Indiana 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0450
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Report Pass
1/28/25
Engrossed
2/11/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
3/17/25
Enrolled
3/25/25
Passed
4/9/25
Chaptered
4/9/25
Passed
4/9/25
Article V convention. Changes the defined term of "delegate" to "commissioner" in reference to an individual who is appointed to represent Indiana at an Article V convention. Specifies that an individual must satisfy the following requirements to be appointed as a commissioner or alternate commissioner: (1) have resided in Indiana for the past five years; (2) may not currently be registered as a lobbyist under certain regulations or have been registered within the past five years; and (3) may not have been convicted of a crime of moral turpitude or served any part of a felony sentence within the past 10 years. Provides that it is assumed the general assembly shall appoint three commissioners to represent Indiana at an Article V convention. Requires the commissioners to select a chair for the Article V convention. Prohibits a commissioner or alternate commissioner from accepting a gratuity while serving as a commissioner or alternate commissioner. Requires the general assembly to adopt a joint resolution prohibiting commissioners and alternative commissioners from voting to amend certain provisions of the Constitution of the United States.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0451
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Report Pass
1/21/25
Engrossed
1/29/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
3/27/25
Enrolled
4/2/25
Passed
4/16/25
Chaptered
4/16/25
Passed
4/16/25
Income tax rate. Provides for a decrease in the individual adjusted gross income tax rate beginning in 2030 depending on certain conditions being met.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0452
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Report Pass
1/21/25
Engrossed
1/29/25
Refer
3/3/25
Tax incentive review. Amends provisions that apply to the legislative services agency's periodic tax incentives review and analysis.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0453
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Engrossed
2/21/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
4/3/25
Enrolled
4/9/25
Passed
5/6/25
Chaptered
5/6/25
Passed
5/6/25
Various tax matters. Amends estimated quarterly tax payment provisions. Restructures tax collection requirements for kerosene to eliminate specialized tax filing. Streamlines the filing requirements for gasoline use tax to eliminate multiple filing requirements. Specifies the liability and remittance requirements for the gross retail tax, gasoline use tax, and other listed taxes in certain circumstances. Amends provisions that apply to passenger and household goods carriers. Amends the college savings tax credit. Replaces the term "college choice 529 education savings plan" with "Indiana529 plan". Makes a clarifying change to the closed system cartridge tax. Extends the renewal period from one year to two years for businesses licensed to collect the electronic cigarettes tax, closed systems cartridge tax, and other tobacco products tax. Specifies that the fiscal officer of an entity that has adopted an innkeeper's tax, a food and beverage tax, or an admissions tax must enter into an agreement with the department of state revenue (department) before the department provides certain information to the fiscal officer as required under current law. Specifies when certain tax information may be disclosed by the department. Provides for the transfer of certain funds from the bureau of motor vehicles commission fund to the motor carrier regulation fund. Provides that a person who commits a violation involving a consumer transaction entailing the transportation of passengers or household goods commits a deceptive act that is actionable by the attorney general and is subject to certain remedies and penalties. Specifies remittance procedures for the gasoline use tax. Specifies recapture procedures for certain reduced estimated tax payments. Makes corresponding changes.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0454
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Whole home repairs program. Establishes the whole home repairs program to provide funding to eligible entities to: (1) award grants to local homeowners; and (2) make loans available for small landlords offering affordable units for rent; for certain home repairs.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0455
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Newborn tax credit. Amends the definition of adjusted gross income to remove the additional dependent child exemption of $1,500 in the first taxable year in which an allowed child is claimed. Establishes a refundable tax credit for newborn children, which an eligible taxpayer may claim only in the first taxable year in which a particular newborn child is eligible for the exemption allowed under specified provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Defines "eligible taxpayer". Provides that the amount of the credit is $500 per newborn child, or $250 per eligible newborn child in the case of a married individual filing a separate return. Prorates the credit in the case of a resident taxpayer residing in Indiana for a period of less than the taxpayer's entire taxable year.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0456
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Shipshewana food and beverage tax. Allows the fiscal body of the town of Shipshewana to increase its food and beverage tax from 1% to not more than 2% of the gross retail income received by a retail merchant from a taxable transaction.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0457
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Refer
1/28/25
Report Pass
2/6/25
Engrossed
2/12/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
3/13/25
Enrolled
3/21/25
Passed
4/3/25
Chaptered
4/3/25
Passed
4/3/25
Carbon dioxide sequestration. Requires an applicant for a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline certificate to comply with certain guidelines adopted by the Indiana utility regulatory commission. Exempts a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline company (company) from obtaining a certificate of authority if the company's carbon dioxide transmission pipeline project meets certain criteria. Requires an applicant or the contractor or subcontractor of the applicant to submit evidence that the contractor or subcontractor of the applicant have the requisite experience constructing, operating, and maintaining a transmission pipeline for the department to grant the applicant a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline certificate of authority. Moves fee revenue collected for a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline certificate of authority from the oil and gas environmental fund to the state general fund. Provides that the filing fee for a permit for a carbon sequestration project is deposited in the state general fund. Provides that an involuntary integration order issued by the department of natural resources (department) is effective 15 days after the petitioner is issued a UIC Class VI permit. Amends the definition of "UIC Class VI permit". Adjusts the filing fee for a carbon sequestration project permit. Requires a storage operator to pay the department a fee of $0.08 per metric ton of carbon dioxide injected into a storage facility for the previous calendar year. Provides that a storage operator shall pay to the department a fee for the carbon dioxide injected into the storage facility. Expires the carbon dioxide storage facility trust fund and provides for the transfer of money in that fund to the state general fund. Directs the department to establish and issue a permit that allows a person to: (1) drill or operate a carbon dioxide investigatory well; or (2) convert an oil and gas well for use in carbon dioxide investigations. Describes circumstances in which the department may enter property to inspect and maintain a well or storage facility. Establishes civil penalties for violations of the statutes regulating carbon sequestration. Provides that civil penalties are deposited in the state general fund.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0458
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Extension of water services. Allows a water or wastewater utility to extend service up to three miles to a: (1) public school, including a charter school; or (2) nonpublic school that employs one or more employees; without a deposit or other adequate assurance of performance from the customer if certain conditions are met. Provides that the extension qualifies as an eligible infrastructure improvement for purposes of infrastructure improvement charges. Provides that a public utility must conduct an outreach program before it condemns land for the purpose of extending a water or wastewater main. Establishes certain meeting and notice requirements for the outreach program.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0459
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Report Pass
2/4/25
Engrossed
2/12/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
4/3/25
Enrolled
4/10/25
Passed
5/1/25
Chaptered
5/1/25
Passed
5/1/25
Environmental matters. Provides that the environmental rules board may adopt rules establishing requirements for the reclamation and reuse of treated wastewater. Requires certain entities to: (1) conduct an annual public water system cybersecurity vulnerability assessment; (2) annually provide the office of technology with the name and contact information of any individual who will act as the primary reporter of a cybersecurity incident; (3) submit an annual certification to the department of environmental management via a secured portal verifying certain information; and (4) when an actual or suspected cybersecurity breach occurs, report the incident to the office of technology.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0460
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Indiana economic development corporation board. Beginning in 2026, modifies the criteria for appointment to the board of the Indiana economic development corporation (board) to require that certain members appointed by the governor must reside in separate Indiana congressional districts but preserves the provision that permits the governor to appoint not more than three additional members to the board without regard to the congressional district residency requirement added by the bill. Makes corresponding changes.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0461
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Refer
1/28/25
Report Pass
2/6/25
Engrossed
2/12/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
3/20/25
Report Pass
4/3/25
Enrolled
4/10/25
Passed
4/30/25
Chaptered
4/30/25
Passed
4/30/25
Grain indemnity. Defines "revocation of a license". Creates a process in which the director of the Indiana grain buyers and warehouse licensing agency (agency) determines whether a building or other protected enclosure constitutes a single warehouse that requires one or more licenses. Specifies the documents a person who desires to conduct business as a grain buyer, warehouse operator, or buyer-warehouse (licensee) must submit to the agency to renew a license to operate. Specifies how a business as a licensee may renew its license. Specifies the types of licenses the agency shall issue and how a license may be relinquished. Establishes what information must be included in a financial statement submitted by a licensee to the agency. Removes the ability of the agency to temporarily suspend a licensee's license. Specifies various matters related to on-premises inspections. Permits the director of the agency (director) to call an informal meeting with a licensee. Provides when the director may revoke, and when the director shall revoke, a licensee's license and what information the director must share with the licensee. Establishes various notice requirements. Permits the agency to adopt rules. Requires the director to inspect and test all equipment used to test the moisture content of grain purchased from producers once per year. Requires the Indiana grain indemnity corporation board to elect a chairperson and vice chairperson and take on various new responsibilities. Addresses various issues with producer premiums. Provides that a grain buyer shall keep accurate and correct records of grain purchased from producers documenting the producer premiums paid by producers. Establishes storage fees to determine storage loss. Requires the office of the attorney general to provide legal assistance if requested by the director. Requires the director to take possession of the bond or other security and all proceeds from a grain sale in the event a licensee has failed to meet its obligations under the grain indemnity chapter. Provides that the director shall provide informal conferences between agency representatives and persons who have or who appear to have grain deposited with the licensee in revocation. Makes technical and conforming changes.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0462
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Report Pass
1/23/25
Engrossed
1/29/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
4/3/25
Enrolled
4/9/25
Passed
4/22/25
Chaptered
4/22/25
Passed
4/22/25
Behavior analysts. Reenacts an expired provision in the definition of "practitioner" as it relates to behavior analysts.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0463
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Refer
1/29/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Engrossed
2/21/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
3/27/25
Report Pass
4/3/25
Enrolled
4/10/25
Passed
5/1/25
Chaptered
5/1/25
Passed
5/1/25
Child care matters. Extends the availability of the employer child care expenditure tax credit through July 1, 2027. Provides that under specified circumstances, an individual who: (1) is at least 15 years of age; and (2) is a student at a school corporation that operates a child care program; may volunteer as a caregiver for the child care program before completing the statutory requirements for individuals to act as a volunteer caregiver at a child care program. Adds two representatives of out-of-school-time programs to the membership of the early learning advisory committee. Provides for purposes of regulation of licensed child care centers that the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) shall: (1) ensure that: (A) Indiana's staff to child ratio for a specified age range is not more stringent than the average of the staff to child ratios permitted for that age range under the laws of Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio; and (B) Indiana's maximum group size for a specified age range is not more stringent than the average of the maximum group sizes permitted for that age range under the laws of Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio; and (2) annually publish on the office's website the: (A) staff to child ratio; and (B) maximum group size; that a licensed child care center is required to maintain for the specified age ranges. Provides exceptions to the bill's group size provisions for: (1) an indoor or outdoor area of a child care center that provides at least 75 square feet of space per child; and (2) a child care center's cafeteria. Provides that if the office has received at least five applications from child care providers wishing to participate in the micro center pilot program (pilot program) but has selected less than five applicants for participation in the pilot program, the office shall select additional applicants for participation in the pilot program such that at least five child care providers are participating in the pilot program.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0464
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
Report Pass
1/23/25
Engrossed
1/31/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
3/20/25
Enrolled
3/26/25
Passed
5/6/25
Chaptered
5/6/25
Passed
5/6/25
Financial institutions and consumer credit. Provides that a reference to federal law in: (1) the First Lien Mortgage Lending Act; (2) the Uniform Consumer Credit Code (UCCC); or (3) the Indiana Code title governing financial institutions; is a reference to the law as in effect December 31, 2024 (rather than December 31, 2023, under current law). Amends the definition of "principal" for purposes of the UCCC provisions governing consumer loans to specify that the term does not include any loan proceeds held as security for the loan. Makes a technical change to the Indiana Code provision governing the prepayment of consumer loans to incorporate a cross reference to the Indiana Code provision setting forth the authorized nonrefundable prepaid finance charge for supervised loans. (Current law references only the authorized nonrefundable prepaid finance charge for consumer loans other than supervised loans.) Amends the definition of "consumer transaction" for purposes of the deceptive consumer sales act (act) to include the provision of a product or service to a: (1) state law enforcement agency; or (2) local law enforcement agency; in Indiana. Amends the definition of "supplier" for purposes of the act to include an entity that provides a product or service to a state or local law enforcement agency in Indiana. Provides that an action that arises from a transaction involving: (1) a state law enforcement agency may be brought and enforced only by the attorney general; and (2) a local law enforcement agency may be brought and enforced only by an attorney acting on behalf of the local law enforcement agency involved in the transaction, unless the local unit of government served by the local law enforcement agency requests the attorney general to bring and enforce an action on behalf of the local unit. Amends the Indiana Code provision governing audit requirements for credit unions to provide that department of financial institutions may establish by policy or rule accounting and auditing standards necessary to define the audit requirements.