Committee Memberships
Agriculture
(senate)
Vice Chair
Corrections and Criminal Law
(senate)
Judiciary
(senate)
Legislative Council
(joint)
Legislative Council, Space Utilization Subcommittee
(joint)
Chair
Natural Resources
(senate)
Chair
Rules and Legislative Procedure
(senate)
Agriculture
(senate)
Vice Chair
Corrections and Criminal Law
(senate)
Judiciary
(senate)
Natural Resources
(senate)
Chair
Rules and Legislative Procedure
(senate)
On Record (14)
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Indiana University board of trustees. Amends the membership of the board of trustees of Indiana University.
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Neutral
Hoosier families first fund. Removes obsolete provisions concerning 2022 appropriations to the Hoosier families first fund (fund). Specifies that money appropriated to the fund for a state fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2025, must be expended for a purpose described in the fund statute. Provides that money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year beginning …
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Neutral
Carbon dioxide sequestration. Requires an applicant for a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline certificate to comply with certain guidelines adopted by the Indiana utility regulatory commission. Exempts a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline company (company) from obtaining a certificate of authority if the company's carbon dioxide transmission pipeline project meets certain criteria. Requires an applicant or the contractor or subcontractor of the …
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Neutral
Shipshewana food and beverage tax. Allows the fiscal body of the town of Shipshewana to increase its food and beverage tax from 1% to not more than 2% of the gross retail income received by a retail merchant from a taxable transaction.
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Neutral
Natural gas and electric utility infrastructure. Provides that an applicant that seeks: (1) the installation or extension of electric or natural gas utility infrastructure; (2) electric or natural gas utility service; or (3) both; in connection with certain development projects is entitled to request and convene, before commencing construction on the project, at least one technical advisory meeting with each …
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Neutral
Torts involving commercial trucking industry. Creates a procedure to bifurcate a trial of a civil action filed against the operator of a commercial motor vehicle and the employer of the operator or the owner of the commercial motor vehicle involved in a motor vehicle accident. Allows a defendant to file a motion to bifurcate within a specified period of time. …
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Neutral
Ground water emergencies. Allows the owner or operator of a significant ground water withdrawal facility to file a complaint with the director of the department of natural resources (director) that a water well on the property of the owner of the significant ground water withdrawal facility failed to furnish the well's normal supply of water or failed to furnish potable …
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Neutral
Crimes relating to bodily fluids and bodily waste. Removes certain sentencing enhancements for battery and malicious mischief that relate to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Amends the sentencing enhancement for battery against a public safety officer that relates to HIV.
Budget
Neutral
── Albion Township Budget (2023) ── Total budget: $55K Population: 2,731 Per-capita spending: $20/resident Poverty: 215 residents (8%) Median household income: $70K General: $35K ($13/resident) • Casey Myers: $8,500 • Katie Myers: $4,800 • Community Foundations of Noble County: $4,000 • Town of Albion: $3,000 • Black and Ramer Insurance: $2,832 Poor Relief: $7,189 — $33/person in poverty ($3/resident) • …
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Indiana University board of trustees. Amends the membership of the board of trustees of Indiana University.
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Neutral
Payment of claims for emergency services. Prohibits a utilization review entity from requiring prior authorization for ambulance services provided: (1) to a covered individual; (2) by a nonparticipating ambulance service provider; and (3) within 12 h...
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Crimes relating to bodily fluids and bodily waste. Removes certain sentencing enhancements for battery and malicious mischief that relate to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Amends the sentencing enhancement for battery against a public safety off...
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Neutral
Various education matters. Provides that an individual who has obtained a license to teach in a charter school may be eligible to obtain an initial practitioner professional educator license under certain conditions. Removes a requirement that an ind...
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Neutral
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...
Crossposts (44)
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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...
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Neutral
Birth certificate information. Provides that the gender listed on an individual's birth certificate and permanent record made from the birth certificate may not be changed. Specifies certain exceptions.
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Neutral
Historic sites. Establishes the division of historic sites (division) in the department of natural resources. Transfers management of historic sites from the Indiana state museum and historic sites corporation to the division. Makes conforming change...
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Neutral
Regulation of interchange fees. Prohibits a payment card network from taking certain actions with respect to electronic payment transactions. Prohibits a payment card network from establishing, putting forward, or implementing a fee schedule that the...
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Neutral
Criminal law matters. Provides that a person who commits a criminal offense commits a separate offense for each victim of the offense. Requires the department of correction to weekly transport sentenced offenders from the Marion County adult detentio...
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Neutral
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...
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Neutral
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 …
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Neutral
Local hospitality boards. Allows the Delaware County executive to adopt an ordinance to consolidate the functions of a board, bureau, commission, authority, or any other similar entity (former entity) authorized to administer funds received from the ...
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Neutral
Innkeeper's tax. Authorizes the city of New Haven to impose an innkeeper's tax at a flat rate that does not exceed $5 per night. Amends provisions regarding distribution and uses of the Hamilton County innkeeper's tax. Makes corresponding changes to …
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Neutral
Income tax deduction for theft loss. Provides an income tax deduction for theft losses that result from certain financial transactions induced by third parties and that cause the individual to incur federal gross income as a result of the theft. …
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Neutral
Purchase and lease of government vehicles. With certain exceptions, requires a political subdivision to procure only base model vehicles. Removes a provision that allows the Indiana department of administration to permit a state entity to procure a v...
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Neutral
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...
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Neutral
E-Verify requirements for public works projects. Provides that a public agency may not enter into or renew a contract for a public works project with a contractor unless, among other requirements, the contractor signs a notarized affidavit affirming ...
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Neutral
Release and sale of cemetery plots. Provides that if a burial space in a cemetery: (1) has remained unused for a period of at least 100 years from the date of sale or last recorded designation or transfer; and (2) …
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Neutral
Administrative rulemaking. Provides that if the implementation and compliance costs of a proposed rule, provisional rule, or interim rule exceed $100,000 (instead of $1,000,000) over a two year period: (1) the rule cannot be published in the Indiana ...
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Neutral
Removal of city or town fiscal officer. Allows the legislative body of a city or town (municipality) to petition a court for removal of the municipality's fiscal officer for any of the following: (1) Charging illegal fees for services. (2) …
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Neutral
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...
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Neutral
State employee retirement benefits. Requires the state to make contributions after December 31, 2026, that match, dollar for dollar, each state employee's deferred compensation contributions, not to exceed $28 per paycheck. Specifies limitations on s...
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Neutral
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 …
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Neutral
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.
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Public safety. Amends the definition of "threat" in the intimidation statute to include posting a person's personal information on a social media platform with the intent to cause: (1) bodily injury to the person; (2) damage to the person's property;...
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Prohibition of ranked choice voting. Prohibits the use of ranked choice voting.
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Neutral
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...
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Department of agriculture. Makes various amendments to the role of supervisors on soil and conservation boards. Removes a requirement that an individual who conducted an inspection of a landfill in a soil and conservation district (district) submit a...
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State chemist. Codifies animal food administrative rules. Defines or amends certain terms. Codifies certain requirements and processes for commercial feed and pet food with respect to: (1) label format; (2) label information; (3) express guarantees; ...
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Neutral
Agricultural programs. Creates the pork market development program (pork program) and the soybean market development program (soybean program). Specifies that the pork program and soybean program apply only if assessments are not levied and collected...
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Neutral
Permissible unsupervised activity. Defines "independent activity". Provides that a child is not a child in need of services solely because a parent, guardian, or custodian allows the child to engage in an independent activity unless the parent, guard...
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Neutral
Alzheimer's disease and dementia education. Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) to: (1) collaborate with a national Alzheimer's disease and dementia organization in educating the public about Alzheimer's disease and dementia;...
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Neutral
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...
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Neutral
Powers and duties of the election commission. Separates out the procedures for how a county election board and the Indiana election commission (commission) may administratively disband certain committees into two different sections of the Indiana Cod...
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Neutral
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.
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Neutral
Ivy Tech Community College. Consolidates duties and responsibilities for Ivy Tech Community College (college). Includes logistics, information technology, and life sciences as areas of expertise for members of the college's board of trustees (board)....
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Neutral
Study of community or urban microfarming. Requires the department of agriculture (department) to conduct a study to evaluate the feasibility of establishing community or urban microfarm zones statewide. Requires the department to submit a report to t...
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Neutral
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 …
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Neutral
County policies. Specifies that county residency requirements do not apply to: (1) public defenders (except for the chief public defender); (2) employees of a public defender office; (3) judicial officers; or (4) court personnel.
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Neutral
Work based learning liability. Requires an intermediary and an employer to enter into an agreement that sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the intermediary and the employer when participating in a work based learning program. Repeals provi...
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Neutral
Forces defendants to sit in the courtroom and listen while crime victims describe how the crime affected them. No more ducking out during victim impact statements unless there's a genuine safety risk.
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Neutral
Local government matters. Provides that individuals who are appointed to certain boards, committees, or other bodies in a county that does not have a consolidated city, serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority as long as: (1) the officeholde...
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Redaction of court records. Requires the names and specified other information of child victims, child witnesses, and certain other persons to be redacted in criminal actions. Requires the use of an anonymous designator such as "Child Witness No. 1" ...
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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 …
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Neutral
Advanced DNA testing for cold cases. Establishes a process concerning eligibility for advanced DNA testing for cold cases.
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Court security. Establishes a procedure to prevent certain personal information of a protected judicial individual from being publically available by a public agency. Creates a civil cause of action against a public agency that fails to remove certai...
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Neutral
Fertilizer. Codifies commercial fertilizer administrative rules. Defines or amends certain terms. Codifies certain requirements and processes for commercial fertilizer with respect to: (1) label format; (2) registration; (3) sampling and analysis; (4...
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Prohibits manufacturing, distributing, possessing, prescribing, mailing, transporting, delivering, or otherwise providing abortion-inducing drugs to or from anyone in Indiana outside of narrow exceptions. Creates wrongful death lawsuit enforcement mechanism allowing individuals and biological parents to file lawsuits with damages up …