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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1284 |
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| 4 | 4 | | _____ |
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| 5 | 5 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL |
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| 6 | 6 | | Citations Affected: IC 32-31-8-8.1. |
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| 7 | 7 | | Synopsis: Background checks of maintenance workers. Requires a |
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| 8 | 8 | | landlord to adopt a policy requiring individuals who apply for certain |
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| 9 | 9 | | employment positions that include access to the rental premises during |
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| 10 | 10 | | the term of a tenant's lease to submit to a national criminal history |
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| 11 | 11 | | background check before the landlord may hire the prospective |
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| 12 | 12 | | employee. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Effective: July 1, 2025. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Pack |
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| 15 | 15 | | January 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and |
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| 16 | 16 | | Pensions. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 2025 IN 1284—LS 7302/DI 106 Introduced |
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| 18 | 18 | | First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025) |
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| 19 | 19 | | PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana |
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| 20 | 20 | | Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, |
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| 21 | 21 | | additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional |
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| 23 | 23 | | provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the |
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| 24 | 24 | | word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds |
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| 25 | 25 | | a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts |
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| 27 | 27 | | between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. |
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| 28 | 28 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1284 |
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| 29 | 29 | | A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning |
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| 30 | 30 | | criminal law and procedure. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 SECTION 1. IC 32-31-8-8.1 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3 1, 2025]: Sec. 8.1. (a) As used in this section, "national criminal |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4 history background check" has the meaning set forth in |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5 IC 25-1-1.1-4. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6 (b) Each landlord shall adopt a policy requiring each individual |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7 who applies with the landlord for employment with duties and |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8 responsibilities that include access to the rental premises during |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9 the term of a tenant's lease to submit to a national criminal history |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10 background check before the landlord may hire the prospective |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11 employee. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2025 IN 1284—LS 7302/DI 106 |
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