Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1021 Compare Versions

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2	2	Introduced Version
3	3	HOUSE BILL No. 1021
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5	5	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
6	6	Citations Affected: IC 23-0.5.
7	7	Synopsis: Training in human trafficking awareness. Requires a food
8	8	or lodging establishment to do the following: (1) Require each
9	9	employee of the food or lodging establishment to annually complete a
10	10	training course offered by the United States Department of Homeland
11	11	Security in recognizing and responding to human trafficking (training
12	12	requirement). (2) Maintain for each employee a written record of the
13	13	title and date of completion of each training course completed by the
14	14	employee (training records). (3) Include in the food or lodging
15	15	establishment's biennial report to the secretary of state an attestation
16	16	that the food or lodging establishment has complied with the training
17	17	requirement in each of the two years covered by the report. (4) Post in
18	18	a location in the food or lodging establishment that is readily accessible
19	19	by all employees of the food or lodging establishment a conspicuous
20	20	written notice: (A) asking employees to report suspected human
21	21	trafficking; and (B) providing contact information for state and federal
22	22	agencies to which suspected human trafficking can be reported.
23	23	Provides that the office of the secretary of state may audit the training
24	24	records of a food or lodging establishment to verify the food or lodging
25	25	establishment's attestation regarding the training requirement in the
26	26	food or lodging establishment's biennial report.
27	27	Effective: July 1, 2025.
28	28	Haggard
29	29	January 8, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code.
30	30	2025 IN 1021—LS 6323/DI 119 Introduced
31	31	First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
32	32	PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
33	33	Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
34	34	additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
35	35	Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
36	36	provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
37	37	word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
38	38	a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
39	39	Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
40	40	between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
41	41	HOUSE BILL No. 1021
42	42	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
43	43	business and other associations.
44	44	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
45	45	1 SECTION 1. IC 23-0.5-2-13, AS AMENDED BY P.L.52-2018,
46	46	2 SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
47	47	3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 13. (a) A domestic filing entity or registered
48	48	4 foreign entity shall deliver to the secretary of state for filing a biennial
49	49	5 report that:
50	50	6 (1) states:
51	51	7 (1) (A) the name of the entity and, if a registered foreign
52	52	8 entity, its jurisdiction of formation;
53	53	9 (2) (B) the information required by IC 23-0.5-4-3(b);
54	54	10 (3) (C) the street address of the entity's principal office;
55	55	11 (4) (D) for a corporation, the names and business addresses of
56	56	12 its directors, secretary, and the highest executive office of the
57	57	13 corporation; and
58	58	14 (5) (E) for a nonprofit corporation, the names and business or
59	59	15 resident addresses of its directors, secretary, and highest
60	60	16 executive office; and
61	61	17 (2) if the entity is a food or lodging establishment (as defined
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63	63	1 in IC 23-0.5-10-1), includes the attestation required under
64	64	2 IC 23-0.5-10-5.
65	65	3 (b) Information in a biennial report must be current as of the date
66	66	4 the report is signed by the entity.
67	67	5 (c) The biennial report must be delivered to the secretary of state for
68	68	6 filing every two (2) calendar years on a schedule determined by the
69	69	7 secretary of state. The secretary of state may accept biennial reports
70	70	8 during the ninety (90) days before the month in which the biennial
71	71	9 report is due.
72	72	10 (d) If a biennial report does not contain the information required by
73	73	11 this section, the secretary of state promptly shall notify the reporting
74	74	12 entity in a record and return the report for correction. If the report is
75	75	13 corrected to contain the information required by this section and
76	76	14 delivered to the secretary of state within thirty (30) days after the
77	77	15 effective date of notice, the report is considered to be timely filed.
78	78	16 (e) If a biennial report contains information required by
79	79	17 IC 23-0.5-4-3(b) which differs from the information shown in the
80	80	18 records of the secretary of state immediately before the report becomes
81	81	19 effective, the differing information is considered a statement of change
82	82	20 under IC 23-0.5-4-7.
83	83	21 (f) A biennial report filed under this section may not specify a future
84	84	22 effective date.
85	85	23 (g) The office of the secretary of state may audit the records
86	86	24 required to be kept by a food or lodging establishment under
87	87	25 IC 23-0.5-10-5(a)(2) to confirm the veracity of the attestation of the
88	88	26 food or lodging establishment under subsection (a)(2).
89	89	27 SECTION 2. IC 23-0.5-10 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
90	90	28 AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
91	91	29 JULY 1, 2025]:
92	92	30 Chapter 10. Food and Lodging Employee Training in
93	93	31 Recognizing Human Trafficking
94	94	32 Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "food or lodging establishment"
95	95	33 means an entity that is authorized to do business in Indiana as a:
96	96	34 (1) retail food establishment; or
97	97	35 (2) lodging provider.
98	98	36 Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "human trafficking" means
99	99	37 conduct that constitutes:
100	100	38 (1) an offense under IC 35-42-3.5 (human and sexual
101	101	39 trafficking);
102	102	40 (2) an offense under the laws of:
103	103	41 (A) the United States;
104	104	42 (B) another state; or
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106	106	1 (C) an Indian tribe;
107	107	2 that is substantially similar to an offense described in
108	108	3 subdivision (1); or
109	109	4 (3) an attempt or conspiracy to engage in conduct described
110	110	5 in subdivision (1) or (2);
111	111	6 regardless of whether the conduct results in criminal prosecution
112	112	7 or whether the person who engages in the conduct is an adult.
113	113	8 Sec. 3. (a) As used in this chapter, "lodging provider" means a
114	114	9 person engaged in the business of renting or furnishing
115	115	10 accommodations for human habitation to individuals for periods
116	116	11 of less than thirty (30) days.
117	117	12 (b) The term includes a hotel, motel, motor court, lodge, inn, or
118	118	13 bed and breakfast establishment.
119	119	14 Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "retail food establishment"
120	120	15 means a person engaged in the business of:
121	121	16 (1) preparing food for human consumption; and
122	122	17 (2) selling food prepared by the person as described in
123	123	18 subdivision (1);
124	124	19 that is required to be registered with the Indiana department of
125	125	20 health or an authorized representative of the Indiana department
126	126	21 of health under 410 IAC 7-24-107.
127	127	22 Sec. 5. (a) A food or lodging establishment shall:
128	128	23 (1) require each employee of the food or lodging establishment
129	129	24 to annually complete a training course offered by the United
130	130	25 States Department of Homeland Security in recognizing and
131	131	26 responding to human trafficking; and
132	132	27 (2) maintain for each employee of the food or lodging
133	133	28 establishment, for the duration of the employee's employment
134	134	29 with the food or lodging establishment, a written record of:
135	135	30 (A) the title of each training course described in
136	136	31 subdivision (1) completed by the employee; and
137	137	32 (B) the date on which the employee completed the training
138	138	33 course described in clause (A).
139	139	34 (b) A food or lodging establishment shall include in the food or
140	140	35 lodging establishment's biennial report under IC 23-0.5-2-13 an
141	141	36 attestation that the entity has complied with subsection (a) in each
142	142	37 of the two (2) years covered by the report.
143	143	38 Sec. 6. A food or lodging establishment shall post in a location
144	144	39 in the food or lodging establishment that is readily accessible by all
145	145	40 employees of the food or lodging establishment a conspicuous
146	146	41 written notice:
147	147	42 (1) asking employees to report suspected human trafficking;
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149	149	1 and
150	150	2 (2) providing contact information for state and federal
151	151	3 agencies to which suspected human trafficking can be
152	152	4 reported.
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