CG

Chris Garten R

State Senator
State Senate District 45 (IN)
1 Neutral 1 Total

Committee Memberships

Appropriations (senate) Vice Chair
Fiscal Policy, Interim Study Committee on (joint)
Government Reform Task Force (joint) Chair
Health Care Cost Oversight Task Force (joint) Chair
Joint Rules (senate)
Legislative Council (joint)
Rules and Legislative Procedure (senate) Vice Chair
Tax and Fiscal Policy (senate)
Appropriations (senate) Vice Chair
Joint Rules (senate)
Rules and Legislative Procedure (senate) Vice Chair
Tax and Fiscal Policy (senate)

On Record (15)

Bill AGENCIES; Department of Insurance (IDOI)HEALTH; Behavioral Health; GenerallyHEALTH; Billing and CostsINSURANCE; Health InsuranceLABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; Collective Bargaining, Benefits, and Wages
Provides that any third party administrator or pharmacy benefit manager acting on behalf of a plan sponsor owes a fiduciary duty to the plan sponsor.
Apr 05, 2026 · source · details / share
YouTube Link Neutral
Mar 30, 2026 · details / share
Bill Neutral
Required disclosures and access of foreign media. Requires certain media entities operating in Indiana to disclose: (1) foreign ownership; (2) foreign funding; and (3) the use of foreign sourced or influenced content. Authorizes the secretary of state to impose a civil penalty of not more than $50,000 for a knowing or intentional violation of the disclosure requirements. Provides that the …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Electricity rate increases due to data centers. Provides that the Indiana utility regulatory commission may not approve an increase in the rates and charges of an electric utility to the extent the increase is related solely to the electric utility's cost of providing electric utility service to: (1) a data center; or (2) a new or existing facility: (A) the …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Indiana department of administration. Allows the Indiana department of administration (department) to implement category management for purchasing and contracting by state agencies. Amends the nomination and appointment process for a state agency's purchasing representative. Requires the department to establish and maintain an independent verification and validation oversight program for contracts entered into by state agencies. Requires state agencies to submit …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Firing squad. Authorizes the death penalty to be carried out by firing squad: (1) if execution by lethal injection cannot be carried out due to the unavailability of a required drug; or (2) upon request by the condemned person. Establishes a procedure for execution by firing squad. Makes conforming amendments and technical corrections.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Environment & water
PFAS chemicals. Requires the department of environmental management to adopt maximum contaminant levels for PFAS chemicals and effluent limitation standards for wastewater containing PFAS chemicals by July 1, 2027. Creates various compliance requirem...
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill 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 bill says regular ratepayers shouldn't foot that bill. Simple idea: the customers causing the demand should pay for it.
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
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...
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Various dental matters; respiratory care. Amends the educational requirements for dental hygienists. Amends the requirements for administration of nitrous oxide by a dental hygienist. Allows the state board of dentistry to establish additional requir...
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
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...
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Foreign agent registration, foreign terrorist organizations, and foreign adversaries. Provides that, if a contractor or a subcontractor working under the contractor for the provision of a technological product or service is a prohibited person, a qua...
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral HEALTH; Billing and CostsHealthcare access & costsCourts & judicial systemInsurance & financial services
Requires an initiating party that submits a request for independent dispute resolution to provide written notice to the facility not later than three business days after submitting the request. Allows a health carrier to provide notice to an out of network provider and a facility if, during any 90 day period, an initiating party submits requests for independent dispute resolutions …
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; GenerallyDetention centers & immigration enforcementCriminal justice & sentencingElections & voting rightsCourts & judicial systemState government operations
Provides that, if a contractor or a subcontractor working under the contractor for the provision of a technological product or service is a prohibited person, a qualified entity may enter into the contract if the contractor affirms the contractor and its subcontractors are not acting as agents of a foreign adversary. Requires certain persons acting on behalf of a hostile …
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Elections & voting rights
Prohibits the use of ranked choice voting.
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share

Crossposts (49)

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Local government finance. Abolishes the assessment of tangible property after December 31, 2026, and the imposition of property taxes after December 31, 2027. Provides that a political subdivision may not issue any new bonds, notes, or warrants, or enter into …
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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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 …
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Craft hemp flower and THC products. Establishes certain regulatory testing and packaging requirements for the distribution and sale of craft hemp flower products. Creates and modifies certain crimes concerning craft hemp, craft hemp flower products, and THC. Provides that a …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost 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 Register until …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Library budgets. Amends the percentage increase in a public library's proposed budget that determines whether the public library's proposed budget is subject to binding review by the applicable county, city, or town, fiscal body.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Firing squad. Authorizes the death penalty to be carried out by firing squad: (1) if execution by lethal injection cannot be carried out due to the unavailability of a required drug; or (2) upon request by the condemned person. Establishes …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Redistricting. Allows the general assembly to amend congressional districts at a time other than the first regular session of the general assembly convening immediately following the United States decennial census. Specifies requirements that apply t...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Annexation. Allows a town to annex: (1) a noncontiguous residential development; and (2) the right-of-way of a public highway connecting the development to the city. Provides that annexation is initiated by: (1) the filing of a petition requesting an...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Gender matters. Defines "sex" and "gender" for purposes of the Indiana Code. States that the definitions of "sex" and "gender" are meant to be synonymous in the Indiana Code unless specifically defined otherwise and is clarifying language. Sets forth...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
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...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
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...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
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...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Eminent domain. Requires the Indiana department of transportation (department) to make an original offer that is equal to 125% of the fair market value of a property when purchasing the property for a project. Provides that a person having an …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Public notices. Requires the Indiana office of technology (office) to establish a state public notice website not later than July 1, 2028. Prohibits the office from charging a fee for publishing or viewing notices. Allows a person to satisfy any …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
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...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
State sandwich. Designates the breaded tenderloin sandwich as the official state sandwich of Indiana.
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Police pension matters. Extends eligibility for supplemental pension benefits and incentive increases to employee beneficiaries of the state police 1987 benefit system. (Current law provides eligibility to employee beneficiaries under the state polic...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Local public work project bidding. Provides additional considerations that a local public works board may consider in determining the lowest responsible and responsive bidder for a public work project costing at least $300,000.
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Physical examinations in CHINS investigations. Provides that if the department of child services (department) receives a report of known or suspected abuse of a child who is less than five years of age, a department caseworker: (1) shall physically e...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Expungement. Repeals and replaces the existing adult expungement statute with a new expungement process that makes certain changes to: (1) time periods for filing expungement; (2) crimes that are eligible for expungement; and (3) other procedural mat...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Forest management. Requires the department of natural resources (department) to establish recreational fees for the access and use of state forest land. Provides that the department shall ensure that at all times: (1) 10% of state forest land consist...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost 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 …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Library budgets. Amends the percentage increase in a public library's proposed budget that determines whether the public library's proposed budget is subject to binding review by the applicable county, city, or town, fiscal body.
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Article V convention of the states compact. Adopts the compact for a safe and equal convention of the states. Specifies compact requirements. Provides that each state that adopts the compact intends to ensure that the following rules are followed at …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost 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 …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost 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 ...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Gender issues. Defines "female", "male", "gender", and "sex" for all Indiana statutes. Provides that the department of correction shall assign an offender, including a delinquent offender, to a facility or program that is based on the offender's sex....
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Township reorganization. Provides that on January 1, 2028, certain townships are dissolved and their powers, duties, offices, and property are transferred to a municipality or county. Requires a township to adopt a resolution not later than June 1, 2...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost 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...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Foreign adversaries. Provides that, if a contractor or a subcontractor working under the contractor for the provision of a technological product or service is a prohibited person, a qualified entity may enter into the contract if the contractor affir...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Indiana department of administration. Allows the Indiana department of administration (department) to implement category management for purchasing and contracting by state agencies. Amends the nomination and appointment process for a state agency's p...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Causes of action and damages. Establishes a tort reform commission. Limits a civil cause of action concerning a public nuisance.
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Prohibition of ranked choice voting. Prohibits the use of ranked choice voting.
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Broker companies. Requires a broker company who refers a client or customer to another broker company to disclose if the broker company may be compensated for referring the client or customer.
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
State board of accounts. Provides that the state board of accounts is subject to applicable professional auditing standards. Requires the governor to appoint two deputy examiners, one of whom must be a certified public accountant, and the other of wh...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Constitutional amendment ballot language. Prescribes the ballot language for the proposed constitutional amendment concerning bail.
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
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)...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
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...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
FSSA fiscal matters. Amends the duties of the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) concerning home and community based services waivers (waiver). Requires: (1) a provider of waiver services to provide certain documentation t...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
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...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Nonparticipating providers. Requires an initiating party that submits a request for independent dispute resolution to provide written notice to the facility not later than three business days after submitting the request. Allows a health carrier to p...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Traffic enforcement. Establishes a traffic enforcement on private roads pilot project. Provides that a subdivision: (1) that is subject to governance authority by a homeowners association; (2) that contains at least 1,500 lots; and (3) with at least ...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Housing matters. Revises the allocation of money available for making loans from the residential housing infrastructure assistance revolving fund. Adds requirements regarding the location of impact zones designated by a county, city, or town (unit) a...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Public safety matters. Provides that the law enforcement training board (board) shall select an executive director to serve at the pleasure of the board. Provides that a person confined to a county jail may be required to make a copayment …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
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...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Boards and commissions. Creates the agricultural promotion and regulation task force to study various agriculture related topics. Makes changes to requirements for the readoption of administrative rules. Repeals, merges, consolidates, or otherwise mo...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Gaming matters. Authorizes the Indiana gaming commission (commission) to award a new riverboat license for an inland casino in Allen County, DeKalb County, or Steuben County. Specifies application requirements, including local government support and ...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Various fiscal matters. Requires the legislative services agency to perform a fiscal impact analysis for all executive orders issued by the governor within seven days of an order's issuance. (Under current law, this requirement only applies to a gove...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Defines "female", "male", "gender", and "sex" for all Indiana statutes. Provides that the department of correction shall assign an offender, including a delinquent offender, to a facility or program that is based on the offender's sex. States that a local …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share