*EH1214.1*
March 21, 2025
ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL No. 1214
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DIGEST OF HB 1214 (Updated March 19, 2025 12:32 pm - DI 154)
Citations Affected: IC 22-5.
Synopsis: Worker's compensation. Provides that, after June 30, 2025,
a party may not prohibit an employer from bidding on a contract solely
on the basis of the employer's experience rating.
Effective: July 1, 2025.
Lehman, Teshka, Moseley, Bartlett
(SENATE SPONSORS — ZAY, BALDWIN, RANDOLPH LONNIE M)
January 8, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and
Pensions.
January 30, 2025, reported — Do Pass.
February 3, 2025, read second time, ordered engrossed.
February 4, 2025, engrossed. Read third time, passed. Yeas 89, nays 0.
SENATE ACTION
February 18, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial
Institutions.
March 20, 2025, amended, reported favorably — Do Pass.
EH 1214—LS 7159/DI 141 March 21, 2025
First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL No. 1214
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
insurance.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 22-5-10 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS
2 A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
3 1, 2025]:
4 Chapter 10. Bidding Restrictions Based on Experience Ratings
5 Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "employer" means a sole
6 proprietor, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability
7 company, or another entity with one (1) or more employees.
8 Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "experience rating" has the
9 meaning set forth in IC 27-7-2-2(m).
10 Sec. 3. After June 30, 2025, a party may not prohibit an
11 employer from bidding on a contract solely on the basis of the
12 employer's experience rating.
13 Sec. 4. This chapter does not preclude a party from considering
14 an employer's experience rating when awarding a contract.
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions,
to which was referred House Bill 1214, has had the same under
consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with
the recommendation that said bill do pass.
(Reference is to HB 1214 as introduced.)
VANNATTER
Committee Vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Mr. President: The Senate Committee on Insurance and Financial
Institutions, to which was referred House Bill No. 1214, has had the
same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the
Senate with the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as
follows:
Page 1, delete lines 15 through 17.
Delete pages 2 through 4.
and when so amended that said bill do pass.
(Reference is to HB 1214 as printed January 30, 2025.)
BALDWIN, Chairperson
Committee Vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0.
EH 1214—LS 7159/DI 141