Indiana 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0342
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Address registry for unlawful aliens. Requires an unlawful alien to register with the local law enforcement authority in the alien's county of residence. Makes failure to register a Class A misdemeanor, and increases the penalty to a Level 6 felony for a second or subsequent offense.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0343
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
State educational institutions. Makes certain changes to state educational institution (institution) policies that involve: (1) disciplinary actions; (2) tenure review or promotion; and (3) student reports. Removes a prohibition on the award of admission, enrollment, employment, benefits, hiring, reappointment, promotion, or tenure on the basis of a viewpoint expressed in a pledge or statement. Repeals the following: (1) A provision concerning an employee or group of employees establishing an official institution, school, college, or department position on certain issues. (2) A provision concerning an institution's duty to report certain information to the commission for higher education (commission). (3) A provision concerning the commission's duty to report certain information to the budget committee (committee). Changes certain procedures regarding the appeal of a student report. Removes a requirement that an institution submit certain data concerning diversity, equity, and inclusion to the committee.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0344
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Veterans service officers. Defines "qualified part-time service officer". Establishes the county service officer grant fund to provide grants to counties for salaries for county service officers, including qualified part-time service officers. Requires the Indiana department of veterans' affairs commission (commission) to adopt rules establishing minimum annual salaries that a county must pay for county service officers, including qualified part-time service officers, in order for the county to receive a grant. Provides that the Indiana department of veterans' affairs (department) shall administer the fund. Requires a county or city service officer appointed or employed after June 30, 2025, to be accredited by the National Association of County Service Officers. Requires each county to appoint a county service officer. (Current law provides that a county may appoint a county service officer.) Requires a county that does not contain a consolidated city to employ: (1) a full-time service officer or two qualified part-time service officers if the county has at least 5,000 veterans residing in the county; and (2) an additional qualified part-time service officer for each additional 2,500 veterans. Requires a county containing a consolidated city to hire at least one full-time service officer or two qualified part-time service officers for each 10,000 veterans residing in the county. Requires that a county or city service officer appointed or employed before July 1, 2025, must be accredited by the National Association of County Service Officers before July 1, 2027. Makes an appropriation.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0345
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Property tax matters. Amends the property tax exemption for property used by a for-profit provider of early childhood education, including by requiring the provider to offer age appropriate curriculum and by excluding from the exemption tangible property that has been granted a homestead standard deduction. Provides a partial property tax exemption for an employer that provides child care on the employer's property for the employer's employees, and for the employees of another business if the employer and the other business enter into an agreement that outlines the terms under which the child care is to be provided. Specifies the conditions that must be met to obtain the partial property tax exemption. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services, in consultation with the early learning advisory committee, to: (1) evaluate and make recommendations; and (2) submit a report; regarding child care. Amends the maximum levy growth quotient to base the six year average calculation on the yearly wage growth for state and local government employees in Indiana and the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index. Requires the true tax value of a privately owned wastewater facility to be determined by applying the income capitalization approach. Provides that, if the application of the income capitalization method for an assessment year results in a zero or negative assessment, the privately owned wastewater facility is exempt from property taxation for that assessment year. Requires assessing officials in an assessment of residential deed restricted property to only use or consider sales of other residential deed restricted property as a comparable sale property for purposes of a sales comparison analysis.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0346
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Engrossed
2/19/25
Refer
3/3/25
Rural business growth. Establishes a state tax credit (credit) for certain capital investments made in rural funds. Establishes procedures for a rural fund to apply to the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) for certification of a capital investment as eligible for a credit provided by the bill. Requires a rural fund to pay a nonrefundable application fee of $5,000 to the IEDC. Provides that the credit is an amount equal to: (1) the applicable percentage for the credit allowance date; multiplied by (2) the purchase price paid to the rural fund for the capital investment. Sets forth the maximum annual amount of credits that may be certified. Provides that the credit is subject to recapture. Requires a rural fund that has received a credit to submit reports on an annual basis to the IEDC over the credit allowance period.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0347
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Indiana economic development corporation. Allows the fiscal body of a county, city, or town to adopt an ordinance to require the Indiana economic development corporation (corporation) to make payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTS) with respect to real property that satisfies each of the following conditions: (1) The corporation is the owner of any real property that is exempt from property taxes. (2) The corporation has been the owner of such real property for at least one year on the date that an ordinance is adopted. Specifies that the assessed value of the real property subject to PILOTS is equal to the assessed value of the real property on the assessment date of the calendar year in which the corporation purchased the real property while the ordinance is in effect. Provides for the submission of an annual report of the activities of an innovation development district as to financial information pertaining to tax increment financing districts in an innovation development district to the: (1) fiscal body of the county, city, or town; and (2) department of local government finance. Continuously appropriates from the state general fund the amount necessary for the corporation to pay the required PILOTS.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0348
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Waiving requirements for accredited schools. Requires (instead of allows) the state board of education (state board) to approve an application to waive compliance with certain provisions requested by a school or group of schools under the performance based accreditation law. Requires the state board to do the following: (1) Review each compliance waiver request at least once every three years (instead of periodically). (2) Suspend or revoke a compliance waiver if the state board determines that the school or group of schools has not demonstrated an improvement in student academic performance.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0349
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Environmental remediation. Provides that, for purposes of voluntary remediation of hazardous substances and petroleum, a restrictive covenant or environmental restrictive ordinance is not necessary to control potential exposure pathways at a site unless it is determined that the expected future use of the site is more likely than not to result in exposure to remaining contamination in excess of remediation objectives.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0350
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Refer
2/6/25
Automated external defibrillator requirements. Provides that certain funding provided to a local board of health may be used to provide automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to school corporations, charter schools, and state accredited nonpublic schools. Revises the definition of "venue specific emergency action plan for sudden cardiac arrest" (plan) and revises the requirements of a plan. Requires the department of education to develop a plan for certain schools and provide support for the plan, if requested by the school. Requires the department of education to conduct a statewide survey of school corporations, charter schools, and state accredited nonpublic schools concerning: (1) plans developed prior to July 1, 2025; and (2) AEDs.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0351
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Report Pass
2/10/25
Engrossed
2/19/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
3/20/25
Enrolled
3/26/25
Passed
5/1/25
Chaptered
5/1/25
Passed
5/1/25
Municipal parks and recreation board. Allows a resident of the library district to be appointed to the parks and recreation board of a third class city or a town.
IN
Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0352
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Local government efficiency task force. Establishes the local government efficiency task force (task force) to study creating a more streamlined and cost effective local government structure. Sets forth the membership, and requires the task force to issue a report to the general assembly and the governor not later than November 1, 2026.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0353
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Property tax rate freeze. Provides a calculation to be used in determining the maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy and resulting tax rate for taxes first due and payable in 2026 and 2027, to cap the increase in the levy and tax rates based on a ratio comparison of each civil taxing unit's maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy to net assessed value in 2025.
IN
Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0354
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Search and seizure. Prohibits a governmental agent from entering real property that is owned or occupied by a landowner without a warrant. Provides certain exceptions. Requires a governmental agent, upon entering real property, to: (1) take reasonable action to notify the landowner that the governmental agent has entered; (2) show the landowner a copy of the warrant, if applicable; and (3) activate any law enforcement recording device that is issued to the governmental agent. Provides that evidence obtained by entry on real property without a warrant or without a valid exception is inadmissible. Provides that a person may not be arrested if the probable cause for the arrest results solely from entry on real property without a warrant or valid exception. Establishes a civil cause of action if a governmental agent enters real property without a warrant or valid exception.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0355
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Report Pass
1/28/25
Engrossed
2/21/25
Refer
3/3/25
Municipal elections. Moves, as a general rule, elections of town officers to even-numbered years. Allows a town that has a population of more than 10,000 to pass a resolution to opt out of the general rule. Allows a city to pass a resolution to opt in to the general rule. Increases the amount of time that a voter may remain in the voting booth at a primary, general, municipal, or special election, from four minutes to seven minutes. Makes conforming amendments.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0356
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Hospitality taxes. Prohibits the civic center authority in Delaware County, which is established to receive and administer tax revenue from the county's food and beverage tax, from delegating any of its authorities under the food and beverage statute or from transferring any food and beverage tax revenue to governmental, not-for-profit, or other private entities under a lease or contractual arrangement for the purpose of operating, maintaining, and promoting the use of a civic center. Provides that if the fiscal body of Delaware County does not fix the budget, tax rate, and tax levy for the ensuing budget year as required, the most recent annual appropriations and annual tax levy are continued for the ensuing budget year.