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Old	New		Differences
1		-	EH1637.3
2		-	Reprinted
3		-	April 2, 2025
	1	+	EH1637.2
	2	+	March 21, 2025
4	3		ENGROSSED
5	4		HOUSE BILL No. 1637
6	5		_____
7		-	DIGEST OF HB 1637 (Updated ~~April 1~~, 2025 2:~~29 pm~~ - DI ~~116~~)
	6	+	DIGEST OF HB 1637 (Updated March 20, 2025 9:16 am - DI 120)
8	7		Citations Affected: IC 10-19; IC 10-21; IC 13-17; IC 20-19;
9		-	IC 22-12; IC 22-14; IC 22-15; IC 35-31.5; IC 36-8; noncode.
	8	+	IC 22-12; IC 22-14; IC 22-15; IC 35-31.5; IC 36-7; IC 36-8; noncode.
10	9		Synopsis: School and public safety matters. Provides for the
11	10		appointment of a fire chief, or the fire chief's designee, to a county
12	11		school safety commission. Establishes the office of school safety within
13	12		the department of homeland security (department) for the purpose of
14	13		coordinating and administering school security and safety resources.
15	14		Requires a school corporation or charter school to comply with certain
16	15		safety related requests by the office of school safety. Authorizes the
17	16		department to issue enforcement orders in accordance with rules
18	17		adopted by the board of firefighting personnel standards and education.
19		-	Removes emergency medical services enforcement authority from the
20		-	state fire marshal's management authority. Provides that the
21	18		(Continued next page)
22	19		Effective: Upon passage; July 1, 2025.
23	20		Bartels, Davis, Commons, Criswell
24	21		(SENATE SPONSORS — BALDWIN, QADDOURA,
25	22		RANDOLPH LONNIE M)
26	23		January 21, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public
27	24		Safety.
28	25		February 6, 2025, amended, reported — Do Pass. Referred to Committee on Ways and
29	26		Means pursuant to Rule 126.3.
30	27		February 13, 2025, reported — Do Pass.
31	28		February 17, 2025, read second time, ordered engrossed. Engrossed.
32	29		February 18, 2025, read third time, passed. Yeas 94, nays 0.
33	30		SENATE ACTION
34	31		March 3, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Homeland Security and
35	32		Transportation.
36	33		March 11, 2025, amended, reported favorably — Do Pass; reassigned to Committee on
37	34		Appropriations.
38	35		March 20, 2025, amended, reported favorably — Do Pass.
39		-	April 1, 2025, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
40	36		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 Digest Continued
	37	+	Removes emergency medical services enforcement authority from the
	38	+	state fire marshal's management authority. Provides that the
41	39		department, a fire department, or a volunteer fire department may open
42	40		burn for fire training purposes if certain conditions are met. Makes
43	41		various changes to provisions relating to the department's enforcement
44	42		authority pertaining to the administrative adjudication of building fire
45		-	and safety laws. Amends the definition of "law enforcement officer" to
46		-	include the state fire marshal and the executive director or fire
47		-	investigator of the department. Provides that the fire prevention and
48		-	building safety commission, with certain exceptions, may not adopt a
49		-	final rule for more than three building codes during any 12 month
50		-	period. Repeals the provision establishing the department of
51		-	education's division of school building physical security and safety.
52		-	Makes conforming amendments.
53		-	EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 Reprinted
54		-	April 2, 2025
	43	+	and safety laws. Requires that a city, town, or county that requires a
	44	+	building permit for the construction of a Class 2 structure to allow the
	45	+	inspection to be conducted by third party inspectors. Amends the
	46	+	definition of "law enforcement officer" to include the state fire marshal
	47	+	and the executive director or fire investigator of the department.
	48	+	Provides that the fire prevention and building safety commission, with
	49	+	certain exceptions, may not adopt a final rule for more than three
	50	+	building codes during any 12 month period. Repeals the provision
	51	+	establishing the department of education's division of school building
	52	+	physical security and safety. Makes conforming amendments.
	53	+	EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 March 21, 2025
55	54		First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
56	55		PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
57	56		Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
58	57		additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
59	58		Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
60	59		provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
61	60		word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
62	61		a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
63	62		Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
64	63		between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
65	64		ENGROSSED
66	65		HOUSE BILL No. 1637
67	66		A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
68	67		public safety.
69	68		Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
70	69		1 SECTION 1. IC 10-19-3.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
71	70		2 AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
72	71		3 JULY 1, 2025]:
73	72		4 Chapter 3.5. Office of School Safety
74	73		5 Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "director" refers to the director
75	74		6 of the office of school safety appointed under section 5 of this
76	75		7 chapter.
77	76		8 Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "office" refers to the office of
78	77		9 school safety established by section 4 of this chapter.
79	78		10 Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "physical security" refers to
80	79		11 security measures that are designed to deny unauthorized access
81	80		12 to a building or facility, including equipment and resources, and to
82	81		13 protect individuals and property from damage or harm.
83	82		14 Sec. 4. The office of school safety is established as an office
84	83		15 within the department of homeland security for the purpose of
85	84		16 coordinating and administering school safety resources.
86	85		17 Sec. 5. The executive director shall appoint a director of the
87	86		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 2
88	87		1 office. The director shall do the following:
89	88		2 (1) Serve as the executive head of the office.
90	89		3 (2) Advise executive state agencies and political subdivisions
91	90		4 regarding state best practices concerning matters relating to
92	91		5 school safety.
93	92		6 (3) Oversee the duties of the office and coordinate school
94	93		7 safety resources in consultation with other state agencies and
95	94		8 provide leadership regarding school safety matters.
96	95		9 Sec. 6. (a) The office shall:
97	96		10 (1) establish and maintain guidelines for using professional
98	97		11 architectural and engineering services to integrate physical
99	98		12 security improvements and safety practices in the
100	99		13 construction, renovation, repair, or alteration of a school
101	100		14 facility;
102	101		15 (2) carry out the office's responsibilities with regards to the
103	102		16 school safety specialist training and certification program
104	103		17 established by IC 10-21-1-13;
105	104		18 (3) establish and maintain guidelines for establishing
106	105		19 emergency response protocols in cooperation with other state
107	106		20 agencies;
108	107		21 (4) carry out the office's responsibilities to safe school
109	108		22 committees established under IC 10-21-1-14;
110	109		23 (5) coordinate the department's response and recovery
111	110		24 assistance to a school in the event of a manmade or natural
112	111		25 disaster;
113	112		26 (6) provide information and guidance to assist school
114	113		27 corporations or schools to establish mutual aid disaster
115	114		28 assistance agreements with other schools or school
116	115		29 corporations;
117	116		30 (7) study and collect information to integrate lessons learned
118	117		31 from previous school disasters throughout the country into
119	118		32 the curriculum of the school safety specialist training and
120	119		33 certification program established by IC 10-21-1-13 and
121		-	34 guidelines established by the ~~office~~ under this subsection;
	120	+	34 guidelines established by the division under this subsection;
122	121		35 (8) establish and maintain guidelines, in consultation with the
123	122		36 department of education and institute for criminal justice, for
124	123		37 developing and maintaining school safety plans as described
125	124		38 in IC 10-21-1-10 and IC 10-21-1-11; and
126	125		39 (9) assist the secured school safety board established by
127	126		40 IC 10-21-1-3 in conducting the review and submitting the
128	127		41 report as described in IC 10-21-1-8.
129	128		42 (b) The office may:
130	129		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 3
131	130		1 (1) request a meeting with a school corporation or charter
132	131		2 school to review a school safety plan as described in
133	132		3 IC 10-21-1-10;
134	133		4 (2) request to provide an onsite safety review for a school
135	134		5 corporation or charter school;
136	135		6 (3) request to provide guidance or assistance relating to school
137	136		7 safety matters to a school corporation or charter school;
138	137		8 (4) provide assistance or guidance relating to school safety
139	138		9 matters upon request by a nonpublic school that has
140	139		10 voluntarily become accredited under IC 20-31-4.1 or is
141	140		11 accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency that
142		-	12 is recognized by the state board ~~of education~~; and
	141	+	12 is recognized by the state board; and
143	142		13 (5) provide assistance or guidance relating to school safety
144	143		14 matters upon request by a county school safety commission
145	144		15 established under IC 10-21-1-12.
146	145		16 The applicable school corporation or charter school must comply
147	146		17 with any requests made by the office under this subsection.
148	147		18 (c) The office shall maintain a secure website to provide school
149	148		19 officials and public safety officials access to information that is
150	149		20 considered confidential under IC 5-14-3-4(b)(1), IC 5-14-3-4(b)(18),
151	150		21 and IC 5-14-3-4(b)(19) or other sensitive information that may
152	151		22 assist school officials and public safety officials in improving school
153	152		23 safety or responding to a manmade or natural disaster.
154	153		24 (d) The office shall maintain a public website that contains:
155	154		25 (1) the guidelines established by the office under subsection
156	155		26 (a);
157	156		27 (2) best practices pertaining to school safety; and
158	157		28 (3) any other information the office determines may be
159	158		29 necessary to carry out the office's duties or responsibilities
160	159		30 under this section.
161	160		31 SECTION 2. IC 10-19-7-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.56-2023,
162	161		32 SECTION 78, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
163	162		33 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. (a) The state fire marshal appointed under
164	163		34 IC 22-14-2-2 shall manage the department's administration of the
165	164		35 following:
166	165		36 (1) IC 16-31.
167	166		37 (2) (1) IC 22-11.
168	167		38 (3) (2) IC 22-12.
169	168		39 (4) (3) IC 22-13.
170	169		40 (5) (4) IC 22-14.
171	170		41 (6) (5) IC 22-15.
172	171		42 (b) In carrying out the duties under subsection (a), the state fire
173	172		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 4
174	173		1 marshal shall do the following:
175	174		2 (1) Provide department staff to support the fire prevention and
176	175		3 building safety commission established by IC 22-12-2-1.
177	176		4 (2) Partner with state agencies, including the Indiana department
178	177		5 of health and state educational institutions, to develop public
179	178		6 safety education and outreach programs.
180	179		7 (c) The state fire marshal may not exercise any powers or perform
181	180		8 any duties specifically assigned to either of the following:
182	181		9 (1) The fire prevention and building safety commission.
183	182		10 (2) The state building commissioner.
184	183		11 (d) The state fire marshal may delegate the state fire marshal's
185	184		12 authority to the appropriate department staff.
186	185		13 SECTION 3. IC 10-21-1-10, AS AMENDED BY P.L.135-2024,
187	186		14 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
188	187		15 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 10. (a) A school corporation shall develop a
189	188		16 school safety plan in accordance with subsection (c) for review as
190	189		17 described in section 11 of this chapter.
191	190		18 (b) Each charter school shall develop a school safety plan in
192	191		19 accordance with subsection (c) for review as described in section 11 of
193	192		20 this chapter. A charter school in operation on July 1, 2023, shall
194	193		21 comply with this subsection on or before July 1, 2024.
195	194		22 (c) The school safety plan:
196	195		23 (1) must be developed by a school safety specialist and the
197	196		24 school's safe school committee, including a school resource
198	197		25 officer if one (1) is employed by the school corporation or charter
199	198		26 school, in consultation with the:
200	199		27 (A) law enforcement agency; and
201	200		28 (B) fire department;
202	201		29 that have jurisdiction over the particular school building;
203	202		30 (2) must:
204	203		31 (A) protect against outside and internal threats to the physical
205	204		32 safety of students, faculty, staff, and the public, including
206	205		33 unsafe conditions, crime prevention, school violence, bullying
207	206		34 and cyberbullying, criminal organization activity, child abuse
208	207		35 and child sexual abuse, mental health and behavioral health,
209	208		36 suicide awareness and prevention, violence prevention and
210	209		37 training, situational awareness, and other issues that prevent
211	210		38 the maintenance of a safe school;
212	211		39 (B) prevent unauthorized access to school property and
213	212		40 interior areas or rooms, including the management of
214	213		41 authorized visitors on school property, before, during, and
215	214		42 after regular school hours;
216	215		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 5
217	216		1 (C) secure schools against natural and manmade disasters,
218	217		2 including all emergency preparedness drill requirements set
219	218		3 forth in IC 20-34-3-20;
220	219		4 (D) establish an armed intruder drill protocol that:
221	220		5 (i) provides accommodations for students who have mobility
222	221		6 restrictions, sensory needs, or auditory or visual limitations;
223	222		7 (ii) emphasizes the practical nature of the drill;
224	223		8 (iii) provides access to mental health services on school
225	224		9 grounds following the conclusion of a drill;
226	225		10 (iv) provides advance notice of a drill to parents or legal
227	226		11 guardians of students who attend the school; and
228	227		12 (v) provides alternative exercises for students who are
229	228		13 unable to participate in a drill;
230	229		14 (E) include a site vulnerability assessment for each school
231	230		15 building;
232	231		16 (F) not later than July 1, 2025, include the establishment of a
233	232		17 multi-disciplinary threat assessment team;
234	233		18 (G) include measures to expedite notification of first
235	234		19 responders and access to school property for first responders;
236	235		20 and
237	236		21 (H) include any additional requirements required by the
238	237		22 Indiana state board of education;
239	238		23 (3) must be provided to a member of the board if a member
240	239		24 requests the school safety plan;
241	240		25 (4) must be available for inspection by the department of
242	241		26 education's division of school building physical security and
243	242		27 safety (as established by IC 20-19-3-14); department's office of
244	243		28 school safety (as established by IC 10-19-3.5-4);
245	244		29 (5) must be provided to the law enforcement agency and the fire
246	245		30 department that have jurisdiction over the school corporation or
247	246		31 charter school;
248	247		32 (6) must include an attestation that:
249	248		33 (A) a copy of the floor plans for each building located on the
250	249		34 school's property were provided to the law enforcement agency
251	250		35 and the fire department that have jurisdiction over the school
252	251		36 corporation or charter school that clearly indicates each
253	252		37 entrance and exit, the interior rooms and hallways, and the
254	253		38 location of any hazardous materials located in the building; or
255	254		39 (B) the school corporation or charter school has conducted
256	255		40 critical incidence digital mapping for each school building
257	256		41 within the school corporation or the buildings that are operated
258	257		42 by a charter school, including providing the critical incidence
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260	259		1 digital mapping information to:
261	260		2 (i) the law enforcement agency and fire department that
262	261		3 have jurisdiction over the mapped school buildings; and
263	262		4 (ii) the statewide 911 system described in IC 36-8-16.7-22
264	263		5 through the public safety answer point, or "PSAP",
265	264		6 described in IC 36-8-16.7-20 that has jurisdiction over the
266	265		7 mapped school buildings; and
267	266		8 (7) must be filed with the county school safety commission under
268	267		9 section 12 of this chapter having jurisdiction over the school
269	268		10 corporation or charter school.
270	269		11 (d) For purposes of IC 5-14-3, the entities specified in subsection (c)
271	270		12 that receive information under this section shall keep the information
272	271		13 compiled and retained under this section confidential and shall
273	272		14 withhold the information from public disclosure.
274	273		15 SECTION 4. IC 10-21-1-12, AS AMENDED BY P.L.148-2024,
275	274		16 SECTION 7, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
276	275		17 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 12. (a) Not later than December 31, 2023, a
277	276		18 county shall establish a county school safety commission. Unless
278	277		19 otherwise specified in subsection (b)(1) through (b)(11), (b)(12), the
279	278		20 members described in subsection (b) are appointed by the school
280	279		21 corporation having the largest ADM (as defined in IC 20-18-2-2), as
281	280		22 determined in the fall count of ADM in the school year ending in the
282	281		23 current calendar year.
283	282		24 (b) The members of the commission are as follows:
284	283		25 (1) A school safety specialist for each school corporation located
285	284		26 in whole or in part in the county.
286	285		27 (2) The judge of the court having juvenile jurisdiction in the
287	286		28 county or the judge's designee.
288	287		29 (3) The sheriff of the county or the sheriff's designee.
289	288		30 (4) The chief officer of every other law enforcement agency in the
290	289		31 county, or the chief officer's designee.
291	290		32 (5) A representative of the juvenile probation system, appointed
292	291		33 by the judge described in subdivision (2).
293	292		34 (6) Representatives of community agencies that work with
294	293		35 children within the county.
295	294		36 (7) A representative of the Indiana state police district that serves
296	295		37 the county, appointed by the Indiana state police.
297	296		38 (8) A prosecuting attorney or deputy prosecuting attorney who
298	297		39 specializes in the prosecution of juveniles, appointed by the
299	298		40 prosecuting attorney.
300	299		41 (9) A school safety specialist of a charter school representing the
301	300		42 interests and viewpoints of charter schools within the
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303	302		1 commission's jurisdiction if at least one (1) charter school within
304	303		2 the commission's jurisdiction requests to participate.
305	304		3 (10) A school safety specialist of an accredited nonpublic school
306	305		4 representing the interests and viewpoints of accredited nonpublic
307	306		5 schools within the commission's jurisdiction if at least one (1)
308	307		6 accredited nonpublic school requests to participate.
309	308		7 (11) The fire chief of a fire department in the county, or the
310	309		8 fire chief's designee.
311	310		9 (11) (12) Other appropriate individuals selected by the
312	311		10 commission.
313	312		11 (c) Once a commission is established, the school safety specialist of
314	313		12 the school corporation having the largest ADM (as defined in
315	314		13 IC 20-18-2-2), as determined in the fall count of ADM in the school
316	315		14 year ending in the current calendar year, in the county shall convene
317	316		15 the initial meeting of the commission.
318	317		16 (d) The members shall annually elect a chairperson.
319	318		17 (e) A commission shall perform the following duties:
320	319		18 (1) Periodically perform a cumulative analysis of school safety
321	320		19 needs within the county.
322	321		20 (2) Coordinate and make recommendations for the following:
323	322		21 (A) Prevention of juvenile offenses and improving the
324	323		22 reporting of juvenile offenses within the schools.
325	324		23 (B) Proposals for identifying and assessing children who are
326	325		24 at high risk of experiencing a mental health or behavioral
327	326		25 health crisis or becoming juvenile offenders.
328	327		26 (C) Methods to meet the educational needs of children who
329	328		27 have been detained as juvenile offenders.
330	329		28 (D) Methods to improve communications among agencies that
331	330		29 work with children.
332	331		30 (E) Methods to improve school security and emergency
333	332		31 preparedness.
334	333		32 (F) Additional equipment or personnel that are necessary to
335	334		33 carry out school safety plans.
336	335		34 (G) Pooling resources, combining purchases, using shared
337	336		35 administrative services, or collaborating among participating
338	337		36 school corporations, school corporation career and technical
339	338		37 education schools described in IC 20-37-1-1, and charter
340	339		38 schools to improve the maintenance of safe schools.
341	340		39 (H) Implementing best practices and procedures to use critical
342	341		40 incidence digital mapping in the event of an emergency within
343	342		41 the county.
344	343		42 (I) Any other topic the commission considers necessary to
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346	345		1 improve school safety within the commission's jurisdiction.
347	346		2 (3) Provide assistance to school safety specialists and school
348	347		3 resource officers within the commission's jurisdiction in
349	348		4 developing and:
350	349		5 (A) implementing school safety plans; and
351	350		6 (B) requesting grants from the fund.
352	351		7 (4) Assist accredited nonpublic schools within the commission's
353	352		8 jurisdiction that voluntarily submit a school safety plan or a local
354	353		9 school safety and emergency plan (described in IC 20-34-3-23) to
355	354		10 the commission seeking assistance in carrying out the school
356	355		11 safety plan.
357	356		12 (f) The affirmative votes of a majority of the voting members of the
358	357		13 commission are required for the commission to take action on a
359	358		14 measure.
360	359		15 (g) A commission shall receive the school safety plans for the
361	360		16 school corporations and charter schools located in the county.
362	361		17 (h) A commission may receive from an accredited nonpublic school
363	362		18 within the commission's jurisdiction a school safety plan or a local
364	363		19 school safety and emergency plan described in IC 20-34-3-23.
365	364		20 (i) The commission shall keep the school safety plans compiled and
366	365		21 retained under this section confidential and shall withhold the
367	366		22 information from public disclosure.
368	367		23 (j) The commission may share the school safety plans under
369	368		24 subsections (g) and (h) with law enforcement and first responder
370	369		25 agencies that have jurisdiction over the school corporation, charter
371	370		26 school, or accredited nonpublic school. For the purposes of IC 5-14-3,
372	371		27 the entities receiving a school safety plan under this subsection shall
373	372		28 keep information compiled and retained under subsections (g) and (h)
374	373		29 confidential and shall withhold the information from public disclosure.
375	374		30 (k) A commission shall annually submit to the board on a date
376	375		31 established by the board:
377	376		32 (1) meeting minutes;
378	377		33 (2) any meeting agenda materials directly related to taking action
379	378		34 on a measure under this section; and
380	379		35 (3) a brief annual summary of its activities and accomplishments.
381	380		36 SECTION 5. IC 10-21-1-13, AS ADDED BY P.L.150-2023,
382	381		37 SECTION 14, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
383	382		38 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 13. (a) The school safety specialist training and
384	383		39 certification program is established. The program shall be
385	384		40 administered by the office of school safety (as established by
386	385		41 IC 10-19-3.5-4).
387	386		42 (b) The school safety specialist training and certification program
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389	388		1 shall provide:
390	389		2 (1) annual training sessions, which may be conducted through
391	390		3 distance learning or at regional centers; and
392	391		4 (2) information concerning best practices and available resources;
393	392		5 for school safety specialists and county school safety commissions.
394	393		6 (c) The department of education, office of school safety (as
395	394		7 established by IC 10-19-3.5-4) in consultation with the board and the
396	395		8 department of education, shall do the following:
397	396		9 (1) Assemble an advisory group of school safety specialists from
398	397		10 around the state to make recommendations concerning the
399	398		11 curriculum and standards for school safety specialist training.
400	399		12 (2) Develop an appropriate curriculum and the standards for the
401	400		13 school safety specialist training and certification program. The
402	401		14 department of education office of school safety may consult with
403	402		15 national school safety experts in developing the curriculum and
404	403		16 standards. The curriculum developed under this subdivision must
405	404		17 include training in:
406	405		18 (A) identifying, preventing, and intervening in bullying and
407	406		19 cyberbullying;
408	407		20 (B) identifying, preventing, and intervening in criminal
409	408		21 organization activity;
410	409		22 (C) identifying, preventing, and intervening in actions by a
411	410		23 person who is present on school property with the intent to
412	411		24 harm another person;
413	412		25 (D) developing and implementing a school safety plan in
414	413		26 accordance with this chapter;
415	414		27 (E) using a county school safety commission to improve
416	415		28 school safety and emergency preparedness; and
417	416		29 (F) using safe school committees to improve safety and
418	417		30 emergency preparedness for each school building.
419	418		31 (3) Administer the school safety specialist training and
420	419		32 certification program, including the following duties:
421	420		33 (A) Establish a school safety specialist certificate for
422	421		34 candidates eligible under section 9 of this chapter who have
423	422		35 successfully completed the training program.
424	423		36 (B) Review the qualifications of each candidate, determine
425	424		37 their eligibility for certification, and present a certificate to
426	425		38 each school safety specialist eligible for certification.
427	426		39 SECTION 6. IC 10-21-1-14, AS AMENDED BY P.L.135-2024,
428	427		40 SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
429	428		41 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 14. (a) Each school operated by a school
430	429		42 corporation shall establish a safe school committee. The committee
431	430		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 10
432	431		1 may be a subcommittee of the committee that develops the strategic
433	432		2 and continuous school improvement and achievement plan under
434	433		3 IC 20-31-5. Each committee may include at least one (1) member who
435	434		4 is a member of the support staff of the school or school corporation
436	435		5 career and technical education school.
437	436		6 (b) Each school operated by a charter school shall establish a safe
438	437		7 school committee. A charter school in operation on July 1, 2023, shall
439	438		8 comply with this subsection not later than July 1, 2024.
440	439		9 (c) The safe school committee shall actively participate in and assist
441	440		10 with the development of the school safety plan.
442	441		11 (d) The department of education, office of school safety (as
443	442		12 established by IC 10-19-3.5-4), the school corporation's or charter
444	443		13 school's school safety specialist or specialists, and a school resource
445	444		14 officer, if one (1) is employed by the school corporation or charter
446	445		15 school, shall provide materials and guidelines to assist a safe school
447	446		16 committee in developing a policy for a particular school that addresses
448	447		17 the following issues:
449	448		18 (1) Implementation of the school safety plan.
450	449		19 (2) Addressing outside and internal threats to the physical safety
451	450		20 of students, faculty, staff, and the public, including unsafe
452	451		21 conditions, crime prevention, school violence, bullying and
453	452		22 cyberbullying, criminal organization activity, child abuse and
454	453		23 child sexual abuse, mental health and behavioral health, suicide
455	454		24 awareness and prevention, violence prevention and training,
456	455		25 situational awareness, and other issues that prevent the
457	456		26 maintenance of a safe school.
458	457		27 (3) Addressing the professional development needs for faculty
459	458		28 and staff to implement methods that decrease problems identified
460	459		29 under subdivision (2).
461	460		30 (4) Identifying and implementing methods to encourage:
462	461		31 (A) involvement by the community, families, and students;
463	462		32 (B) development of relationships between students and school
464	463		33 faculty and staff; and
465	464		34 (C) use of problem solving teams.
466	465		35 (5) Consideration of the effect of armed intruder drills on the
467	466		36 safety and mental health of students, faculty, and staff.
468	467		37 (e) The guidelines developed under subsection (d) must include age
469	468		38 appropriate, trauma informed, evidence based information (as defined
470	469		39 in 34 U.S.C. 10554(4)) that assists school corporations or charter
471	470		40 schools and safe school committees in:
472	471		41 (1) developing and implementing bullying and cyberbullying
473	472		42 prevention programs;
474	473		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 11
475	474		1 (2) establishing investigation and reporting procedures related to
476	475		2 bullying and cyberbullying; and
477	476		3 (3) adopting discipline rules that comply with IC 20-33-8-13.5.
478	477		4 (f) In addition to developing guidelines under subsection (d), the
479	478		5 office of school safety, in consultation with the department of
480	479		6 education, shall establish categories of types of bullying incidents to
481	480		7 allow school corporations to use the categories in making reports under
482	481		8 IC 20-20-8-8 and IC 20-34-6-1.
483	482		9 (g) The materials and guidelines provided under subsection (d) must
484	483		10 include the model educational materials and model response policies
485	484		11 and reporting procedures on child abuse and child sexual abuse
486	485		12 developed or identified under IC 20-19-3-11.
487	486		13 SECTION 7. IC 10-21-1-15, AS ADDED BY P.L.150-2023,
488	487		14 SECTION 16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
489	488		15 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 15. An accredited nonpublic school may do one
490	489		16 (1) or more of the following:
491	490		17 (1) Designate one (1) or more individuals to obtain school safety
492	491		18 specialist certification under section 13 of this chapter to perform
493	492		19 school safety specialist duties under this chapter.
494	493		20 (2) Establish a school safety plan in accordance with section 10
495	494		21 of this chapter.
496	495		22 (3) Establish a safe school committee.
497	496		23 (4) Submit a school safety plan to the county school safety
498	497		24 commission having jurisdiction over the accredited nonpublic
499	498		25 school.
500	499		26 (5) Request to join the county school safety commission having
501	500		27 jurisdiction over the accredited nonpublic school or be
502	501		28 represented by another accredited nonpublic school's school
503	502		29 safety specialist on the same commission.
504	503		30 (6) Request general guidance relating to school safety matters
505	504		31 from one (1) or more of the following:
506	505		32 (A) The board.
507	506		33 (B) The department of education.
508	507		34 (C) The department of homeland security. office of school
509	508		35 safety (as established by IC 10-19-3.5-4).
510	509		36 (D) The county school safety commission having jurisdiction
511	510		37 over the accredited nonpublic school.
512	511		38 SECTION 8. IC 10-21-1-16, AS ADDED BY P.L.218-2023,
513	512		39 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
514	513		40 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 16. (a) A school corporation, charter school, or
515	514		41 accredited nonpublic school may apply to the department board for a
516	515		42 grant from the fund to:
517	516		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 12
518	517		1 (1) increase school safety by:
519	518		2 (A) helping teachers, school staff, and school employees
520	519		3 acquire specialized firearms instruction as described in
521	520		4 IC 10-21-3; and
522	521		5 (B) defraying tuition related expenses for teachers, school
523	522		6 staff, and school employees who wish to enroll in the course
524	523		7 of firearms instruction described in IC 10-21-3; or
525	524		8 (2) provide funding in the event of a school shooting to cover the
526	525		9 costs of counseling for students, teachers, school staff, and school
527	526		10 employees.
528	527		11 (b) A school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic
529	528		12 school:
530	529		13 (1) is not subject to the restriction in section 4 of this chapter that
531	530		14 a school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic
532	531		15 school may receive only one (1) matching grant each year; and
533	532		16 (2) may receive an additional matching grant under section 4 of
534	533		17 this chapter for the purposes described in subsection (a).
535	534		18 SECTION 9. IC 10-21-1.5-4, AS ADDED BY P.L.27-2016,
536	535		19 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
537	536		20 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. Not later than July 1, 2017, The department
538	537		21 office of school safety (as established by IC 10-19-3.5-4) shall
539	538		22 establish and maintain guidelines for emergency response systems. The
540	539		23 department office of school safety shall establish emergency response
541	540		24 system guidelines with input from the division of school building
542	541		25 physical security and safety (established by IC 20-19-3-14).
543	542		26 department of education.
544	543		27 SECTION 10. IC 13-17-9-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
545	544		28 FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) Subject to section
546	545		29 3 of this chapter, a person may open burn the following for
547	546		30 maintenance purposes:
548	547		31 (1) Vegetation from:
549	548		32 (A) a farm;
550	549		33 (B) an orchard;
551	550		34 (C) a nursery;
552	551		35 (D) a tree farm;
553	552		36 (E) a cemetery; or
554	553		37 (F) a drainage ditch.
555	554		38 (2) Vegetation from agricultural land if the open burn occurs in
556	555		39 an unincorporated area.
557	556		40 (3) Wood products derived from pruning or clearing a roadside by
558	557		41 a county highway department.
559	558		42 (4) Wood products derived from the initial clearing of a public
560	559		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 13
561	560		1 utility right-of-way if the open burn occurs in an unincorporated
562	561		2 area.
563	562		3 (5) Undesirable:
564	563		4 (A) wood structures on real property; or
565	564		5 (B) wood remnants of the demolition of a predominantly
566	565		6 wooden structure originally located on real property;
567	566		7 located in an unincorporated area.
568	567		8 (b) Subject to section 3 of this chapter, the department of
569	568		9 homeland security, a municipal fire department, or a volunteer fire
570	569		10 department may open burn the following for fire training
571	570		11 purposes:
572		-	12 (1) Propane, straw, ~~clean wood,~~ or clean wood pallets.
	571	+	12 (1) Propane, straw, or clean wood pallets.
573	572		13 (2) Wood framing, wood flooring, drywall, and home
574	573		14 furnishings in the department of homeland security's mobile
575	574		15 burn demonstration unit (BDU).
576	575		16 (b) (c) A person who is allowed to open burn under subsection (a)
577	576		17 or (b) is not required to obtain:
578	577		18 (1) a permit; or
579	578		19 (2) any other authorization;
580	579		20 from the department, a unit of local government, or a volunteer fire
581	580		21 department before conducting the open burning.
582	581		22 SECTION 11. IC 13-17-9-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
583	582		23 FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. All open burning that
584	583		24 is allowed under this chapter must comply with the following
585	584		25 conditions:
586	585		26 (1) A person who open burns any material shall extinguish the fire
587	586		27 if the fire creates a nuisance or fire hazard.
588	587		28 (2) Burning may not be conducted during unfavorable
589	588		29 meteorological conditions such as high winds, temperature
590	589		30 inversions, or air stagnation, except open burning conducted in
591		-	31 accordance with section 1(b)~~(2)~~ of this chapter.
	590	+	31 accordance with section 1(b) of this chapter.
592	591		32 (3) All fires must be attended at all times during burning until
593	592		33 completely extinguished.
594	593		34 (4) All asbestos containing materials must be removed before the
595	594		35 burning of a structure.
596	595		36 (5) Asbestos containing materials may not be burned.
597	596		37 (6) Open burning for the purpose of fire training under
598	597		38 section 1(b) of this chapter:
599	598		39 (A) must be conducted at the department of homeland
600	599		40 security's mobile burn demonstration unit (BDU) or at fire
601	600		41 training facilities located on property owned or controlled
602	601		42 by the department of homeland security, a local unit of
603	602		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 14
604	603		1 government, a municipal fire department, or a volunteer
605	604		2 fire department; and
606	605		3 (B) may not be conducted for disposal purposes.
607	606		4 (6) (7) Except as provided under section 1 of this chapter, all
608		-	5 burning must comply with state and federal laws.
609		-	6 SECTION ~~12. IC 20-19-3-14 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY~~
610		-	7 ~~1, 2025]. Sec.~~ ~~14. (a) As used in this section, "division" refers to the~~
611		-	8 ~~division of school building physical security and safety established by~~
612		-	9 ~~subsection (c)~~.
613		-	10 ~~(b) As used in this section,~~ ~~"physical security" refers to security~~
614		-	11 ~~measures that are designed~~ to ~~deny unauthorized access to a building~~
615		-	12 ~~or facility,~~ ~~including equipment~~ and ~~resources, and to protect~~
616		-	13 ~~individuals and property from damage or harm~~.
617		-	14 (c) ~~The division of school building~~ physical security ~~and safety is~~
618		-	15 ~~established within the department.~~
619		-	16 ~~(d) The division shall:~~
620		-	17 ~~(1) establish~~ and ~~maintain guidelines for using professional~~
621		-	18 ~~architectural~~ and ~~engineering services to integrate physical~~
622		-	19 ~~security improvements and safety practices in~~ the ~~construction,~~
623		-	20 ~~renovation, repair,~~ ~~or alteration of a school facility;~~
624		-	21 (2) ~~carry out the department's responsibilities with regards to the~~
625		-	22 ~~school safety specialist training~~ and ~~certification program~~
626		-	23 ~~established~~ in ~~IC 10-21-1-13;~~
627		-	24 ~~(3) establish and maintain guidelines for establishing emergency~~
628		-	25 ~~response protocols in cooperation~~ with ~~other state agencies;~~
629		-	26 ~~(4) carry out the department's responsibilities to safe school~~
630		-	27 ~~committees under~~ IC 10-21-1-14;
631		-	28 (5) ~~coordinate the department's response~~ and ~~recovery assistance~~
632		-	29 ~~to a school~~ in ~~the event of a manmade or natural disaster~~;
633		-	30 (6) ~~provide information and guidance~~ to ~~assist~~ school ~~corporations~~
634		-	31 ~~or schools to establish mutual aid disaster assistance agreements~~
635		-	32 ~~with other schools or school corporations;~~
636		-	33 ~~(7) study and collect information~~ to ~~integrate lessons learned from~~
637		-	34 ~~previous~~ school ~~disasters throughout the country into the~~
638		-	35 ~~curriculum of the school safety specialist training and certification~~
639		-	36 ~~program established in IC 10-21-1-13 and guidelines established~~
640		-	37 ~~by the division under this subsection;~~
641		-	38 ~~(8) establish and maintain guidelines, in consultation with~~ the
642		-	39 ~~department~~ of ~~homeland security~~ and ~~institute for criminal justice,~~
643		-	40 ~~for developing~~ and ~~maintaining school safety plans as described~~
644		-	41 ~~in IC 10-21-1-10 and IC 10-21-1-11~~; ~~and~~
645		-	42 (9) ~~assist~~ the ~~secured school safety board established by~~
	607	+	5 burning must comply with state and federal laws. However, open
	608	+	6 burning conducted in accordance with section 1(b) of this
	609	+	7 chapter is exempt from any rule or department imposed
	610	+	8 requirements that are more stringent than the requirements
	611	+	9 of this section.
	612	+	10 SECTION 12. IC 20-19-3-14 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
	613	+	11 1, 2025]. Sec. 14. (a) As used in this section, "division" refers to the
	614	+	12 division of school building physical security and safety established by
	615	+	13 subsection (c).
	616	+	14 (b) As used in this section, "physical security" refers to security
	617	+	15 measures that are designed to deny unauthorized access to a building
	618	+	16 or facility, including equipment and resources, and to protect
	619	+	17 individuals and property from damage or harm.
	620	+	18 (c) The division of school building physical security and safety is
	621	+	19 established within the department.
	622	+	20 (d) The division shall:
	623	+	21 (1) establish and maintain guidelines for using professional
	624	+	22 architectural and engineering services to integrate physical
	625	+	23 security improvements and safety practices in the construction,
	626	+	24 renovation, repair, or alteration of a school facility;
	627	+	25 (2) carry out the department's responsibilities with regards to the
	628	+	26 school safety specialist training and certification program
	629	+	27 established in IC 10-21-1-13;
	630	+	28 (3) establish and maintain guidelines for establishing emergency
	631	+	29 response protocols in cooperation with other state agencies;
	632	+	30 (4) carry out the department's responsibilities to safe school
	633	+	31 committees under IC 10-21-1-14;
	634	+	32 (5) coordinate the department's response and recovery assistance
	635	+	33 to a school in the event of a manmade or natural disaster;
	636	+	34 (6) provide information and guidance to assist school corporations
	637	+	35 or schools to establish mutual aid disaster assistance agreements
	638	+	36 with other schools or school corporations;
	639	+	37 (7) study and collect information to integrate lessons learned from
	640	+	38 previous school disasters throughout the country into the
	641	+	39 curriculum of the school safety specialist training and certification
	642	+	40 program established in IC 10-21-1-13 and guidelines established
	643	+	41 by the division under this subsection;
	644	+	42 (8) establish and maintain guidelines, in consultation with the
646	645		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 15
647		-	1 ~~IC 10-21-1-3 in conducting the review~~ and ~~submitting the report~~
648		-	2 as described ~~in IC 10-21-1-8.~~
649		-	3 ~~(e) The division may:~~
650		-	4 (1) ~~request a meeting with a~~ school ~~corporation or charter school~~
651		-	5 ~~to review a school safety plan as described in~~ IC 10-21-1-~~10;~~
652		-	6 ~~(2) request to provide an onsite safety review for a school~~
653		-	7 ~~corporation or charter school;~~
654		-	8 (3) request ~~to provide guidance~~ or ~~assistance relating to~~ school
655		-	9 ~~safety matters to~~ a school ~~corporation or charter school~~;
656		-	10 (4) provide ~~assistance or guidance relating to~~ school ~~safety~~
657		-	11 ~~matters upon request by a nonpublic~~ school ~~that has voluntarily~~
658		-	12 ~~become accredited under IC 20-31-4.1~~ or ~~is accredited by a~~
659		-	13 ~~national~~ or ~~regional accrediting agency that is recognized by the~~
660		-	14 ~~state board;~~ ~~and~~
661		-	15 ~~(5) provide assistance or guidance relating to~~ school ~~safety~~
662		-	16 ~~matters upon request~~ by a ~~county school safety commission under~~
663		-	17 ~~IC 10-21-1-12.~~
664		-	18 ~~(f) The division shall maintain a secure Internet web site to provide~~
665		-	19 school ~~officials and public~~ safety ~~officials access to information that is~~
666		-	20 ~~considered classified~~ under ~~IC 5-14-3-4(b)(1), IC 5-14-3-4(b)(18), and~~
667		-	21 IC ~~5-14-3-4(b)(19) or other sensitive information that may assist school~~
668		-	22 ~~officials and public safety officials in improving school safety or~~
669		-	23 ~~responding~~ to ~~a manmade or natural disaster.~~
670		-	24 (g) ~~The division shall maintain a public website that contains:~~
671		-	25 (1) ~~the guidelines established by the division under subsection~~
672		-	26 ~~(d);~~
673		-	27 ~~(2) best practices pertaining~~ to ~~school safety;~~ ~~and~~
674		-	28 (3) ~~any other information~~ the division ~~determines may be~~
675		-	29 ~~necessary to carry out~~ the division~~'s duties or responsibilities~~
676		-	30 ~~under this section.~~
677		-	31 ~~SECTION 13.~~ ~~IC 22-12-2.5-3, AS ADDED BY P.L.155-2023,~~
678		-	32 ~~SECTION 6,~~ ~~IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE~~
679		-	33 ~~JULY 1,~~ ~~2025]: Sec. 3.~~ The ~~commission shall decide which building~~
680		-	34 ~~codes shall be reviewed each calendar year, focusing on the oldest~~
681		-	35 ~~building codes for review~~. ~~Except~~ as ~~permitted under section 4(b) of~~
682		-	36 ~~this chapter~~, ~~the commission may not review adopt a final rule under~~
683		-	37 ~~IC 4-22-2-29 for more than three (3)~~ building ~~codes during any~~
684		-	38 calendar year~~. twelve (12) month period.~~
685		-	39 SECTION ~~14. IC 22-12-7-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.249-2019,~~
686		-	40 ~~SECTION 21~~, ~~IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE~~
687		-	41 ~~JULY 1,~~ ~~2025]: Sec.~~ ~~1. This chapter applies to the commission, the~~
688		-	42 ~~education board,~~ ~~and every officer,~~ ~~employee, and agent of an office or~~
	646	+	1 department of homeland security and institute for criminal justice,
	647	+	2 for developing and maintaining school safety plans as described
	648	+	3 in IC 10-21-1-10 and IC 10-21-1-11; and
	649	+	4 (9) assist the secured school safety board established by
	650	+	5 IC 10-21-1-3 in conducting the review and submitting the report
	651	+	6 as described in IC 10-21-1-8.
	652	+	7 (e) The division may:
	653	+	8 (1) request a meeting with a school corporation or charter school
	654	+	9 to review a school safety plan as described in IC 10-21-1-10;
	655	+	10 (2) request to provide an onsite safety review for a school
	656	+	11 corporation or charter school;
	657	+	12 (3) request to provide guidance or assistance relating to school
	658	+	13 safety matters to a school corporation or charter school;
	659	+	14 (4) provide assistance or guidance relating to school safety
	660	+	15 matters upon request by a nonpublic school that has voluntarily
	661	+	16 become accredited under IC 20-31-4.1 or is accredited by a
	662	+	17 national or regional accrediting agency that is recognized by the
	663	+	18 state board; and
	664	+	19 (5) provide assistance or guidance relating to school safety
	665	+	20 matters upon request by a county school safety commission under
	666	+	21 IC 10-21-1-12.
	667	+	22 (f) The division shall maintain a secure Internet web site to provide
	668	+	23 school officials and public safety officials access to information that is
	669	+	24 considered classified under IC 5-14-3-4(b)(1), IC 5-14-3-4(b)(18), and
	670	+	25 IC 5-14-3-4(b)(19) or other sensitive information that may assist school
	671	+	26 officials and public safety officials in improving school safety or
	672	+	27 responding to a manmade or natural disaster.
	673	+	28 (g) The division shall maintain a public website that contains:
	674	+	29 (1) the guidelines established by the division under subsection
	675	+	30 (d);
	676	+	31 (2) best practices pertaining to school safety; and
	677	+	32 (3) any other information the division determines may be
	678	+	33 necessary to carry out the division's duties or responsibilities
	679	+	34 under this section.
	680	+	35 SECTION 13. IC 22-12-2.5-3, AS ADDED BY P.L.155-2023,
	681	+	36 SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
	682	+	37 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. The commission shall decide which building
	683	+	38 codes shall be reviewed each calendar year, focusing on the oldest
	684	+	39 building codes for review. Except as permitted under section 4(b) of
	685	+	40 this chapter, the commission may not review adopt a final rule under
	686	+	41 IC 4-22-2-29 for more than three (3) building codes during any
	687	+	42 calendar year. twelve (12) month period.
689	688		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 16
690		-	1 ~~division within the department whenever the person has authority to~~
691		-	2 ~~administer or enforce a law under IC 22-11~~ ~~through IC 22-15,~~
692		-	3 ~~IC 35-47.5~~, ~~or IC 36-8-10~~.5.
693		-	4 ~~SECTION 15.~~ ~~IC 22-12-7-8 IS AMENDED TO READ AS~~
694		-	5 ~~FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE~~ ~~JULY 1,~~ ~~2025]: Sec.~~ ~~8. (a) If a licensee is~~
695		-	6 ~~placed on probation~~ under ~~section 7 of this chapter~~, ~~the person issuing~~
696		-	7 ~~the order may require that licensee to:~~
697		-	8 ~~(1) report regularly~~ to ~~the department or another person upon the~~
698		-	9 ~~matters that are the basis of probation;~~
699		-	10 ~~(2) limit use~~ of ~~property or other conduct to those areas prescribed~~
700		-	11 ~~by the person issuing~~ the order~~; or~~
701		-	12 (3) if the ~~disciplined licensee is an inspector~~ or ~~an inspection~~
702		-	13 ~~agency, continue or renew professional education under~~ the
703		-	14 ~~department~~ or ~~another person approved by the person issuing the~~
704		-	15 ~~order until~~ the person issuing the order ~~finds that a satisfactory~~
705		-	16 ~~degree of skill has been attained in those areas that are~~ the ~~basis~~
706		-	17 of the ~~probation; or~~
707		-	18 ~~(4) perform any acts, including community restitution~~ or
708		-	19 ~~service without compensation,~~ ~~or refrain from performing~~
709		-	20 ~~any acts~~ that the ~~department considers appropriate to the~~
710		-	21 ~~public interest or to the rehabilitation or treatment~~ of the
711		-	22 ~~practitioner.~~
712		-	23 ~~(b) The person issuing the order may cancel a probation order if it~~
713		-	24 ~~finds~~ that the ~~deficiency that required disciplinary action has been~~
714		-	25 ~~remedied by~~ the ~~licensee.~~
715		-	26 ~~SECTION 16~~. ~~IC 22-12-7-12 IS AMENDED TO READ AS~~
716		-	27 ~~FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 12.~~ (a) ~~This section~~
717		-	28 ~~applies to an order issued by an officer,~~ ~~employee, or agent of an office~~
718		-	29 ~~or division within~~ the ~~department~~.
719		-	30 ~~(b) The office or division issuing an order shall give a person who:~~
720		-	31 (1) ~~is aggrieved by the order; and~~
721		-	32 ~~(2) requests review~~ of ~~the order in verbal or written form;~~
722		-	33 ~~an opportunity to informally discuss~~ the ~~order with the office or~~
723		-	34 ~~division. Review under this subsection does not suspend~~ the ~~running of~~
724		-	35 the ~~time period in which a person must petition under IC 4-21.5-3-7 to~~
725		-	36 ~~appeal~~ the order.
726		-	37 ~~(c)~~ The office or ~~division issuing the order may, on its own initiative~~
727		-	38 ~~or at~~ the ~~request~~ of ~~any person, modify its order or reverse the order.~~
728		-	39 ~~(d) An order issued by an office or~~ a ~~division may be appealed~~ to ~~the~~
729		-	40 ~~commission under IC 4-21~~.~~5-3-7. A decision to deny a request to~~
730		-	41 ~~modify or reverse an order under subsection~~ (c) ~~is not appealable.~~
731		-	42 ~~However~~, ~~orders issued under IC 22-14-2-7, IC 22-14-2-7.5,~~ or
	689	+	1 SECTION 14. IC 22-12-7-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.249-2019,
	690	+	2 SECTION 21, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
	691	+	3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the commission, the
	692	+	4 education board, and every officer, employee, and agent of an office or
	693	+	5 division within the department whenever the person has authority to
	694	+	6 administer or enforce a law under IC 22-11 through IC 22-15,
	695	+	7 IC 35-47.5, or IC 36-8-10.5.
	696	+	8 SECTION 15. IC 22-12-7-8 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
	697	+	9 FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 8. (a) If a licensee is
	698	+	10 placed on probation under section 7 of this chapter, the person issuing
	699	+	11 the order may require that licensee to:
	700	+	12 (1) report regularly to the department or another person upon the
	701	+	13 matters that are the basis of probation;
	702	+	14 (2) limit use of property or other conduct to those areas prescribed
	703	+	15 by the person issuing the order; or
	704	+	16 (3) if the disciplined licensee is an inspector or an inspection
	705	+	17 agency, continue or renew professional education under the
	706	+	18 department or another person approved by the person issuing the
	707	+	19 order until the person issuing the order finds that a satisfactory
	708	+	20 degree of skill has been attained in those areas that are the basis
	709	+	21 of the probation; or
	710	+	22 (4) perform any acts, including community restitution or
	711	+	23 service without compensation, or refrain from performing
	712	+	24 any acts that the department considers appropriate to the
	713	+	25 public interest or to the rehabilitation or treatment of the
	714	+	26 practitioner.
	715	+	27 (b) The person issuing the order may cancel a probation order if it
	716	+	28 finds that the deficiency that required disciplinary action has been
	717	+	29 remedied by the licensee.
	718	+	30 SECTION 16. IC 22-12-7-12 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
	719	+	31 FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 12. (a) This section
	720	+	32 applies to an order issued by an officer, employee, or agent of an office
	721	+	33 or division within the department.
	722	+	34 (b) The office or division issuing an order shall give a person who:
	723	+	35 (1) is aggrieved by the order; and
	724	+	36 (2) requests review of the order in verbal or written form;
	725	+	37 an opportunity to informally discuss the order with the office or
	726	+	38 division. Review under this subsection does not suspend the running of
	727	+	39 the time period in which a person must petition under IC 4-21.5-3-7 to
	728	+	40 appeal the order.
	729	+	41 (c) The office or division issuing the order may, on its own initiative
	730	+	42 or at the request of any person, modify its order or reverse the order.
732	731		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 17
733		-	1 ~~IC 36-8-10.5 are~~ appealed to the ~~education board.~~
734		-	2 ~~(e) If an order is appealed, the~~ commission ~~agency that is~~
735		-	3 ~~responsible for reviewing the~~ order under subsection (d) ~~or its~~
736		-	4 ~~designee shall conduct all administrative proceedings~~ under IC ~~4-21~~.5.
737		-	5 ~~In its proceedings,~~ the ~~commission agency conducting the proceeding~~
738		-	6 ~~may modify~~ the ~~order to impose any requirement authorized under this~~
739		-	7 ~~article or reverse~~ the order.
740		-	8 ~~SECTION 17.~~ IC ~~22-14-2-4, AS AMENDED BY P~~.L.~~187-2021,~~
741		-	9 ~~SECTION 82~~, ~~IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE~~
742		-	10 ~~JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. (a)~~ The ~~department may:~~
743		-	11 ~~(1) enter and inspect any property, at a reasonable hour;~~
744		-	12 ~~(2) issue and enforce administrative orders under~~ IC 22-~~12-7 and~~
745		-	13 ~~apply for judicial orders under IC 22-12-7-13;~~
746		-	14 (3) ~~direct a fire department to assist~~ the department;
747		-	15 (4) ~~cooperate with law enforcement officers;~~ and
748		-	16 (5) ~~provide hazardous materials~~ and ~~counterterrorism:~~
749		-	17 ~~(A) training~~;
750		-	18 (B) ~~support~~; ~~and~~
751		-	19 (C) ~~response assistance.~~
752		-	20 (b) ~~To carry out the state fire marshal's responsibility to conduct an~~
753		-	21 ~~investigation into the causes and circumstances surrounding a fire or~~
754		-	22 ~~an explosion,~~ ~~the state fire marshal or a department fire investigator~~
755		-	23 ~~authorized by the state fire marshal may:~~
756		-	24 (1) ~~exercise~~ the ~~powers of a law enforcement officer~~ to ~~prevent~~
757		-	25 ~~fires~~ and ~~conduct arson investigations;~~
758		-	26 ~~(2) direct a fire department to assist~~ the state fire marshal or
759		-	27 ~~department~~ fire ~~investigator; and~~
760		-	28 (3) ~~cooperate with~~ law enforcement ~~officers.~~
761		-	29 ~~(b) Notwithstanding any other law, changes made to this section~~
762		-	30 ~~during~~ the ~~2025 regular session of the general assembly do not~~
763		-	31 ~~affect ongoing investigations initiated by the state~~ fire ~~marshal~~
764		-	32 ~~before July 1,~~ ~~2025~~.
765		-	33 ~~SECTION 18.~~ ~~IC 22-14-2-7~~, ~~AS AMENDED BY P.L.93-2024,~~
766		-	34 ~~SECTION 165,~~ ~~IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS~~
767		-	35 ~~[EFFECTIVE JULY 1,~~ ~~2025]: Sec. 7. (a) This section does not limit~~ the
768		-	36 ~~powers~~, ~~rights, duties, and other responsibilities of municipal or county~~
769		-	37 ~~governments or impose requirements affecting pension laws or any~~
770		-	38 ~~other laws.~~
771		-	39 (b) This section does not ~~require a member of a fire department to~~
772		-	40 ~~be certified. However~~, ~~under the authority provided in subsection~~
773		-	41 ~~(c), the education board may,~~ ~~by rule,~~ ~~establish a program~~
774		-	42 ~~requiring certification of fire service personnel or nonfire service~~
	732	+	1 (d) An order issued by an office or a division may be appealed to the
	733	+	2 commission under IC 4-21.5-3-7. A decision to deny a request to
	734	+	3 modify or reverse an order under subsection (c) is not appealable.
	735	+	4 However, orders issued under IC 22-14-2-7, IC 22-14-2-7.5, or
	736	+	5 IC 36-8-10.5 are appealed to the education board.
	737	+	6 (e) If an order is appealed, the commission agency that is
	738	+	7 responsible for reviewing the order under subsection (d) or its
	739	+	8 designee shall conduct all administrative proceedings under IC 4-21.5.
	740	+	9 In its proceedings, the commission agency conducting the proceeding
	741	+	10 may modify the order to impose any requirement authorized under this
	742	+	11 article or reverse the order.
	743	+	12 SECTION 17. IC 22-14-2-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.187-2021,
	744	+	13 SECTION 82, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
	745	+	14 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. (a) The department may:
	746	+	15 (1) enter and inspect any property, at a reasonable hour;
	747	+	16 (2) issue and enforce administrative orders under IC 22-12-7 and
	748	+	17 apply for judicial orders under IC 22-12-7-13;
	749	+	18 (3) direct a fire department to assist the department;
	750	+	19 (4) cooperate with law enforcement officers; and
	751	+	20 (5) provide hazardous materials and counterterrorism:
	752	+	21 (A) training;
	753	+	22 (B) support; and
	754	+	23 (C) response assistance.
	755	+	24 (b) To carry out the state fire marshal's responsibility to conduct an
	756	+	25 investigation into the causes and circumstances surrounding a fire or
	757	+	26 an explosion, the state fire marshal or a department fire investigator
	758	+	27 authorized by the state fire marshal may:
	759	+	28 (1) exercise the powers of a law enforcement officer to prevent
	760	+	29 fires and conduct arson investigations;
	761	+	30 (2) direct a fire department to assist the state fire marshal or
	762	+	31 department fire investigator; and
	763	+	32 (3) cooperate with law enforcement officers.
	764	+	33 (b) Notwithstanding any other law, changes made to this section
	765	+	34 during the 2025 regular session of the general assembly do not
	766	+	35 affect ongoing investigations initiated by the state fire marshal
	767	+	36 before July 1, 2025.
	768	+	37 SECTION 18. IC 22-14-2-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.93-2024,
	769	+	38 SECTION 165, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
	770	+	39 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 7. (a) This section does not limit the
	771	+	40 powers, rights, duties, and other responsibilities of municipal or county
	772	+	41 governments or impose requirements affecting pension laws or any
	773	+	42 other laws.
775	774		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 18
776		-	1 ~~personnel.~~
777		-	2 ~~(c)~~ The ~~education board may establish a program to be~~
778		-	3 ~~administered~~ by ~~the department to:~~
779		-	4 ~~(1) certify firefighting training and education programs that meet~~
780		-	5 ~~the standards set by the education board;~~
781		-	6 (2) ~~certify fire department instructors who meet~~ the ~~qualifications~~
782		-	7 ~~set~~ by the ~~education board;~~
783		-	8 (3) ~~direct research in the field of~~ firefighting and ~~fire prevention~~
784		-	9 ~~and accept gifts and grants to direct this research~~;
785		-	10 (4) ~~recommend curricula for advanced training courses and~~
786		-	11 ~~seminars in fire science or fire engineering training to public and~~
787		-	12 ~~private postsecondary educational institutions;~~
788		-	13 ~~(5) certify fire service personnel~~ and ~~nonfire service personnel~~
789		-	14 ~~who meet the qualifications set by the education board;~~
790		-	15 ~~(6) require~~ fire ~~service personnel certified at any level~~ to ~~fulfill~~
791		-	16 ~~continuing education requirements in order to maintain~~
792		-	17 ~~certification; or~~
793		-	18 ~~(7) contract or cooperate with any person and adopt rules under~~
794		-	19 ~~IC 4-22-2, and as authorized under IC 36-8-10.5-7,~~ to ~~carry out its~~
795		-	20 ~~responsibilities under this section.~~
796		-	21 ~~(d) The education board may impose a reasonable fee for the~~
797		-	22 ~~issuance of a certification described in subsection (c). The board~~
798		-	23 ~~department shall deposit the fee in the fire~~ and ~~building services fund~~
799		-	24 ~~established by IC 22-12-6-1~~.
800		-	25 (e) The education board ~~is the ultimate authority~~ for ~~orders~~
801		-	26 ~~issued by~~ the ~~department under this section.~~
802		-	27 ~~SECTION 19.~~ ~~IC 22-14-2-8, AS AMENDED BY P.L.187-2021,~~
803		-	28 ~~SECTION 85,~~ ~~IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE~~
804		-	29 ~~JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 8.~~ (a) ~~Regardless of~~ the ~~extent of~~ the ~~investigation~~
805		-	30 ~~conducted~~ by ~~a fire~~ department under ~~IC 36-8-17-7, the state fire~~
806		-	31 ~~marshal or a department fire investigator authorized~~ by ~~the state fire~~
807		-	32 ~~marshal may conduct an investigation into the causes and~~
808		-	33 ~~circumstances surrounding any fire or explosion.~~
809		-	34 ~~(b) To carry out this section~~, the state fire ~~marshal or a department~~
810		-	35 fire investigator authorized by the state fire ~~marshal may:~~
811		-	36 ~~(1) exercise its powers under section 4 of this chapter~~ and
812		-	37 ~~subsection (e);~~
813		-	38 (2) ~~assist~~ a ~~prosecuting attorney with any criminal investigation;~~
814		-	39 ~~(3) subpoena witnesses and order~~ the ~~production of books,~~
815		-	40 ~~documents,~~ and ~~other evidence;~~
816		-	41 (4) ~~give oaths and affirmations~~;
817		-	42 (5) ~~take depositions and conduct hearings~~;
	775	+	1 (b) This section does not require a member of a fire department to
	776	+	2 be certified. However, under the authority provided in subsection
	777	+	3 (c), the education board may, by rule, establish a program
	778	+	4 requiring certification of fire service personnel or nonfire service
	779	+	5 personnel.
	780	+	6 (c) The education board may establish a program to be
	781	+	7 administered by the department to:
	782	+	8 (1) certify firefighting training and education programs that meet
	783	+	9 the standards set by the education board;
	784	+	10 (2) certify fire department instructors who meet the qualifications
	785	+	11 set by the education board;
	786	+	12 (3) direct research in the field of firefighting and fire prevention
	787	+	13 and accept gifts and grants to direct this research;
	788	+	14 (4) recommend curricula for advanced training courses and
	789	+	15 seminars in fire science or fire engineering training to public and
	790	+	16 private postsecondary educational institutions;
	791	+	17 (5) certify fire service personnel and nonfire service personnel
	792	+	18 who meet the qualifications set by the education board;
	793	+	19 (6) require fire service personnel certified at any level to fulfill
	794	+	20 continuing education requirements in order to maintain
	795	+	21 certification; or
	796	+	22 (7) contract or cooperate with any person and adopt rules under
	797	+	23 IC 4-22-2, and as authorized under IC 36-8-10.5-7, to carry out its
	798	+	24 responsibilities under this section.
	799	+	25 (d) The education board may impose a reasonable fee for the
	800	+	26 issuance of a certification described in subsection (c). The board
	801	+	27 department shall deposit the fee in the fire and building services fund
	802	+	28 established by IC 22-12-6-1.
	803	+	29 (e) The education board is the ultimate authority for orders
	804	+	30 issued by the department under this section.
	805	+	31 SECTION 19. IC 22-14-2-8, AS AMENDED BY P.L.187-2021,
	806	+	32 SECTION 85, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
	807	+	33 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 8. (a) Regardless of the extent of the investigation
	808	+	34 conducted by a fire department under IC 36-8-17-7, the state fire
	809	+	35 marshal or a department fire investigator authorized by the state fire
	810	+	36 marshal may conduct an investigation into the causes and
	811	+	37 circumstances surrounding any fire or explosion.
	812	+	38 (b) To carry out this section, the state fire marshal or a department
	813	+	39 fire investigator authorized by the state fire marshal may:
	814	+	40 (1) exercise its powers under section 4 of this chapter and
	815	+	41 subsection (e);
	816	+	42 (2) assist a prosecuting attorney with any criminal investigation;
818	817		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 19
819		-	1 (6) ~~separate~~ witnesses and ~~otherwise regulate~~ the ~~course~~ of
820		-	2 ~~proceedings;~~ and
821		-	3 (7) ~~obtain~~ and ~~secure evidence.~~
822		-	4 (c) ~~Subpoenas, discovery orders,~~ and ~~protective orders issued under~~
823		-	5 ~~this section shall be enforced under IC 4-21.5-6-2.~~
824		-	6 ~~(d) A person who is summoned~~ and ~~testifies under this section is~~
825		-	7 ~~entitled to receive a minimum salary per diem~~ and ~~a mileage allowance~~
826		-	8 ~~from the fire~~ and ~~building services fund.~~ ~~The budget agency shall set~~
827		-	9 ~~the amount of the per diem and mileage allowance~~.
828		-	10 (e) ~~The state fire marshal~~ and ~~the department fire investigators~~
829		-	11 ~~authorized by the state fire marshal have are law enforcement officers~~
830		-	12 ~~authority at all times while discharging their duties under this section~~
831		-	13 ~~as employees~~ of the ~~department~~.
832		-	14 (f) The ~~executive director of~~ the department ~~has is a law~~
833		-	15 enforcement ~~authority at all times officer while discharging the duties~~
834		-	16 ~~of the executive director.~~ under this section.
835		-	17 ~~SECTION 20. IC 22-15-3.2-7,~~ AS ~~AMENDED BY P~~.~~L.187-2021,~~
836		-	18 ~~SECTION 105,~~ IS ~~AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS~~
837		-	19 ~~[EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec.~~ ~~7. (a) A design release shall be~~
838		-	20 ~~issued to an applicant without a plan review if:~~
839		-	21 ~~(1) the applicant submits a complete application;~~ ~~and~~
840		-	22 ~~(2) the department does not select the application for a plan~~
841		-	23 ~~review under this section~~.
842		-	24 ~~(b) The department may select any application for design release~~ to
843		-	25 ~~be subject to~~ a ~~plan review. The department has~~ complete ~~discretion in~~
844		-	26 ~~the criteria used by~~ the department to select a ~~design release~~
845		-	27 ~~application for a plan review~~. ~~A criterion used by the department may~~
846		-	28 ~~be whether~~ the design ~~professional has received disciplinary sanctions~~
847		-	29 ~~under IC 25-1-11-12 within~~ the ~~preceding five (5) years.~~
848		-	30 ~~(c) Not later than July 1, 2025,~~ the department ~~shall identify and~~
849		-	31 ~~publish~~ a ~~list of projects that qualify under subsection (a)(2) for~~
850		-	32 ~~release without a plan review.~~
851		-	33 ~~SECTION 21.~~ IC ~~22-15-~~5~~-16, AS AMENDED BY P~~.~~L.142-2020,~~
852		-	34 ~~SECTION 23~~, ~~IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE~~
853		-	35 ~~JULY 1,~~ ~~2025]: Sec.~~ ~~16.~~ (a) ~~A practitioner shall comply with the~~
854		-	36 ~~standards established under this licensing program.~~ A ~~practitioner is~~
855		-	37 ~~subject to the exercise of the disciplinary sanctions under subsection~~
856		-	38 ~~(b) IC 22-12-7-7 if the department finds that a practitioner has:~~
857		-	39 (1) ~~engaged in or knowingly cooperated in fraud or material~~
858		-	40 ~~deception in order to obtain~~ a ~~license to practice, including~~
859		-	41 ~~cheating on a licensing examination;~~
860		-	42 (2) ~~engaged in fraud or material deception in~~ the ~~course of~~
	818	+	1 (3) subpoena witnesses and order the production of books,
	819	+	2 documents, and other evidence;
	820	+	3 (4) give oaths and affirmations;
	821	+	4 (5) take depositions and conduct hearings;
	822	+	5 (6) separate witnesses and otherwise regulate the course of
	823	+	6 proceedings; and
	824	+	7 (7) obtain and secure evidence.
	825	+	8 (c) Subpoenas, discovery orders, and protective orders issued under
	826	+	9 this section shall be enforced under IC 4-21.5-6-2.
	827	+	10 (d) A person who is summoned and testifies under this section is
	828	+	11 entitled to receive a minimum salary per diem and a mileage allowance
	829	+	12 from the fire and building services fund. The budget agency shall set
	830	+	13 the amount of the per diem and mileage allowance.
	831	+	14 (e) The state fire marshal and the department fire investigators
	832	+	15 authorized by the state fire marshal have are law enforcement officers
	833	+	16 authority at all times while discharging their duties under this section
	834	+	17 as employees of the department.
	835	+	18 (f) The executive director of the department has is a law
	836	+	19 enforcement authority at all times officer while discharging the duties
	837	+	20 of the executive director. under this section.
	838	+	21 SECTION 20. IC 22-15-3.2-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.187-2021,
	839	+	22 SECTION 105, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
	840	+	23 [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 7. (a) A design release shall be
	841	+	24 issued to an applicant without a plan review if:
	842	+	25 (1) the applicant submits a complete application; and
	843	+	26 (2) the department does not select the application for a plan
	844	+	27 review under this section.
	845	+	28 (b) The department may select any application for design release to
	846	+	29 be subject to a plan review. The department has complete discretion in
	847	+	30 the criteria used by the department to select a design release
	848	+	31 application for a plan review. A criterion used by the department may
	849	+	32 be whether the design professional has received disciplinary sanctions
	850	+	33 under IC 25-1-11-12 within the preceding five (5) years.
	851	+	34 (c) Not later than July 1, 2025, the department shall identify and
	852	+	35 publish a list of projects that qualify under subsection (a)(2) for
	853	+	36 release without a plan review.
	854	+	37 SECTION 21. IC 22-15-5-16, AS AMENDED BY P.L.142-2020,
	855	+	38 SECTION 23, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
	856	+	39 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 16. (a) A practitioner shall comply with the
	857	+	40 standards established under this licensing program. A practitioner is
	858	+	41 subject to the exercise of the disciplinary sanctions under subsection
	859	+	42 (b) IC 22-12-7-7 if the department finds that a practitioner has:
861	860		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 20
862		-	1 ~~professional services~~ or ~~activities;~~
863		-	2 ~~(3) advertised services or goods~~ in a ~~false or misleading manner;~~
864		-	3 ~~(4) falsified or knowingly allowed another person to falsify~~
865		-	4 ~~attendance records~~ or ~~certificates~~ of ~~completion of continuing~~
866		-	5 ~~education courses provided under this chapter~~;
867		-	6 (5) ~~been convicted of~~ a ~~crime that has a direct bearing on the~~
868		-	7 ~~practitioner's ability~~ to ~~continue to practice competently;~~
869		-	8 ~~(6) knowingly violated a state statute~~ or ~~rule or federal statute or~~
870		-	9 ~~regulation regulating the profession for which the practitioner is~~
871		-	10 ~~licensed;~~
872		-	11 ~~(7) continued~~ to practice ~~although the practitioner has become~~
873		-	12 ~~unfit to practice due to:~~
874		-	13 ~~(A) professional incompetence;~~
875		-	14 ~~(B) failure to keep abreast of current professional theory or~~
876		-	15 practice;
877		-	16 ~~(C) physical or mental disability; or~~
878		-	17 (D) ~~addiction to, abuse of, or severe dependency on alcohol or~~
879		-	18 ~~other drugs that endanger the public by impairing a~~
880		-	19 ~~practitioner's ability to~~ practice ~~safely~~;
881		-	20 (8) ~~engaged in a course of lewd~~ or ~~immoral conduct in connection~~
882		-	21 ~~with the delivery~~ of ~~services to the public;~~
883		-	22 ~~(9) allowed~~ the ~~practitioner's name or~~ a ~~license issued under this~~
884		-	23 ~~chapter~~ to ~~be used in connection with an individual or business~~
885		-	24 ~~who renders services beyond the scope~~ of ~~that individual's~~ or
886		-	25 ~~business's training,~~ ~~experience, or competence~~;
887		-	26 (10) ~~had disciplinary action taken against~~ the practitioner or ~~the~~
888		-	27 ~~practitioner's license~~ to ~~practice~~ in ~~another state~~ or ~~jurisdiction on~~
889		-	28 ~~grounds similar to those under this chapter;~~
890		-	29 ~~(11) assisted another person in committing an act that would~~
891		-	30 ~~constitute a ground for~~ disciplinary ~~sanction under this chapter;~~
892		-	31 or
893		-	32 ~~(12) allowed a license issued by the department~~ to ~~be:~~
894		-	33 (A) ~~used by~~ another person~~; or~~
895		-	34 ~~(B) displayed to the public when the license has expired, is~~
896		-	35 ~~inactive, is invalid,~~ or ~~has been revoked or suspended.~~
897		-	36 ~~For purposes of subdivision (10),~~ a ~~certified copy of a record of~~
898		-	37 ~~disciplinary action constitutes prima facie evidence of a disciplinary~~
899		-	38 ~~action in another jurisdiction.~~
900		-	39 ~~(b) The department may impose one (1)~~ or ~~more of the following~~
901		-	40 ~~sanctions if the department finds that~~ a ~~practitioner is subject to~~
902		-	41 disciplinary ~~sanctions under subsection (~~a):
903		-	42 ~~(1) Permanent revocation of a practitioner's license~~.
	861	+	1 (1) engaged in or knowingly cooperated in fraud or material
	862	+	2 deception in order to obtain a license to practice, including
	863	+	3 cheating on a licensing examination;
	864	+	4 (2) engaged in fraud or material deception in the course of
	865	+	5 professional services or activities;
	866	+	6 (3) advertised services or goods in a false or misleading manner;
	867	+	7 (4) falsified or knowingly allowed another person to falsify
	868	+	8 attendance records or certificates of completion of continuing
	869	+	9 education courses provided under this chapter;
	870	+	10 (5) been convicted of a crime that has a direct bearing on the
	871	+	11 practitioner's ability to continue to practice competently;
	872	+	12 (6) knowingly violated a state statute or rule or federal statute or
	873	+	13 regulation regulating the profession for which the practitioner is
	874	+	14 licensed;
	875	+	15 (7) continued to practice although the practitioner has become
	876	+	16 unfit to practice due to:
	877	+	17 (A) professional incompetence;
	878	+	18 (B) failure to keep abreast of current professional theory or
	879	+	19 practice;
	880	+	20 (C) physical or mental disability; or
	881	+	21 (D) addiction to, abuse of, or severe dependency on alcohol or
	882	+	22 other drugs that endanger the public by impairing a
	883	+	23 practitioner's ability to practice safely;
	884	+	24 (8) engaged in a course of lewd or immoral conduct in connection
	885	+	25 with the delivery of services to the public;
	886	+	26 (9) allowed the practitioner's name or a license issued under this
	887	+	27 chapter to be used in connection with an individual or business
	888	+	28 who renders services beyond the scope of that individual's or
	889	+	29 business's training, experience, or competence;
	890	+	30 (10) had disciplinary action taken against the practitioner or the
	891	+	31 practitioner's license to practice in another state or jurisdiction on
	892	+	32 grounds similar to those under this chapter;
	893	+	33 (11) assisted another person in committing an act that would
	894	+	34 constitute a ground for disciplinary sanction under this chapter;
	895	+	35 or
	896	+	36 (12) allowed a license issued by the department to be:
	897	+	37 (A) used by another person; or
	898	+	38 (B) displayed to the public when the license has expired, is
	899	+	39 inactive, is invalid, or has been revoked or suspended.
	900	+	40 For purposes of subdivision (10), a certified copy of a record of
	901	+	41 disciplinary action constitutes prima facie evidence of a disciplinary
	902	+	42 action in another jurisdiction.
904	903		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 21
905		-	1 (2) ~~Suspension~~ of ~~a practitioner's license.~~
906		-	2 ~~(3) Censure of~~ a practitioner.
907		-	3 (4) ~~Issuance of a letter of reprimand.~~
908		-	4 (5) ~~Assessment~~ of a ~~civil penalty against the practitioner in~~
909		-	5 ~~accordance with the following:~~
910		-	6 (A) ~~The civil penalty may not be more than one thousand~~
911		-	7 ~~dollars~~ (~~$1,000~~) ~~for each violation listed in subsection (a),~~
912		-	8 ~~except for~~ a ~~finding of incompetency due to a physical or~~
913		-	9 ~~mental disability.~~
914		-	10 (B) ~~When imposing a~~ civil penalty~~, the department shall~~
915		-	11 ~~consider~~ a ~~practitioner's ability to pay the amount assessed. If~~
916		-	12 ~~the practitioner fails~~ to ~~pay the civil penalty within the time~~
917		-	13 ~~specified by the department, the department may suspend the~~
918		-	14 ~~practitioner's license without additional proceedings.~~ ~~However~~,
919		-	15 a ~~suspension may not be imposed if~~ the ~~sole basis for the~~
920		-	16 ~~suspension is~~ the practitioner~~'s inability~~ to pay a civil penalty.
921		-	17 ~~(6) Placement of a practitioner on probation status and~~
922		-	18 ~~requirement of the practitioner to:~~
923		-	19 (A~~) report regularly to~~ the ~~department upon~~ the ~~matters that~~
924		-	20 ~~are~~ the ~~basis of probation;~~
925		-	21 (B) ~~limit practice to those areas prescribed by the department;~~
926		-	22 ~~(C) continue or renew professional education approved by~~ the
927		-	23 department ~~until a satisfactory degree of skill has been attained~~
928		-	24 ~~in those areas that~~ are the basis of ~~the~~ probation; or
929		-	25 (D) ~~perform or refrain from performing any acts,~~ ~~including~~
930		-	26 ~~community restitution~~ or ~~service without compensation,~~ ~~that~~
931		-	27 ~~the~~ department ~~considers appropriate to the public interest or~~
932		-	28 to the ~~rehabilitation or treatment~~ of the ~~practitioner.~~
933		-	29 ~~The department may withdraw~~ or ~~modify this probation if the~~
934		-	30 ~~department finds after a hearing~~ that ~~the deficiency that required~~
935		-	31 ~~disciplinary action has been remedied~~ or ~~that changed~~
936		-	32 ~~circumstances warrant a modification~~ of the ~~order~~.
937		-	33 ~~(c) (b)~~ If ~~an applicant or a practitioner has engaged in or knowingly~~
938		-	34 ~~cooperated in fraud or material deception to obtain~~ a ~~license to~~
939		-	35 ~~practice, including cheating on the licensing examination,~~ ~~the~~
940		-	36 ~~department may rescind~~ the ~~license if it has been granted, void the~~
941		-	37 ~~examination~~ or ~~other fraudulent~~ or ~~deceptive material, and prohibit the~~
942		-	38 ~~applicant from reapplying for the~~ license ~~for a length of time~~
943		-	39 ~~established by~~ the ~~department.~~
944		-	40 ~~(d) (c) The~~ department may ~~deny licensure to an applicant who~~ has
945		-	41 ~~had disciplinary action taken against the applicant~~ or the ~~applicant's~~
946		-	42 license ~~to practice in another state or jurisdiction or who has practiced~~
	904	+	1 (b) The department may impose one (1) or more of the following
	905	+	2 sanctions if the department finds that a practitioner is subject to
	906	+	3 disciplinary sanctions under subsection (a):
	907	+	4 (1) Permanent revocation of a practitioner's license.
	908	+	5 (2) Suspension of a practitioner's license.
	909	+	6 (3) Censure of a practitioner.
	910	+	7 (4) Issuance of a letter of reprimand.
	911	+	8 (5) Assessment of a civil penalty against the practitioner in
	912	+	9 accordance with the following:
	913	+	10 (A) The civil penalty may not be more than one thousand
	914	+	11 dollars ($1,000) for each violation listed in subsection (a),
	915	+	12 except for a finding of incompetency due to a physical or
	916	+	13 mental disability.
	917	+	14 (B) When imposing a civil penalty, the department shall
	918	+	15 consider a practitioner's ability to pay the amount assessed. If
	919	+	16 the practitioner fails to pay the civil penalty within the time
	920	+	17 specified by the department, the department may suspend the
	921	+	18 practitioner's license without additional proceedings. However,
	922	+	19 a suspension may not be imposed if the sole basis for the
	923	+	20 suspension is the practitioner's inability to pay a civil penalty.
	924	+	21 (6) Placement of a practitioner on probation status and
	925	+	22 requirement of the practitioner to:
	926	+	23 (A) report regularly to the department upon the matters that
	927	+	24 are the basis of probation;
	928	+	25 (B) limit practice to those areas prescribed by the department;
	929	+	26 (C) continue or renew professional education approved by the
	930	+	27 department until a satisfactory degree of skill has been attained
	931	+	28 in those areas that are the basis of the probation; or
	932	+	29 (D) perform or refrain from performing any acts, including
	933	+	30 community restitution or service without compensation, that
	934	+	31 the department considers appropriate to the public interest or
	935	+	32 to the rehabilitation or treatment of the practitioner.
	936	+	33 The department may withdraw or modify this probation if the
	937	+	34 department finds after a hearing that the deficiency that required
	938	+	35 disciplinary action has been remedied or that changed
	939	+	36 circumstances warrant a modification of the order.
	940	+	37 (c) (b) If an applicant or a practitioner has engaged in or knowingly
	941	+	38 cooperated in fraud or material deception to obtain a license to
	942	+	39 practice, including cheating on the licensing examination, the
	943	+	40 department may rescind the license if it has been granted, void the
	944	+	41 examination or other fraudulent or deceptive material, and prohibit the
	945	+	42 applicant from reapplying for the license for a length of time
947	946		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 22
948		-	1 ~~without a license in violation of~~ the ~~law~~. ~~A certified copy of the record~~
949		-	2 ~~of disciplinary action is conclusive evidence of~~ the ~~other jurisdiction's~~
950		-	3 disciplinary action.
951		-	4 ~~(e) (d) The department may order a practitioner~~ to ~~submit to a~~
952		-	5 ~~reasonable physical or mental examination if~~ the ~~practitioner's physical~~
953		-	6 ~~or mental capacity to practice safely and competently~~ is ~~at issue in a~~
954		-	7 disciplinary ~~proceeding~~. ~~Failure to comply with a department order to~~
955		-	8 submit to a ~~physical or mental examination makes a practitioner liable~~
956		-	9 ~~to temporary suspension under subsection (j). (h).~~
957		-	10 ~~(f) (e) Except as provided under subsection (f)~~ or ~~(g), or (h),~~ a
958		-	11 ~~license may not be denied,~~ ~~revoked, or suspended because the applicant~~
959		-	12 or ~~holder has been convicted of an offense. The acts from which the~~
960		-	13 ~~applicant's or holder's conviction resulted may,~~ ~~however, be considered~~
961		-	14 as ~~to whether the applicant~~ or ~~holder should be entrusted to serve the~~
962		-	15 ~~public in a specific capacity.~~
963		-	16 ~~(g) (f)~~ The ~~department may deny,~~ ~~suspend, or revoke a license~~
964		-	17 ~~issued under this chapter if the individual who holds the license is~~
965		-	18 ~~convicted of any of~~ the ~~following:~~
966		-	19 ~~(1) Possession of cocaine or~~ a ~~narcotic drug under IC 35-48-4-6~~.
967		-	20 (2) ~~Possession of methamphetamine under IC 35-48-4-6.1.~~
968		-	21 ~~(3) Possession of a controlled substance~~ under ~~IC 35-48-4-7(a).~~
969		-	22 ~~(4) Fraudulently obtaining a controlled substance under~~
970		-	23 IC 35-48-4-~~7(b) (for a crime committed before July 1, 2014) or~~
971		-	24 IC 35-48-4-~~7(c) (for a crime committed after June 30, 2014)~~.
972		-	25 (5) ~~Manufacture~~ of ~~paraphernalia as~~ a ~~Class D felony~~ (~~for~~ a ~~crime~~
973		-	26 ~~committed before July 1, 2014~~) or a ~~Level 6 felony (for a crime~~
974		-	27 ~~committed after June 30, 2014) under~~ IC 35-48-4-~~8.1~~(b).
975		-	28 (6) ~~Dealing in paraphernalia as a Class D felony~~ (for a crime
976		-	29 ~~committed before July 1, 2014~~) or a ~~Level 6~~ felony (for a crime
977		-	30 committed ~~after June 30~~, 2014) ~~under IC 35-48-4-8.5~~(~~b).~~
978		-	31 (7) ~~Possession of paraphernalia as a Class D felony~~ (~~for a crime~~
979		-	32 ~~committed before July 1, 2014~~) or a ~~Level 6~~ felony (for a crime
980		-	33 committed ~~after June 30~~, 2014) ~~under IC 35-48-4-8.3(b)~~ (~~before~~
981		-	34 ~~its amendment on July 1~~, ~~2015~~).
982		-	35 (8) Possession of ~~marijuana, hash oil, hashish, or salvia~~ as a Class
983		-	36 ~~D felony (for a crime~~ committed before July 1, 2014) or a Level
984		-	37 ~~6 felony (for a crime~~ committed after June 30, 2014) under
985		-	38 ~~IC 35-48-4-11~~.
986		-	39 (9) ~~A felony offense under IC 35-48-4 involving~~ possession of a
987		-	40 ~~synthetic drug~~ (~~as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-321)~~, ~~possession of~~ a
988		-	41 ~~controlled substance analog~~ (~~as defined in IC 35-48-1-9.3)~~, or
989		-	42 ~~possession of a synthetic drug lookalike substance (as defined in~~
	947	+	1 established by the department.
	948	+	2 (d) (c) The department may deny licensure to an applicant who has
	949	+	3 had disciplinary action taken against the applicant or the applicant's
	950	+	4 license to practice in another state or jurisdiction or who has practiced
	951	+	5 without a license in violation of the law. A certified copy of the record
	952	+	6 of disciplinary action is conclusive evidence of the other jurisdiction's
	953	+	7 disciplinary action.
	954	+	8 (e) (d) The department may order a practitioner to submit to a
	955	+	9 reasonable physical or mental examination if the practitioner's physical
	956	+	10 or mental capacity to practice safely and competently is at issue in a
	957	+	11 disciplinary proceeding. Failure to comply with a department order to
	958	+	12 submit to a physical or mental examination makes a practitioner liable
	959	+	13 to temporary suspension under subsection (j). (h).
	960	+	14 (f) (e) Except as provided under subsection (f) or (g), or (h), a
	961	+	15 license may not be denied, revoked, or suspended because the applicant
	962	+	16 or holder has been convicted of an offense. The acts from which the
	963	+	17 applicant's or holder's conviction resulted may, however, be considered
	964	+	18 as to whether the applicant or holder should be entrusted to serve the
	965	+	19 public in a specific capacity.
	966	+	20 (g) (f) The department may deny, suspend, or revoke a license
	967	+	21 issued under this chapter if the individual who holds the license is
	968	+	22 convicted of any of the following:
	969	+	23 (1) Possession of cocaine or a narcotic drug under IC 35-48-4-6.
	970	+	24 (2) Possession of methamphetamine under IC 35-48-4-6.1.
	971	+	25 (3) Possession of a controlled substance under IC 35-48-4-7(a).
	972	+	26 (4) Fraudulently obtaining a controlled substance under
	973	+	27 IC 35-48-4-7(b) (for a crime committed before July 1, 2014) or
	974	+	28 IC 35-48-4-7(c) (for a crime committed after June 30, 2014).
	975	+	29 (5) Manufacture of paraphernalia as a Class D felony (for a crime
	976	+	30 committed before July 1, 2014) or a Level 6 felony (for a crime
	977	+	31 committed after June 30, 2014) under IC 35-48-4-8.1(b).
	978	+	32 (6) Dealing in paraphernalia as a Class D felony (for a crime
	979	+	33 committed before July 1, 2014) or a Level 6 felony (for a crime
	980	+	34 committed after June 30, 2014) under IC 35-48-4-8.5(b).
	981	+	35 (7) Possession of paraphernalia as a Class D felony (for a crime
	982	+	36 committed before July 1, 2014) or a Level 6 felony (for a crime
	983	+	37 committed after June 30, 2014) under IC 35-48-4-8.3(b) (before
	984	+	38 its amendment on July 1, 2015).
	985	+	39 (8) Possession of marijuana, hash oil, hashish, or salvia as a Class
	986	+	40 D felony (for a crime committed before July 1, 2014) or a Level
	987	+	41 6 felony (for a crime committed after June 30, 2014) under
	988	+	42 IC 35-48-4-11.
990	989		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 23
991		-	1 IC 35-~~31.5-2-321.5 (before~~ ~~its repeal on July 1, 2019)) as~~ a:
992		-	2 (A) ~~Class D felony for~~ a ~~crime committed before July 1, 2014;~~
993		-	3 or
994		-	4 ~~(B) Level 6 felony for~~ a ~~crime committed after June 30,~~ ~~2014;~~
995		-	5 ~~under~~ IC 35-~~48-4-11~~.5 (before its repeal on July 1, 2019).
996		-	6 (10) ~~Maintaining~~ a ~~common nuisance under IC 35-48-4-13~~
997		-	7 ~~(repealed)~~ or ~~IC 35-45-1-5, if the common nuisance involves a~~
998		-	8 ~~controlled substance.~~
999		-	9 (~~11) An offense relating to registration~~, ~~labeling, and prescription~~
1000		-	10 ~~forms~~ under IC 35-48-4-~~14.~~
1001		-	11 (h) ~~(g)~~ The ~~department shall deny, revoke, or suspend~~ a ~~license~~
1002		-	12 ~~issued under this chapter if the individual who holds the license is~~
1003		-	13 ~~convicted of any of the following:~~
1004		-	14 ~~(1) Dealing in a controlled substance resulting in death~~ under
1005		-	15 ~~IC 35-42-1-1.5.~~
1006		-	16 ~~(2) Dealing in cocaine or a narcotic drug~~ under ~~IC 35-48-4-1.~~
1007		-	17 ~~(3) Dealing in methamphetamine under IC 35-48-4-1.1.~~
1008		-	18 (4) ~~Manufacturing methamphetamine~~ under ~~IC 35-48-4-1.2.~~
1009		-	19 (5~~) Dealing in a schedule I, II, or III controlled substance under~~
1010		-	20 IC 35-48-4-2.
1011		-	21 (6) Dealing in ~~a schedule IV controlled substance~~ under
1012		-	22 IC 35-48-4-3.
1013		-	23 (7) Dealing in a schedule V controlled substance under
1014		-	24 IC 35-48-4-4.
1015		-	25 (8) Dealing in a substance ~~represented to be a controlled~~
1016		-	26 ~~substance under~~ IC 35-48-4-4.~~5 (repealed).~~
1017		-	27 (9) ~~Knowingly or intentionally manufacturing,~~ ~~advertising,~~
1018		-	28 ~~distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, advertise,~~
1019		-	29 ~~or distribute~~ a substance represented to be a controlled ~~substance~~
1020		-	30 under IC 35-48-4-4.6.
1021		-	31 (10) ~~Dealing in a counterfeit substance under IC 35-48-4-5.~~
1022		-	32 ~~(11) Dealing in marijuana, hash oil, hashish~~, or ~~salvia as a felony~~
1023		-	33 ~~under IC 35-48-4-10.~~
1024		-	34 ~~(12) An offense~~ under IC 35-48-4 ~~involving the manufacture or~~
1025		-	35 ~~sale of~~ a ~~synthetic drug (as defined in~~ IC 35-31.~~5-2-321), a~~
1026		-	36 ~~synthetic drug lookalike substance (~~as ~~defined in~~
1027		-	37 IC 35-31.~~5-2-321.5 (before its repeal on July 1, 2019)) under~~
1028		-	38 IC 35-48-4~~-10.5 (before~~ ~~its repeal on July 1, 2019), a controlled~~
1029		-	39 ~~substance analog~~ (as defined in IC 35-~~48-1-9.3~~), or a ~~substance~~
1030		-	40 ~~represented to be a controlled~~ substance (as ~~described~~ in
1031		-	41 IC 35-~~48-4-4~~.6).
1032		-	42 (13) A ~~violation of any federal or state drug law or rule related to~~
	990	+	1 (9) A felony offense under IC 35-48-4 involving possession of a
	991	+	2 synthetic drug (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-321), possession of a
	992	+	3 controlled substance analog (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9.3), or
	993	+	4 possession of a synthetic drug lookalike substance (as defined in
	994	+	5 IC 35-31.5-2-321.5 (before its repeal on July 1, 2019)) as a:
	995	+	6 (A) Class D felony for a crime committed before July 1, 2014;
	996	+	7 or
	997	+	8 (B) Level 6 felony for a crime committed after June 30, 2014;
	998	+	9 under IC 35-48-4-11.5 (before its repeal on July 1, 2019).
	999	+	10 (10) Maintaining a common nuisance under IC 35-48-4-13
	1000	+	11 (repealed) or IC 35-45-1-5, if the common nuisance involves a
	1001	+	12 controlled substance.
	1002	+	13 (11) An offense relating to registration, labeling, and prescription
	1003	+	14 forms under IC 35-48-4-14.
	1004	+	15 (h) (g) The department shall deny, revoke, or suspend a license
	1005	+	16 issued under this chapter if the individual who holds the license is
	1006	+	17 convicted of any of the following:
	1007	+	18 (1) Dealing in a controlled substance resulting in death under
	1008	+	19 IC 35-42-1-1.5.
	1009	+	20 (2) Dealing in cocaine or a narcotic drug under IC 35-48-4-1.
	1010	+	21 (3) Dealing in methamphetamine under IC 35-48-4-1.1.
	1011	+	22 (4) Manufacturing methamphetamine under IC 35-48-4-1.2.
	1012	+	23 (5) Dealing in a schedule I, II, or III controlled substance under
	1013	+	24 IC 35-48-4-2.
	1014	+	25 (6) Dealing in a schedule IV controlled substance under
	1015	+	26 IC 35-48-4-3.
	1016	+	27 (7) Dealing in a schedule V controlled substance under
	1017	+	28 IC 35-48-4-4.
	1018	+	29 (8) Dealing in a substance represented to be a controlled
	1019	+	30 substance under IC 35-48-4-4.5 (repealed).
	1020	+	31 (9) Knowingly or intentionally manufacturing, advertising,
	1021	+	32 distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, advertise,
	1022	+	33 or distribute a substance represented to be a controlled substance
	1023	+	34 under IC 35-48-4-4.6.
	1024	+	35 (10) Dealing in a counterfeit substance under IC 35-48-4-5.
	1025	+	36 (11) Dealing in marijuana, hash oil, hashish, or salvia as a felony
	1026	+	37 under IC 35-48-4-10.
	1027	+	38 (12) An offense under IC 35-48-4 involving the manufacture or
	1028	+	39 sale of a synthetic drug (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-321), a
	1029	+	40 synthetic drug lookalike substance (as defined in
	1030	+	41 IC 35-31.5-2-321.5 (before its repeal on July 1, 2019)) under
	1031	+	42 IC 35-48-4-10.5 (before its repeal on July 1, 2019), a controlled
1033	1032		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 24
1034		-	1 ~~wholesale legend drug distributors licensed under~~ IC ~~25-26-14~~.
1035		-	2 ~~(i)~~ A ~~decision of the department under subsections~~ (~~b) through (h)~~
1036		-	3 ~~may be appealed to the commission under~~ IC 4-21.~~5-3-7~~.
1037		-	4 (j) ~~(h) The department may temporarily suspend~~ a ~~practitioner's~~
1038		-	5 ~~license~~ under IC ~~4-21~~.~~5-4 before a final adjudication or during the~~
1039		-	6 ~~appeals process if~~ the department ~~finds that a practitioner represents a~~
1040		-	7 ~~clear and immediate danger~~ to the ~~public's health,~~ ~~safety, or property if~~
1041		-	8 the practitioner ~~is allowed to continue to practice.~~
1042		-	9 ~~(k) (i) On receipt of~~ a ~~complaint~~ or ~~an information alleging that a~~
1043		-	10 ~~person licensed under this chapter has engaged in or is engaging in~~ a
1044		-	11 ~~practice that jeopardizes~~ the public health, safety, or ~~welfare, the~~
1045		-	12 ~~department shall initiate an investigation against~~ the ~~person~~.
1046		-	13 (l) (j) ~~Any~~ complaint ~~filed with the office of the attorney general~~
1047		-	14 ~~alleging a violation of~~ this ~~licensing program shall be referred to the~~
1048		-	15 ~~department for summary review and for its general information and any~~
1049		-	16 ~~authorized action at~~ the ~~time of the filing~~.
1050		-	17 (m) (k) The ~~department shall conduct a fact finding investigation as~~
1051		-	18 ~~the department considers proper in relation~~ to the ~~complaint.~~
1052		-	19 ~~(n) The~~ department ~~may reinstate a license that has been suspended~~
1053		-	20 ~~under this section if, after a hearing,~~ the ~~department is satisfied that~~ the
1054		-	21 ~~applicant is able to practice with reasonable skill,~~ ~~safety, and~~
1055		-	22 ~~competency~~ to the ~~public~~. ~~As a condition of reinstatement, the~~
1056		-	23 department may ~~impose disciplinary or corrective measures authorized~~
1057		-	24 under this ~~chapter.~~
1058		-	25 ~~(o) The department may not reinstate a license that has been~~
1059		-	26 ~~revoked under this chapter~~. ~~An individual whose license has been~~
1060		-	27 ~~revoked under this chapter~~ may ~~not apply for a new license until seven~~
1061		-	28 ~~(7) years after the date of revocation~~.
1062		-	29 (p) The department ~~shall seek to achieve consistency in the~~
1063		-	30 ~~application of sanctions authorized in~~ this chapter. ~~Significant~~
1064		-	31 ~~departures from prior decisions involving similar conduct must be~~
1065		-	32 ~~explained in~~ the ~~department's findings or orders~~.
1066		-	33 (q) ~~(l) A practitioner may petition~~ the department to ~~accept~~ the
1067		-	34 ~~surrender~~ of ~~the practitioner's license~~. ~~instead of having a hearing~~
1068		-	35 ~~before the commission.~~ ~~The practitioner may not surrender the~~
1069		-	36 ~~practitioner's license without the written approval of~~ the department,
1070		-	37 ~~and~~ the department ~~may impose any conditions appropriate~~ to the
1071		-	38 surrender ~~or reinstatement~~ of a ~~surrendered license.~~
1072		-	39 ~~(r) (m) A~~ practitioner ~~who has been subjected to disciplinary~~
1073		-	40 ~~sanctions may be required by~~ the ~~commission to pay the costs~~ of the
1074		-	41 ~~proceeding.~~ The ~~practitioner's ability~~ to ~~pay shall be considered when~~
1075		-	42 ~~costs are assessed.~~ ~~If the practitioner fails to pay the costs,~~ a ~~suspension~~
	1033	+	1 substance analog (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9.3), or a substance
	1034	+	2 represented to be a controlled substance (as described in
	1035	+	3 IC 35-48-4-4.6).
	1036	+	4 (13) A violation of any federal or state drug law or rule related to
	1037	+	5 wholesale legend drug distributors licensed under IC 25-26-14.
	1038	+	6 (i) A decision of the department under subsections (b) through (h)
	1039	+	7 may be appealed to the commission under IC 4-21.5-3-7.
	1040	+	8 (j) (h) The department may temporarily suspend a practitioner's
	1041	+	9 license under IC 4-21.5-4 before a final adjudication or during the
	1042	+	10 appeals process if the department finds that a practitioner represents a
	1043	+	11 clear and immediate danger to the public's health, safety, or property if
	1044	+	12 the practitioner is allowed to continue to practice.
	1045	+	13 (k) (i) On receipt of a complaint or an information alleging that a
	1046	+	14 person licensed under this chapter has engaged in or is engaging in a
	1047	+	15 practice that jeopardizes the public health, safety, or welfare, the
	1048	+	16 department shall initiate an investigation against the person.
	1049	+	17 (l) (j) Any complaint filed with the office of the attorney general
	1050	+	18 alleging a violation of this licensing program shall be referred to the
	1051	+	19 department for summary review and for its general information and any
	1052	+	20 authorized action at the time of the filing.
	1053	+	21 (m) (k) The department shall conduct a fact finding investigation as
	1054	+	22 the department considers proper in relation to the complaint.
	1055	+	23 (n) The department may reinstate a license that has been suspended
	1056	+	24 under this section if, after a hearing, the department is satisfied that the
	1057	+	25 applicant is able to practice with reasonable skill, safety, and
	1058	+	26 competency to the public. As a condition of reinstatement, the
	1059	+	27 department may impose disciplinary or corrective measures authorized
	1060	+	28 under this chapter.
	1061	+	29 (o) The department may not reinstate a license that has been
	1062	+	30 revoked under this chapter. An individual whose license has been
	1063	+	31 revoked under this chapter may not apply for a new license until seven
	1064	+	32 (7) years after the date of revocation.
	1065	+	33 (p) The department shall seek to achieve consistency in the
	1066	+	34 application of sanctions authorized in this chapter. Significant
	1067	+	35 departures from prior decisions involving similar conduct must be
	1068	+	36 explained in the department's findings or orders.
	1069	+	37 (q) (l) A practitioner may petition the department to accept the
	1070	+	38 surrender of the practitioner's license. instead of having a hearing
	1071	+	39 before the commission. The practitioner may not surrender the
	1072	+	40 practitioner's license without the written approval of the department,
	1073	+	41 and the department may impose any conditions appropriate to the
	1074	+	42 surrender or reinstatement of a surrendered license.
1076	1075		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 25
1077		-	1 ~~may not be imposed solely upon the~~ practitioner~~'s inability~~ to ~~pay the~~
1078		-	2 ~~amount assessed.~~ The costs ~~are limited to costs for~~ the ~~following:~~
1079		-	3 ~~(1) Court reporters.~~
1080		-	4 ~~(2) Transcripts~~.
1081		-	5 ~~(3) Certification of documents.~~
1082		-	6 ~~(4) Photo duplication.~~
1083		-	7 (5) ~~Witness attendance and mileage fees~~.
1084		-	8 (6) ~~Postage~~.
1085		-	9 (7) ~~Expert witnesses~~.
1086		-	10 (8) ~~Depositions~~.
1087		-	11 (9) ~~Notarizations~~.
1088		-	12 ~~SECTION 22~~. ~~IC 35-31.5-2-185, AS AMENDED BY P.L.122-2023,~~
1089		-	13 ~~SECTION 17,~~ ~~IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE~~
1090		-	14 ~~JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 185.~~ (a) ~~"Law enforcement officer" means:~~
1091		-	15 (1) ~~a police officer (including a tribal police officer, a correctional~~
1092		-	16 ~~police officer~~, ~~and a hospital police officer employed~~ by ~~a hospital~~
1093		-	17 ~~police department established under IC 16-18-4)~~, ~~sheriff,~~
1094		-	18 ~~constable~~, ~~marshal, prosecuting attorney,~~ ~~special prosecuting~~
1095		-	19 ~~attorney~~, ~~special deputy prosecuting attorney, the securities~~
1096		-	20 ~~commissioner~~, ~~the state fire marshal,~~ ~~the executive director of~~
1097		-	21 ~~the~~ department ~~of homeland security~~, ~~or the inspector general;~~
1098		-	22 ~~(2) a deputy of any of those persons;~~
1099		-	23 ~~(3) an investigator for a~~ prosecuting attorney ~~or for~~ the ~~inspector~~
1100		-	24 ~~general;~~
1101		-	25 ~~(4) a conservation officer~~;
1102		-	26 (5) ~~an enforcement officer~~ of ~~the alcohol and tobacco~~
1103		-	27 ~~commission;~~
1104		-	28 ~~(6) an enforcement officer of the securities division of the office~~
1105		-	29 ~~of the secretary of state~~; or
1106		-	30 (7) ~~a gaming agent employed under IC 4-33-4.5 or a gaming~~
1107		-	31 ~~control officer employed by the gaming control division under~~
1108		-	32 ~~IC 4-33-20; or~~
1109		-	33 ~~(8) a fire investigator~~ of the ~~department~~ of ~~homeland security.~~
1110		-	34 (b) ~~"Law enforcement officer", for purposes of~~ IC ~~35-42-2-1,~~
1111		-	35 ~~includes an alcoholic beverage enforcement~~ officer~~, as set forth in~~
1112		-	36 IC ~~35-42-2-1.~~
1113		-	37 (c) ~~"Law enforcement officer", for purposes~~ of ~~IC 35-45-15,~~
1114		-	38 ~~includes a federal~~ enforcement officer, ~~as set forth in~~ IC 35-~~45-15-3.~~
1115		-	39 ~~(d) "Law~~ enforcement officer", ~~for purposes of IC 35-44.1-3-1 and~~
1116		-	40 IC 35-~~44.1-3~~-2~~, includes a school resource officer (as defined in~~
1117		-	41 IC ~~20-26-18.2-1) and a school corporation police officer appointed~~
1118		-	42 ~~under~~ IC ~~20-26-16~~.
	1076	+	1 (r) (m) A practitioner who has been subjected to disciplinary
	1077	+	2 sanctions may be required by the commission to pay the costs of the
	1078	+	3 proceeding. The practitioner's ability to pay shall be considered when
	1079	+	4 costs are assessed. If the practitioner fails to pay the costs, a suspension
	1080	+	5 may not be imposed solely upon the practitioner's inability to pay the
	1081	+	6 amount assessed. The costs are limited to costs for the following:
	1082	+	7 (1) Court reporters.
	1083	+	8 (2) Transcripts.
	1084	+	9 (3) Certification of documents.
	1085	+	10 (4) Photo duplication.
	1086	+	11 (5) Witness attendance and mileage fees.
	1087	+	12 (6) Postage.
	1088	+	13 (7) Expert witnesses.
	1089	+	14 (8) Depositions.
	1090	+	15 (9) Notarizations.
	1091	+	16 SECTION 22. IC 35-31.5-2-185, AS AMENDED BY P.L.122-2023,
	1092	+	17 SECTION 17, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
	1093	+	18 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 185. (a) "Law enforcement officer" means:
	1094	+	19 (1) a police officer (including a tribal police officer, a correctional
	1095	+	20 police officer, and a hospital police officer employed by a hospital
	1096	+	21 police department established under IC 16-18-4), sheriff,
	1097	+	22 constable, marshal, prosecuting attorney, special prosecuting
	1098	+	23 attorney, special deputy prosecuting attorney, the securities
	1099	+	24 commissioner, the state fire marshal, the executive director of
	1100	+	25 the department of homeland security, or the inspector general;
	1101	+	26 (2) a deputy of any of those persons;
	1102	+	27 (3) an investigator for a prosecuting attorney or for the inspector
	1103	+	28 general;
	1104	+	29 (4) a conservation officer;
	1105	+	30 (5) an enforcement officer of the alcohol and tobacco
	1106	+	31 commission;
	1107	+	32 (6) an enforcement officer of the securities division of the office
	1108	+	33 of the secretary of state; or
	1109	+	34 (7) a gaming agent employed under IC 4-33-4.5 or a gaming
	1110	+	35 control officer employed by the gaming control division under
	1111	+	36 IC 4-33-20; or
	1112	+	37 (8) a fire investigator of the department of homeland security.
	1113	+	38 (b) "Law enforcement officer", for purposes of IC 35-42-2-1,
	1114	+	39 includes an alcoholic beverage enforcement officer, as set forth in
	1115	+	40 IC 35-42-2-1.
	1116	+	41 (c) "Law enforcement officer", for purposes of IC 35-45-15,
	1117	+	42 includes a federal enforcement officer, as set forth in IC 35-45-15-3.
1119	1118		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 26
1120		-	1 (e) "Law enforcement officer", for purposes of IC 35-40.~~5, has the~~
1121		-	2 ~~meaning set forth in~~ IC 35-40.5-1-1.
1122		-	3 ~~SECTION 23.~~ IC ~~36-8-10~~.5-1~~.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA~~
1123		-	4 ~~CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS~~
1124		-	5 ~~[EFFECTIVE JULY 1~~, ~~2025]: Sec.~~ 1.5~~. As used in this chapter,~~
1125		-	6 ~~"department" refers to the department of homeland security~~
1126		-	7 ~~established~~ by ~~IC 10-19-2-1.~~
1127		-	8 SECTION ~~24. IC 36-8-10.5-7.5,~~ AS ~~AMENDED BY P.L.187-2021,~~
1128		-	9 SECTION ~~142, IS AMENDED~~ TO ~~READ AS FOLLOWS~~
1129		-	10 ~~[EFFECTIVE JULY 1~~, ~~2025]: Sec. 7.5. (a) Except as provided in~~
1130		-	11 ~~subsection (b)~~, ~~an individual whose employment by a fire department~~
1131		-	12 ~~as a full-time~~ ~~firefighter begins after December 31, 2009, must~~
1132		-	13 ~~complete the training for Firefighter I and Firefighter II during the~~
1133		-	14 ~~firefighter's first year of employment. The fire department that employs~~
1134		-	15 ~~a firefighter shall report to~~ the ~~education board~~ department ~~when the~~
1135		-	16 ~~firefighter has completed the training requirements established by this~~
1136		-	17 ~~subsection.~~
1137		-	18 ~~(b) The education board department may grant a firefighter any~~
1138		-	19 ~~number of extensions of six~~ (6) ~~months to complete~~ the ~~training~~
1139		-	20 ~~required under subsection (a). An extension must be requested by~~ the
1140		-	21 ~~fire department that employs the firefighter. An extension may~~ be
1141		-	22 ~~requested for any reason,~~ ~~including~~ the ~~following:~~
1142		-	23 ~~(1) The firefighter has been attending training in accordance with~~
1143		-	24 ~~section 8 of this chapter in any of the following:~~
1144		-	25 (A~~) Hazardous materials.~~
1145		-	26 (B) ~~Paramedic training.~~
1146		-	27 (C) ~~Emergency medical technician training.~~
1147		-	28 (D) ~~Technical training.~~
1148		-	29 (2) ~~The firefighter was unable to complete the training due to~~
1149		-	30 ~~economic reasons~~.
1150		-	31 ~~(c)~~ The ~~education board department shall determine whether a~~
1151		-	32 ~~firefighter receives an extension under this~~ section.
1152		-	33 ~~SECTION 25~~. ~~IC 36-8-10~~.5~~-8 IS AMENDED TO READ~~ AS
1153		-	34 ~~FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE~~ ~~JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 8. (a)~~ The ~~training may~~
1154		-	35 ~~be conducted at:~~
1155		-	36 ~~(1) a location within the political subdivision employing a~~
1156		-	37 ~~full-time firefighter;~~
1157		-	38 (2) ~~the headquarters of the volunteer fire department where a~~
1158		-	39 ~~volunteer firefighter is seeking membership;~~ or
1159		-	40 ~~(3) any other facility where the training is offered.~~
1160		-	41 ~~(b)~~ The training ~~must be conducted by personnel certified as~~
1161		-	42 ~~instructors by~~ the ~~education board.~~ department.
	1119	+	1 (d) "Law enforcement officer", for purposes of IC 35-44.1-3-1 and
	1120	+	2 IC 35-44.1-3-2, includes a school resource officer (as defined in
	1121	+	3 IC 20-26-18.2-1) and a school corporation police officer appointed
	1122	+	4 under IC 20-26-16.
	1123	+	5 (e) "Law enforcement officer", for purposes of IC 35-40.5, has the
	1124	+	6 meaning set forth in IC 35-40.5-1-1.
	1125	+	7 SECTION 23. IC 36-7-2-9.1, AS ADDED BY P.L.157-2024,
	1126	+	8 SECTION 8, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
	1127	+	9 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 9.1. (a) This section applies only to a Class 2
	1128	+	10 structure for which a building permit is issued by a city, town, or
	1129	+	11 county after June 30, 2024.
	1130	+	12 (b) This section does not apply to:
	1131	+	13 (1) a manufactured housing community; or
	1132	+	14 (2) a mobile home community;
	1133	+	15 that is licensed, permitted, and inspected by the Indiana department of
	1134	+	16 health or a local board of health.
	1135	+	17 (c) As used in this section, "Class 2 structure" has the meaning set
	1136	+	18 forth in IC 22-12-1-5.
	1137	+	19 (d) A city, town, or county that requires a building permit for the
	1138	+	20 construction of a Class 2 structure may provide for shall allow the
	1139	+	21 inspection to be conducted by:
	1140	+	22 (1) an individual who is employed by the city, town, or county as
	1141	+	23 a building inspector;
	1142	+	24 (2) an individual who is employed by another city, town, or
	1143	+	25 county as a building inspector; or
	1144	+	26 (3) a qualified individual who is:
	1145	+	27 (A) an architect registered under IC 25-4-1;
	1146	+	28 (B) a professional engineer registered under IC 25-31-1;
	1147	+	29 (C) a certified building official; or
	1148	+	30 (D) a home inspector licensed under IC 25-20.2.
	1149	+	31 SECTION 24. IC 36-8-10.5-1.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
	1150	+	32 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
	1151	+	33 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter,
	1152	+	34 "department" refers to the department of homeland security
	1153	+	35 established by IC 10-19-2-1.
	1154	+	36 SECTION 25. IC 36-8-10.5-7.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.187-2021,
	1155	+	37 SECTION 142, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
	1156	+	38 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 7.5. (a) Except as provided in
	1157	+	39 subsection (b), an individual whose employment by a fire department
	1158	+	40 as a full-time firefighter begins after December 31, 2009, must
	1159	+	41 complete the training for Firefighter I and Firefighter II during the
	1160	+	42 firefighter's first year of employment. The fire department that employs
1162	1161		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 27
1163		-	1 ~~SECTION 26.~~ ~~IC 36-8-10.5-9 IS AMENDED~~ TO ~~READ AS~~
1164		-	2 ~~FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE~~ ~~JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 9.~~ The ~~education board~~
1165		-	3 ~~department shall certify fire personnel who successfully complete the~~
1166		-	4 ~~minimum basic training requirements.~~
1167		-	5 ~~SECTION 27.~~ ~~IC 36-8-10.5-12, AS ADDED BY P.L.72-2020,~~
1168		-	6 ~~SECTION 3,~~ ~~IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE~~
1169		-	7 ~~JULY 1,~~ ~~2025]: Sec. 12. (a)~~ The ~~best practices fund is established for~~
1170		-	8 the ~~purpose of providing matching grants to political subdivisions and~~
1171		-	9 ~~volunteer fire departments to purchase equipment and other gear to~~
1172		-	10 ~~implement best practices established under~~ section 11 of this chapter.
1173		-	11 (b) ~~The fund shall be administered by the education board~~.
1174		-	12 ~~department~~.
1175		-	13 (c) ~~The fund consists of:~~
1176		-	14 (1) ~~appropriations from the general assembly; and~~
1177		-	15 (2) ~~amounts deposited from any other public or private source.~~
1178		-	16 ~~(d) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from~~
1179		-	17 ~~money in~~ the ~~fund.~~
1180		-	18 ~~(e) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not~~
1181		-	19 ~~currently needed~~ to ~~meet obligations of the fund in the same manner~~ as
1182		-	20 ~~other public money~~ may ~~be invested. Interest that accrues from these~~
1183		-	21 ~~investments shall~~ be ~~deposited in the fund.~~
1184		-	22 (f) ~~Money in~~ the ~~fund at the end of the state fiscal year does not~~
1185		-	23 ~~revert to the state general fund.~~
1186		-	24 (g) The ~~education board~~ department ~~shall adopt rules under~~
1187		-	25 ~~IC 4-22-2 to implement this section.~~
1188		-	26 ~~SECTION 28. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]~~ (a) ~~As used in this~~
1189		-	27 ~~SECTION, "division" means~~ the ~~department of education's~~
1190		-	28 ~~division of school building physical security and safety established~~
1191		-	29 by IC ~~20-19-3-14,~~ ~~before its repeal by this act.~~
1192		-	30 ~~(b) As used in this SECTION~~, ~~"office" means~~ the ~~department of~~
1193		-	31 ~~homeland security's office of school safety established by~~
1194		-	32 ~~IC 10-19-3~~.~~5-4, as added by this act.~~
1195		-	33 ~~(c) On July 1~~, ~~2025~~, ~~all agreements and liabilities of the division~~
1196		-	34 ~~are transferred~~ to ~~the office,~~ as ~~the successor agency.~~
1197		-	35 ~~(d) On~~ July 1, 2025~~, all records and property of~~ the ~~division,~~
1198		-	36 ~~including appropriations and other funds under~~ the ~~control or~~
1199		-	37 ~~supervision of the division, are transferred~~ to ~~the office,~~ ~~as the~~
1200		-	38 ~~successor agency~~.
1201		-	39 (e) ~~After July 1, 2025, any amounts owed to~~ the ~~division before~~
1202		-	40 ~~July 1, 2025, are considered to be owed to the office, as the~~
1203		-	41 ~~successor agency.~~
1204		-	42 (f) ~~After July 1, 2025, a reference to~~ the ~~division in a statute,~~
	1162	+	1 a firefighter shall report to the education board department when the
	1163	+	2 firefighter has completed the training requirements established by this
	1164	+	3 subsection.
	1165	+	4 (b) The education board department may grant a firefighter any
	1166	+	5 number of extensions of six (6) months to complete the training
	1167	+	6 required under subsection (a). An extension must be requested by the
	1168	+	7 fire department that employs the firefighter. An extension may be
	1169	+	8 requested for any reason, including the following:
	1170	+	9 (1) The firefighter has been attending training in accordance with
	1171	+	10 section 8 of this chapter in any of the following:
	1172	+	11 (A) Hazardous materials.
	1173	+	12 (B) Paramedic training.
	1174	+	13 (C) Emergency medical technician training.
	1175	+	14 (D) Technical training.
	1176	+	15 (2) The firefighter was unable to complete the training due to
	1177	+	16 economic reasons.
	1178	+	17 (c) The education board department shall determine whether a
	1179	+	18 firefighter receives an extension under this section.
	1180	+	19 SECTION 26. IC 36-8-10.5-8 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
	1181	+	20 FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 8. (a) The training may
	1182	+	21 be conducted at:
	1183	+	22 (1) a location within the political subdivision employing a
	1184	+	23 full-time firefighter;
	1185	+	24 (2) the headquarters of the volunteer fire department where a
	1186	+	25 volunteer firefighter is seeking membership; or
	1187	+	26 (3) any other facility where the training is offered.
	1188	+	27 (b) The training must be conducted by personnel certified as
	1189	+	28 instructors by the education board. department.
	1190	+	29 SECTION 27. IC 36-8-10.5-9 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
	1191	+	30 FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 9. The education board
	1192	+	31 department shall certify fire personnel who successfully complete the
	1193	+	32 minimum basic training requirements.
	1194	+	33 SECTION 28. IC 36-8-10.5-12, AS ADDED BY P.L.72-2020,
	1195	+	34 SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
	1196	+	35 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 12. (a) The best practices fund is established for
	1197	+	36 the purpose of providing matching grants to political subdivisions and
	1198	+	37 volunteer fire departments to purchase equipment and other gear to
	1199	+	38 implement best practices established under section 11 of this chapter.
	1200	+	39 (b) The fund shall be administered by the education board.
	1201	+	40 department.
	1202	+	41 (c) The fund consists of:
	1203	+	42 (1) appropriations from the general assembly; and
1205	1204		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 28
1206		-	1 rule, or other document is considered a reference to the office, as
1207		-	2 the successor agency.
1208		-	3 (g) This SECTION expires July 1, 2026.
1209		-	4 SECTION 29. An emergency is declared for this act.
	1205	+	1 (2) amounts deposited from any other public or private source.
	1206	+	2 (d) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from
	1207	+	3 money in the fund.
	1208	+	4 (e) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not
	1209	+	5 currently needed to meet obligations of the fund in the same manner as
	1210	+	6 other public money may be invested. Interest that accrues from these
	1211	+	7 investments shall be deposited in the fund.
	1212	+	8 (f) Money in the fund at the end of the state fiscal year does not
	1213	+	9 revert to the state general fund.
	1214	+	10 (g) The education board department shall adopt rules under
	1215	+	11 IC 4-22-2 to implement this section.
	1216	+	12 SECTION 29. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE] (a) As used in this
	1217	+	13 SECTION, "division" means the department of education's
	1218	+	14 division of school building physical security and safety established
	1219	+	15 by IC 20-19-3-14, before its repeal by this act.
	1220	+	16 (b) As used in this SECTION, "office" means the department of
	1221	+	17 homeland security's office of school safety established by
	1222	+	18 IC 10-19-3.5-4, as added by this act.
	1223	+	19 (c) On July 1, 2025, all agreements and liabilities of the division
	1224	+	20 are transferred to the office, as the successor agency.
	1225	+	21 (d) On July 1, 2025, all records and property of the division,
	1226	+	22 including appropriations and other funds under the control or
	1227	+	23 supervision of the division, are transferred to the office, as the
	1228	+	24 successor agency.
	1229	+	25 (e) After July 1, 2025, any amounts owed to the division before
	1230	+	26 July 1, 2025, are considered to be owed to the office, as the
	1231	+	27 successor agency.
	1232	+	28 (f) After July 1, 2025, a reference to the division in a statute,
	1233	+	29 rule, or other document is considered a reference to the office, as
	1234	+	30 the successor agency.
	1235	+	31 (g) This SECTION expires July 1, 2026.
	1236	+	32 SECTION 30. An emergency is declared for this act.
1210	1237		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 29
1211	1238		COMMITTEE REPORT
1212	1239		Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public
1213	1240		Safety, to which was referred House Bill 1637, has had the same under
1214	1241		consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with
1215	1242		the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:
1216	1243		Page 3, between lines 15 and 16, begin a new line blocked left and
1217	1244		insert:
1218	1245		"The applicable school corporation or charter school must comply
1219	1246		with any requests made by the office under this subsection.".
1220	1247		Page 4, between lines 10 and 11, begin a new paragraph and insert:
1221	1248		"SECTION 3. IC 10-21-1-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.201-2023,
1222	1249		SECTION 128, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
1223	1250		[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 2. (a) The Indiana secured school
1224	1251		fund is established to provide:
1225	1252		(1) matching grants to school corporations, charter schools, and
1226	1253		accredited nonpublic schools, where the matching grants may be
1227	1254		used to:
1228	1255		(A) employ a school resource officer, employ a law
1229	1256		enforcement officer, or enter into a contract or a memorandum
1230	1257		of understanding with a:
1231	1258		(i) local law enforcement agency;
1232	1259		(ii) private entity; or
1233	1260		(iii) nonprofit corporation;
1234	1261		to employ a school resource officer or a law enforcement
1235	1262		officer;
1236	1263		(B) conduct:
1237	1264		(i) a site vulnerability assessment of the buildings within a
1238	1265		school corporation or the buildings that are operated by a
1239	1266		charter school or accredited nonpublic school; or
1240	1267		(ii) critical incident digital mapping of the buildings within
1241	1268		a school corporation or the buildings that are operated by a
1242	1269		charter school or accredited nonpublic school;
1243	1270		(C) purchase equipment, hardware, materials, and technology
1244	1271		to:
1245	1272		(i) restrict access to school property and classrooms;
1246	1273		(ii) assist with visitor management on school property;
1247	1274		(iii) expedite notification of first responders;
1248	1275		(iv) expedite access to school property for first responders;
1249	1276		(v) provide school staff with information about the open or
1250	1277		closed status of interior and exterior doors;
1251	1278		(vi) detect fire, chemical, visual, or audible threats;
1252	1279		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 30
1253	1280		(vii) enhance emergency communications inside the
1254	1281		building; or
1255	1282		(viii) assist with emergency medical response on school
1256	1283		property;
1257	1284		(D) implement a student and parent support services plan as
1258	1285		described in IC 20-34-9;
1259	1286		(E) purchase or provide training for a canine trained to detect
1260	1287		drugs and illegal substances, explosives, or firearms, or to
1261	1288		otherwise provide protection for students and school
1262	1289		employees and the canine shall:
1263	1290		(i) be primarily assigned to a school corporation, charter
1264	1291		school, or accredited nonpublic school;
1265	1292		(ii) be primarily assigned to a school resource officer or law
1266	1293		enforcement officer described in clause (A) who has
1267	1294		received appropriate training for handling a canine trained
1268	1295		to detect drugs and illegal substances, explosives, or
1269	1296		firearms, or to otherwise provide protection for students and
1270	1297		school employees, including training regarding handling a
1271	1298		canine in a school setting; and
1272	1299		(iii) receive continuous training as appropriate;
1273	1300		(F) provide funding for school employees to receive training,
1274	1301		including expenses for per diem, travel, and lodging, related
1275	1302		to:
1276	1303		(i) site vulnerability assessments;
1277	1304		(ii) mental health or behavioral health threat assessments;
1278	1305		(iii) multi-disciplinary threat assessment teams; or
1279	1306		(iv) emergency preparedness or response activities;
1280	1307		(G) provide funding for school resource officers or law
1281	1308		enforcement officers described in clause (A) to receive
1282	1309		training, including expenses for per diem, travel, and lodging,
1283	1310		related to handling a canine trained to detect drugs and illegal
1284	1311		substances, explosives, or firearms, or to otherwise provide
1285	1312		protection for students and school employees;
1286	1313		(H) purchase student safety management technology;
1287	1314		(I) design and construct additions or renovations on school
1288	1315		property if the primary purpose of the construction project is
1289	1316		to enhance the physical security of the school building; or
1290	1317		(J) implement a bullying prevention program; and
1291	1318		(2) one (1) time grants to enable school corporations, charter
1292	1319		schools, and accredited nonpublic schools with the sheriff for the
1293	1320		county in which the school corporation, charter school, or
1294	1321		accredited nonpublic school is located, to provide the initial set up
1295	1322		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 31
1296	1323		costs for an active event warning system; and
1297	1324		(3) financial assistance for projects of the office of school
1298	1325		safety that are approved by the board.
1299	1326		(b) A school corporation or charter school may use money received
1300	1327		under a matching grant for a purpose listed in subsection (a) to provide
1301	1328		a response to a threat in a manner that the school corporation or charter
1302	1329		school sees fit, including firearms training or other self-defense
1303	1330		training.
1304	1331		(c) The fund shall be administered by the department of homeland
1305	1332		security.
1306	1333		(d) The fund consists of:
1307	1334		(1) appropriations from the general assembly;
1308	1335		(2) federal grants;
1309	1336		(3) amounts deposited from any other public or private source;
1310	1337		and
1311	1338		(4) amounts deposited under IC 33-37-9-4.
1312	1339		(e) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from
1313	1340		money in the fund.
1314	1341		(f) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not
1315	1342		currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same
1316	1343		manner as other public money may be invested. Interest that accrues
1317	1344		from these investments shall be deposited in the fund.
1318	1345		(g) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert
1319	1346		to the state general fund.".
1320	1347		Page 14, line 36, after "security," insert "a local unit of
1321	1348		government,".
1322	1349		Page 16, between lines 27 and 28, begin a new paragraph and insert:
1323	1350		"SECTION 14. IC 22-12-2.5-3, AS ADDED BY P.L.155-2023,
1324	1351		SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
1325	1352		JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. The commission shall decide which building
1326	1353		codes shall be reviewed each calendar year, focusing on the oldest
1327	1354		building codes for review. Except as permitted under section 4(b) of
1328	1355		this chapter, the commission may not review adopt a final rule under
1329	1356		IC 4-22-2-29 for more than three (3) building codes during any
1330	1357		calendar year. twelve (12) month period.".
1331	1358		Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
1332	1359		and when so amended that said bill do pass.
1333	1360		(Reference is to HB 1637 as introduced.)
1334	1361		BARTELS
1335	1362		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 32
1336	1363		Committee Vote: yeas 10, nays 0.
1337	1364		_____
1338	1365		COMMITTEE REPORT
1339	1366		Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was
1340	1367		referred House Bill 1637, has had the same under consideration and
1341	1368		begs leave to report the same back to the House with the
1342	1369		recommendation that said bill do pass.
1343	1370		(Reference is to HB 1637 as printed February 6, 2025.)
1344	1371		THOMPSON
1345	1372		Committee Vote: Yeas 19, Nays 0
1346	1373		_____
1347	1374		COMMITTEE REPORT
1348	1375		Mr. President: The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and
1349	1376		Transportation, to which was referred House Bill No. 1637, has had the
1350	1377		same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the
1351	1378		Senate with the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as
1352	1379		follows:
1353	1380		Page 1, line 9, delete "in" and insert "by".
1354	1381		Page 1, line 10, after "chapter" insert ",".
1355	1382		Page 3, line 20, delete "classified" and insert "confidential".
1356	1383		Page 16, line 23, delete "furnishing" and insert "furnishings".
1357	1384		Page 20, line 15, delete "who" and insert "that".
1358	1385		Page 21, line 1, delete "does" and insert "do".
1359	1386		Page 21, line 13, after "fire service" insert "personnel".
1360	1387		Page 31, line 18, strike "education board" and insert "department".
1361	1388		and when so amended that said bill do pass and be reassigned to the
1362	1389		Senate Committee on Appropriations.
1363	1390		(Reference is to HB 1637 as printed February 13, 2025.)
1364	1391		CRIDER, Chairperson
1365	1392		Committee Vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0.
1366	1393		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 33
1367	1394		COMMITTEE REPORT
1368	1395		Mr. President: The Senate Committee on Appropriations, to which
1369	1396		was referred Engrossed House Bill No. 1637, has had the same under
1370	1397		consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the Senate with
1371	1398		the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as follows:
1372	1399		Page 4, delete lines 13 through 42.
1373	1400		Delete pages 5 through 6.
1374	1401		Page 7, delete lines 1 through 17.
1375	1402		Page 8, line 25, reset in roman "and".
1376	1403		Page 8, line 27, delete "and".
1377	1404		Page 8, delete lines 28 through 31.
1378	1405		Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
1379	1406		and when so amended that said bill do pass.
1380	1407		(Reference is to EHB 1637 as printed March 12, 2025.)
1381	1408		MISHLER, Chairperson
1382	1409		Committee Vote: Yeas 14, Nays 0.
1383		-	_____
1384		-	SENATE MOTION
1385		-	Mr. President: I move that Engrossed House Bill 1637 be amended
1386		-	to read as follows:
1387		-	Page 2, line 34, delete "division" and insert "office".
1388		-	Page 3, line 12, delete ";" and insert "of education;".
1389		-	Page 13, line 12, after "straw," insert "clean wood,".
1390		-	Page 13, line 31, delete "1(b)" and insert "1(b)(2)".
1391		-	Page 14, line 5, delete "However, open".
1392		-	Page 14, delete lines 6 through 9.
1393		-	(Reference is to EHB 1637 as printed March 21, 2025.)
1394		-	BALDWIN
1395		-	_____
1396		-	SENATE MOTION
1397		-	Mr. President: I move that Engrossed House Bill 1637 be amended
1398		-	to read as follows:
1399		-	EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116 34
1400		-	Page 26, delete lines 7 through 30.
1401		-	Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
1402		-	(Reference is to EHB 1637 as printed March 21, 2025.)
1403		-	BALDWIN
1404	1410		EH 1637—LS 7685/DI 116