Family access for youth in detention. Establishes minimum standards for resident visitation at a juvenile detention facility or juvenile detention center, subject to certain exceptions.
Absenteeism and student discipline. Defines "chronically absent". Requires the department of education (department) to do the following: (1) Create a list of best practices to reduce student discipline and absenteeism. (2) Study and prepare a report regarding the basis for the categorization of certain suspensions and expulsions. (3) Establish a categorization framework for excused absences based on the reason for …
Competitive electric supply service. Provides that beginning July 1, 2027, an eligible customer of an incumbent electricity supplier may elect to receive: (1) electric supply service directly from a competitive electricity supplier; and (2) transmission and distribution service from the incumbent electricity supplier. Defines for these purposes an "eligible customer" as a new or existing nonresidential customer of the incumbent …
Various transaction matters. Provides that certain conditions must be met before a person may sign a sales contract to purchase an interest in a time share unit. Provides that a purchaser has the right to cancel a camping club membership or time share purchase within 14 days after the execution of the sales contract, excluding Sundays and legal holidays (current …
School chaplains. Allows a principal or superintendent of a public school, including a charter school, to employ, or approve as a volunteer, a school chaplain if certain requirements are met. Allows a school chaplain to provide: (1) secular advice, guidance, and support services; and (2) nonsecular advice, guidance, and support services if certain conditions are met. Provides that, with exceptions, …
Voluntary family leave insurance program. Requires the department of insurance (department) to establish, not later than January 1, 2027, a voluntary family leave insurance program (program) for the purpose of providing benefits to employees who elec...
Call center worker and consumer protection. Requires an employer to notify the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) if the employer intends to relocate a call center. Requires, for all contracts entered into or renewed on or after July 1, ...
School chaplains. Allows a principal or superintendent of a public school, including a charter school, to employ, or approve as a volunteer, a school chaplain if certain requirements are met. Allows a school chaplain to provide: (1) secular advice, g...
Family access for youth in detention. Establishes minimum standards for resident visitation at a juvenile detention facility or juvenile detention center, subject to certain exceptions.
School scholarship tax credits. Increases the percentage of the contribution allowed to be claimed for the school scholarship tax credit (tax credit) from 50% to 75%. Allows taxpayers that commit to making a contribution of at least the same amount f...
Various transaction matters. Provides that certain conditions must be met before a person may sign a sales contract to purchase an interest in a time share unit. Provides that a purchaser has the right to cancel a camping club membership or time shar...
Protection of underground facilities. Provides that the following are exempt from the law governing demolitions and excavations in the area of underground facilities: (1) Excavation that is performed: (A) only with a hand tool; (B) by a communication...
Another version of the electric competition bill — this one starts sooner (July 2027) and lets customers buy electricity from competing suppliers while still receiving delivery through their existing utility's transmission lines. Would fundamentally change how Indiana's electricity market works, breaking the monopoly that lets utilities set whatever price the IURC approves.
High school equivalency programs. Amends Indiana high school equivalency diploma program eligibility requirements for individuals under 18 years of age. Changes the expiration date of the high school equivalency pilot program from June 30, 2026, to J...
University notification of emergency contact. Requires each postsecondary educational institution in Indiana and state educational institution to: (1) establish and implement a procedure whereby a student may designate a medical emergency contact for...
South Bend Community school corporation. Provides that members of the governing body for the South Bend Community school corporation (school corporation) serving on June 30, 2026, shall become on July 1, 2026, an advisory board to the governing body ...
Health care debt and duty to provide care. Prohibits a health care provider from refusing to provide necessary care solely on the basis of health care debt owed or alleged to be owed by the consumer to the health care …
Thirteenth check. Provides for a thirteenth check in calendar year 2026 for certain members, participants, or beneficiaries of the: (1) Indiana state teachers' retirement fund; (2) Indiana public employees' retirement fund; (3) state excise police, g...
Commercial advertising on a school bus. Provides that a school corporation may display commercial advertising on a school bus owned by the school corporation if the governing body of the school corporation adopts a policy that meets certain requireme...
Influence campaign reports. Requires a person who provides another person with at least $500 in compensation to induce, support, aid, or otherwise encourage the other person to engage in an influence campaign to file a written report with the Indiana...
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.
Various 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 acts, the...
Cannabis regulation. Permits the use of cannabis by: (1) a person at least 21 years of age; and (2) a person with a serious medical condition as determined by the person's physician. Establishes the adult use cannabis excise tax, and …
Coverage for cancer screening. Requires a state employee health plan to cover supplemental breast examinations. Requires a policy of accident and sickness insurance and a health maintenance organization to cover diagnostic breast examinations and sup...
Student water safety. Requires public schools, including charter schools, to present an informational video on water safety to students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12. Requires the department of education to approve an informational video ...
Various health matters. Prohibits a person from adding a chemical to a public water supply in certain circumstances. Defines "medical intervention" and provides that a person may not require an individual to accept, undergo, or engage in a medical in...
School technology plans and policies. Requires school corporations and charter schools (schools) to include in the school's technology plan a description of the school's plan to: (1) ensure the appropriate use of technological devices in schools; and...
Collection of cost sharing. Provides that an insurer: (1) must pay a health care provider the full amount due for health care services under the health care provider's agreement with the insurer, including any cost sharing; (2) has the sole …
Workforce related programs. Requires a state provider of a workforce related program (state provider) to include the following information in an annual report concerning the workforce related program: (1) The number of participants who participated i...
Studies relating to natural lands. Requires the department of natural resources to study and issue a report on the following topics: (1) opportunities to leverage public land to improve public health outcomes; (2) options for a consistent visitor fee...
Abortion inducing drugs and abortion reports. Modifies the definitions of "abortion" and "abortion inducing drug". Amends the information required to be reported to the Indiana department of health (state department) concerning an abortion complicati...
Health care shopping and decision support program. Requires, beginning January 1, 2028, a health carrier to: (1) implement a shopping and decision support program; and (2) provide incentives for covered individuals in a health plan who elect to recei...
Campaign finance reports of local candidates. Requires the circuit court clerk of each county to place a copy of each campaign finance report, notice, or other instrument filed with the county election board on the circuit court clerk's or county …
Carbon sequestration. Provides that a storage operator may not operate a carbon sequestration project that transports or stores carbon dioxide outside the county where the carbon dioxide is generated unless the project is approved by the appropriate ...
Unlawful proposition penalties. Provides that at the time of sentencing for a person convicted of making an unlawful proposition the court may require the person to complete a prostitution offender program approved by the court. Requires a person ord...
1977 pension and disability fund. Increases the lump sum death benefit payable to the heirs or estate of a 1977 fund member. Provides that a 1977 fund member may extend their deferred retirement option plan (DROP) retirement date up to …
Natural resource entrance fees. Allows counties that meet certain criteria to adopt an ordinance to impose a surcharge of not more than $1 in addition to the fees charged by the department of natural resources (department) for entry into certain …
Battery against school and healthcare employees. Increases the penalty for battery on certain health care employees and school employees. Specifies that the enhancement for battery committed against a department of child services (DCS) employee appli...
School age child care. Removes certain transportation requirements in the approval criteria for the school age child care project fund. Requires the division of family resources to adopt rules specifying cost and expense standards for transporting a ...
Pension matters. Modifies the definition of "average of the annual compensation" for a member of the public employees' retirement fund (PERF) who retires after December 31, 2027. Specifies that compensation received in contemplation of retirement is ...
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...
Licensed estheticians and electrologists. Amends the definition of "esthetician" to include certain services. Adds a definition for "microneedling". Requires a person who provides microneedling to provide the professional licensing agency proof of ad...
Professional licensing agency. Provides that a state agency must determine if an alleged violator has substantially corrected the violation and notify an alleged violator whether the alleged violator is in substantial compliance with a state rule or ...
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...
Alcoholic beverage permits for county fairs. Allows the alcohol and tobacco commission to issue a permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages on the grounds of a county fair conducted by a local board, subject to certain limitations and requirements. …
Notice of annexation outreach meetings. Requires a municipality to mail notice of the date, time, and location of annexation outreach meetings to: (1) the county executive of each county; (2) the township executive of each township; and (3) any plan …
License plates for former state legislators. Provides that a special license plate may be issued to former members of the general assembly who served: (1) for a former member of the house of representatives, not less than five terms; (2) …
Department of child services ombudsman. Provides that the office of the department of child services ombudsman (ombudsman office) shall (rather than may, under current law): (1) employ technical experts and other employees to carry out the purposes o...
Child services provider background checks. Requires an employee of: (1) a preventative provider that operates a child welfare program; (2) a provider of home based family preservation services; (3) a child caring institution; (4) a group home; or (5)...
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...
Various property tax matters. Provides that a county board or assessing official shall not enter a property to conduct a physical inspection without first receiving the permission of the taxpayer to enter the property. Provides that under specific ci...
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 …
Education matters. Amends provisions, beginning July 1, 2027, regarding use of the Pokagon Indiana education fund to make payments to Indiana public or private institutions of higher learning or workforce development and training programs. Provides t...
Tobacco, THC, and vapor devices. Makes it a Class B misdemeanor to sell a THC containing product to a minor. Increases the penalty for a person who: (1) makes a delivery sale of an e-liquid to an individual less than …
Department of local government finance. Requires a municipal entity that hires or retains a municipal advisor to complete a request for qualifications at least once every three years to select the municipal advisor. Requires a municipal advisor to re...
Various education matters. Makes changes to various education provisions concerning the following: (1) Certain school corporation accounting requirements. (2) The "nonpublic school" definition. (3) Recodification and state board of education (state b...
Child services matters. Adds four members to the statewide child fatality review committee, one of whom is appointed by each of the following: (1) The speaker of the house of representatives. (2) The president pro tempore of the senate. (3) …
Family and children matters. Requires the local office of the department of child services to provide notice of an adoption petition to the court in which a CHINS proceeding is open or pending. Provides that the consent to adoption may …
Homeowners association matters. Allows, if certain conditions are met, a homeowners association to increase a budget, without a quorum, in an amount not to exceed 110% of the amount of the last approved budget, within five years after the first …
When a power plant has a grid connection bigger than it needs, this bill lets the unused capacity be shared with new generators nearby — avoiding the cost and years-long wait of building a whole new connection. Could speed up …
Requires proxy advisory firms to disclose detailed reasoning when recommending shareholders vote against company management. Mandates conflict-of-interest disclosures and gives companies a chance to review and respond to proxy recommendations before they are published.
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 …
Various labor and safety matters. Repeals various provisions concerning the Indiana department of labor employer data base for youth employment. Removes provisions relating to a belt examiner certificate. Makes corresponding changes.
Lets small farms and homestead food vendors sell food without being subject to state time-temperature safety rules. Exempts these small-scale sellers from regulations that apply to commercial food operations.
Pharmacist licensure. Removes an examination requirement for certain pharmacists for license reciprocity. Requires an individual to pass the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination to be eligible for licensure as a pharmacist. Voids or requir...
Requires electricity companies to offer levelized billing — evening out your monthly bill so you're not slammed with a huge payment in summer or winter. Also triggers automatic IURC review when rates exceed certain thresholds. Bipartisan support. The goal: make …
Children in need of services. Requires the department of child services, subject to certain procedural safeguards, to have in-person contact with an alleged victim of child abuse or neglect: (1) before concluding an assessment; and (2) before dismiss...
Adoption and foster care matters. Prohibits a governmental entity from discriminating against a person in adoption and foster care matters based on the person's sincerely held religious belief, unless the discriminatory act as applied to the person i...