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Lorissa C Sweet R

State Representative
State House District 50 (IN)

Committee Memberships

Agriculture and Rural Development (house)
Family, Children and Human Affairs (house)
Government, Interim Study Committee on (joint)
Local Government (house)
Agriculture and Rural Development (house)
Family, Children and Human Affairs (house)
Local Government (house)

On Record (10)

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Grain shortages, claims, and payments. Allows the inspector general to receive complaints regarding violations of the Indiana grain buyers and warehouse licensing and bonding law by the director of the Indiana grain buyers and warehouse licensing agency. Reorganizes the existing statute regarding grain shortages, claims, and payments. Provides for certain notices to be included in contracts for the purchase of …
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Titles for vintage vehicles. Establishes a procedure for applying for bonded certificates of title for vintage motor vehicles. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to amend the Indiana Administrative Code to make a conforming amendment. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally provides false information to receive a bonded certificate of title commits fraud involving a bonded certificate of …
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Elections. Provides that the state of Indiana shall conduct all elections using secure, hand-marked paper ballots that are: (1) designed and made in Indiana; (2) embellished with a distinctive watermark; and (3) serialized numerically. Provides that no other method of voting may be used in Indiana. Specifies that ballots must be counted by hand. Requires precincts to have video cameras …
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Elections. Provides that the state of Indiana shall conduct all elections using secure, hand-marked paper ballots that are: (1) designed and made in Indiana; (2) embellished with a distinctive watermark; and (3) serialized numerically. Provides that ...
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Presumption of continuation of life. Establishes a presumption that the continuation of life is in a minor's best interests. Requires a health care provider to obtain the consent of each parent or each legal guardian before issuing a do not resuscita...
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Hospital disclosures and requirements. Requires a hospital to: (1) inform a woman in premature labor of the hospital's capabilities of treating the born alive infant and managing a high risk pregnancy; and (2) if the hospital's capabilities interfere...
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Grain shortages, claims, and payments. Allows the inspector general to receive complaints regarding violations of the Indiana grain buyers and warehouse licensing and bonding law by the director of the Indiana grain buyers and warehouse licensing age...
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Titles for vintage vehicles. Establishes a procedure for applying for bonded certificates of title for vintage motor vehicles. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to amend the Indiana Administrative Code to make a conforming amendment. Provides tha...
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Abortion & reproductive rightsHealthcare access & costsCriminal justice & sentencing
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 higher-level hospital, the mother must be offered transfer too.
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Healthcare access & costsChild welfare & foster care
Establishes a presumption that the continuation of life is in a minor's best interests. Requires a health care provider to obtain the consent of each parent or each legal guardian before issuing a do not resuscitate order or otherwise withholding or withdrawing treatment to allow the natural death of a minor. Prohibits a health care provider from interfering with the …
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share

Crossposts (15)

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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, …
Apr 05, 2026 · details / share
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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 …
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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Rape kit processing. Requires the state police department (department) to use part of an appropriation from House Enrolled Act 1001 (2025) to process rape kits and to eliminate the backlog of untested rape kits. Permits the department to issue grants …
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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Provides that beginning: (1) July 1, 2028, for industrial customers; (2) January 1, 2029, for commercial customers; and (3) July 1, 2029, for residential customers; a customer of an electricity supplier may elect to receive competitive electric generation service directly …
Mar 28, 2026 · details / share
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Prohibits a public utility from: (1) selling, assigning, transferring, leasing, or encumbering its franchise, business, or property; or (2) selling, assigning, or transferring any shares of its stock; to a prohibited person. Provides that the Indiana utility regulatory commission may …
Mar 28, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Flat-out prohibits selling a public utility to a private equity firm, hedge fund, or sovereign wealth fund. Period. No IURC approval process, no conditions — just a ban. Filed by Republicans who see the same risk Democrats are warning about: …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
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 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Rape kit processing. Requires the state police department (department) to use part of an appropriation from House Enrolled Act 1001 (2025) to process rape kits and to eliminate the backlog of untested rape kits. Permits the department to issue grants...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Breaks up Indiana's electric monopoly system. Starting in 2028 for businesses and 2029 for households, you could choose who generates your electricity — not just your local monopoly utility. Your utility would still deliver the power through its wires, but …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Eminent domain. Eliminates eminent domain authority for the following purposes: (1) Acquiring a right-of-way for the construction or operation of a pipeline for transporting carbon dioxide or other carbon oxides. (2) Acquiring underground strata for ...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Time observance in Indiana. Exempts Indiana from daylight saving time.
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
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Repeal of involuntary firearm removal process. Repeals provisions concerning the: (1) confiscation and retention of firearms from a dangerous person; (2) compilation and publication of statistics related to the confiscation and retention of firearms ...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Repeals Indiana red flag law provisions that allowed courts to order firearms confiscated from people deemed dangerous. Eliminates the process for reporting someone as dangerous and removes the statistical tracking of such confiscations. Leaves only a petition process for people …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Exempts Indiana from daylight saving time.
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
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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 …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share