Environmental matters. Provides that the environmental rules board may adopt rules establishing requirements for the reclamation and reuse of treated wastewater. Requires certain entities to: (1) conduct an annual public water system cybersecurity vulnerability assessment; (2) annually provide the office of technology with the name and contact information of any individual who will act as the primary reporter of a …
Extension of water services. Allows a water or wastewater utility to extend service up to three miles to a: (1) public school, including a charter school; or (2) nonpublic school that employs one or more employees; without a deposit or other adequate assurance of performance from the customer if certain conditions are met. Provides that the extension qualifies as an …
Assessment of certain commercial property. Establishes certain assessment requirements for commercial property with a structure that is not more than 100,000 square feet in area and that is: (1) used for retail purposes; (2) a maintenance or service shop; and (3) detached or offsite storage property or facilities used in relation to those uses. Requires the assessor to annually determine …
Inspection of CFOs. Requires the department of environmental management (department) to conduct an onsite inspection of a confined feeding operation (CFO) once within 45 days of an initial approval and once within 90 days of a renewal of an approval to verify compliance with certain requirements. Allows the department to conduct complaint based onsite inspections of a confined feeding operation …
Elimination of annual adjustments of assessed values. Eliminates the annual adjustments (or "trending") to assessed values of certain real property for assessment dates beginning after December 31, 2025. Retains the provisions in current law that require four year cyclical reassessments. Allows a reassessment plan for the four year cyclical reassessments to include trending factors in the plan. Does not eliminate …
Residential tax increment financing. Provides, in the case of an allocation provision adopted after June 30, 2025, for a residential housing development program, that the redevelopment commission (commission) shall annually transfer at least 5% of the aggregate allocated tax proceeds from the allocation area to the unit that established the commission. Specifies that the unit must use the revenue for …
Vehicle emissions. Requires IDEM to: (1) perform a comprehensive evaluation of ambient air quality within nonattainment areas in Indiana; and (2) identify air pollution reduction or regulatory relief strategies that could accomplish certain goals with respect to the federal Clean Air Act.
Registration of professional engineers. Provides a new pathway to registration as a professional engineer for an individual with at least 25 years of engineering experience who also passes the required examination on the individual's first attempt.
Disannexation of property. Provides that disannexation of certain property is effective upon filing a disannexation petition with the county auditor and recording the petition with the county recorder. Requires the property owner to file a petition requesting a municipality to annex the property not more than 48 months after the disannexation is effective.
Electric utility affordability; TDSIC plans. Provides that affordability is the most important attribute of electric utility service that must be considered in decisions concerning Indiana's electric generation resource mix, energy infrastructure, and electric service ratemaking constructs. Provides the following with regard to a public electric or gas utility's transmission, distribution, and storage system improvement charge (TDSIC) plan: (1) The public …
Carbon sequestration. Provides that a storage operator may not operate a carbon sequestration project that transports or stores carbon dioxide outside the county where the carbon dioxide is generated unless the project is approved by the appropriate county legislative body or plan commission. Exempts certain projects from the provisions of the bill. Makes conforming changes.
Declares that affordability is the single most important factor the state must consider when making decisions about Indiana's electricity mix, infrastructure, and rates. Also tightens rules on utility infrastructure improvement plans (TDSIC) that let companies pass costs directly to ratepayers. In plain terms: stop letting utilities gold-plate their systems and bill you for it.
Twenty-first century scholarship eligibility. Provides that the commission for higher education may allow a student who does not meet full-time enrollment or credit hour requirements under the twenty-first century scholars program to be eligible or t...
Disannexation of property. Provides that disannexation of certain property is effective upon filing a disannexation petition with the county auditor and recording the petition with the county recorder. Requires the property owner to file a petition r...
Restriction on noncompete agreements. Prohibits an employer and an employee from entering into a noncompete agreement if the employee's annual compensation is less than $150,000.
Carbon sequestration. Provides that a storage operator may not operate a carbon sequestration project that transports or stores carbon dioxide outside the county where the carbon dioxide is generated unless the project is approved by the appropriate ...
Regional sewer districts. Specifies that a board of trustees of a regional water, sewage, or solid waste district (board) must notify the district authority in writing before taking certain actions. Provides that a trustee appointed to a board serves...
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...
Coverage for certain cancer prescriptions. Prohibits a state employee health plan, a policy of accident and sickness insurance, and a health maintenance organization that provides coverage for advanced, metastatic cancer and associated conditions fro...
Notice of annexation outreach meetings. Requires a municipality to mail notice of the date, time, and location of annexation outreach meetings to: (1) the county executive of each county; (2) the township executive of each township; and (3) any plan ...
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...
Indiana department of environmental management. Amends, repeals, or adds certain terms. Makes certain changes concerning the purpose, structure, and powers of the department of environmental management (department) or the environmental rules board. P...
Sets conditions for when a city-owned water or sewer utility can use eminent domain to extend mains outside city limits. Requires public hearings and limits how far outside the city the utility can reach. Protects rural landowners from having their property condemned for urban utility expansion.
Extends the federal ban on firearm and ammunition possession by certain noncitizens to also cover government entities using those weapons. Closes a loophole that previously applied only to individual possession.
Gives tribal governments the same tax treatment as state governments for bonds, tax-exempt financing, and other federal tax purposes — correcting a longstanding disparity.
Bans federal funding of any state database that tracks gun ownership — blocking states from knowing who owns firearms even when investigating crimes or enforcing red flag laws.
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Provides the alcohol and tobacco commission may issue not more than: (1) three new three-way permits to the town of Schererville; (2) three new three-way permits to the city of Lafayette; (3) two new three-way permits to the city of West Lafayette; (4) eight new three-way permits to restaurants located within a transit development district located in the city of …
Requires the state to score every township government (except Marion County) on performance metrics by end of 2026. Low-scoring townships must either merge with a neighboring township or transfer their duties to the county.
Creates a pilot program letting large subdivisions (1,500+ lots, 15+ miles of private roads) set speed limits and stop signs on their private roads, enforceable by the homeowners association.
Makes it a Class A misdemeanor to mix political committee funds with personal funds. If $50,000 or more is commingled, the charge increases to a Level 6 felony.
Authorizes a county that operates a community corrections program to establish a county community corrections trust fund (fund). Specifies the funding sources and permissible uses of the fund. Specifies reporting and auditing requirements relating to the administration of the fund. Makes technical corrections to a reference to community corrections programs located in the civil procedure law.
Requires electricity companies under IURC jurisdiction to offer levelized monthly billing starting mid-2026 — spreading your annual costs evenly so you're not hit with spikes during peak heating or cooling months. Also requires utilities to give customers more detailed information about what's driving their rates up.
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 …
Prior authorization. Sets forth requirements for a utilization review entity that requires prior authorization of a health care service. Prohibits a utilization review entity from requiring prior authorization for the first 12 physical therapy or chiropractic visits of each new …
Amended registration. Provides that if a person changes the exterior color or appearance of their passenger vehicle from the color listed in the vehicle's registration through certain methods, the person must apply to amend their vehicle registration, and that a …
County police force pension trust and trust fund. Requires in a county other than Marion County, that the county police department or a designee of the county police department make an annual presentation regarding the county police force pension trust …
Carbon dioxide. Specifies that an application for a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline certificate of authority must include: (1) a risk assessment; and (2) a carbon dioxide injection estimate. Provides that when determining compensation in certain eminent domain proceedings, the perceived …
Circuit breaker credits for homesteads. Authorizes the fiscal body of a county, city, or town (municipality) to reduce its homestead property tax cap. Requires the reduced property tax cap to apply only in determining the net property tax revenue of …
Governmental entity limited liability. Provides that a governmental entity operating an activity on land leased by the governmental entity from the federal government is entitled to certain immunities from a tort claim. Expands the definition of "extreme sport area" to …
Automated traffic enforcement safety devices. Authorizes a county or municipality to adopt and enforce an ordinance that regulates the use of an automated traffic enforcement safety device (device) to detect certain violations. Provides a civil penal...
Sentence modification. Requires the department of correction to issue a certificate of eligibility for rehabilitative release (certificate) to certain convicted persons. Provides that a certificate must be issued to the following: (1) A person senten...
Requires massage businesses to carry liability insurance and makes it a crime to knowingly employ someone giving massages without proper credentials. Targets illicit massage parlors operating as fronts.
County fire protection. Requires each county, excluding a county containing a consolidated city or a county that is entirely within a fire protection district, to establish a county fire and emergency service board (board). Requires the board to deve...
Governmental entity limited liability. Provides that a governmental entity operating an activity on land leased by the governmental entity from the federal government is entitled to certain immunities from a tort claim. Expands the definition of "ext...
Circuit breaker credits for homesteads. Authorizes the fiscal body of a county, city, or town (municipality) to reduce its homestead property tax cap. Requires the reduced property tax cap to apply only in determining the net property tax revenue of …
Carbon dioxide. Specifies that an application for a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline certificate of authority must include: (1) a risk assessment; and (2) a carbon dioxide injection estimate. Provides that when determining compensation in certain...
Schools, funding, and religion. Requires a public school, including a charter school, to teach the Bible as literature. Prohibits a governmental entity from denying benefits to any person on the basis of: (1) Article 1, Section 6 of the Constitution …
Eminent domain. Provides that if a unit of local government (unit) provides forgivable loans, the unit must (as a condition of providing forgivable loans) require that a person operating a business on a property may be entitled to compensation for …
Youth peer support program. Permits a school corporation to establish a youth peer support program (program). Requires a program to: (1) be developed in consultation with one or more local mental health organizations serving the school's geographic a...
Garnishment. Amends the limitation on garnishment provided in the Uniform Consumer Credit Code. Requires a garnishment order or attachment order that requires an employer to make deductions from a debtor's disposable earnings to provide certain infor...
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) …
OWI penalties. Provides that if a person has one prior OWI conviction, the court shall order that the person be imprisoned for at least 10 days or perform community service, and if a person has two prior OWI convictions, the …
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.
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 age child care. Removes certain transportation requirements in the approval criteria for the school age child care project fund. Requires the division of family resources to adopt rules specifying cost and expense standards for transporting a ...
License plates for former state legislators. Provides that a special license plate may be issued to former members of the general assembly who served: (1) for a former member of the house of representatives, not less than five terms; (2) …
Appraiser statute of limitations. Provides with regard to an appraisal or appraisal service performed after June 30, 2026, a civil action against a licensed or certified real estate appraiser or registered appraisal management company must be commenc...
Three-way permits. Provides the alcohol and tobacco commission may issue not more than: (1) three new three-way permits to the town of Schererville; (2) three new three-way permits to the city of Lafayette; (3) two new three-way permits to the …
Seed laws. Incorporates various administrative rules into the Indiana seed law. Repeals certain administrative rules. Makes conforming and technical changes.
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...
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...
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 ...
Grooming. Adds a facility or event that provides entertainment or programming primarily directed toward a child less than 18 years of age to the list of facilities at which a sexually violent predator or an offender against children may not …
Access to public records. Allows a public agency to establish and maintain an electronic portal for submission of public records requests that: (1) incorporates CAPTCHA or an equivalent mechanism for ensuring that a requestor is a human; (2) requires...
Child services matters. Adds four members to the statewide child fatality review committee, one of whom is appointed by each of the following: (1) The speaker of the house of representatives. (2) The president pro tempore of the senate. (3) …
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 ...
Family and social services administration matters. Adds the 9-8-8 crisis response center and a mobile crisis team as first responders. Requires certified peers to be trained and certified by the division of mental health and addiction or an approved ...
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.
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...
Regulation of grease control equipment. Establishes a statewide regulatory scheme for grease control equipment. Provides that a waste water treatment plant must continue to accept septage under certain circumstances. Creates a process for septage hau...
Confined feeding operations. Creates a preapplication process for the approval of confined feeding operations. Provides that the department of environmental management (department) must refund a confined feeding operation application fee under certai...
Requires electricity companies to offer levelized billing — evening out your monthly bill so you're not slammed with a huge payment in summer or winter. Also triggers automatic IURC review when rates exceed certain thresholds. Bipartisan support. The goal: make …
Ban on gratuities for public officials. 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 …
Community corrections trust funds. Authorizes a county that operates a community corrections program to establish a county community corrections trust fund (fund). Specifies the funding sources and permissible uses of the fund. Specifies reporting an...
Requires prisons to electronically notify the local sheriff, prosecutor, and police chief at least 7 days before releasing a serious violent felon into their community, including where the person plans to live.
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 requirements for direct dischargers and indirect dischargers. Establishes various civil …
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.
Requires, upon request, a public school to consult with and allow certain licensed or board certified behavior analysts and certified registered behavior technicians to provide applied behavioral analysis therapy services in the public school to a student under certain conditions …
Adds a facility or event that provides entertainment or programming primarily directed toward a child less than 18 years of age to the list of facilities at which a sexually violent predator or an offender against children may not work …
Declares emergency ambulance services an essential government service. Requires county commissioners to identify areas without ambulance coverage and develop plans to fill gaps, including through mutual aid agreements.
Requires state employee retirement plans (legislators' plan, Hoosier START, public employee and teacher funds) to offer cryptocurrency as an investment option through self-directed brokerage accounts.
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" when redacting a name, and …
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 circumstances, that an individual may serve …
Amends, repeals, or adds certain terms. Makes certain changes concerning the purpose, structure, and powers of the department of environmental management (department) or the environmental rules board. Prohibits the department from basing a decision solely on federal risk values that …
Provides that before a municipally owned utility (utility) may condemn land for the extension of a water main or a wastewater main that is located outside: (1) the corporate boundaries of the municipality; or (2) the existing service territory of …
Requires a municipality to mail notice of the date, time, and location of annexation outreach meetings to: (1) the county executive of each county; (2) the township executive of each township; and (3) any plan commission; in which the annexation …
Amends the limitation on garnishment provided in the Uniform Consumer Credit Code. Requires a garnishment order or attachment order that requires an employer to make deductions from a debtor's disposable earnings to provide certain information to the employer. Provides that …
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 secretary of family and social services to report …
Establishes the northwest Indiana stadium authority (stadium authority) for the purpose of acquiring and financing certain facilities. Sets forth the powers and duties of the stadium authority. Establishes the northwest Indiana stadium board (stadium board) for the purpose of financing, …
