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. Requires municipal officers and employees with oversight responsibilities or access to the municipality's financial payment system to be segregated from …
Offender against children residency restrictions. Provides that an offender against children who: (1) is required to register as a sex offender for life; and (2) knowingly or intentionally resides within 500 feet of certain areas owned, maintained, and governed by a homeowners association or property owners association; commits a sex offender residency offense, a Level 6 felony. Establishes the crime …
Tests of a motor vehicle operator. Provides that a law enforcement officer shall offer a chemical test to any person who the officer has reason to believe operated a vehicle that was involved in a fatal accident.
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.
Homeowners association governance. Amends the statute governing residential real estate sales disclosures to provide that in the case of a resale or refinance of property covered by the governing documents of a homeowners association (HOA), an HOA or an agent of the HOA providing a statement of unpaid assessments or other charges relating to a property may not charge more …
Court appointed counsel for certain minors. Provides that courts are required to appoint counsel for eligible children with certain exceptions. Provides that a county may seek reimbursement up to 100% for expenditures related to attorney services for eligible children. Requires the commission on court appointed attorneys to: (1) establish certain guidelines for counties to be eligible for reimbursement from the …
Allows veterinarians to do telehealth visits after an initial in-person exam. Your vet could do follow-up appointments over video instead of requiring you to bring the animal in every time.
Tests of a motor vehicle operator. Provides that a law enforcement officer shall offer a chemical test to any person who the officer has reason to believe operated a vehicle that was involved in a fatal accident.
Transit development district license. Allows the alcohol and tobacco commission to issue new three-way permits: (1) that are not subject to the permit quota; and (2) within a transit development district. Requires the maximum number of new permits is...
Fire prevention and suppression equipment. Establishes a business license and technician license with respect to fire suppression equipment professionals. Bestows certain powers, duties, and rulemaking authority upon the board of firefighting personn...
Police investigations relating to prostitution. Provides that, after June 30, 2026, a law enforcement agency may not authorize the use of public funds by a law enforcement officer to pay for or engage in sexual intercourse, other sexual conduct, or t...
Offender against children residency restrictions. Provides that an offender against children who: (1) is required to register as a sex offender for life; and (2) knowingly or intentionally resides within 500 feet of certain areas owned, maintained, a...
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.
Farmers' market nutrition assistance programs. Requires, subject to federal approval of any necessary plan, amendment, or waiver, the Indiana department of health (state department) to provide for: (1) a recipient of benefits under the federal Supple...
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...
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.
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 to opt in to the ge...
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...
Homeowners association governance. Prohibits a homeowners association (HOA), an agent of an HOA, or an HOA management company from charging a homeowner a fee associated with any service provided by the HOA. Requires the board of an HOA to provide to ...
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...
Property tax billing statements. Provides, in a county that uses a property tax statement as the notice of assessment, that the county treasurer must send a property tax statement to all property owners regardless of whether the property has any liab...
Telecommunications equipment. Adds telecommunications network equipment to the definition of valuable metal. Provides that a person who suffers a pecuniary loss as a result of a violation of Indiana law governing valuable metal dealers may bring a ci...
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 child to a facility where the child does not attend school.
Allows the city of Gary to hire an appraiser to conduct appraisals of residential and commercial properties to assist the city with disposing of the city's real property. Prohibits an employee or appointed or elected official of the city from purchasing property that is appraised by the appraiser.
Provides that an individual's duty to report suspected child abuse or neglect may only be delegated to another person if certain conditions are met. Requires that if a report of suspected child abuse or neglect alleges that a staff member, …
Provides that a household is eligible for assistance under the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program if the household includes a foster parent at the time of the office of the secretary of family and social services' initial determination …
Requires safety rest areas, gas stations, and welcome centers to display human trafficking awareness information, and permits massage establishments to display human trafficking awareness information.
Requires the governor's supplier diversity commission, the commission for higher education, and the budget committee to review each state educational institution's annual report regarding certain supplier diversity requirements. Provides that if a state educational institution's annual report is not in …
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 …
Provides that the offense of unlawful entry by a serious sex offender includes a serious sex offender knowingly or intentionally entering a public park.
Mobile retail food establishment licenses. Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) to establish: (1) a statewide mobile retail food establishment license (license); (2) standards for the licensure, inspection, and operation of a mobile retail food establishment; and (3) …
Energy generation resources. Provides a credit against state tax liability for expenses incurred in the manufacture of a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) in Indiana. Establishes procedures under which certain energy utilities may request approval for one or more of …
Bans convicted sex offenders from entering public parks, including playgrounds and recreational areas. Expands current restrictions that only cover certain types of parks.
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...
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...
Funding of prosecuting attorney operations. Establishes the public prosecution fund and a prosecuting attorney compensation fee (a court fee) of $10 for certain actions and $50 for certain actions which will be deposited in the state general fund. Pr...
Protects your right to use a small plug-in solar unit at home. Utilities couldn't require you to get their permission, buy a special meter, or pay extra fees. Also exempts plug-in solar from the complicated distributed generation rules that utilities …
Collection of cost sharing. Provides that an insurer: (1) must pay a health care provider the full amount due for health care services under the health care provider's agreement with the insurer, including any cost sharing; (2) has the sole …
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...
Applied behavioral analysis therapy services. 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...
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 …
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 …
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 ...
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...
Virtual currency kiosks. Prohibits the operation of virtual currency kiosks in Indiana. Provides that: (1) a person that violates these provisions commits an act that is actionable by the attorney general under law regarding deceptive consumer sales;...
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 …
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 …
High school equivalency programs. Amends Indiana high school equivalency diploma program eligibility requirements for individuals under 18 years of age. Changes the expiration date of the high school equivalency pilot program from June 30, 2026, to J...
Real property appraisals. Allows the city of Gary to hire an appraiser to conduct appraisals of residential and commercial properties to assist the city with disposing of the city's real property. Prohibits an employee or appointed or elected officia...
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...
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 …
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...
Thirteenth check. Allows a participant in the state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan to elect a joint and survivor option for the payment of the participant's retirement allow...
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 ...
Foster youth. Requires the department of child services to: (1) create a statement called "the foster youth bill of rights", which is to summarize a foster youth's rights and responsibilities; (2) update the statement periodically; (3) distribute the...
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.
Child services matters. Requires a sports wagering certificate holder and vendor to withhold funds from a person who requests a certain type of withdrawal from the person's mobile sports wagering account if the person is delinquent in the person's ch...
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 …
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 …
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.
Requires hospitals to tell women in premature labor whether the hospital can handle the delivery and care for the infant. If the hospital lacks the right capabilities, it must disclose that before admission. If the baby is transferred to a …
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.
Adds four legislative appointees to the statewide child fatality review committee. Allows courts to grant post-adoption contact between birth parents and adoptive families.
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 …
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.
Prohibits a homeowners association (HOA), an agent of an HOA, or an HOA management company from charging a homeowner a fee associated with any service provided by the HOA. Requires the board of an HOA to provide to HOA members …
Allows a participant in the state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan to elect a joint and survivor option for the payment of the participant's retirement allowance. Provides for a thirteenth check in …
