
Statute of limitations. Specifies that a prosecution for rape as a Level 3 felony that is barred by the statute of limitations may still be brought within 10 years from the discovery of DNA evidence.
IN
Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0152
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Possession of firearms. Prohibits a person from carrying a firearm in or near: (1) a chute; (2) polls; (3) certain areas where voters congregate or are likely to congregate; or (4) any room where ballots are being counted. Provides that the offense is a Class C misdemeanor. Enhances the offense to a: (1) Class A misdemeanor if the person has a prior unrelated conviction for the offense; or (2) Level 6 felony if the firearm is pointed at another person. Specifies: (1) a defense; and (2) certain notice requirements. Prohibits other defenses. Defines particular terms. Makes conforming amendments. Changes the minimum age required to carry a handgun to 21 years of age.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0153
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Privately made firearms. Defines a "privately made firearm" and other related terms. Makes it a Level 5 felony to possess a privately made firearm. Makes it a Level 5 felony to alter, obliterate, or remove certain marks of firearm identification or to possess a firearm on which those marks of identification have been altered, obliterated, or removed.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0154
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Various tax matters. Increases the maximum amount of the income tax credit for an individual employed as a teacher for amounts expended for classroom supplies from $100 to $500 per taxable year. Adds students who attend public schools for purposes of eligibility for the unreimbursed education expenditure tax deduction. Provides that the amount of the deduction is the lesser of: (1) $1,000 multiplied by the number of the taxpayer's dependent children for whom the taxpayer made education expenditures in the taxable year; or (2) the total amount of actual unreimbursed education expenditures that the taxpayer incurs for each of the taxpayer's dependent children in the taxable year. (Under current law, the amount is $1,000 multiplied by the number of the taxpayer's dependent children for whom the taxpayer made education expenditures in the taxable year.) Defines "public school".
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0155
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Funeral assistance for minor victims of crime. Increases the amount of an allowable claim from the violent crime victims compensation fund for funeral, burial, or cremation to $10,000 if the victim is a minor (currently limited to $5,000).
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0156
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Protective orders and employment. Provides that an employer may not discriminate against an employee with respect to compensation and benefits from the employer or terms and conditions of employment based on: (1) the employee's filing of a petition for a protective order, whether or not the protective order has been issued; or (2) the actions of an individual against whom the employee has filed a protective order.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0157
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Report Pass
1/23/25
Engrossed
2/4/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
3/24/25
Enrolled
4/1/25
Passed
5/6/25
Chaptered
5/6/25
Passed
5/6/25
Protection of property rights. Defines "squatter" as an individual who occupies the property of another and who does not have and has never had: (1) a rental agreement; (2) permission of the owner; or (3) another legal interest in the property. Permits a property owner to execute an affidavit stating that a squatter is occupying the person's property, and requires a law enforcement agency to dispatch one or more law enforcement officers to remove the squatter within 48 hours (or a later period if necessary for reasons of public safety). Provides that a property owner can execute an affidavit at the time a law enforcement officer responds to a complaint that a squatter is occupying the owner's property. Requires a dispatched law enforcement officer to remove the squatter from the property unless the law enforcement officer discovers credible evidence that the person is not a squatter. Provides that a law enforcement agency may create a form affidavit. Provides certain immunities to a law enforcement agency and a law enforcement officer. Establishes a cause of action for wrongful removal from property.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0158
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Public safety. Provides that a person who knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly operates a vehicle in a repeated or continuous manner with the intent of causing a rotational skid commits reckless driving, a Class B misdemeanor, and increases the penalty if certain circumstances apply. Specifies that a person may request specialized driving privileges even after the initial hearing. Specifies that a vehicle used to commit reckless driving involving a rotational skid or obstruction of traffic involving a rotational skid is subject to seizure for purposes of civil forfeiture. Increases the penalty for resisting law enforcement to a Level 5 felony if a person operates a vehicle in a manner that creates a substantial risk of bodily injury to another person. Makes conforming amendments.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0159
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Report Pass
1/14/25
Engrossed
1/27/25
Engrossed
1/24/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
3/13/25
Enrolled
3/21/25
Passed
4/30/25
Chaptered
4/30/25
Passed
4/30/25
Procedures for obtaining a warrant. Specifies that a request for a warrant made orally by telephone, radio, or similar electronic means must be recorded and typed or transcribed. (Under current law, the judge is required to record the request, and the court reporter to type or transcribe it.) Permits certain warrant requests to be: (1) made electronically (where current law only allows this by radio or telephone); and (2) recorded electronically (where current law only permits the use of audio tape). Requires the prosecuting attorney and a law enforcement agency to maintain all requests for warrants, and to provide them to a defendant in discovery.