Absentee ballot retraction. Requires a county election board to test certain voting machines to ensure that an absentee ballot can be retracted before tabulation of the ballot if the ballot is required to be rejected. Requires the public test of a voting system to test whether a rejected ballot is retracted. Voids a March 25, 2022, advisory opinion adopted by …
Search and seizure. Prohibits a governmental agent from entering real property that is owned or occupied by a landowner without a warrant. Provides certain exceptions. Requires a governmental agent, upon entering real property, to: (1) take reasonable action to notify the landowner that the governmental agent has entered; (2) show the landowner a copy of the warrant, if applicable; and …
Property tax rate freeze. Provides a calculation to be used in determining the maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy and resulting tax rate for taxes first due and payable in 2026 and 2027, to cap the increase in the levy and tax rates based on a ratio comparison of each civil taxing unit's maximum permissible ad valorem property tax …
Local government efficiency task force. Establishes the local government efficiency task force (task force) to study creating a more streamlined and cost effective local government structure. Sets forth the membership, and requires the task force to issue a report to the general assembly and the governor not later than November 1, 2026.
Closed primary elections. Allows an individual to affiliate with a political party while registering to vote. Requires the text: "Would you like to choose your political party? If you wish to vote in a primary election, you must first choose your political party affiliation and may only vote that party's ballot in the primary election." and a blank space for …
Conduct of primary elections. Provides that two or more candidates of a political party may sign a written statement indicating their desire to name a watcher to be present at a county primary election. (Current law requires that 26% or more of all candidates of a political party must sign a written statement to indicate a desire to name a …
Emergency ambulance services. Specifies that emergency medical services, including emergency ambulance services, are essential services in Indiana. Specifies that the provision of emergency medical services is an essential purpose of political subdiv...
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...
Various health care matters. Eliminates a requirement that home health aide competency evaluation program training include at least 75 hours of training and 16 hours of classroom training before supervised practical training. Amends the educational r...
Department of workforce development. Defines or amends certain terms. Codifies certain administrative rules with respect to: (1) experience accounts; (2) reporting; (3) contribution rates and payment; (4) seasonal workers; (5) benefit payments to the...
Streamlines how Indiana election commissions can shut down inactive political committees. Allows disbanding committees that have not filed expense reports, have under $1,000 in cash, and whose treasurer does not respond to warnings.
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 …
Certified technology parks. Provides that if a Level 2 certified technology park (park): (1) has reached the limit of deposits for a Level 2 park; (2) maintains its certification; and (3) is located within a qualified military base enhancement area; …
Financial institutions and consumer credit. Provides that a reference to federal law in: (1) the First Lien Mortgage Lending Act; (2) the Uniform Consumer Credit Code (UCCC); or (3) the Indiana Code title governing financial institutions; is a reference to …
Article V convention. Changes the defined term of "delegate" to "commissioner" in reference to an individual who is appointed to represent Indiana at an Article V convention. Specifies that an individual must satisfy the following requirements to be appointed as …
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 …
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 complication. Requires the state department to send …
Cancellation of caucus meeting. Allows a person who wishes to be a candidate for a pro tempore appointment to certain local offices or school board offices to file a declaration of candidacy with the chair of the caucus or the …
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 …
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 Delaware County: (1) innkeeper's …
School board candidates. Specifies that if there is more than one candidate for a school board office within certain designated groups of candidates, the candidates shall appear in a certain order and within the grouping and in alphabetical order according …
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...
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 …
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...
Swimming pools in senior neighborhoods. Allows a senior neighborhood to not have a lifeguard on duty if certain conditions are met except for during visiting hours when minors are allowed to use the pool. Requires the senior neighborhood to post …
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...
Proposition bets. Prohibits a certificate holder or vendor from accepting a proposition bet from a collegiate athlete in the sport the collegiate athlete plays. Provides that the Indiana gaming commission may impose a civil penalty upon an individual...
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...
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 …
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 ...
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 …
Cancellation of caucus meeting. Allows a person who wishes to be a candidate for a pro tempore appointment to certain local offices or school board offices to file a declaration of candidacy with the chair of the caucus or the …
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...
Municipal elections. Moves, as a general rule, elections of town officers to even-numbered years. Allows a town with a population of more than 10,000 to opt out of the general rule by resolution. Allows a city to pass a resolution …
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...
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;...
School board candidates. Specifies that if there is more than one candidate for a school board office within certain designated groups of candidates, the candidates shall appear in a certain order and within the grouping and in alphabetical order acc...
Candidacy documents. Provides that when an individual files a notice of withdrawal listing an address different from the address on the individual's voter registration record, the individual's signature on the notice of withdrawal constitutes a reque...
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...
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...
Military protective order. Specifies that a party to a protective order proceeding has a duty to inform the court of any military protective orders issued by a military commander in effect between the parties. Allows the court to consider evidence …
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...
County commissioner districts. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying whether the county executive should implement certain processes with respect to establishing or revising districts.
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...
Addresses procedures related to ballot scanning and early voting provisions. Passed House 71-20 on January 22, 2026. Senate committee approved amended version February 16, 2026.
When a candidate files a withdrawal notice with a different address than their voter registration, the withdrawal signature automatically updates their voter registration address to match.