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Karen Engleman R

State Representative
State House District 70 (IN)

Committee Memberships

Government and Regulatory Reform (house)
Government, Interim Study Committee on (joint)
Local Government (house)
Statutory Committee on Ethics (house) Chair
Government and Regulatory Reform (house)
Local Government (house)
Statutory Committee on Ethics (house) Chair

On Record (10)

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Tax sale procedures. Reduces the period to redeem tax sale property as follows: (1) For real property sold to a land bank, the redemption period is six months (rather than one year). (2) For real property on which the county executive acquires a lien (including an assignment of the lien to a political subdivision or to a land bank) and …
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Technical corrections. Addresses technical issues in the Indiana Code, including those related to spelling, tabulation, formatting, grammar, and cross-references. Resolves technical conflicts from the 2025 legislative session. Makes conforming amendments. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the code revision committee.)
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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County coroners. Makes changes to the blood or tissue retention protocols at a hospital for purposes of conducting a death investigation. Makes changes to the training course requirements for coroners and deputy coroners. Makes changes to provisions governing the conduct of a death investigation.Provides that a coroner or deputy coroner who conducts a death investigation or signs a death certificate …
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
General legislative matters. Eliminates certain duplicate section headings. Defines "SECTION". Specifies when a SECTION of an act is effective. Repeals a chapter that concerns the effective date of a bill that is passed by the general assembly over the governor's veto. Removes obsolete provisions and conforms certain statutory provisions to the rules of the house and senate. Specifies that a …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Masking offenses. Makes wearing a mask at a public assembly a Class C misdemeanor, and increases the penalty to a Class A misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense. Increases the penalty for rioting and disorderly conduct to a Level 6 felony if ...
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Local income taxes. Provides that within a county's total expenditure rate, the county may adopt: (1) up to a 0.7% rate (instead of a 1.2% rate) for county general purpose revenue; (2) up to a 0.2% rate (instead of a 0.4% rate) for fire protection an...
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Tax sale procedures. Reduces the period to redeem tax sale property as follows: (1) For real property sold to a land bank, the redemption period is six months (rather than one year). (2) For real property on which the county executive acquires a lien...
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Prohibition of ranked choice voting. Prohibits the use of ranked choice voting.
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
County coroners. Makes changes to the blood or tissue retention protocols at a hospital for purposes of conducting a death investigation. Makes changes to the training course requirements for coroners and deputy coroners. Makes changes to provisions ...
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Criminal justice & sentencingLocal government & county operationsState government operations
Makes changes to the blood or tissue retention protocols at a hospital for purposes of conducting a death investigation. Makes changes to the training course requirements for coroners and deputy coroners. Makes changes to provisions governing the conduct of a death investigation.Provides that a coroner or deputy coroner who conducts a death investigation or signs a death certificate without completing …
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share

Crossposts (14)

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Municipal collection protocols. Effective January 1, 2027, establishes requirements for the provision of invoices and delinquency notices for certain municipal accounts. Requires the state board of accounts to prescribe forms for an invoice and a notice of a delinquent account. …
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Study of election issues. Requires the secretary of state to do the following: (1) Study scheduling of local elections and requiring all counties to use vote centers. (2) Conduct at least three public meetings on the topics studied. (3) Report …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Prohibits the IURC from approving any increase to your electric rate that exists solely because a utility is building capacity to serve data centers. If a utility needs more power plants or transmission lines to serve Google or Amazon, this …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Municipal collection protocols. Effective January 1, 2027, establishes requirements for the provision of invoices and delinquency notices for certain municipal accounts. Requires the state board of accounts to prescribe forms for an invoice and a not...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
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...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Execution methods. Authorizes the death penalty to be carried out by firing squad. Removes the requirement that an execution be carried out: (1) at the Indiana state prison; and (2) before sunrise. Adds a pooled media witness to the list …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Self-service storage facilities. Provides that the owner of a self-storage facility may tow or remove a motor vehicle, trailer, or watercraft if the renter is in default for at least 60 days. Specifies that a rental agreement is considered accepted …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
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...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Code publication. Addresses unresolved amend-repeal conflicts created during the 2025 legislative session. Repeals and relocates the following chapters for organization of defined terms by alphabetical order and to provide for future expansion of tho...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Technical corrections. Addresses technical issues in the Indiana Code, including those related to spelling, tabulation, formatting, grammar, and cross-references. Resolves technical conflicts from the 2025 legislative session. Makes conforming amendm...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
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...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
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.
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Addresses technical issues in the Indiana Code, including those related to spelling, tabulation, formatting, grammar, and cross-references. Resolves technical conflicts from the 2025 legislative session. Makes conforming amendments. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the code revision …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Increases criminal penalties for assaulting school employees and healthcare workers. Narrows the existing enhanced penalty for battery against child services workers to only those who directly supervise children or parents.
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share