Transfers on death and spousal shares. Provides that a transfer on death transfer: (1) is subject to the spousal elective share; and (2) must be allocated to the estate of the decedent solely for the purpose of computing the spousal share.
Restricted address program. Adds: (1) public safety telecommunicators; and (2) 911 emergency call dispatch center administrators; to the persons who may restrict access to their home address on a local government's public property data base website.
Expungement of addiction related convictions. Establishes a procedure to permit a person: (1) with an addiction disorder related conviction; and (2) who has completed a high intensity residential treatment program; to expunge the person's addiction disorder related conviction.
Mental health professionals. Allows certain individuals to take the examination for licensure as a social worker before having completed the bachelor's degree. Makes the following changes in regard to marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, addiction counselors, and clinical addiction counselors: (1) Provides that an individual must be licensed as an associate before obtaining the relevant experience hours, except …
Road intersection safety. Provides that a person that owns or is the lessee of a parcel of land at an intersection of two county, municipal, or township roads that is not controlled by a traffic signal shall maintain a line of sight area at the intersection. Provides that the land contained within the line of sight area must not contain …
Adult protective services. Specifies that the adult protective services reporting applies to reports received through a statewide toll free telephone call or through online reporting. Requires an adult protective services unit (unit) to investigate and determine whether a report is to be referred to law enforcement or another agency for investigation. Removes language specifying entities to be informed of an …
Nurse training in trauma informed care. Requires the state board of nursing to adopt or amend rules to require trauma informed care training as part of the required curriculum for nursing education programs.
Deceptive rental housing practices. Prohibits a landlord from: (1) selling or offering to sell insurance to a tenant; (2) including or offering to include insurance in a rental agreement; or (3) bundling or offering to bundle insurance with a rental agreement. Permits a tenant to bring a civil action for a violation, and specifies that a violation is a deceptive …
Expungement and firearms. Specifies, for purposes of the expungement statute, that a person whose conviction for a serious violent felony involving the possession or use of a firearm is expunged is entitled to restoration of the person's right to possess a firearm only if the court finds, following a hearing, that restoration of the person's right to possess a firearm …
DNA samples at time of arrest. Requires a sheriff to take a DNA sample of a person taken into custody for a felony. Provides that it is a Class C misdemeanor if a person refuses to provide a DNA sample to a sheriff.
Firefighter cancer insurance. Requires a group health insurance program for firefighters to provide coverage for the screening of certain forms of cancer. Requires a local unit public employer to provide cancer insurance for active firefighters, retired firefighters, and firefighters who are receiving disability benefits. Allows the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system to enter into agreements with …
Key fob emulators. Provides (with certain exceptions) that a person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures, sells, offers to sell, possesses, operates, or uses a motor vehicle key programming device commits unlawful use of a motor vehicle key programming device, a Class A misdemeanor.
Indiana department of transportation. Allows the Indiana department of transportation (department) to assume the responsibilities and duties of the United States Department of Transportation with respect to certain federal environmental laws. Provides that the department waives its civil immunity and consents to the jurisdiction of the federal courts for responsibilities and duties assumed under certain federal environmental laws. Amends language …
Syringe exchange program. Prohibits a qualified entity that operates a syringe exchange program (program) from establishing or operating a fixed site for the distribution or exchange of a syringe or needle within 1,000 feet of specified facilities. Creates an exception. Allows the Indiana department of health to deny, suspend, or revoke a qualified entity's annual registration for a violation. Amends …
Classification of marijuana and THC. Moves marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) from classification as schedule I controlled substances to schedule III. Makes a conforming amendment.
Key fob emulators. Provides (with certain exceptions) that a person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures, sells, offers to sell, possesses, operates, or uses a motor vehicle key programming device commits unlawful use of a motor vehicle key pr...
Roth IRA rollover of 529 account balance. Designates as a qualified withdrawal for Indiana529 plan (529 plan) purposes a withdrawal of funds from the 529 plan in order to make a contribution to a Roth IRA, pursuant and subject to the limitations of t...
Firefighter cancer insurance. Requires a group health insurance program for firefighters to provide coverage for the screening of certain forms of cancer. Requires a local unit public employer to provide cancer insurance for active firefighters, reti...
Nuclear facility permits. Makes the following changes to the Indiana Code chapter concerning the issuance of permits for nuclear powered generating facilities and nuclear fuel reprocessing plants (facilities) by the department of environmental manage...
Licensure of certified public accountants. Provides that an individual is eligible to take the examination for licensure as a certified public accountant if the individual has at least a baccalaureate degree with a concentration in accounting or equi...
Consent for pelvic, prostate, and rectal exams. Prohibits health practitioners and other specified individuals from performing pelvic, prostate, or rectal examinations on an anesthetized or unconscious patient except in specified circumstances. Spec...
INSPECT program. Sets forth the circumstances in which a dispenser is not required to transmit certain information to the INSPECT program (program). Requires an opioid treatment program to, before reporting patient information to the program, comply ...
Insurance mandated gun free zone notices. Provides that an insurer may not require an insured or prospective insured to post or display a gun free zone notice.
Syringe exchange program. Prohibits a qualified entity that operates a syringe exchange program (program) from establishing or operating a fixed site for the distribution or exchange of a syringe or needle within 1,000 feet of specified facilities. C...
Indiana department of transportation. Allows the Indiana department of transportation (department) to assume the responsibilities and duties of the United States Department of Transportation with respect to certain federal environmental laws. Provide...
Charter schools. Provides that provisions regarding the following apply to charter schools: (1) Child suicide awareness and prevention policy requirements. (2) Staff performance evaluation plan requirements. (3) Curriculum. (4) Student discipline. (5...
State administered retirement program. Establishes a board to design, establish, and operate a state administered retirement program (program) that automatically enrolls specified private sector employees. Requires program compliance by certain emplo...
Dangerous excessive speeding. Creates the crime of excessive speeding, a Class C misdemeanor. Provides that the offense is a Class B misdemeanor if the person has a prior unrelated conviction and provides that two convictions within five years shall ...
MEWA for child care facilities. Allows a group or association of child care facilities to establish a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA). Requires the department of insurance to: (1) create a survey requesting certain information from child...
Crimes against law enforcement. Makes a person who commits an offense that results in serious bodily injury or death to a law enforcement officer a sex or violent offender. Prohibits a court from considering time spent by the defendant in …
Sale and resale of event tickets. Provides that certain actions taken by a ticket issuer or ticket reseller with respect to tickets sold or resold for entertainment events constitute deceptive acts. Establishes requirements for the advertising and of...
Intelligent speed assistance device. Defines an "intelligent speed assistance device" as an aftermarket device that uses technology to limit the speed of a motor vehicle to not more than the speed limit of the area being traveled. Allows a court …
Tourism improvement districts. Provides that a person may circulate a petition to create a tourism improvement district (district) within the territory of a county, city, or town (local unit). Specifies the contents of the tourism improvement distric...
Development of affordable housing. Requires a local zoning ordinance to allow for residential housing developed by a religious developer as a permitted use in all residential or commercial zones if specified conditions are satisfied.
Sets rules for how Indiana redraws its political districts. Requires maps to follow county and city lines, keep communities together, and be drawn by an independent commission — not the politicians who benefit from gerrymandering.
Youth peer support program. Permits a school corporation to establish a youth peer support program (program). Requires a program to: (1) be developed in consultation with one or more local mental health organizations serving the school's geographic a...
Accelerated graduate degree programs. Requires each state educational institution that offers a two year graduate degree program in mental or behavioral health to evaluate the graduate degree program to determine the feasibility of providing the prog...
Battery recycling. Provides that a retailer may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale a covered battery or battery containing product unless: (1) the producer joins a battery stewardship organization; and (2) the battery is approved under ...
Foods and beverages on school property. Provides that a public school that participates in a federally funded or assisted meal program: (1) may not serve, sell, or allow a third party vendor to serve or sell a food or beverage …
Disclosures related to prescription drugs. Requires certain pharmacists or pharmacies to provide the amount of the national average drug acquisition cost for a generic drug on the written materials provided to an individual at the point of sale of th...
Cancellation of caucus meeting. Allows a person who wishes to be a candidate for a pro tempore appointment to certain local offices or school board offices to file a declaration of candidacy with the chair of the caucus or the …
Employee health plans for county elected officials. Requires a county to offer a program of group insurance to each county elected official if the county offers the program of group insurance to county employees and at least one county elected …
Education matters. Requires the Indiana department of education to elect to participate as a covered state in the federal tax credit scholarship program for elementary and secondary education under Section 25F of the Internal Revenue Code (enacted in...
Emergency ambulance services. Specifies that emergency medical services, including emergency ambulance services, are essential services in Indiana. Specifies that the provision of emergency medical services is an essential purpose of political subdiv...
Motor vehicle equipment requirements. Adds an exception to certain motor vehicle equipment requirements for vehicle chassis that are a part of a vehicle manufacturer's work in process and are towed for a distance of less than 40 miles.
Veterinary licensing. Provides that the board of veterinary medicine may issue a license or registration to a qualified applicant without an examination if the qualified applicant: (1) satisfies the requirements for reciprocity of health care profess...
Various public safety matters. Requires a vendor or provider of an ignition interlock device to register an ignition interlock device with the department of toxicology. Eliminates a requirement for the director of the state department of toxicology t...
Special education. Requires the department of education, in collaboration with the Indiana department of health, the department of child services, and the office of the secretary of family and social services to report and make recommendations concer...
Electronic record of confidential address. Exempts a county recorder from the requirement of accepting an electronic document for recording if the electronic document contains identifying information of a person in the address confidentiality program...
Mental health services. Requires the secretary of family and social services to certify integrated reentry and correctional support programs. Requires the owner of a recovery residence to register with the division of mental health and addiction (div...
VFD clothing and automobile allowances. Increases, from $100 to $250, the clothing and automobile allowance for an active member of a volunteer fire department (department). Provides that a unit served by a volunteer fire department shall pay the clo...
Midwest continental divide commission. Makes the following changes to the law regarding the Midwest continental divide commission (commission): (1) Amends the definition of a "land use and zoning plan" (plan) to provide that it is a plan and not an …
Wake boarding and wake surfing. Specifies restrictions that apply to wake boarding or wake surfing on a public freshwater lake. Establishes a penalty. Specifies restrictions that apply to wake boarding or wake surfing on a small lake.
Seed laws. Incorporates various administrative rules into the Indiana seed law. Repeals certain administrative rules. Makes conforming and technical changes.
Township mergers. Requires the department of local government finance (department) not later than December 31, 2026, to compile data on each township (excluding townships in Marion County) and assign points based upon the township government's perfor...
Insurance coverage for public safety employees. Provides that a public safety employee who: (1) becomes disabled on or after January 1, 2020; (2) receives a Class 1 or a Class 2 impairment benefit; and (3) is eligible for group health …
Indiana crime guns task force. Beginning July 1, 2027, adds LaPorte County and Porter County to the task force area of the Indiana crime guns task force (task force), and specifies the number required for a quorum and to take …
Auto dealer matters. Requires a dealer to collect and retain certain identifying information from a potential purchaser. Beginning July 1, 2026, requires a transport operator to either: (1) have an established place of business with a physical Indian...
Family and social services administration matters. Adds the 9-8-8 crisis response center and a mobile crisis team as first responders. Requires certified peers to be trained and certified by the division of mental health and addiction or an approved ...
Bureau of motor vehicles. Allows additional license plates issued by the bureau to be designed as a personalized license plate. Provides that a motor vehicle may be equipped with an appropriate, functioning rear view camera that provides the driver a...
Payment of health claims. Requires a hospital to: (1) disclose information concerning payment assistance programs; (2) post signs concerning the programs in specified locations of the hospital; and (3) make information concerning the programs availab...
Department of natural resources. Defines various terms. Amends and removes various definitions. Makes various changes to natural resources commission procedures. Makes various changes to the department of natural resources (department) powers and du...
Human services matters. Establishes the Indiana rural health transformation fund and makes allotments and expenditures from the fund subject to budget committee review before the allotment and expenditure may occur. Requires the office of the secreta...
Immigration matters. Provides that if a law enforcement officer, governmental body, or postsecondary educational institution is made a party to a civil suit and the attorney general determines that the suit has arisen out of certain immigration matte...
Indiana defense task force funding. Adds the adjutant general of the Indiana National Guard or the adjutant general's designee as a nonvoting member of the Indiana defense task force (task force). Provides that, on or before May 1, 2026, and …
Long term care. Amends the requirements for a Medicaid home and community based services waiver. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) to apply to the federal government for: (1) a new Medicaid waiver to …
Shooting ranges. Provides that the maintenance, repair, renovation, modernization, or expansion of buildings, structures, or facilities used in connection with a shooting range, including improvements to safety, security accessibility, or environment...