Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1214 Compare Versions

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	1	+	EH1214.1
	2	+	March 21, 2025
	3	+	ENGROSSED
	4	+	HOUSE BILL No. 1214
	5	+	_____
	6	+	DIGEST OF HB 1214 (Updated March 19, 2025 12:32 pm - DI 154)
	7	+	Citations Affected: IC 22-5.
	8	+	Synopsis: Worker's compensation. Provides that, after June 30, 2025,
	9	+	a party may not prohibit an employer from bidding on a contract solely
	10	+	on the basis of the employer's experience rating.
	11	+	Effective: July 1, 2025.
	12	+	Lehman, Teshka, Moseley, Bartlett
	13	+	(SENATE SPONSORS — ZAY, BALDWIN, RANDOLPH LONNIE M)
	14	+	January 8, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and
	15	+	Pensions.
	16	+	January 30, 2025, reported — Do Pass.
	17	+	February 3, 2025, read second time, ordered engrossed.
	18	+	February 4, 2025, engrossed. Read third time, passed. Yeas 89, nays 0.
	19	+	SENATE ACTION
	20	+	February 18, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial
	21	+	Institutions.
	22	+	March 20, 2025, amended, reported favorably — Do Pass.
	23	+	EH 1214—LS 7159/DI 141 March 21, 2025
1	24		First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
2	25		PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
3	26		Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
4	27		additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
5	28		Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
6	29		provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
7	30		word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
8	31		a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
9	32		Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
10	33		between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
11		-	HOUSE ENROLLED ACT No. 1214
12		-	AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning insurance.
	34	+	ENGROSSED
	35	+	HOUSE BILL No. 1214
	36	+	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
	37	+	insurance.
13	38		Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
14		-	SECTION 1. IC 22-5-10 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS
15		-	A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
16		-	1, 2025]:
17		-	Chapter 10. Bidding Restrictions Based on Experience Ratings
18		-	Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "employer" means a sole
19		-	proprietor, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability
20		-	company, or another entity with one (1) or more employees.
21		-	Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "experience rating" has the
22		-	meaning set forth in IC 27-7-2-2(m).
23		-	Sec. 3. After June 30, 2025, a party may not prohibit an
24		-	employer from bidding on a contract solely on the basis of the
25		-	employer's experience rating.
26		-	Sec. 4. This chapter does not preclude a party from considering
27		-	an employer's experience rating when awarding a contract.
28		-	HEA 1214 — Concur Speaker of the House of Representatives
29		-	President of the Senate
30		-	President Pro Tempore
31		-	Governor of the State of Indiana
32		-	Date: Time:
33		-	HEA 1214 — Concur
	39	+	1 SECTION 1. IC 22-5-10 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS
	40	+	2 A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
	41	+	3 1, 2025]:
	42	+	4 Chapter 10. Bidding Restrictions Based on Experience Ratings
	43	+	5 Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "employer" means a sole
	44	+	6 proprietor, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability
	45	+	7 company, or another entity with one (1) or more employees.
	46	+	8 Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "experience rating" has the
	47	+	9 meaning set forth in IC 27-7-2-2(m).
	48	+	10 Sec. 3. After June 30, 2025, a party may not prohibit an
	49	+	11 employer from bidding on a contract solely on the basis of the
	50	+	12 employer's experience rating.
	51	+	13 Sec. 4. This chapter does not preclude a party from considering
	52	+	14 an employer's experience rating when awarding a contract.
	53	+	EH 1214—LS 7159/DI 141 2
	54	+	COMMITTEE REPORT
	55	+	Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions,
	56	+	to which was referred House Bill 1214, has had the same under
	57	+	consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with
	58	+	the recommendation that said bill do pass.
	59	+	(Reference is to HB 1214 as introduced.)
	60	+	VANNATTER
	61	+	Committee Vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0
	62	+	_____
	63	+	COMMITTEE REPORT
	64	+	Mr. President: The Senate Committee on Insurance and Financial
	65	+	Institutions, to which was referred House Bill No. 1214, has had the
	66	+	same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the
	67	+	Senate with the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as
	68	+	follows:
	69	+	Page 1, delete lines 15 through 17.
	70	+	Delete pages 2 through 4.
	71	+	and when so amended that said bill do pass.
	72	+	(Reference is to HB 1214 as printed January 30, 2025.)
	73	+	BALDWIN, Chairperson
	74	+	Committee Vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0.
	75	+	EH 1214—LS 7159/DI 141