Competitive electric generation service. Provides that beginning: (1) July 1, 2028, for industrial customers; (2) January 1, 2029, for commercial customers; and (3) July 1, 2029, for residential customers; a customer of an electricity supplier may elect to receive competitive electric generation service directly from a retail electric provider. Requires an electricity supplier to do the following not later than …
Assessment of property. Provides that all tangible property that is subject to assessment shall be assessed on a just valuation basis and in a uniform and equal manner regardless of: (1) who owns the tangible property; or (2) who the person or entity is that is liable for property taxes due on the tangible property. Requires a county assessor to, …
Advanced practice registered nurses. Removes the requirement that an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) have a practice agreement with a collaborating physician. Removes a provision requiring an APRN to operate under a collaborative practice agreement or the privileges granted by a hospital governing board. Removes certain provisions concerning the audit of practice agreements. Allows an APRN with prescriptive authority to …
Retirement of electric generation resources. Amends the statute concerning public utilities' annual electric resource planning reports to the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) to provide that for an annual report submitted after December 31, 2026, if: (1) after an investigation under the statute, the IURC does not issue an order to prohibit the retirement of a public utility's electric generation …
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 requirements.
Public works projects. Provides that a contractor that employs 10 or more employees on a design-build public works project must provide its employees access to a training program applicable to the tasks to be performed in the normal course of the emp...
Age for compulsory school attendance. Provides that a student is bound by compulsory school attendance requirements from the beginning of the fall school term for the school year in which the student is five years of age on August 1 of that school ye...
Changes how utilities report their plans to retire power plants. After this bill, utilities would need to include more detail about the financial impact on ratepayers when they propose closing a generating station. Matters because when a utility shuts down a coal plant and builds something new, customers often eat the cost of both.
Commingling committee funds. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally violates a specified provision by commingling the funds of a committee with the personal funds of an officer, a member, or an associate of the committee commits a Clas...
Ban on employer use of automated decision systems. Prohibits an employer from: (1) relying exclusively on an automated decision system in making an employment related decision with respect to a covered individual; (2) using an automated decision syst...
Report on infant and maternal care. Requires the Indiana department of health to prepare an annual report with specified statistics that compare data from 2021 before abortion restrictions were enacted with data from each subsequent calendar year.
Electrology services. Provides that an applicant for an electrologist license does not need to hold a cosmetologist license or esthetician license before applying for an electrologist license. Requires an applicant to complete a combined total of 600...
Advanced practice registered nurses. Removes the requirement that an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) have a practice agreement with a collaborating physician. Removes a provision requiring an APRN to operate under a collaborative practice a...
Pre-kindergarten care SGO tax credit. Establishes an early childhood scholarship tax credit for contributions made to a scholarship granting organization that conducts a program to provide scholarships for children who attend a qualified early child ...
Breaks up Indiana's electric monopoly system. Starting in 2028 for businesses and 2029 for households, you could choose who generates your electricity — not just your local monopoly utility. Your utility would still deliver the power through its wires, but you'd pick from competing generators. The idea: competition drives prices down. States like Texas and Ohio already do this.
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...
Assessment of property. Provides that all tangible property that is subject to assessment shall be assessed on a just valuation basis and in a uniform and equal manner regardless of: (1) who owns the tangible property; or (2) who the person or entity...
Bans non-compete agreements for plumbers. After April 2026, plumbing employers can't prevent their workers from taking jobs with competitors. Protects tradespeople from being locked into one employer.
Information and disclosures concerning radon. Establishes that, before signing a purchase agreement to sell or transfer residential property, an individual or entity issued a broker's real estate license by the Indiana real estate commission represen...
Nutrition supports Medicaid waiver. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to apply, not later than October 1, 2026, for approval of a Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver or any other Medicaid waiver to provide cove...
Sex with a minor. Adds the criminal offense of sex with a minor, which is committed when a person who is at least: (1) 24 years of age and who engages in sexual intercourse or other sexual conduct, fondling, or …
Various mental health and insurance matters. Prohibits the use of an artificial intelligence system to impersonate or act as a substitute for a licensed mental health professional. Requires the department of insurance to contract with an objective th...
Postpartum care for new mothers on Medicaid. Requires that: (1) certain health care providers; (2) hospitals; and (3) the office of the secretary of family and social services or a managed care organization that has contracted with the office under …
Nursing matters; education programs. Requires the Indiana State Nurses Association, any time there is a vacancy or expiration of a term on the board of nursing, to recommend to the governor a list of qualified nurses for appointment. (Current law …
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 ...
Creates a new government authority to build a stadium in northwest Indiana with public financing — while schools and roads in rural districts like HD-46 keep waiting for investment.