My Tracked Bills
Prepared by: Sarah Williams
Report created on March 28, 2024
 
HB1003TUITION SUPPORT. (SLAGER H) Establishes a definition of "virtual instruction" for purposes of determining a school corporation's basic tuition support using the average daily membership (ADM).
 Current Status:   4/13/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
 Recent Status:   2/23/2021 - Referred to Senate Education and Career Development
2/23/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1015LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER MISCONDUCT DATA BASE. (JACKSON C) Requires the law enforcement training board, in consultation with the office of technology, to establish a law enforcement misconduct data base (data base) that gives the public access to information on disciplinary actions against law enforcement officers. Provides that the data base collects and publishes information from law enforcement agencies of the state, political subdivisions, and public or private postsecondary educational institutions. Provides that the data base is limited to disciplinary actions in which law enforcement officers were: (1) finally determined to have engaged in misconduct; and (2) suspended without pay, demoted, or discharged.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/4/2021 - Referred to House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
1/4/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1016CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDIES AND REFORM. (BARTLETT J) Establishes the criminal justice study committee (committee) to conduct a multiyear, comprehensive study of the criminal justice system. Specifies various aspects of the criminal justice system that the committee must study. Establishes the criminal justice reform commission (commission). Specifies: (1) study topics; (2) membership; (3) membership terms; (4) appointing authorities; (5) quorum requirements; (6) reporting requirements; and (7) member per diems; for the commission.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/4/2021 - Referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/4/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1018INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE. (BARTLETT J) Urges the legislative council to assign the task of studying human trafficking to an appropriate study committee.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/4/2021 - Referred to House Rules and Legislative Procedures
1/4/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1022MINIMUM AGE FOR JUVENILE DETENTION. (PRYOR C) Provides that a child who is less than 12 years of age may not be held in a juvenile detention facility, unless: (1) the child is 10 years of age or 11 years of age; and (2) the court finds that: (A) there is probable cause to believe the child committed an act that would be murder if committed by an adult; and (B) it is in the best interests of the child or the community that a petition be filed alleging that the child is a delinquent child. Requires a court that orders a child 10 years of age or 11 years of age to be detained in a juvenile facility to make specified written findings and conclusions.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/4/2021 - Referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/4/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1027HANDGUN TRAINING FOR TEACHERS. (LUCAS J) Creates a specialized firearms safety, education, and training curriculum (curriculum) for teachers, school staff members, and school employees. Specifies curriculum requirements. Authorizes funds from the: (1) Indiana safe schools fund; (2) Indiana secured schools fund; and (3) school corporation and charter school safety advance program; to be used for the purpose of providing specialized firearms instruction to certain teachers, school staff members, and school employees. Requires a charter school, nonpublic school, or school corporation to ensure that a teacher, school staff member, or school employee who receives a grant from the Indiana safe schools fund for the purpose of receiving specialized firearms instruction complies with certain requirements. Provides that the identity of any person who: (1) enrolls in; (2) participates in; or (3) completes; the curriculum is confidential. Provides that a public school or an accredited nonpublic school may not conduct a training or drill for an employee of the school that includes, as any part of the training or drill, the expelling of any type of projectile at the employee unless: (1) the school informs the employee of the use of projectiles in the training or drill; and (2) the employee consents, in writing, to the use of projectiles during the training or drill. Provides that a public school or an accredited nonpublic school may not conduct or approve a training or a drill for a student of the school that includes, as any part of the training or drill, the expelling of any type of projectile. Authorizes a qualified retired law enforcement officer to carry or possess a firearm on school property. Makes conforming and technical amendments.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/4/2021 - Referred to House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
1/4/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1032NEWBORN SAFETY DEVICES. (FRYE R) Provides for placement of a newborn safety device at any facility that is staffed by an emergency medical services provider on a 24 hour per day, seven day per week basis, provided the newborn safety device: (1) is located in an area that is conspicuous and visible to staff; and (2) includes a dual alarm system that is connected to the facility and is tested at least one time per month to ensure the alarm system is in working order. Provides for placement of a newborn safety device at any fire department, including a volunteer fire department that: (1) meets the minimum response time established by the county, not to exceed four minutes; (2) is located within one mile of a hospital, police station, or emergency medical services station that meets certain requirements; (3) is equipped with an alert system that, when the newborn safety device is opened, automatically connects to the 911 system and transmits a request for immediate dispatch of an emergency medical services provider to the location of the newborn safety device and is tested at least one time per month to ensure the alert system is in working order; and (4) is equipped with an independent video surveillance system that allows at least two members of a fire department to monitor inside the newborn safety device at all times. Provides that a person who in good faith voluntarily leaves a child in a newborn safety device located at such a facility or fire station is not obligated to disclose the parent's name or the person's name. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   4/29/2021 - Public Law 170
 Recent Status:   4/29/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/28/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
HB1034RIGHT TO CARRY A HANDGUN. (LUCAS J) Repeals the law that requires a person to obtain a license to carry a handgun in Indiana. Specifies that certain persons who are not otherwise prohibited from carrying or possessing a handgun are not required to obtain or possess a license or permit from the state to carry a handgun in Indiana. Prohibits certain individuals from knowingly or intentionally carrying a handgun. Creates the crime of "unlawful carrying of a handgun". Provides that a prohibited person who knowingly or intentionally carries a handgun commits a Class A misdemeanor. Specifies that the unlawful carrying of a handgun is a Level 4 felony when a person: (1) is less than 23 years of age; and (2) has an adjudication as a delinquent child for an act described by IC 35-47-4-5 (unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon). Allows a resident of Indiana who wishes to carry a firearm in another state under a reciprocity agreement entered into by Indiana and the other state to obtain from the superintendent of the state police department a reciprocity license. Requires law enforcement agencies to make use of certain data bases when issuing reciprocity licenses. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/4/2021 - Referred to House Public Policy
1/4/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1040SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST OF STUDENTS. (PRESSEL J) Provides that sudden cardiac arrest information sheets currently required to be provided by each school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school to a parent of an applicable student must include: (1) the nature and warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest; and (2) information about electrocardiogram testing. Adds definition of "applicable student". Makes changes to the definition of "athletic activity". Provides that the department of education (department) must maintain guidelines, information sheets, or forms on the department's Internet web site. Provides that, if an applicable student is suspected, as determined by a game official, coach from the student athlete's team, certified athletic trainer, marching band leader, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, licensed physician, or other official designated by the student athlete's school entity, of experiencing a symptom of sudden cardiac arrest in a practice for an athletic activity or in an athletic activity, the applicable student shall be removed from practice or play at the time that the symptom is identified. (Current law provides that, if a student athlete is suspected of experiencing a symptom of sudden cardiac arrest in a practice for an athletic activity or in an athletic activity, the student athlete shall be removed from practice or play at the time that the symptom is identified.) Allows a licensed athletic trainer, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse to evaluate whether an applicable student is experiencing a symptom of sudden cardiac arrest. Requires that an applicable student may not return to practice or play until the coach, marching band leader, or other official designated by the applicable student's school entity has: (1) provided information to the applicable student's parent about sudden cardiac arrest; and (2) received verbal permission from a parent of the applicable student that the applicable student may return to practice and play. Requires a coach, marching band leader, or certain other leaders, in a manner and frequency determined by the state board of education, to complete the sudden cardiac arrest training course offered by a provider approved by the department. Provides that a coach, marching band leader, and certain other extracurricular activity leader who completes the course and provides coaching or other leadership services in good faith is not personally liable for damages in a civil action as a result of a sudden cardiac arrest incurred by an applicable student participating in an athletic activity for which the coach, marching band leader, or other leader provided coaching or leadership services, except for an act or omission by the coach, marching band leader, or other extracurricular activity leader that constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. Makes technical corrections (a legal guardian is included in the definition of a parent in IC 20).
 Current Status:   4/15/2021 - Public Law 56
 Recent Status:   4/15/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/14/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
HB1045PRESCHOOL AND CHILD CARE FACILITY DRINKING WATER. (JACKSON C) Requires the person or entity having authority over a child care facility or preschool to test the drinking water in the child care facility or preschool before January 1, 2024, to determine whether lead is present in the drinking water in a concentration equal to or exceeding 15 parts per billion. Excepts a child care facility or preschool from this testing requirement if its drinking water: (1) was or will be tested through the Lead Sampling Program for Schools and Child Care Facilities conducted by the Indiana finance authority in 2019 and 2020; or (2) has otherwise been tested for lead at least once after 2017. Provides that, if testing indicates that lead in the drinking water of a child care facility or preschool equals or exceeds 15 parts per billion, the person or entity having authority over the child care facility or preschool is required to take action to reduce the concentration of lead to below 15 parts per billion.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/4/2021 - Referred to House Environmental Affairs
1/4/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1047EDUCATION MATTERS. (LUCAS J) Provides that any statute or rule establishing requirements regarding teacher salary, evaluations, or curriculum or any other requirement regarding the employment of teachers other than teacher licensing requirements is, as applicable, repealed or voided. Establishes the education options account program (program). Requires the treasurer of state to administer the program. Establishes: (1) the education options account fund; and (2) requirements and conditions for the program. Requires the treasurer of state to: (1) annually request a parent of an eligible student who is participating in the program to complete a written survey; and (2) annually provide a summary of the survey to the governor and the legislative council. Continuously appropriates money from the education options account fund and the accounts established within the fund for the purposes of the program.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/4/2021 - Referred to House Education
1/4/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1061DISSEMINATING MATERIAL HARMFUL TO MINORS. (PRYOR C) Requires a person convicted of disseminating material harmful to minors to register as a sex offender if the person is a child care worker and distributes the material to a child who is under the person's care or supervision or who attends a school at which the person is employed.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/4/2021 - Referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/4/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1062BYRON RATCLIFFE SR. RACIAL PROFILING REFORM ACT. (PRYOR C) Honors the memory of Byron Ratcliffe Sr. by doing the following: (1) Prohibiting law enforcement agencies and law enforcement officers from engaging in racial profiling or conducting unlawful pretextual stops. (2) Requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt a detailed policy that defines the elements of racial profiling and unlawful pretextual stops. (3) Requiring law enforcement agencies to collect certain data pertaining to stops made by law enforcement officers. (4) Requiring law enforcement officers to receive training that includes cultural diversity awareness training and education concerning racial profiling and unlawful pretextual stops. (5) Requiring law enforcement agencies to transmit to the attorney general certain information concerning: (A) complaints concerning racial profiling and unlawful pretextual stops; (B) investigations concerning racial profiling and unlawful pretextual stops; (C) administrative actions taken in response to certain complaints and investigations; and (D) data related to certain stops and seizures. (6) Requiring the attorney general to: (A) submit an annual report to the legislative council concerning certain stops made by law enforcement agencies; (B) submit certain collected and submitted data to a third party for statistical analysis; and (C) publish the results of certain statistical analyses on the attorney general's Internet web site. (7) Establishing the racial profiling review commission to review complaints of racial profiling and unlawful pretextual stops. Permits a person to bring a civil action based on racial profiling or an unlawful pretextual stop. Allows a law enforcement agency to use certain federal funds to purchase vehicle cameras and body cameras. Requires a law enforcement agency to establish standards concerning the use of vehicle and body cameras in certain instances. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/4/2021 - Referred to House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
1/4/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1075ANNUAL REVIEW OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS FOR BIAS. (JACKSON C) Provides that the chief executive officer of a law enforcement department or agency in Indiana (chief executive officer) shall be the officer in charge of an investigation when there is: (1) a complaint made against; or (2) an internal investigation of; a law enforcement officer involving bias or prejudice. Provides that if the chief executive officer concludes that a law enforcement officer's actions were a result of bias or prejudice, the chief executive officer shall include the incident in a written report submitted to the executive director of the law enforcement training board and to the legislative council not later than March 31 of each year. Provides that the written report detailing a law enforcement officer's actions involving bias or prejudice shall also include the following, if applicable: (1) Each arrest. (2) Each search warrant or arrest warrant that was executed. (3) Each incident involving the use of force. (4) Each incident involving the use of force causing death.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/4/2021 - Referred to House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
1/4/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1076BAN ON SALE OF FLAVORED TOBACCO AND E-LIQUIDS. (JACKSON C) Prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products and their components, including: (1) cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and smokeless tobacco; and (2) tobacco products that have a characterizing flavor. Provides that a person or entity that sells a flavored tobacco product commits a Class C misdemeanor and may have the person's tobacco sales certificate revoked by the alcohol and tobacco commission.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/4/2021 - Referred to House Public Policy
1/4/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1077CHILD OPERATED REFRESHMENT STANDS. (PRESSEL J) Provides that a local health department, the health and hospital corporation, a county, a municipality, or a township may not adopt or enforce a law, rule, ordinance, or resolution that prohibits or regulates, including by requiring a license, permit, or fee, the sale of lemonade or other nonalcoholic beverages from a stand on private property or in a public park by an individual who is less than 18 years of age. Provides that the individual who operates the stand must comply with certain requirements. Provides that a stand is not considered a food establishment and does not require a certified food protection manager. Provides that the governing documents of a homeowners association may not prohibit or regulate, including by requiring a permit or fee, the sale of lemonade or other nonalcoholic beverages from a stand on property located in the subdivision by an individual who is less than 18 years of age. Provides that a homeowners association: (1) does not owe a duty of care to persons participating in a beverage sale; and (2) is not liable for any injury to persons participating in a beverage sale; except for willful or wanton acts or gross negligence of the homeowners association.
 Current Status:   4/13/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
 Recent Status:   3/18/2021 - Senate Commerce and Technology, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
2/23/2021 - Referred to Senate Commerce and Technology
 
HB1089STUDENT HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS. (HARRIS JR. E) Establishes the student hunger and homelessness study committee (committee) for the purposes of: (1) studying the prevalence of homelessness, housing insecurity, and food insecurity among students at Indiana colleges and universities during the 2021 academic year; and (2) providing suggestions for eliminating these issues. Provides that the committee must determine, as accurately as practicable, the number of Indiana college and university students who are homeless, housing insecure, or food insecure. Provides that the committee consists of: (1) an employee of the family and social services administration; (2) an employee of the department of child services; (3) an employee of the department of education; (4) an employee of the commission for higher education; (5) an employee of the Indiana housing and community development authority; (6) a member of the commission on improving the status of children in Indiana; and (7) an employee of each state educational institution. Provides that the committee may solicit assistance from private groups, colleges, and universities in performing the study. Requires the committee to report the results of the study to the governor and the legislative council not later than July 31, 2022.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/4/2021 - Referred to House Rules and Legislative Procedures
1/4/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1101DAYCARE LICENSURE EXEMPTION IN DECLARED EMERGENCY. (DAVISSON S) Exempts from day care licensure requirements a child care program that: (1) is operated by a public or private organization under a contract with a public or private school; (2) serves children who are enrolled in a public or private school in grades kindergarten through 12, or in a preschool program offered by the public or private school; and (3) serves children who are: (A) attending school through remote or e-learning due to a disaster emergency; or (B) participating in a learning recovery program that administers an assessment to measure student learning loss and provides Indiana academic standards aligned instruction.
 Current Status:   4/29/2021 - Public Law 173
 Recent Status:   4/29/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/28/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
HB1102STUDENT AND PARENT SUPPORT SERVICES GRANTS. (DAVISSON S) Adds a provision that provides that the requirements of the student and parent support services grant program do not prevent a school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school from providing school based treatment services or treatment services provided by an outside provider to address the comprehensive needs and well-being of a student.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/7/2021 - Referred to House Education
1/7/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1124HANDGUN TRAINING FOR SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. (LEHMAN M) Provides that, before an employee or any other staff member of a school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school may carry a firearm in or on school property as authorized by a school board of the school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school, the employee or staff member shall do the following: (1) Successfully complete certain specialized weapons training or other firearm training. (2) Provide proof to the school board that the employee or other staff member has successfully completed the training. (3) Complete the Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory 2 (MMPI-II) and provide the results from the inventory to the school board of the school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school. Establishes requirements for specialized weapons training. Requires an employee or any other staff member of a school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school to successfully complete 16 hours of weapons training each year that the employee or staff member is authorized and intends to carry a firearm in or on school property. Provides that the specialized weapons training must be provided by a person or entity approved by the school board of the school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school. Provides immunity from civil liability under certain circumstances. Allows a school to barricade or block a door during an active shooter drill or during an active shooter emergency occurring in a school building.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/7/2021 - Referred to House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
1/7/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1127MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION FORENSIC TREATMENTS. (STEUERWALD G) Removes a provision that allows a: (1) delinquent child's; or (2) person's; Medicaid participation to be terminated following a two year suspension due to certain adjudications or incarceration. Adds competency restoration services to the list of treatment and wraparound recovery services made available to certain persons in the criminal justice system. Adds competency restoration services to the list of services that qualify a person for mental health and addiction forensic treatment services. Adds: (1) recovery community organizations; and (2) recovery residences; certified by the division of mental health and addiction (division) or its designee to the list of organizations eligible for certain funds and grants from the division. Requires demographic data concerning race and ethnicity to be included in certain demographic research performed by the division.
 Current Status:   4/15/2021 - Public Law 57
 Recent Status:   4/15/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/14/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
HB1128MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. (JACKSON C) Requires the law enforcement training board (board) to establish psychological fitness for duty policies, procedures, and standards for law enforcement officers (officers). Specifies certain topics and issues to be considered by the board when establishing psychological fitness for duty policies, procedures, and standards. Requires officers to undergo a psychological fitness for duty examination after one or more of the following events: (1) An officer's return from military deployment. (2) An officer's exposure to a bloodborne pathogen. (3) An officer's discharge of any firearm during a use of force incident. Requires certain persons and entities responsible for the hiring or appointment of officers to require a psychological fitness for duty evaluation for an officer after certain specified events.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/7/2021 - Referred to House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
1/7/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1131BIAS MOTIVATED CRIMES. (BOY P) Establishes a sentencing procedure that requires a court, when sentencing an individual who has committed a crime that is motivated by a bias against another individual's actual or perceived age, ancestry, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender, gender identity, military service, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation to impose an additional fixed term of imprisonment not to exceed five years, if the offense is a felony, or three years, if the offense is a misdemeanor. Requires law enforcement agencies to report bias motivated crimes to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/7/2021 - Referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/7/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1133VOTE BY MAIL. (BOY P) Requires that all elections be conducted by mail beginning with elections in 2024. Provides for the January 1, 2024, expiration of several provisions of the election code that will be obsolete under a vote by mail system. Requires the interim study committee on elections to study the transition to a vote by mail system and propose necessary legislation to accomplish the transition.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/7/2021 - Referred to House Elections and Apportionment
1/7/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1136PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE PROGRAM. (CAMPBELL C) Requires the department of workforce development to establish a paid family and medical leave program to provide payments for employees who take family and medical leave. Establishes the family and medical leave fund to be funded with appropriations from the general assembly and payroll contributions. Specifies requirements for administration of the paid family and medical leave program. Provides for the department of workforce development to approve an employer's use of a private plan to meet the paid family and medical leave program obligations.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/7/2021 - Referred to House Employment, Labor and Pensions
1/7/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1146HEALTHY FOOD INCUBATOR PROGRAM. (SHACKLEFORD R) Establishes the healthy food incubator program fund (fund) and healthy food incubator program (program) under the administration of the Indiana housing and community development authority (IHCDA). Provides that the purpose of the fund is to provide financing in the form of loans or grants for projects that increase the availability of fresh and nutritious food in underserved communities. Defines an "underserved community" as a census tract determined to be an area with low supermarket access: (1) by the United States Department of Agriculture; or (2) as identified through a methodology used by another healthy food initiative. Provides that the IHCDA may contract with one or more nonprofit organizations or community development financial institutions to administer the program through a public-private partnership. Provides that an applicant for a grant or a loan must demonstrate the capacity to successfully implement the project and the ability to repay the loan. Provides that an applicant for a grant or a loan must agree to satisfy certain conditions. Requires the IHCDA to monitor projects receiving financing and submit a report annually to the legislative council that includes the number and types of jobs created, and the health initiatives associated with the program. Continuously appropriates money in the fund. Makes an appropriation to the fund.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/7/2021 - Referred to House Family, Children and Human Affairs
1/7/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1147COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS AND MEDICAID. (SHACKLEFORD R) Requires Medicaid to provide community health services at a calendar month of either: (1) not more than 30 units; or (2) a greater monthly unit amount, as determined by the office of the secretary of family and social services. Includes community health workers as a provider of telemedicine under the Medicaid program.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/7/2021 - Referred to House Public Health
1/7/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1153MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION MATTERS. (SHACKLEFORD R) Specifies that an individual's incarceration, hospitalization, or other temporary cessation in substance or chemical use may not be used as a factor in determining the individual's eligibility for coverage in: (1) a state employee health care plan; (2) Medicaid; (3) the healthy Indiana plan; (4) a policy of accident and sickness insurance; or (5) a health maintenance health care contract. Requires an opioid treatment program to: (1) provide a patient of the facility referral for continuing care before releasing the patient from care by the facility; and (2) counsel female patients concerning the effects of the program treatment if the female is or becomes pregnant and provide to the patient birth control if requested by the patient. Requires the division of mental health and addiction to annually perform an audit of 20% of an opioid treatment program facility's patient plans to ensure compliance with federal and state laws and regulations. Requires the division of mental health and addiction to establish a mental health and addiction program to reduce the stigma of mental illness and addiction. Requires hospitals to establish emergency room treatment protocols concerning treatment of a patient who is overdosing, has been provided an overdose intervention drug, or is otherwise identified as having a substance use disorder.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/7/2021 - Referred to House Public Health
1/7/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1155POSTPARTUM MEDICAID COVERAGE. (SUMMERS V) Provides Medicaid coverage for an eligible pregnant woman for the duration of the pregnancy and for the one year postpartum period that begins on the last day of the pregnancy (current law is 60 days coverage), without regard to any change in income of the family of which she is a member during that time.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/7/2021 - Referred to House Public Health
1/7/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1163BACKGROUND CHECKS AT GUN SHOWS. (OLTHOFF J) Requires a person wishing to sell, trade, or transfer a firearm at a gun show to transact the sale, trade, or transfer through a firearms dealer (dealer). Specifies certain exemptions. Requires a dealer to complete the sale, trade, or transfer of a firearm if the following conditions are met: (1) The dealer agrees to transact the sale, trade, or transfer of the firearm. (2) The dealer is able to successfully contact the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). (3) The dealer receives authorization from NICS to complete the sale, trade, or transfer of the firearm. (4) The recipient of the firearm being sold, traded, or transferred: (A) is not otherwise prohibited from possessing a firearm under federal or state law; and (B) is in compliance with all federal and state laws pertaining to the possession and transfer of certain firearms as defined under the National Firearms Act (NFA firearm), if applicable. Allows a dealer to refuse to transact the sale, trade, or transfer of a firearm for any reason. Requires a dealer to abort the sale, trade, or transfer of a firearm when: (1) the seller of the firearm; (2) the intended recipient of the firearm; or (3) both; are not eligible to possess a firearm or an NFA firearm, as applicable. Requires a dealer to abort the sale, trade, or transfer of a firearm if the firearm to be sold, traded, or transferred is: (1) reported lost; (2) reported stolen; or (3) used in the commission of a crime. Provides that a dealer is not required to return payment issued to the dealer for the dealer's role in transacting the sale, trade, or transfer of a firearm in certain instances. Provides a dealer with immunity from civil liability and damages in certain instances. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally makes a materially false statement to a dealer for the purpose of completing a sale, trade, or transfer of a firearm commits firearm transfer fraud, a Level 6 felony. Enhances the offense to a Level 5 felony if the person has a prior unrelated conviction for the offense. Provides that a dealer or person who transacts a sale, trade, or transfer of a firearm in violation of certain requirements commits unlawful transfer of a firearm, a Level 6 felony. Provides that the offense is a Level 5 felony if the dealer or person has a prior unrelated conviction for the offense. Requires gun show organizers and operators to provide signage and written notice concerning required National Instant Criminal Background Checks. Specifies certain defenses. Defines certain terms. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/7/2021 - Referred to House Public Policy
1/7/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1165BATTERY AND MURDER BY AN OFFICER. (BARTLETT J) Makes the penalty for battery committed by a law enforcement officer acting within the scope of the officer's duty the same level as battery committed on a law enforcement officer. Makes murder committed by a law enforcement officer acting within the scope of the officer's duty an aggravating circumstance permitting imposition of the death penalty.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/7/2021 - Referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/7/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1185BULLYING. (PORTER G) Requires a charter school to adopt discipline rules to prohibit bullying. Requires a school that accepts choice scholarships to adopt discipline rules to prohibit bullying. Requires a state accredited nonpublic school that accepts funding or financial assistance from the state to adopt discipline rules that prohibit bullying.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/7/2021 - Referred to House Education
1/7/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1194CHILD CUSTODY AND PARENTING TIME. (JUDY C) Provides that if a court in a paternity or child custody proceeding does not award joint legal custody or joint physical custody of a child, the court shall enter findings of fact and conclusions of law citing clear and convincing evidence that awarding joint legal custody or joint physical custody is unreasonable and not in the best interest of the child. Provides for a court in a proceeding to modify custody to consider any substantial changes in the facts underlying a previous court decision not to award joint legal custody or joint physical custody. Provides that in allocating parenting time, there is a rebuttable presumption that it is in the best interests of the child for parenting time to be allocated equally or nearly equally between the child's custodial parent and the child's noncustodial parent. Provides that a finding by the court that a history of child abuse or neglect exists with respect to the child is sufficient to rebut the presumption.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/7/2021 - Referred to House Judiciary
1/7/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1198ADULT AND JUVENILE COURT JURISDICTION. (MCNAMARA W) Provides that a complaint, indictment, or information for child molesting shall be filed in adult criminal court if the accused person: (1) was at least 14 years of age but less than 18 years of age at the time of the offense; and (2) is at least 21 years of age at the time of filing the complaint, indictment, or information. Provides that under certain circumstances an adult criminal prosecution for child molesting must be commenced not later than one year after specified information is discovered if: (1) the accused person was less than 18 years of age at the time of the offense; and (2) the evidence was discovered before the accused person becomes 21 years of age. Provides that a court may suspend any part of a sentence for child molesting if the person: (1) was at least 14 years of age but less than 18 years of age at the time of the offense; and (2) was at least 21 years of age at the time of filing the complaint, indictment, or information. Requires a person who: (1) commits child molesting before the age of 18; and (2) who is charged as an adult after reaching the age of 21; to register as a sex offender, but permits a court to reconsider requiring the person to register at any time after the person completes court ordered sex offender treatment.
 Current Status:   4/22/2021 - DEAD BILL: Fails to advance by Spring adjournment of the 2021 legislative session
 Recent Status:   4/15/2021 - , (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
4/8/2021 - Senate Advisors appointed Sandlin and Tallian
 
HB1200HUMAN TRAFFICKING. (MCNAMARA W) Modifies the definition of "protected person" for purposes of the admission of a statement or videotape of an individual who is less than 14 years of age at the time of the offense but less than 18 years of age at the time of trial. Removes the requirement that money paid for a human trafficking victim or for an act performed by a human trafficking victim be paid to a third party, and specifies that a person commits the offense if the person knows or reasonably should know that the victim is a human trafficking victim. Increases the penalty if the person knows or reasonably should know that the human trafficking victim is less than 18 years of age. Specifies that consent by the human trafficking victim is not a defense to a prosecution. Requires law enforcement agencies to report human trafficking investigations to the attorney general within 30 days after an investigation begins.
 Current Status:   4/22/2021 - DEAD BILL: Fails to advance by Spring adjournment of the 2021 legislative session
 Recent Status:   4/15/2021 - , (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
4/12/2021 - House Advisors appointed Olthoff, Negele and Hatcher
 
HB1205RIOTING. (MCNAMARA W) Removes immunity under the Indiana tort claims act for the failure to enforce a law if the failure to enforce the law: (1) occurs in connection with an unlawful assembly; and (2) constitutes gross negligence. Requires a person convicted of a battery against a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services provider to: (1) serve a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 or 90 days, depending on the severity of the injury; and (2) make restitution to the victim. Defines "tumultuous conduct" and "unlawful assembly" for purposes of the rioting statute, and requires a person convicted of rioting to: (1) serve a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 days; and (2) make restitution to the victim. Defines "camp" and "state capitol and related property", and makes unlawful camping on state capitol and related property a Class A misdemeanor. Allows for the civil forfeiture of property that is used by a person to finance a crime committed by a person while a (lawful or unlawful) protest was taking place. Adds enhanced penalties to the crimes of: (1) rioting; (2) criminal mischief; (3) intimidation; and (4) disorderly conduct. Adds a sentence enhancement to battery committed while a (lawful or unlawful) protest was taking place. Defines "defunding law enforcement" and allows a person to bring an action to enjoin a local unit from defunding law enforcement.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1209BIAS MOTIVATED CRIMES. (PORTER G) Provides that a bias motivated crime is a crime in which the person who commits the crime knowingly or intentionally selects: (1) the individual against whom the crime was committed; or (2) any property damaged or otherwise affected by the crime; in whole or in part because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, or disability of the individual or a group of individuals, whether or not the person's belief or perception was correct. Amends the law that requires law enforcement agencies to collect and report information concerning bias motivated crimes.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1211DETENTION OF JUVENILES CHARGED AS ADULTS. (BOY P) Requires the department of correction to adopt jail standards that prohibit a jail from housing a child less than 18 years of age in the same cell as an adult, even if the child is charged as an adult or has been convicted of an offense as an adult. Specifies that a county jail may transfer a child if necessary to comply with the prohibition against housing a child in the same cell as an adult.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1213PROHIBITION OF CONVERSION THERAPY. (ERRINGTON S) Prohibits a mental health provider from engaging in conversion therapy with a patient less than 18 years of age, and subjects a mental health provider who violates the prohibition to disciplinary action.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Public Health
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1216RANKED CHOICE VOTING FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS. (ERRINGTON S) Permits a municipality to implement ranked choice voting for all of the municipality's elected offices. Permits a county to implement ranked choice voting for all offices elected in the county. Permits a school corporation to implement ranked choice voting for election of members of the governing body of the school corporation. Establishes the procedure for a voter to rank the candidates according to the voter's choice when there are three or more candidates for election to an office. Establishes the procedures to count the voter's choices as votes at various stages of tabulating ballots. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Elections and Apportionment
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1223EXPUNGEMENT AND SCHOOLS. (MAYFIELD P) Allows disclosure of expunged records to a school in connection with the employment of a person likely to have contact with a student.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1226VOTE CENTERS. (TESHKA J) Requires that a vote center county must establish at least one vote center in each municipality located in the county.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Elections and Apportionment
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1232RIGHT TO CARRY A HANDGUN. (PRESCOTT J) Repeals the law that requires a person to obtain a license to carry a handgun in Indiana. Specifies that certain persons who are not otherwise prohibited from carrying or possessing a handgun are not required to obtain or possess a license or permit from the state to carry a handgun in Indiana. Prohibits certain individuals from knowingly or intentionally carrying a handgun. Creates the crime of "unlawful carrying of a handgun". Provides that a prohibited person who knowingly or intentionally carries a handgun commits a Class A misdemeanor. Specifies that the unlawful carrying of a handgun is a Level 4 felony when a person: (1) is less than 21 years of age; and (2) has an adjudication as a delinquent child for an act described by IC 35-47-4-5 (unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon). Allows a resident of Indiana who wishes to carry a firearm in another state under a reciprocity agreement entered into by Indiana and the other state to obtain from the superintendent of the state police department a reciprocity license. Requires law enforcement agencies to make use of certain data bases when issuing reciprocity licenses. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Public Policy
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1241POSSESSION OF FIREARMS. (ELLINGTON J) Repeals the law that requires a person to obtain a license to carry a handgun in Indiana. Specifies that certain persons who are not otherwise prohibited from carrying or possessing a handgun are not required to obtain or possess a license or permit from the state to carry a handgun in Indiana. Prohibits certain individuals from knowingly or intentionally carrying a handgun including persons convicted of a federal or state offense punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding one year. Creates the crime of "unlawful carrying of a handgun". Provides that a prohibited person who knowingly or intentionally carries a handgun commits a Class A misdemeanor. Specifies that the unlawful carrying of a handgun is a Level 4 felony when a person: (1) is less than 23 years of age; and (2) has an adjudication as a delinquent child for an act described by IC 35-47-4-5 (unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon). Allows a resident of Indiana who wishes to carry a firearm in another state under a reciprocity agreement entered into by Indiana and the other state to obtain from the superintendent of the state police department a reciprocity license. Requires law enforcement agencies to make use of certain data bases when issuing reciprocity licenses. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Public Policy
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1245PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH DISCRIMINATION. (BAUER M) Prohibits an employer from discriminating against a pregnant job applicant or employee. Requires an employer to provide reasonable employment accommodations for a pregnant employee. Requires the civil rights commission to investigate complaints and attempt to resolve complaints.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Employment, Labor and Pensions
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1256JUVENILE COURT JURISDICTION. (MCNAMARA W) Provides that a child who: (1) commits indecent display by a youth; or (2) commits dangerous possession of a firearm or provides a firearm to another child in certain circumstances; has committed a delinquent act subject to the jurisdiction of a juvenile court.
 Current Status:   4/19/2021 - Public Law 84
 Recent Status:   4/19/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/19/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
HB1261CLOSED CAPTIONING. (MILLER D) Requires that an owner or operator of a public accommodation must activate closed captioning on all television receivers that are in use during regular hours. Provides that the definition of "television receiver" includes a receiver or electronic device that receives television or streamed programming and has the ability to display closed captioning, including a television, a display screen, and a digital set top box. Allows the civil rights commission (commission) to investigate violations and enforce compliance. Provides that the commission may impose the following civil penalties: (1) $50 for the first violation. (2) $150 for the second violation. (3) $300 for the third violation. (4) $500 for the fourth violation and each subsequent violation. Provides that if a penalty is imposed, the commission must enter into a remedial plan with the owner or operator for the first violation.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   2/2/2021 - House Bills on Second Reading
2/1/2021 - House Bills on Second Reading
 
HB1269CHILD AND DEPENDENT CARE TAX CREDIT. (HAMILTON C) Provides a child and dependent care refundable tax credit against an individual's Indiana adjusted gross income tax for employment related child and dependent care expenses based on the taxpayer's Indiana adjusted gross income and a percentage of the federal child and dependent care tax credit the taxpayer claimed for the taxable year for federal income tax purposes.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1273SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS. (HAMILTON C) Provides that sales of feminine hygiene products are exempt from the state gross retail tax.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Ways and Means
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1276ELIMINATION OF TEXTBOOK FEES. (HATFIELD R) Requires each public school to provide curricular materials at no cost to each student enrolled in the public school. Establishes the curricular materials fund (fund) to provide state advancements for costs incurred by public schools in providing curricular materials to students at no cost. Provides that the department of education (department) shall administer the fund. Provides that for state fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2021, money in the fund is continually appropriated. Requests an appropriation in the state budget for the biennium beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2023, to fund curricular materials. Repeals a requirement that a school corporation must offer curricular materials at a reasonable rate to a family that moves during the school term. Repeals a requirement that a township trustee must use specified accounting methods for a curricular materials rental fund. Makes corresponding changes.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Ways and Means
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1278EDUCATION MATTERS. (JUDY C) Provides that, for each school year, a school corporation shall conduct at least: (1) 900 hours of instructional time for students in grades 1 through 6; and (2) 1,080 hours of instructional time for students in grades 7 through 12. (Current law requires the following: (1) That a school corporation conducts at least 180 student instructional days. (2) That a student instructional day in grades 1 through 6 consists of at least five hours of instructional time and a student instructional day in grades 7 through 12 consists of at least six hours of instructional time.) Defines "instructional day". Simplifies and makes corresponding changes to reducing tuition support if a school corporation fails to conduct the minimum number of instructional hours during a school year. Repeals a provision that requires a qualified district or qualified high school to provide 64,800 minutes of instruction and learning for grades 9 through 12. Makes corresponding changes, including corresponding changes to the school flex program and to the calculation for determining full-time equivalency for average daily membership. Provides that, after June 30, 2022, a school's annual performance may not include English/language arts scores on the statewide assessment for a limited English proficient student who has been enrolled in schools in the United States for less than 12 months. Provides that a school's annual performance may measure only a particular student's growth in English/language arts on the statewide assessment if the particular student is a limited English proficient student who has been enrolled in schools in the United States for at least 12 months but less than 24 months.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Education
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1280CORE 40. (JORDAN J) Provides that a high school may replace certain high school courses on the high school transcript with alternative courses in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) in order to satisfy an Indiana diploma with a Core 40 with academic honors designation or another designation requirement.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Education
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1284POLICE DASHBOARD AND BODY CAMERAS. (HARRIS JR. E) Requires local law enforcement agencies and certain state law enforcement agencies, not later than July 1, 2022, to provide, maintain, and use body cameras and onboard recorders (dashboard cameras). Requires the law enforcement training board (board) to adopt rules not later than July 1, 2022, governing the use and maintenance of body cameras and onboard recorders by local law enforcement agencies and certain state law enforcement agencies. Allows the board to adopt emergency rules regarding body cameras and onboard recorders.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1286TELEHEALTH MATTERS. (LINDAUER S) Provides for a standard definition of telehealth in titles 12, 16, 25, and 27. Prohibits the Medicaid program from specifying originating sites and distant sites for purposes of Medicaid reimbursement. Changes the use of the term "telemedicine" to "telehealth". Expands the application of the telehealth statute to additional licensed practitioners instead of applying only to prescribers. Provides that veterinarians may provide telehealth services only when an existing veterinarian-client-patient relationship has been established. Amends the definition of "telehealth". Requires that the telehealth medical records be created and maintained under the same standards of appropriate practice for medical records for patients in an in-person setting. Amends requirements for a prescriber issuing a prescription to a patient via telehealth services. Specifies that a patient waives confidentiality of medical information concerning individuals in the vicinity when the patient is using telehealth. Prohibits certain health care policies that provide coverage for telehealth services from requiring the use of a specific information technology application for those services.
 Current Status:   4/13/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
 Recent Status:   2/24/2021 - Referred to Senate Health and Provider Services
2/24/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1289CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY OF HANDGUNS. (JACOB J) Repeals the law that requires a person to obtain a license to carry a handgun in Indiana. Provides that a nonresident of Indiana may carry a handgun in Indiana without possessing a license or permit to carry a handgun from the person's state of residence. Allows a member of the: (1) general assembly; (2) general assembly's professional staff; or (3) lobby registration commission; to possess a handgun on the Indiana government center campus if the person is not otherwise prohibited from possessing a firearm. Allows a person who wishes to carry a handgun in another state under a reciprocity agreement entered into by Indiana and the other state to obtain a license to carry a handgun. Beginning July 1, 2021, permits a person not otherwise prohibited from possessing a firearm under state or federal law to possess a firearm on any property that is: (1) affiliated with; (2) operated or managed by; (3) owned by; or (4) leased by; the department of natural resources. Defines certain terms. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Public Policy
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1295ELIMINATION OF GUN-FREE ZONES. (PRESCOTT J) Provides that beginning July 1, 2021, the state of Indiana may not regulate: (1) firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories; and (2) the ownership, possession, carrying, transportation, registration, transfer, and storage of firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories. Specifies certain exceptions. Provides that any provision of an ordinance, measure, enactment, rule, or policy enacted by the state and pertaining to: (1) firearms; (2) ammunition; (3) firearm accessories; and (4) the: (A) ownership; (B) possession; (C) carrying; (D) transportation; (E) registration; (F) transfer; and (G) storage of; firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories; is void July 1, 2021. Provides that a person not otherwise prohibited from carrying or possessing a firearm under federal or state law may carry or possess a firearm, without restriction, on property affiliated with, or regulated by, the following state agencies beginning July 1, 2021: (1) The Indiana state fair commission. (2) The Indiana department of administration. Provides the Indiana state fair commission and Indiana department of administration with rulemaking and emergency rulemaking authority to implement these changes. Specifies certain rulemaking deadlines. Defines certain terms. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Public Policy
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1298PROHIBITING BULLYING IN SCHOOLS. (SMITH V) Requires that the governing body of a school corporation: (1) give priority to the targeted student of an act of bullying to ensure the safety of the targeted student; (2) require school corporations to report the act of bullying to the targeted student's parents within three business days and the alleged perpetrator's parents within five business days after the incident is reported; (3) include provisions in the school corporation's discipline rules that require the school corporation to approve transfers to another school in the school corporation for the targeted student of an act of bullying; and (4) ensure that parents may review any audiovisual materials that contain graphic sexual or violent content used in an anti-bullying or suicide prevention program.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Education
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1301SAME DAY REGISTRATION. (SMITH V) Permits a voter to register at the polls by completing a voter registration form and an affirmation that the individual has not voted elsewhere in the election and by providing proof of residence. Requires the ballot of a voter who registers at the polls to be treated as a provisional ballot.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Elections and Apportionment
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1303COMMISSION ON THE SOCIAL STATUS OF BLACK MALES. (SMITH V) Changes the name of a member appointed to the commission on the social status of black males from superintendent of public instruction to secretary of education to recognize that after January 10, 2021, the position of chief executive officer of the department of education is transferred by law to the secretary of education appointed by the governor.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Government and Regulatory Reform
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1309PREGNANCY ACCOMMODATION. (ENGLEMAN K) Allows an employee to request an accommodation for the employee's pregnancy. Requires an employer to respond to an employee's request for an accommodation within a reasonable time frame. Provides that a request for accommodation does not require an employer to provide an accommodation for an employee's pregnancy, or impose a duty or obligation upon the employer to provide an accommodation or an exception to the employer's policies unless existing federal or state laws require that an accommodation must be made. Prohibits an employer from disciplining, terminating, or retaliating against an employee because the employee has requested or used an accommodation for the employee's pregnancy.
 Current Status:   4/20/2021 - Public Law 87
 Recent Status:   4/20/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/19/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
HB1310ABORTION. (PRESCOTT J) Provides that the general assembly shall convene in an "initiated session" to consider legislation to restrict abortion if either of the following occur: (1) the Supreme Court of the United States overrules the central holding of Roe v. Wade, Doe v. Bolton, and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey and clearly establishes that a state may prohibit abortion; or (2) an amendment to the Constitution of the United States is adopted that in whole or part clearly establishes that a state may prohibit abortion. Provides that an initiated session may not continue for more than 20 calendar days. Requires the attorney general to make an announcement and notify the governor and members of the general assembly concerning the decision from the Supreme Court of the United States involving Roe v. Wade or the amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Makes conforming changes.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1313STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. (CLERE E) Requires the Indiana management performance hub to: (1) use its data resources and technology to cross-reference with data bases of certain state agencies to identify certain former students with disabilities (eligible individuals); (2) coordinate with the state department of health to determine whether identified eligible individuals are deceased; and (3) provide the information concerning eligible individuals to the department of workforce development (DWD). Requires the state department of health to, not later than November 1, 2021, coordinate with the Indiana management performance hub. Requires the DWD to: (1) communicate with identified eligible individuals; and (2) provide to the eligible individuals a copy of a resource list concerning training and education opportunities and employment services resources. Requires the state advisory council on the education of children with disabilities (council) to annually update and submit the resource list to the department of education and the DWD. Requires the department of education and DWD to post a copy of the most recently updated resource list on the department's and DWD's Internet web sites. Requires the DWD, in consultation with the department of education, to prepare and submit an annual report to the general assembly and the council. Requires the state board of education to, not later than December 1, 2021, adopt rules to create an alternate diploma for students with significant cognitive disabilities.
 Current Status:   4/23/2021 - Public Law 113
 Recent Status:   4/23/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/22/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
HB1329SOCIAL IMPACT BONDS. (JOHNSON B) Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the topic of studying the viability of using social impact bonds to advance goals related to: (1) homelessness; (2) crime prevention; and (3) mental health.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Rules and Legislative Procedures
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1330AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION. (JOHNSON B) Provides that an application to obtain or renew a motor vehicle driver's license or permit or an identification card serves as a voter registration application unless the applicant expressly declines on the application to register to vote. Provides that a voter becomes registered to vote when the county voter registration office determines the voter appears to be eligible to vote at the address on the voter's voter registration application.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Elections and Apportionment
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1333CULTURAL AWARENESS AND COMPETENCE TRAINING. (SHACKLEFORD R) Provides that the state health data center (center) shall maintain statistics concerning race and ethnicity, sex, primary language, and disability status. (Under current law, the center is required to maintain statistics concerning gender and ethnicity.) Requires the center to adopt and implement the data collection standards established by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Provides that the state department of health, with the assistance of the office of minority health, shall establish a cultural awareness and competence training program for health care professionals. Provides that a health care professional must complete two hours of cultural awareness and competence training each year.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Public Health
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1334YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL. (SHACKLEFORD R) Adds "crime" and "juvenile justice" to the list of issues that the youth advisory council (council) is to provide information about to the general assembly. Modifies the membership of the council to include members who represent a racial minority and members who have been held in juvenile detention, are participating in or have participated in foster care, or are attending or have attended an alternative school. Provides that juvenile court judges, alternative schools, and community youth organizations shall appoint members to the council.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Rules and Legislative Procedures
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1343MINIMUM TEACHER SALARY. (ANDRADE M) Provides that, for a school year beginning after June 30, 2021, the minimum annual salary for a full-time teacher employed by a school corporation may not be less than $50,000. Provides that each full-time teacher employed by a school corporation shall receive a bonus of $1,000, not based on performance, from the school corporation for hardships related to teaching during the 2020-2021 school year due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to Committee on Education
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1345MINIMUM WAGE. (BOY P) Increases the minimum wage paid to certain employees in Indiana as follows: (1) After June 30, 2022, from $7.25 an hour to $8.20 an hour. (2) After December 31, 2022, from $8.20 an hour to $9.15 an hour. (3) After December 31, 2023, from $9.15 an hour to $10.10 an hour. (4) After December 31, 2024, from $10.10 an hour to $11.00 an hour. Provides that after December 31, 2024, and each subsequent December 31, the hourly minimum wage increases at the same percentage as any increase in the Consumer Price Index for the preceding calendar year. Increases the cash wage paid to tipped employees as follows: (1) After June 30, 2022, from $2.13 an hour to $3.00 an hour. (2) After December 31, 2022, from $3.00 an hour to $4.28 an hour. (3) After December 31, 2023, from $4.28 an hour to $5.56 an hour. (4) After December 31, 2024, from $5.56 an hour to $6.85 an hour. Provides that after December 31, 2025, and continuing for each subsequent December 31, the cash wage required to be paid to employees is equal to 70% of the hourly minimum wage. Provides that, if the federal minimum wage or cash wage is higher than the state minimum wage or cash wage, employers are required to pay the higher federal rate. Makes technical corrections and corresponding changes.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Employment, Labor and Pensions
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1347TELEMEDICINE. (LINDAUER S) Expands the list of medical professionals from which home health agencies may accept written orders. Changes the requirements for the issuance of a prescription via telemedicine. Provides that advanced practice registered nurses may operate in multiple locations in collaboration with a physician. Increases the number of pharmacy technicians that a single licensed pharmacist may supervise. Provides that pharmacy technicians may perform certain work remotely without the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Public Health
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1349HEALTH CARE FOR INCARCERATED WOMEN. (PACK R) Requires the department of correction (department) to provide free and unlimited access to toilet paper, tampons, and pads to any incarcerated woman held by the department. Requires the department to administer certain medications for women suffering from an active substance use disorder during pregnancy. Requires the department to create and implement written policies that do the following: (1) Provide women with access to: (A) conventional beds; or (B) bottom bunks; during pregnancy or the six weeks following the delivery of a child, as applicable, in order to minimize the risk of serious injury in the event of a fall. (2) Require the timely reporting of certain obstetric emergencies to a physician or qualified medical professional. (3) Comply with specified requirements concerning the use of restraints, shackles, and restraint techniques on pregnant and postpartum women. (4) Require correctional officers to remain outside of delivery rooms in certain instances. Provides the department with rulemaking and emergency rulemaking authority for the purpose of creating and implementing certain practices and policies. Requires the department to adopt specified standards that apply to county jails. Provides that: (1) agents; (2) employees; and (3) persons contracted to work on behalf of the department; are immune from civil liability, damages, and punitive damages, for certain acts or omissions. Specifies an exception. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1350COVERAGE FOR DOULA SERVICES. (BAUER M) Requires a state employee health plan, a policy of accident and sickness insurance, and a health maintenance organization contract to provide coverage for services provided by a doula to an insured before, during, and after childbirth. Requires a hospital to allow a doula to accompany a patient at the hospital, including attending a live birth, at the request of the patient.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Financial Institutions and Insurance
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1358PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH ACCOMMODATION. (NEGELE S) Requires an employer to provide reasonable employment accommodations for a pregnant employee. Requires the department of labor to investigate complaints and attempt to resolve complaints through the use of an administrative law judge. Allows for appeals.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Employment, Labor and Pensions
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1361VOTER REGISTRATION. (PFAFF T) Permits a voter to register at the polls by completing a voter registration form and an affirmation that the person has not voted elsewhere in the election and by providing proof of residence. Provides that the voter registration period in a general or municipal election continues up until the day before the general or municipal election. (Current law provides that the registration period in a general or municipal election ceases on the twenty-ninth day before a general or municipal election is conducted.)
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1362NEWBORN SCREENING FOR CYTOMEGALOVIRUS. (BARRETT B) Requires infants to be screened for cytomegalovirus. Specifies: (1) dates and symptoms for recommended cytomegalovirus screening; and (2) a date for universal screening of cytomegalovirus in infants.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to Committee on Public Health
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1366COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION. (ERRINGTON S) Prohibits the state board of education from distributing human immunodeficiency virus literature to students without the consent of the governing body of the school corporation the students attend. Requires instruction in state accredited schools on human sexuality or sexually transmitted diseases to be based on information that is medically and scientifically accurate and age appropriate. Lists the criteria that instruction on human sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases must meet.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Education
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1369FIREARMS MATTERS. (SMALTZ B) Effective March 30, 2022: (1) Repeals the law that requires a person to obtain a license to carry a handgun in Indiana; (2) Specifies that certain persons who are not otherwise prohibited from carrying or possessing a handgun are not required to obtain or possess a license or permit from the state to carry a handgun in Indiana; (3) Prohibits certain individuals from knowingly or intentionally carrying a handgun; (4) Creates the crime of "unlawful carrying of a handgun"; (5) Provides that a prohibited person who knowingly or intentionally carries a handgun commits a Class A misdemeanor; (6) Specifies that the unlawful carrying of a handgun is a Level 5 felony if a person: (A) is less than 23 years of age; and (B) has an adjudication as a delinquent child for an act described by IC 35-47-4-5 (unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon); (7) Allows a resident of Indiana who wishes to carry a firearm in another state under a reciprocity agreement entered into by Indiana and the other state to obtain from the superintendent of the state police department a reciprocity license; (8) Requires law enforcement agencies to make use of certain data bases when issuing reciprocity licenses; (9) Specifies the following fees for reciprocity licenses: (A) $0 for five year reciprocity licenses, and (B) $75 for lifetime reciprocity licenses; (10) Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally exerts unauthorized control over a firearm of another person with the intent to deprive the person of any part of its value or use commits theft, a Level 5 felony; and (11) Allows for the imposition of an additional fixed term of imprisonment when a person knowingly or intentionally: (A) points; or (B) discharges; a firearm at someone the person knew, or reasonably should have known, was a first responder. Effective July 1, 2021: (1) Provides that the following must develop a process that allows law enforcement officers the ability to quickly access information about whether a person is a prohibited person who may not knowingly or intentionally carry a handgun: (A) The state police department; (B) The bureau of motor vehicles; (C) Local law enforcement agencies; and (D) Any other state entity with access to information related to persons who may not knowingly or intentionally carry a handgun; (2) Provides that the information made available to law enforcement officers must meet all state and federal statutory, constitutional, and regulatory requirements; and (3) Allows state entities to enter into a memorandum of understanding to ensure that all legal requirements are met. Defines certain terms. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   4/13/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
 Recent Status:   4/1/2021 - added as cosponsor Senator Rogers
4/1/2021 - added as cosponsors Senators Niemeyer, Donato, Baldwin
 
HB1375ELIMINATION OF GUN-FREE ZONES. (LUCAS J) Provides that beginning July 1, 2021, the state of Indiana may not regulate: (1) firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories; and (2) the ownership, possession, carrying, transportation, registration, transfer, and storage of firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories. Specifies certain exceptions. Provides that any provision of an ordinance, measure, enactment, rule, or policy enacted by the state and pertaining to: (1) firearms; (2) ammunition; (3) firearm accessories; and (4) the: (A) ownership; (B) possession; (C) carrying; (D) transportation; (E) registration; (F) transfer; and (G) storage of; firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories; is void July 1, 2021. Provides that a person not otherwise prohibited from carrying or possessing a firearm under federal or state law may carry or possess a firearm, without restriction, on property affiliated with, or regulated by, the following state agencies beginning July 1, 2021: (1) The Indiana department of natural resources. (2) The Indiana state fair commission. (3) The Indiana department of administration. (4) The Indiana department of workforce development. Provides certain commissions and departments with rulemaking and emergency rulemaking authority to implement these changes. Specifies certain rulemaking deadlines. Prohibits a state educational institution (institution) from regulating the possession or transportation of firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories: (1) on land that is; or (2) in buildings and other structures that are; owned, leased, or managed by the institution. Specifies certain exceptions. Voids, as of July 1, 2021, any rules or policies enacted or undertaken by an institution before, on, or after June 30, 2021, that concern the possession or transportation of firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories on land or in structures owned or leased by the institution. Allows a person to bring an action against an institution if the person is adversely affected by a rule, a measure, an enactment, or a policy that: (1) is adopted or enforced by the institution; and (2) concerns the possession or transportation of firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories on land or in structures owned, leased, or managed by the institution. Defines certain terms. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Public Policy
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1382STUDENT ID CARD. (MOSELEY C) Requires each approved postsecondary educational institution to issue to each of its students a student ID card that contains all the information on the card that makes the card an acceptable proof of identification under Indiana election law.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1384CIVICS EDUCATION. (COOK A) Requires, not later than July 1, 2022, the state board of education, in coordination with the department of education, to establish standards for civics education. Establishes the: (1) Indiana civic education commission; and (2) duties of the commission. Provides that each school corporation, charter school, and state accredited nonpublic school shall require each student to successfully complete in grade 6, 7, or 8 one semester of a civics education course. Provides that the civics education standards in effect on July 2, 2022, may only be changed by the express authorization of the general assembly.
 Current Status:   4/8/2021 - Public Law 39
 Recent Status:   4/8/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/8/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
HB1389WAIVER OF COURT FEES RELATING TO KINSHIP CARE. (SUMMERS V) Waives court costs and fees associated with the kinship care of a minor.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1390TASK FORCE TO COMBAT RACISM AS A HEALTH CRISIS. (SUMMERS V) Establishes the task force to combat racism as a public health crisis (task force). Specifies the duties of the task force. Requires the task force to make recommendations to the general assembly and the governor: (1) concerning policies and programs that combat racism and mitigate the effects of racism on individual and public health; and (2) identifying appropriate funding for the policies and programs recommended by the task force. Requires the task force to issue a report before November 1, 2022.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Public Health
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1391KINSHIP CARE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. (SUMMERS V) Establishes the kinship care oversight committee (committee). Requires the committee to study all aspects of kinship care. Specifies other duties of the committee. Authorizes the committee to meet at any time at the call of the chairperson. Specifies other policies governing the committee. Establishes a kinship care oversight advisory board to advise the committee in carrying out its duties. Specifies the policies governing the kinship care oversight advisory board.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Family, Children and Human Affairs
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1397TECHNICAL TRAINING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. (GOODRICH C) Provides that the governor's workforce cabinet may establish a course catalog that shall list all: (1) work based learning, preapprenticeship, and apprenticeship opportunities in Indiana; and (2) providers that are eligible to receive high value workforce ready grants. Provides that a high school may replace certain high school courses on the high school transcript with alternative courses in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) in order to satisfy an Indiana diploma with a Core 40 with academic honors designation or another designation requirement.
 Current Status:   4/13/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
 Recent Status:   4/8/2021 - added as cosponsor Senator Walker K
4/8/2021 - added as third sponsor Senator Crane
 
HB1403SCHOOL CORPORATION REFERENDA. (PACK R) Repeals provisions that provide: (1) that a school corporation may distribute money that is received as part of a referendum tax levy to a charter school that is located in the attendance area of the school corporation; and (2) that the resolution adopted by a school corporation to place a referendum on the ballot must indicate whether proceeds collected from the tax levy will be used to provide a distribution to a charter school, as well as the amount that will be distributed.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Education
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1411CONSUMER LOAN FINANCE CHARGES. (ELLINGTON J) Makes the following changes to the Uniform Consumer Credit Code: (1) Provides that for a consumer loan, a lender may contract for a loan finance charge not exceeding 36% per year, in the case of a loan agreement entered into after June 30, 2021 (versus a loan finance charge not exceeding 25%, in the case of a loan agreement entered into before July 1, 2021, and in the case of any consumer loan under current law). (2) Amends the definition of "supervised loan" to provide that the term applies only to specified consumer loans for which a loan agreement is entered into before July 1, 2021. (3) Amends the provisions concerning the permitted loan finance charge for supervised loans to provide that the provisions apply only to a loan agreement (or to an agreement for the refinancing or consolidation of a loan) that is entered into before July 1, 2021. (4) Specifies that if a supervised loan entered into by a lender and a debtor before July 1, 2021, is paid in full by a new loan from the same lender after June 30, 2021, the new loan is not considered a supervised loan and is subject to provisions on the permitted loan finance charge for consumer loans. Makes conforming changes to provisions in the Indiana Code that reference the permitted finance charge for supervised loans.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Financial Institutions and Insurance
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1413RURAL BROADBAND FUND. (MANNING E) Provides that eligible rural employers qualify for loans under the rural broadband fund. Provides that the office of community and rural affairs (office) shall establish procedures for awarding grants to eligible rural employers. Specifies that the office shall act on an application not later than 30 days after receipt of an eligible rural employer's application.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1414BARRETT LAW ASSESSMENTS FOR BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT. (KARICKHOFF M) Allows a county or municipality to use Barrett Law assessments to fund projects for the deployment of broadband infrastructure in areas in which there is not at least one provider of terrestrial broadband Internet service.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1424SEX OFFENDERS AND PARKS. (SMALTZ B) Provides that the offense of unlawful entry by a serious sex offender includes when a serious sex offender knowingly or intentionally enters a public park or a public pool.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1426BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT. (SULLIVAN H) Changes the criteria for eligibility of broadband grants for rural areas.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1429SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS AND EMERGENCY MEDICATION. (BAUER M) Allows a school bus driver to administer emergency stock medication to: (1) a student at the school; (2) a school employee; or (3) a visitor at the school; if the school bus driver has been trained by a health care provider to recognize a life threatening emergency and properly administer emergency medication.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Education
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1430PROTECTIONS FOR PREGNANT INMATES. (BAUER M) Provides that the department of correction, a county jail, a juvenile detention center, or a juvenile detention facility shall: (1) use the least restrictive restraints necessary on a pregnant inmate when the pregnant inmate is in the second or third trimester of pregnancy; or (2) no restraints on a pregnant inmate who is in labor, delivering a baby, recuperating from a delivery, or dealing with a medical emergency related to the pregnancy, with certain exceptions. Provides that the department of correction, a county jail, a juvenile detention center, or a juvenile detention facility shall provide specific care, treatment, and education for pregnant inmates and inmates who have recently given birth. Repeals the current statute concerning prenatal and postnatal care and treatment and incorporates it into a new chapter concerning medical care and treatment for pregnant inmates. Establishes the women's prison oversight advisory committee. Defines "pregnant inmate" and "restraints".
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1434CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX. (OLTHOFF J) Increases the cigarette tax by $1 to $1.995 per pack of regular size cigarettes and makes a corresponding increase for larger cigarettes. Provides that revenue received from the increase in cigarette tax is deposited in the state general fund for the purpose of paying appropriations for Medicaid-Current Obligations, for provider reimbursements. Makes corresponding adjustments to the percentage of taxes deposited into other funds. Amends the definition of "tobacco product" to include e-liquid and an electronic cigarette. Amends the definition of "wholesale price" concerning tobacco products manufactured and sold in Indiana. Increases the tax on tobacco products (other than moist snuff) to 39% of the wholesale price of tobacco products.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   2/4/2021 - Referred to the Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
2/4/2021 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
 
HB1439COERCED ABORTIONS, PROTECTION OF A FETUS, AND WRONGFUL DEATH OR INJURY OF A CHILD. (KING J) Requires that a woman seeking an abortion must be informed that a coerced abortion is illegal. Provides that certain medical personnel must inquire with a woman seeking an abortion whether the abortion is coerced. Requires certain medical personnel who believe that an abortion is coerced to offer the pregnant woman information on certain services, the use of a telephone, and an alternative exit from the health care facility. Makes it a Level 6 felony if a person knowingly or intentionally coerces a woman into having an abortion. Makes it a Level 6 felony if a father or putative father of an unborn child knowingly or intentionally coerces a pregnant woman into having an abortion. Mandates reports of a coerced abortion to law enforcement. Makes it a Class C infraction if a reproductive health facility knowingly employs a mandatory reporter who violates the mandatory reporting statute. Creates a cause of action for a wrongful death of an aborted child. Provides that a cause of action for the wrongful death or injury of a child includes a fetus in any stage of development. (Current law defines "child" as a fetus that has attained viability.) Provides that a person, or a person who is pregnant, is justified in using reasonable force to protect a fetus.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1442SEAT BELTS ON SCHOOL BUSES. (BARTLETT J) Requires a governing body, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school seeking to purchase a school bus or special purpose bus to request information concerning the cost of purchasing a school bus or special purpose bus equipped with 3-point lap and shoulder safety belts. Requires the governing body, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school to hold a public hearing on the costs and benefits of purchasing a school bus or special purpose bus with 3-point lap and shoulder safety belts before voting on whether to purchase a school bus or special purpose bus equipped with 3-point lap and shoulder safety belts. Allows a school corporation or charter school to use a portion of a grant from the safe schools fund or the secured school fund toward purchasing or equipping school buses and special purpose buses with safety equipment. Allows an accredited nonpublic school to use a grant from the safe schools fund for purchasing or equipping school buses and special purpose buses with safety equipment. Requires each occupant of a school bus or special purpose bus that has a 3-point lap and shoulder safety belt to have the 3-point lap and shoulder safety belt properly fastened about the occupant's body at all times when the bus is in motion. Provides for an exception to the laws concerning other types of passenger restraint systems.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Education
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1443INFANT FABRY DISEASE SCREENING. (ROWRAY E) Requires every infant to be screened for Fabry disease at the earliest feasible time.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Public Health
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1444COMPREHENSIVE STUDENT SUPPORT PROGRAM. (SHACKLEFORD R) Establishes the comprehensive student support program (program) for the purposes of: (1) funding the formation and staffing of school based and district level comprehensive student support teams; (2) improving staffing ratios for student support personnel; (3) supporting the creation, expansion, and work of multidisciplinary school teams to address the school environment, school safety, school improvement, and crisis intervention and emergency preparedness; and (4) professional development for student support personnel. Provides that the board of education administers the program. Establishes the comprehensive student support program fund for the purpose of funding the program, and annually appropriates to the fund $1,000,000 from cigarette tax revenue, registration fees, fines, and penalties deposited in the state general fund.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Education
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1448ADOPTION. (TORR J) Permits an individual who seeks to adopt a child less than 18 years of age to file a petition for adoption in any county in Indiana if either of the following is filed with the petition: (1) A written consent to the adoption from each individual whose consent to the adoption is required under Indiana law; (2) A certified copy of a court order terminating the parental rights of each parent whose consent to the adoption is required under Indiana law. Requires notice of an adoption petition to be delivered to imprisoned or detained individuals. Specifies certain requirements when delivering notice of a petition for adoption to an individual whose address is unknown. Provides that certain notice requirements concerning petitions for adoption are met even when the recipient of the notice refuses to accept the offer or tender of the notice. Requires that the notice of an adoption must be given to the local office of the department of child services, if the child is the subject of an open or pending child in need of services proceeding. Mandates that the notice of an adoption must be given to the entity, facility, or individual of which the child is a ward if the child is a subject of an open or pending juvenile delinquency proceeding. Specifies certain other requirements concerning notice for petitions for adoption. Requires the setting aside of an adoption decree if notice is not properly effectuated and the adoption decree is challenged within 45 days of when it was entered. Allows the court to set aside a dismissal of a motion to contest under certain circumstances. Allows the court to consider, in the context of a motion to contest, (1) the parent's substance abuse; (2) the parent's voluntary unemployment; or (3) instability in the parent's household, if the parent has made substantial and continuing progress and it appears reasonably likely that progress will continue. Makes conforming amendments..
 Current Status:   4/29/2021 - Public Law 203
 Recent Status:   4/29/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/28/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
HB1449BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT. (SOLIDAY E) Amends the statute governing the awarding of grants from the rural broadband fund as follows: (1) Provides that an "eligible broadband project" for purposes of the statute includes a project for the deployment of terrestrial broadband infrastructure: (A) to buildings used by public school corporations primarily for educating students; (B) to rural health clinics; (C) to ensure that eligible students (defined as Indiana residents who are less than 23 years of age and who are enrolled in a K-12 school in Indiana) have access points providing a connection to eligible broadband service; and (D) in rural areas in Indiana. (Current law provides that an "eligible broadband project" means only a project for the deployment of broadband infrastructure for the provision of eligible broadband service in rural areas in Indiana.) (2) Specifies that terrestrial broadband infrastructure includes infrastructure used for a fixed wireless Internet connection but does not include infrastructure used for a satellite Internet connection. (3) Provides that "eligible broadband service" means a connection to the Internet that provides an actual speed of at least: (A) 1,000 megabits per second downstream for a project involving the deployment of broadband infrastructure to public school corporation buildings or rural health clinics; or (B) 50 megabits per second downstream and at least five megabits per second upstream for a project to provide to eligible students access points for connections to eligible broadband service, or for a project to provide eligible broadband service to rural areas. (4) Specifies the following priorities for the awarding of grants from the rural broadband fund: (A) First, for extending eligible broadband service to public school corporation buildings with respect to which the only available Internet connections are at actual speeds of less than 1,000 megabits per second downstream. (B) Second, for extending eligible broadband service to rural health clinics with respect to which the only available Internet connections are at actual speeds of less than 1,000 megabits per second downstream. (C) Third, for extending eligible broadband service so as to ensure that every eligible student has at the student's residence an access point providing a connection to eligible broadband service. (D) Fourth, extending eligible broadband service to rural areas in which the only available connections to the Internet are at actual speeds of less than 25 megabits per second downstream. (5) Provides that a state agency may fund an eligible broadband project that is designated as a lower priority under the funding priorities set forth in the statute if no competitive applications for eligible broadband projects designated as a higher priority are submitted in a particular round of grant funding. (6) Specifies that a grant may not be awarded from the rural broadband fund: (A) for any project to extend the deployment of eligible broadband service to one or more service addresses for which funding from the federal government has been used or will be disbursed to extend broadband service at actual speeds of at least 25 megabits per second downstream to those same addresses; or (B) if the awarding of the grant would jeopardize funding that has been awarded by the federal government under certain programs for purposes of expanding broadband service in Indiana. (7) Provides that the system of priorities used by the office of community and rural affairs (office) for awarding grants from the rural broadband fund must give preference to projects that require a lower contribution from the fund per passing, as determined by a specified calculation. (8) Provides that the procedures established by the office for the awarding of grants from the rural broadband fund must require the office to: (A) include, in publishing grant applications to the office's Internet web site, specific addresses for which state funds would be used to provide eligible broadband service; and (B) consider, in making a determination as to whether to award a grant to an applicant, all comments or objections received during the statutory comment period, including any new grant application that: (i) is submitted within the statutory comment period by another eligible broadband service provider; and (ii) indicates that such other provider would be willing to provide eligible broadband service to the same addresses at a lower cost to the state. (9) Requires the office to establish a program to expand broadband Internet connectivity by: (A) entering into agreements with broadband service providers under which such providers agree to accept subsidy payments distributed by the office as a form of payment for eligible broadband service; and (B) distributing subsidy payments to participating providers to be used as a form of payment for eligible broadband service provided before July 1, 2025, to certain persons and entities, prioritized as follows: (i) School buildings. (ii) Rural health clinics. (iii) Eligible students. Provides that money in the rural broadband fund may be used to provide financial assistance under the new program. (10) Requires the office to establish and publish on the office's Internet web site: (A) specific, measurable goals; and (B) metrics to be used in assessing the progress made toward accomplishing those goals; for the disbursement of state broadband grant funds. (11) Requires the office to report annually to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications (rather than to the general assembly, under current law) concerning the awarding of state broadband grants. (12) Requires the state board of accounts to conduct an annual audit (rather than an audit every three years, under current law) of the awarding of state broadband grants. Establishes the Indiana broadband connectivity program (connectivity program), under which the office must establish a public broadband portal through which an individual may report that minimum broadband Internet (defined as a connection to the Internet at an actual speed of at least 25 megabits per second downstream and at least three megabits per second upstream) is unavailable at the individual's residential or business address. Provides that the public broadband portal must solicit information as to whether one or more eligible students reside at an address that is reported by an individual through the portal. Provides that the office may contract or consult with one or more third parties in the creation or administration of the portal. Provides that a broadband Internet provider may: (1) register with the connectivity program; (2) receive, at least every three months, notice of addresses submitted to the office as addresses at which minimum broadband Internet is unavailable; (3) report to the office any listed address at which the provider's minimum broadband Internet service is already available; and (4) bid for an award of a grant for purposes of extending connectivity to broadband Internet service (defined as a connection to the Internet at an actual speed of at least 50 megabits per second downstream and at least five megabits per second upstream) to an address at which minimum broadband Internet is unavailable. Provides that if the office does not receive notice from any providers that minimum broadband Internet is available at an address reported through the public broadband portal, the office shall transmit to each registered provider
 Current Status:   4/20/2021 - Public Law 89
 Recent Status:   4/20/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/19/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
HB1452CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH. (JOHNSON B) Provides that a hospital police officer may, within one year after being appointed as a hospital police officer, complete training to become a crisis intervention team trained officer. Provides that the governing board of the hospital shall require an individual appointed as a hospital police officer to annually attend inservice training courses approved by the governing board of the hospital, including training courses on verbal deescalation skills, immediate detention laws and best practices, and suicide prevention.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Public Health
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1456USE OF PUBLIC RESTROOMS. (BORDERS B) Makes it a Class B misdemeanor if: (1) a male knowingly or intentionally enters a restroom that is designated to be used only by females; or (2) a female knowingly or intentionally enters a restroom that is designated to be used only by males. Provides for certain defenses.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1458BIRTH CERTIFICATE INFORMATION. (BORDERS B) Provides that the gender listed on an individual's birth certificate and permanent record made from the birth certificate may not be changed. Specifies certain exceptions.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Public Health
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1460POSSESSION OF FIREARMS. (BORDERS B) Repeals the law that requires a person to obtain a license to carry a handgun in Indiana. Specifies that certain persons who are not otherwise prohibited from carrying or possessing a handgun are not required to obtain or possess a license or permit from the state to carry a handgun in Indiana. Prohibits certain individuals from knowingly or intentionally carrying a handgun. Creates the crime of "unlawful carrying of a handgun". Provides that a prohibited person who knowingly or intentionally carries a handgun commits a Class A misdemeanor. Specifies that the unlawful carrying of a handgun is a Level 4 felony when a person: (1) is less than 23 years of age; and (2) has an adjudication as a delinquent child for an act described by IC 35-47-4-5 (unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon). Allows a resident of Indiana who wishes to carry a firearm in another state under a reciprocity agreement entered into by Indiana and the other state to obtain from the superintendent of the state police department a reciprocity license. Requires law enforcement agencies to make use of certain data bases when issuing reciprocity licenses. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Public Policy
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1470TEACHER SALARIES. (BOY P) Removes a provision that provides that a combination of certain factors may account for not more than 50% of the calculation used to determine an increase or increment in teacher salaries. Increases the basic tuition support appropriation. Makes an appropriation for additional basic tuition support. Provides that a school corporation must provide verification to the department of education that: (1) the school corporation provided each classroom teacher a salary increase of between 2% and 5%; and (2) the total cost incurred to provide the classroom teacher salary increases; in order to receive a basic tuition support distribution that includes a part of the additional appropriation.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Education
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1480INVESTIGATIONS OF POLICE OFFICERS. (PRYOR C) Requires the Indiana state police department (department) to investigate when a law enforcement officer uses force in attempting to apprehend or gain physical control of a person resulting in death or serious bodily injury to the person. Requires the law enforcement agency that employs the law enforcement officer to cooperate with the department in its investigation, but not to: (1) participate in the investigation; or (2) conduct an internal administrative investigation, if the internal administrative investigation interferes with the department's investigation. Requires the department to complete its investigation not later than 60 days after the date the department is notified of the incident and provide its findings to the county prosecutor or special prosecutor.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1499MENTAL HEALTH AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. (MILLER D) Requires the division of mental health and addiction (division), upon request, to issue a bracelet, an identification card, or both, indicating that an individual has been medically diagnosed with a mental illness, a substance addiction disorder, or both. Allows the division to charge a fee for the bracelet and identification card. Provides that the information collected by the division is confidential and establishes requirements before information may be released under a court order. Provides that if a person presents a bracelet or identification card issued by the division to a law enforcement officer, then the law enforcement officer shall use all reasonable means necessary to ensure that: (1) a crisis intervention team trained officer assists in the investigation that the law enforcement officer is conducting; and (2) the person is placed in a mental health facility before being confined in a county jail, if applicable. Requires the division to work with the law enforcement training board in a collaborative manner to develop best practice recommendations in order to ensure improved outcomes when a law enforcement officer encounters a person with a mental illness, a substance addiction disorder, or both.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1502POLICE MISCONDUCT COMPLAINT PROCESS. (SUMMERS V) Requires the attorney general to establish not later than January 1, 2022, an online portal and telephone hotline to receive complaints regarding police officer misconduct, including anonymous complaints. Requires a county, city, or town that has a police department to adopt an ordinance establishing an accountability office (office) that: (1) is not a part of the police department; and (2) receives and investigates police misconduct complaints, including anonymous complaints. Provides that a unit with a police contract in effect is not required to comply with the law until the contract and any continuation of terms expires.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1505MINORS TRANSITIONING TO THE OPPOSITE SEX. (JACOB J) Prohibits specified health care professionals from: (1) performing certain medical procedures on a minor; or (2) subjecting a minor to certain activities; with the intent of assisting the minor to physically transition to a gender that is inconsistent with the minor's biological sex.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Public Health
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1506FOSTERING AND ADOPTION IMMUNIZATION WAIVERS. (JACOB J) Provides that the department of child services may not require an individual or members of the individual's household to undergo an immunization as a condition of adopting a child or overseeing a child in foster care, if the individual provides: (1) written notice that the individual objects to the immunization on religious grounds; or (2) written certification from a physician that the immunization is or may be detrimental to the individual's health. Provides that the department of child services may not require an individual to undergo an immunization as a condition of issuing or renewing the individual's foster family home license, if the individual provides: (1) written notice that the individual objects to the immunization on religious grounds; or (2) written certification from a physician that the immunization is or may be detrimental to the individual's health.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Family, Children and Human Affairs
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1507MINIMUM TEACHER SALARY. (HATFIELD R) Provides that, for a school year beginning after June 30, 2021, the minimum annual salary for a full-time teacher employed by a school corporation may not be less than $50,000.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Education
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1508FREE CURRICULAR MATERIALS FOR A CHILD OF A VETERAN. (PACK R) Provides that a parent: (1) whose child is enrolled in kindergarten or grades 1 through 12 in a public, charter, or accredited nonpublic school; and (2) who is a veteran; may not be required to pay fees for the child's curricular materials, supplies, or other required class fees.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Education
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1511HAZING. (AUSTIN T) Requires: (1) a postsecondary educational institution; and (2) a national organization that sponsors or recognizes a local affiliate organization that includes students of a postsecondary educational institution; to develop and conduct an educational program on hazing. Requires a postsecondary educational institution or local affiliate organization to report an allegation of hazing involving: (1) serious bodily injury; or (2) a significant risk of serious bodily injury; not later than 72 hours after learning of the allegation. Requires, beginning in the 2023 academic school year: (1) a postsecondary educational institution to report incidents of hazing on the postsecondary educational institution's Internet web site; and (2) a local affiliate organization that includes students of a postsecondary educational institution to report incidents of hazing on the local affiliate organization's Internet web site.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Education
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1512NOTICE OF POLLING LOCATIONS; VOTER ACCESS. (AUSTIN T) Provides that a county election board shall do the following: (1) Give not less than 21 days notice of the place of voting in each precinct by publication on the county's Internet web site and in the local newspaper stating whether the polls are located in an accessible facility, the number of registered voters in the precinct, and the number of voting systems assigned to each facility. (2) Submit the place of voting in each precinct to the election division of the secretary of state's office not less than 29 days before an election. Provides that an elderly voter or a voter with a disability voting at an accessible facility shall be granted immediate access to a voting system.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Elections and Apportionment
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1513LAW ENFORCEMENT PERFORMANCE AUDITS. (PORTER G) Establishes the law enforcement performance audit pilot program to ensure that law enforcement agencies do not engage in discriminatory hiring practices or the use of excessive force.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1514VARIOUS EDUCATION MATTERS. (COOK A) Requires the state board of education (state board) to: (1) establish a compilation of longitudinal data indicating school performance success in various selected and enumerated program areas; and (2) present the data for each school in a manner that is commonly known as an Internet dashboard. Requires each school to post on a web page maintained on the school's Internet web site the exact same data and in a similar format as the data presented for the school on the state board's Internet web site. Allows a school to include custom indicators on the school's web page. Provides that the performance of a school's students on the statewide assessment program test and other criterion referenced benchmark assessments recommended by the department of education (department) and approved by the state board are the primary and majority means of assessing a school's improvement. (Current law provides that the performance of a school's students on the statewide assessment program test and other assessments recommended by the department and approved by the state board are the primary and majority means of assessing a school's improvement.) Provides that the state board may assign each domain, indicator, or measure used to assess school performance a separate and distinct category or designation. Provides that the state board shall assign to a school or school corporation (including adult high schools) a "null" or "no letter grade" for the 2020-2021 school year. Requires each governing body of a school corporation and the equivalent for each charter school to submit to the department a report that includes certain information regarding instruction during the 2020-2021 school year and the 2021-2022 school year. Requires the department to do the following: (1) Conduct, in collaboration with the state board, a learning loss study regarding students in kindergarten through grade 10. (2) Prepare a report regarding the 2020-2021 school year and a report regarding the 2021-2022 school year that includes the submitted information and the study by the department. (3) Not later than December 1, 2021, and not later than December 1, 2022, submit the applicable reports to the governor, state board, and legislative council. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee for the 2022 interim and the 2023 interim the task of studying the information in the reports. Amends requirements that a benchmark, formative, interim, or similar assessment must meet for approval by the state board. Provides that before the state board may approve a benchmark, formative, interim, or similar assessment, the assessment vendor must enter into a data share agreement with the department. Repeals provisions that: (1) provide consequences for failing schools; (2) provide consequences for failing charter schools or choice scholarship schools; and (3) authorize the establishment of turnaround academies.
 Current Status:   4/29/2021 - Public Law 211
 Recent Status:   4/29/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/28/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
HB1522BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT. (NEGELE S) Requires the office of technology (office) to produce a map illustrating the Indiana census blocks in which broadband service, defined relative to the broadband speed benchmark set forth by the Federal Communications Commission, is available to property owners within the census block. Requires the office to consider broadband service to not be available to property owners within a census block if eligible broadband service is available for purchase at less than 80% of the residential and commercial addresses within the census block. Provides that the office shall provide information collected for purposes of the map to the office of community and rural affairs for purposes of the rural broadband grant program. Provides for the confidentiality of information collected by the office from private entities for purposes of the map. Provides that a communications service provider that does not provide information regarding the communications service provider's broadband service within a census block for purposes of the map may not challenge: (1) the office's determination regarding whether broadband service is available within the census block; or (2) an application for a rural broadband grant for an eligible broadband project in an area containing the census block.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1523PARENTAL NOTIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF A MINOR. (SMALTZ B) Requires a health care provider, when providing treatment to a minor for alcoholism, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, or a venereal disease, to make a reasonable effort to contact the minor's parent or guardian to provide information on the minor's condition and proposed treatment and to document in writing each attempt the health care provider makes to contact the parent or guardian of the minor.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Public Health
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1531DCS AND THE EDUCATION COMMUNITY. (DEVON D) Defines "exigent circumstances" for purposes of action taken by the department of child services (DCS) with respect to a child. Allows DCS to interview a child at the child's school, except for at a nonaccredited nonpublic school with less than one employee, without parental consent if: (1) the DCS employee presents their credentials upon arrival at the school; and (2) DCS presents a written statement that DCS has parental consent, a court order, or exigent circumstances. Requires that the written statement shall not be maintained in the child's file and must protect the child's and child's family's confidentiality. Mandates that DCS provide assurances that the child's school, or its representative, has been invited to participate in the case plan process.
 Current Status:   4/29/2021 - Public Law 213
 Recent Status:   4/29/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/28/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
HB1532DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICES REPORTING. (DEVON D) Requires the department of child services (department) to annually submit to the general assembly a report providing specified information regarding cost reports submitted to the department by child caring institutions, group homes, child placing agencies, and private secure facilities. Requires the first such report submitted by the department to provide the specified information for the preceding four years.
 Current Status:   4/15/2021 - Public Law 61
 Recent Status:   4/15/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/14/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
HB1533TRAUMA INFORMED SCHOOLS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. (DEVON D) Provides that, before July 1, 2026, each school corporation, charter school, and state accredited nonpublic school shall require all school employees likely to have direct, ongoing contact with children within the scope of the employee's employment to attend or participate in inservice training pertaining to evidence based trauma informed classroom instruction and instruction in recognition of social emotional learning reactions to trauma that may interfere with a student's academic functioning. Allows a school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school to provide the training to the school employees in the manner specified by the school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school. Provides that, after June 30, 2026, the state board shall determine the timing and the frequency of the training.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Education
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1534CHILD ABUSE HOTLINE INFORMATION. (DEVON D) Requires each school corporation and charter school to place a poster listing the Indiana child abuse and neglect hotline's telephone number in each school library and classroom within the school corporation or charter school. Describes required dimensions for the poster listing the Indiana child abuse and neglect hotline's telephone number.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Education
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1536DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICES. (DEVON D) Provides that if the governor declares a state of disaster emergency, the department of child services (department) may: (1) allow older youth who are receiving collaborative care services at the time of the declaration to continue to receive collaborative care services for the duration of the state of disaster emergency; and (2) modify or suspend enforcement of a statute or rule specifying a time within which a foster parent must provide for a child to be examined by a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse after the child's placement in the foster parent's home.
 Current Status:   4/29/2021 - Public Law 214
 Recent Status:   4/29/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/28/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
HB1537COMMISSION ON IMPROVING THE STATUS OF CHILDREN. (DEVON D) Changes the membership of the commission on improving the status of children in Indiana (commission). Provides that the affirmative votes of a majority of the voting members appointed to the commission are required for the commission to take action on any measure.
 Current Status:   4/15/2021 - Public Law 62
 Recent Status:   4/15/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/14/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
HB1538STUDENT PROTECTION AND DIGITAL RESOURCES. (NISLY C) Provides that, after June 30, 2021, a digital resource purchased or licensed by a school corporation or charter school and offered to students attending the school corporation or charter school must have safety policies and technology protection measures to filter or block access to obscene or pornographic material. Provides that a digital resource provider is in breach of contract if the digital resource provider fails to have safety policies and technology protection measures to filter or block access to obscene or pornographic material within 90 days of the date the school corporation or charter school provides notice to the digital resource provider of its noncompliance. Requires the department of education, on or before November 1, 2021, and each November 1 thereafter, to compile information submitted by a school corporation or charter school and submit a report to the general assembly detailing all instances of a digital resource provider's noncompliance.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Education
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1543LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. (GOODRICH C) Provides that a grant may be awarded to a law enforcement agency for a law enforcement officer in an upper level position to: (1) attend a deescalation training course; and (2) establish a deescalation training program, based on the training received during the deescalation training course that is offered to law enforcement officers employed by the law enforcement agency. Establishes the deescalation training fund. Increases the penalty for battery if it is committed against a public safety official because of the official's status or perceived status as a public safety official. Increases the penalty for aggravated battery and criminal recklessness if it is committed against: (1) a public safety official while the official is engaged in the official's official duties; or (2) a public safety official if the offense is committed because of the official's status or perceived status as a public safety official.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1544POSSESSION OF FIREARMS. (PAYNE Z) Repeals the law that requires a person to obtain a license to carry a handgun in Indiana. Specifies that certain persons at least 18 years of age who are not otherwise prohibited from carrying or possessing a handgun are not required to obtain or possess a license or permit from the state to carry a handgun in Indiana. Prohibits certain individuals from knowingly or intentionally carrying a handgun. Creates the crime of "unlawful carrying of a handgun". Provides that a prohibited person who knowingly or intentionally carries a handgun commits a Class A misdemeanor. Allows a resident of Indiana who wishes to carry a firearm in another state under a reciprocity agreement entered into by Indiana and the other state to obtain from the superintendent of the state police department a reciprocity license. Requires law enforcement agencies to make use of certain data bases when issuing reciprocity licenses. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Public Policy
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1546TEACHER PAYCHECK DEDUCTIONS. (GOODRICH C) Provides that, after June 30, 2021, a school employer may not deduct from the school employee's pay any dues, or in any way facilitate the payment of dues, that a school employee of the school employer may elect to pay to: (1) a school employee organization that is an exclusive representative of any employees of the school employer; (2) an employee organization; or (3) an entity that is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. Repeals a provision that provides that a school employer is required to: (1) deduct from the pay of the employee any dues designated or certified by the appropriate officer of a school employee organization that is an exclusive representative of any employees of the school employer; and (2) remit the dues to the school employee organization.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Education
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1549EDUCATION MATTERS. (BEHNING R) Allows the priority enrollment period for the prekindergarten pilot program to begin later than April 1, 2021, in calendar year 2021. Provides that a school corporation may not enter into or renew a contract with an outside vendor to operate or manage a dedicated virtual education school of the school corporation unless the school corporation submits the most recent contract or proposed contract with the vendor to the department of education (department). Amends limits on the percentage of appropriated funds that may be used for grants to limited eligibility children under the prekindergarten pilot program. Provides that the department of education (department) shall make informational material that is evidenced based available on the department's Internet web site that may help teachers and other school employees identify a student who may have been impacted by trauma. Requires the department to provide a notice to each school corporation and charter school on how to access the informational material. Provides that a charter school may give enrollment preference to children who attend another charter school that is closed because of action by the state board of education (state board). Establishes the Cambridge International program (program). Requires the department to: (1) administer the program; and (2) submit a report regarding the program to the state board each year. Establishes the Indiana postsecondary prior learning assessment clearinghouse (clearinghouse). Requires the governor to direct the commission, department, and governor's workforce cabinet (cabinet), in collaboration with state educational institutions, to: (1) develop and regularly update the clearinghouse; and (2) collect information concerning prior learning assessments used by state educational institutions to award advanced standing or postsecondary credit. Requires each state educational institution to report prior learning assessment information. Requires the commission, department, and the cabinet to publish the clearinghouse information on its respective Internet web site. Requires the governor to direct the commission, department, and cabinet, in consultation with state educational institutions, to prepare model guidance and informational resources concerning postsecondary enrollment opportunities that incorporate work based learning experiences. Requires the governor to direct the commission, department, and cabinet to publish model guidance and information resources on its respective Internet web site. Prohibits a charter school organizer from entering into contracts under which an officer or employee of the organizer or a relative of an officer or employee of the organizer will receive compensation or proceeds. Provides an exception for de minimis contracts valued at $1,000 or less. Repeals a provision regarding high school credit for Cambridge International courses.
 Current Status:   4/29/2021 - Public Law 216
 Recent Status:   4/29/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/28/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
HB1550VARIOUS EDUCATION MATTERS. (BEHNING R) Provides that the state board of education (state board) shall establish a number of categories, using an "A" through "F" grading scale, to designate each domain, indicator, or measure used to measure school performance. Provides that the state board shall establish an overall score based on the individual grades for the sole purpose of determining whether certain programs or requirements in IC 20 apply to the particular school. Provides that a school's or school corporation's category or designation of school or school corporation performance assigned by the state board for the 2020-2021 school year is the higher of the school's or school corporation's: (1) category or designation of school or school corporation performance assigned for the 2019-2020 school year; or (2) category or designation of school or school corporation performance for the 2020-2021 school year. (Includes adult high schools.) Provides that consequences for school improvement do not apply for the 2020-2021 school year. Repeals provisions that: (1) provide consequences for failing schools; (2) provide consequences for failing charter schools; and (3) authorize the establishment of turnaround academies. Makes conforming and technical amendments.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Education
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1551SURRENDER OF FIREARMS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIMES. (SMITH V) Provides that a person who: (1) has been convicted of a crime of domestic violence; and (2) knowingly or intentionally possesses a firearm; commits possession of a firearm by a domestic batterer, a Class A misdemeanor. Provides certain defenses. Requires a court to issue an order, upon entry of a judgment of conviction for a crime of domestic battery or a crime of domestic violence, that: (1) prohibits ownership or possession of a firearm until the defendant's right to possess a firearm is restored; and (2) requires the defendant to surrender: (A) any firearm owned or possessed by the defendant; and (B) any valid license or permit to carry a handgun (license); to a law enforcement agency or law enforcement officer with jurisdiction over the area where the defendant's offense occurred, where the defendant resides, or where the defendant plans to reside. Requires a court to order an appropriate law enforcement agency or law enforcement officer to seize, within 72 hours, any firearm or license owned or possessed by a defendant convicted of domestic battery or a crime of domestic violence. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally fails to surrender: (1) all firearms owned or possessed by the person; or (2) any valid license or permit to carry a handgun possessed by the person; after being convicted of domestic battery or a crime of domestic violence commits unlawful retention of a firearm or license by a domestic batterer, a Class A misdemeanor. Enhances the offense to a Level 6 felony if the person has a prior unrelated conviction for the offense. Provides certain defenses. Specifies how a confiscated firearm or license shall be: (1) returned to the rightful owner; or (2) disposed of; if a defendant's right to possess a firearm is restored. Defines certain terms. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1565SUICIDE HOTLINE INFORMATION ON STUDENT ID CARDS. (JUDY C) Requires each public school, nonpublic school that employs one or more employees, and approved postsecondary educational institution that issues a student identification card to a student after June 30, 2021, to include the following information on the student identification card: (1) If the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is in operation, the name, telephone number, and text number (if available) of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. (2) If the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline ceases operations, the name, telephone number, and text number (if available) of another national network of local crisis centers that meets certain criteria. Provides that the information may be printed on the student identification card or printed on a sticker that is affixed to the student identification card. Provides an exception for schools and approved postsecondary educational institutions that already include certain information regarding a national network of crisis centers.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Education
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1567HOMELESSNESS. (BAUER M) Requires the Indiana housing and community development authority to poll agencies and organizations that provide assistance to homeless individuals to determine if homelessness is being criminalized. Requires the state department of health to coordinate and create a statewide health and hygiene program for homeless individuals. Provides a bill of rights for the homeless.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Family, Children and Human Affairs
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1570VOLUNTARY FAMILY LEAVE INSURANCE PROGRAM. (JOHNSON B) Requires the department of insurance to establish, not later than January 1, 2022, a family leave insurance program (program) for the purpose of providing benefits to employees who elect to participate in the program. Requires that: (1) the program be voluntary for both employers and employees; (2) both employers and employees make contributions to the program to fund benefits; (3) employee contributions be made by payroll deduction; (4) the benefit eligibility requirements established for the program include, at a minimum, the requirements that qualify an employee for leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act; and (5) an employee have the option to select whether the employee's benefit is equal to 100%, 75%, or 50 % of the employee's salary and the number of weeks that a benefit will be paid. Requires the department of insurance to develop the program with the assistance of and in coordination with the department of labor. Requires the department of insurance, not later than November 1, 2021, to submit a report to the legislative council and the budget committee concerning the proposed program. Establishes the family leave insurance program trust fund (trust fund) for the purpose of paying program benefits. Transfers and appropriates the balance in the political subdivision risk management fund to the trust fund.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to House Financial Institutions and Insurance
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1579JUVENILE WAIVERS. (HATCHER R) Repeals the direct filing of certain juvenile offenses in adult court. Raises the age requirement for the waiver of certain juvenile offenses. Allows a juvenile court to waive jurisdiction of certain crimes to adult court. (Current law requires a juvenile court to waive jurisdiction in certain circumstances.) Modifies the age parameters involving cases that a juvenile court may waive to adult court.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
HB1580DIRECT FILING OF JUVENILE CASES IN ADULT COURT. (HATCHER R) Eliminates a requirement that the case of a juvenile who is: (1) 16 or 17 years of age; and (2) accused of certain offenses; must be filed directly in a court with adult criminal jurisdiction. Provides that an individual: (1) whose case was directly filed in a court with adult criminal jurisdiction; and (2) who has not been sentenced; before the effective date of this act must (rather than may, under current law) be sentenced under provisions concerning sentencing alternatives for certain offenders under criminal court jurisdiction.
 Current Status:   2/22/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
SB2FUNDING FOR VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. (RAATZ J) Establishes a definition of "virtual instruction" for purposes of determining a school corporation's basic tuition support using the: (1) 2020 fall count; and (2) 2021 spring count; of average daily membership.
 Current Status:   4/1/2021 - Public Law 3
 Recent Status:   4/1/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
3/31/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
SB16TAX CREDIT FOR TEACHERS' CLASSROOM SUPPLIES. (RANDOLPH L) Increases the maximum amount of the income tax credit for an individual employed as a teacher for amounts expended for classroom supplies from $100 to $500 per taxable year.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/4/2021 - Referred to Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy
1/4/2021 - First Reading
 
SB19REQUIRED INFORMATION ON STUDENT ID CARDS. (FORD J) Requires a public school that issues, after June 30, 2022, a student identification card to a student in grade 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12 to include on the student identification card a local, state, or national: (1) suicide prevention hotline telephone number; and (2) human trafficking hotline telephone number; that provides support 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Provides that the information may be printed on the student identification card or printed on a sticker that is affixed to the student identification card.
 Current Status:   4/13/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
 Recent Status:   3/9/2021 - added as cosponsors Representatives Heaton, Judy, Olthoff
2/23/2021 - Referred to House Education
 
SB32PROHIBITION OF CONVERSION THERAPY. (FORD J) Prohibits a mental health provider from engaging in conversion therapy with a patient less than 18 years of age, and subjects a mental health provider who violates the prohibition to disciplinary action.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/4/2021 - Referred to Senate Health and Provider Services
1/4/2021 - First Reading
 
SB33EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION OFFICERS. (FORD J) Provides that each school corporation, charter school, and state accredited nonpublic school shall maintain at least one equity, diversity, and inclusion officer. Establishes duties for the equity, diversity, and inclusion officer. Requires the department of education (department) to provide certain information and resources for an equity, diversity, and inclusion officer. Provides that the department, with the approval of the state board of education, may assign additional duties to an equity, diversity, and inclusion officer to: (1) improve comprehensive strategy fostering equitable, diverse, and inclusive training; and (2) provide and promote education to cultivate an awareness and understanding of the various federal, state, and local laws and policies regarding nondiscrimination. Requires an equity, diversity, and inclusion officer to meet certain annual professional development requirements. Requires each school corporation, charter school, and state accredited nonpublic school to submit a report to the department. Requires that the school's annual performance report include the number of times an equity, diversity, and inclusion officer responds to referrals by the governing body or school administrative staff.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/4/2021 - Referred to Senate Education and Career Development
1/4/2021 - First Reading
 
SB34UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY. (TOMES J) Provides that a person convicted of rioting is not eligible: (1) for employment by the state or a local unit of government; and (2) to receive certain state and local benefits. Removes immunity under the Indiana tort claims act for the failure to enforce a law if the failure to enforce the law: (1) occurs in connection with an unlawful assembly; and (2) constitutes gross negligence. Allows for the civil forfeiture of property that is used by a person to finance a crime committed by a person who is a member of an unlawful assembly. Prohibits a person from being released on bail without a hearing in open court, establishes a rebuttable presumption that money bail shall be required, and requires a court to consider whether bail conditions more stringent than the local guidelines should be imposed. Adds enhanced penalties to the crimes of: (1) rioting; (2) obstruction of traffic; (3) criminal mischief; and (4) disorderly conduct. Adds a sentence enhancement to battery committed by a member of an unlawful assembly. Defines "defunding law enforcement" and allows a person to bring an action to enjoin a local unit from defunding law enforcement.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/4/2021 - Referred to Senate Corrections and Criminal Law
1/4/2021 - First Reading
 
SB44WORK SHARING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS PROGRAM. (BASSLER E) Establishes a work sharing unemployment insurance program (program). Requires an employer that desires to participate in the program to submit a work sharing plan for approval by the commissioner of the department of workforce development. Establishes the work sharing benefit as equal to an affected employee's unemployment benefit reduced by a percentage equal to the percentage of the employee's normal weekly work hours that the employee works under the approved work sharing plan.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   2/17/2021 - Senate Pensions and Labor, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
2/16/2021 - added as coauthor Senator Walker K
 
SB45PROHIBITION ON FLAVORED E-LIQUIDS. (GROOMS R) Prohibits the sale of flavored e-liquid to a person of any age. Defines "flavored e-liquid" as e-liquid that contains a constituent ingredient that is added for the purpose of imparting a characterizing flavor. Provides that a manufacturer, distributor, or retailer may not manufacture, distribute, or market flavored e-liquid in Indiana. Authorizes the alcohol and tobacco commission to investigate and enforce penalties for certain violations involving flavored e-liquid.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/4/2021 - Referred to Senate Health and Provider Services
1/4/2021 - First Reading
 
SB46LICENSURE OF ART THERAPISTS. (GROOMS R) Provides that art therapy services provided to an individual who receives mental health services or to an individual who receives services from a community mental health center are reimbursable under Medicaid. Provides for the licensure of professional art therapists and art therapist associates by the behavioral health and human services licensing board through the professional licensing agency. Establishes qualifications and requirements for a licensed art therapist and licensed art therapist associate.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/26/2021 - added as coauthor Senator Lanane
1/26/2021 - added as third author Senator Ford Jon
 
SB47CORONAVIRUS DISEASE IMMUNIZATIONS. (GROOMS R) Allows a: (1) pharmacist; and (2) pharmacy technician under direct supervision; to administer an immunization for coronavirus disease. (Current law allows a pharmacist intern and pharmacist student who meets certain requirements to administer immunizations that pharmacists are allowed to administer.) Provides that a registered nurse may provide for the direct supervision of the pharmacist intern or pharmacist student who administers an immunization. Immunizations and prescriptions. Requires the Indiana board of pharmacy to adopt emergency rules concerning the administration of the influenza and coronavirus disease immunizations by July 1, 2021. Prohibits a pharmacy benefit manager from requiring a pharmacy to obtain a signature from an individual for a prescription or immunization during a public health emergency.
 Current Status:   4/13/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
 Recent Status:   3/22/2021 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
3/18/2021 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
 
SB51MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR SCHOOLS. (ZAY A) Allows the office of the secretary of family and social services to apply for a Medicaid state plan amendment to allow school corporations to seek Medicaid reimbursement for medically necessary, school based Medicaid covered services that are provided under federal or state mandates. Specifies possible services for Medicaid reimbursement. Adds physical therapy to the list of services a school psychologist may refer a student. Allows a school psychologist to make referrals to physical therapists for mandated school services.
 Current Status:   4/13/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
 Recent Status:   3/10/2021 - House Ways and Means, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
3/1/2021 - Referred to House Ways and Means
 
SB52SCHOOL CURRICULUM. (LEISING J) Requires each school corporation, charter school, and state accredited nonpublic elementary school to include cursive writing in its curriculum.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/25/2021 - added as third author Senator Rogers
1/25/2021 - added as second author Senator Kruse
 
SB54FAFSA COMPLETION INCENTIVE AWARDS. (LEISING J) Requires the department of education to establish a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) completion incentive pilot program. Provides requirements for a school corporation to receive a FAFSA completion incentive award. Provides a formula to determine the amount of a school corporation's FAFSA completion incentive award.
 Current Status:   4/22/2021 - DEAD BILL: Fails to advance by Spring adjournment of the 2021 legislative session
 Recent Status:   4/14/2021 - , (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
4/8/2021 - House Advisors appointed Davis, Thompson and Klinker
 
SB55SCHOOL REFERENDA. (BOHACEK M) Provides that an examination of the accounts and financial affairs of a school corporation must include an examination of any revenue spending plan and applicable fund for an operating referendum tax levy or school safety referendum tax levy to determine whether the school corporation is using the revenue collected from the levy in the amounts and for the purposes established in the applicable revenue spending plan. Provides that a contract entered into between the governing body of a school corporation and a school administrator may not provide for the awarding of a monetary bonus or other incentive that is based on the approval of a public question concerning the imposition of a property tax levy. Specifies requirements for a school corporation that adopts a revenue spending plan for a proposed referendum tax levy. Provides that a school corporation shall specify in its proposed budget the school corporation's revenue spending plan and present the revenue spending plan at its public hearing on the proposed budget. Provides that an ordinance or resolution making a preliminary determination to issue bonds or enter into leases that is considered for certain controlled projects must include a statement of: (1) the maximum annual debt service for the controlled project for each year in which the debt service will be paid; and (2) the schedule of the estimated annual tax levy and rate over a 10 year period; factoring in changes that will occur to the debt service levy and tax rate during the period on account of any outstanding bonds or lease obligations that will mature or terminate during the period. Provides that a governing body may not increase the debt service fund levy to pay for the interest on warrants unless the warrants have been authorized by the governing body in a resolution adopted at a public meeting in the year immediately preceding the year in which the warrants will be issued. Requires a school corporation that imposes certain property taxes to provide information to the department of local government finance before a public hearing held for the purpose of determining the school corporation's budget.
 Current Status:   4/29/2021 - Public Law 136
 Recent Status:   4/29/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/28/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
SB56COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. (BOHACEK M) Provides that school employers may bargain collectively with the exclusive representative (union) on teacher working and student learning conditions, including hours, class size, preparation periods, student discipline, and curricular matters. Provides that, if a school employer bargains teacher working and student learning conditions, the school employer shall adopt a resolution regarding the items bargained and, after ratification of a collective bargaining contract, submit the resolution to the Indiana education employment relations board.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/4/2021 - Referred to Senate Pensions and Labor
1/4/2021 - First Reading
 
SB57TEACHER PREPARATION TIME. (BOHACEK M) Requires each governing body and its administrators to arrange each teacher's daily working schedule to provide 30 consecutive minutes as teacher preparation time that is free of any other assigned responsibilities.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/4/2021 - Referred to Senate Education and Career Development
1/4/2021 - First Reading
 
SB64SCHOOL SAFETY. (HOLDMAN T) Provides that, before an employee or any other staff member of a school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school may carry a firearm in or on school property as authorized by a school board of the school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school, the employee or staff member shall do the following: (1) Successfully complete certain specialized weapons training or other firearm training. (2) Provide proof to the school board that the employee or staff member has successfully completed the training. (3) Complete the Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory 2 (MMPI-II) and provide the results from the inventory to the school board of the school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school. Establishes requirements for specialized weapons training. Requires an employee or any other staff member of a school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school to successfully complete 16 hours of weapons training each year that the employee or staff member is authorized and intends to carry a firearm in or on school property. Provides that the specialized weapons training must be provided by a person or entity approved by the school board of the school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school. Allows a school to barricade or block a door during an active shooter drill or during an active shooter emergency occurring in a school building. Provides that the Indiana secured school fund may be used to employ a law enforcement officer who has completed at least 40 hours of certified school resource officer training. Provides that, after June 30, 2021, a law enforcement officer or a school security officer who is not considered a school resource officer must complete 40 hours of certified school resource officer training. Resolves substantive conflicts between P.L 197-2019, P.L.50-2019, and P.L.153-2019.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   2/9/2021 - added as coauthor Senator Crane
2/3/2021 - Senate Education and Career Development, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
 
SB66ADOPTION SUBSIDIES. (NIEZGODSKI D) Prohibits the department of child services (department), a licensed child placing agency, or a court from considering the following when determining the suitability of a prospective adoptive parent: (1) The eligibility of the prospective adoptive parent to receive adoption assistance payments or an adoption subsidy. (2) The amount of the adoption assistance payments or adoption subsidy for which the prospective adoptive parent qualifies. Requires, with certain exceptions, that the department: (1) enter into an agreement with each adoptive parent of a child with special needs who is eligible for an adoption subsidy to provide an adoption subsidy for the child; and (2) allocate to the adoption assistance account funds necessary to make the adoption subsidy payments. Prohibits the department from terminating an adoption subsidy agreement with an adoptive parent due to a lack of sufficient funds in the adoption assistance account. Provides that the amount of adoption subsidy payments may not be less than an amount equal to 50% of the amount that would be payable by the department for the monthly cost of care of the adopted child in a foster family home at the time that: (1) the adoption subsidy agreement is made; or (2) the subsidy is payable under the terms of the agreement; whichever is greater. Makes conforming changes.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   2/4/2021 - added as coauthor Senator Bassler
2/4/2021 - Senate Appropriations, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
 
SB69SCHOOL BUS STOP ARM VIOLATION ENFORCEMENT. (NIEMEYER R) Specifies that a registered owner of a motor vehicle commits an infraction if the owner's vehicle is used to violate the school bus stop arm law. Provides a defense for a registered owner who provides certain information to law enforcement and fully cooperates with law enforcement, if: (1) the vehicle was stolen; (2) the registered owner routinely engages in the business of renting the vehicle; or (3) the registered owner provided the vehicle for the use of an employee. Specifies that: (1) the bureau of motor vehicles may not assess points for the infraction; and (2) an adjudication for the infraction does not create a presumption of liability in a civil action.
 Current Status:   4/13/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
 Recent Status:   4/12/2021 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
4/5/2021 - Placed back on second reading
 
SB76HUMAN TRAFFICKING. (CRIDER M) Provides that money or property paid in human trafficking may be paid to a human trafficking victim or a third party. Increases the penalty if the human trafficking victim is less than 18 years of age, and specifies that: (1) consent by the human trafficking victim; (2) a belief that the human trafficking victim was at least 18 years of age; or (3) the intended victim is a law enforcement officer; is not a defense to a prosecution.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/5/2021 - Referred to Senate Corrections and Criminal Law
1/5/2021 - First Reading
 
SB79PROTECTION ORDERS AND DOMESTIC BATTERY. (CRIDER M) Provides that if a petition for an order for protection is filed by a person or on behalf of an unemancipated minor, the court shall determine, after reviewing the petition or making an inquiry, whether issuing the order for protection may impact a school corporation's ability to provide in-person instruction for the person or the unemancipated minor. Creates a procedure that requires a school corporation to receive notice if the court determines that issuing the order for protection may impact the school corporation's ability to provide in-person instruction for the person or the unemancipated minor. Enhances the penalty for domestic battery to a Level 6 felony if the offense is committed against a family or household member: (1) who has been issued a protection order that protects the family or household member from the person and the protection order was in effect at the time the person committed the offense; or (2) while a no contact order issued by the court directing the person to refrain from having any direct or indirect contact with the family or household member was in effect at the time the person committed the offense. Enhances the penalty for domestic battery to a Level 5 felony when the offender has a prior conviction for strangulation against the same family or household member.
 Current Status:   4/19/2021 - Public Law 67
 Recent Status:   4/19/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/19/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
SB82MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSIS. (CRIDER M) Defines "mental health diagnosis" and sets forth requirements that must be met in order for certain licensed professionals to provide a mental health diagnosis. Requires certain mental health professionals who are making a mental health diagnosis and who determine that the patient may have a physical condition that requires medical attention or has not been examined by a physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, or a physician assistant in the preceding 12 months to: (1) advise the patient to schedule, and offer to assist the patient with scheduling, a physical examination for the patient; (2) provide the patient with a list of practitioners and certain information concerning the practitioners; and (3) coordinate patient care with the practitioner as appropriate. Requires documentation of the actions of the licensed professional in the patient's medical record.
 Current Status:   4/29/2021 - Public Law 138
 Recent Status:   4/29/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/28/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
SB101EDUCATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION MATTERS. (RAATZ J) Amends requirements regarding the development of a student's graduation plan. Provides that a student who is at least 17 years of age has full legal capacity to enter into a contract for a next generation Hoosier educators scholarship. Provides that the requirement that a postsecondary credit bearing proprietary educational institution that ceases operation submit student records to the Indiana archives and records administration applies regardless of any outstanding debts owed to the institution. Repeals a provision that requires a student to develop an initial graduation plan in grade 6.
 Current Status:   4/1/2021 - Public Law 9
 Recent Status:   4/1/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
3/31/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
SB120SCHOOL CONCUSSION RECOVERY PROTOCOL. (LANANE T) Requires the department of education to develop and disseminate, before July 1, 2022, a protocol for allowing a student who has received a concussion or head injury to return to classroom work. Requires: (1) a public school, including a charter school; and (2) a state accredited nonpublic school; to comply with the protocol in determining the conditions under which a student who has received a concussion or head injury may return to classroom work.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/5/2021 - Referred to Senate Education and Career Development
1/5/2021 - First Reading
 
SB121STUDY OF LOW-CARBON AND GREEN INDUSTRIES. (LANANE T) Requires the Indiana University Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs to: (1) assess the potential for the development of low-carbon and green industries in Indiana and the job creation, economic growth, and wealth generation that could result for Indiana communities from the development of these industries; and (2) report the results of its assessment to the legislative council in an electronic format not later than December 1, 2021.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/5/2021 - Referred to Senate Environmental Affairs
1/5/2021 - First Reading
 
SB124FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND SCHOOL CALENDAR STUDY. (KRUSE D) Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee the task of studying requirements regarding the first day of school dates and school calendars.
 Current Status:   4/13/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
 Recent Status:   3/1/2021 - Referred to House Rules and Legislative Procedures
3/1/2021 - First Reading
 
SB132JUVENILES AND FIREARMS. (FREEMAN A) Provides that a child who commits dangerous possession of a firearm or provides a firearm to another child in certain circumstances has committed a delinquent act subject to the jurisdiction of a juvenile court.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/5/2021 - Referred to Senate Corrections and Criminal Law
1/5/2021 - First Reading
 
SB133SENTENCING. (FREEMAN A) Provides that a court may suspend only that part of a sentence that is in excess of the minimum sentence for a person convicted of a Level 2 or Level 3 felony who has a prior unrelated felony conviction, other than a conviction for a felony involving marijuana, hashish, hash oil, or salvia divinorum. (Current law provides that a court may suspend any part of a sentence for certain Level 2 and Level 3 felony convictions, including drug related convictions.)
 Current Status:   4/26/2021 - Public Law 119
 Recent Status:   4/26/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/26/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
SB135CIVIL STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS. (FREEMAN A) Removes the statute of limitations for civil causes of action concerning child sexual abuse, and provides that a person who alleges an injury resulting from child sexual abuse may file an action in an otherwise time barred case. Specifies that a patient of a health facility who is injured while on the premises of the health facility may bring an action not later than two years from the date the injury: (1) occurs; or (2) is discovered or reasonably should have been discovered. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/5/2021 - Referred to Senate Judiciary
1/5/2021 - First Reading
 
SB170FOOD DESERT GRANT PROGRAM. (FORD J) Establishes the food desert grant program within the state department of health (ISDH) to assist new and existing retail businesses in offering fresh and unprocessed foods within a "food desert" (an underserved geographic area where, as determined by the ISDH, affordable fresh and healthy foods are difficult to obtain). Provides that a grant awarded under the program may be used to establish a new retail grocery store or to renovate, expand, or upgrade an existing retail business that will increase the availability and quality of fresh produce and other healthy foods. Requires the ISDH to consider certain criteria when determining whether to award a grant and requires the recipient of a grant to abide by certain terms and conditions. Establishes the food desert fund for purposes of awarding grants under the program. Requires the ISDH to report on the program annually to the general assembly.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/5/2021 - Referred to Senate Health and Provider Services
1/5/2021 - First Reading
 
SB171MINIMUM AGE FOR LICENSE TO CARRY A HANDGUN. (RANDOLPH L) Changes the minimum age required for a license to carry a handgun.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/5/2021 - Referred to Senate Corrections and Criminal Law
1/5/2021 - First Reading
 
SB176DEPOSITION OF A PERSON WITH A MENTAL DISABILITY. (MESSMER M) Repeals and replaces the term "child victim" with the term "protected victim". Defines "protected victim" as: (1) a child less than 16 years of age; or (2) an individual who is 16 years of age or older and has a mental disability attributable to an impairment of general intellectual functioning or adaptive behavior; who is the victim of a sex offense, and specifies that a protected victim has the right to confer with a representative of the prosecuting attorney's office before being deposed. Provides that a defendant may only depose a protected victim if the prosecuting attorney agrees to the deposition or if a court authorizes the deposition. Sets forth a procedure for a court to use to determine whether to authorize the deposition of a protected victim, and to specify the manner in which the deposition may be conducted. Provides that an order authorizing the deposition of a protected victim must expressly prohibit the presence of the person accused of committing the offense against the protected victim unless certain conditions apply and the presence of the accused is necessary to preserve the person's rights under the constitution of the United States or the State of Indiana. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/5/2021 - Referred to Senate Corrections and Criminal Law
1/5/2021 - First Reading
 
SB190DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR TRAFFIC STOPS. (TAYLOR G) Requires law enforcement officers to record certain demographic information regarding all individuals who are subject to traffic stops, including: (1) age; (2) gender; (3) race; and (4) whether those individuals are issued a citation or a warning. Requires law enforcement officers to report the demographic information collected to the state police department criminal justice data division (division). Requires the division to issue a report to the legislative council by November 1 of each year regarding the information provided to the division by law enforcement officers.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/5/2021 - Referred to Senate Judiciary
1/5/2021 - First Reading
 
SB191JUVENILE DELINQUENCY MATTERS. (TAYLOR G) Provides that the juvenile court may exercise jurisdiction over a child who: (1) is at least 16 years of age and is charged with certain more serious offenses; or (2) has a previous adult conviction and is alleged to have committed an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult. Provides for automatic expungement of a delinquency adjudication if the delinquent act: (1) did not result in bodily injury to another person; and (2) is not a sex offense.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/5/2021 - Referred to Senate Corrections and Criminal Law
1/5/2021 - First Reading
 
SB192LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING. (TAYLOR G) Requires law enforcement officers to receive training in identifying, responding to, and reporting bias motivated crimes in which the person who committed a criminal offense selected the victim who was injured or whose property was damaged because of the victim's actual or perceived race, color, creed, disability, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/7/2021 - Referred to Senate Corrections and Criminal Law
1/7/2021 - First Reading
 
SB205TEACHER TRAINING. (ROGERS L) Requires the department of education (department) to provide an initial practitioner license to an individual that competes an alternative teacher certification program. Requires the individual to complete a one year clinical experience program. Provides that the individual may not teach a special education course or be a teacher of record for a special education student. Provides that a school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school shall submit a plan to the department if the school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school hires one or more individuals who have received an initial practitioner license. Requires a teacher preparation program to include curriculum that instructs teachers about social emotional learning practices that are helpful in supporting students who have experienced trauma. Mandates that a teacher preparation program consider training teachers on evidence based social emotional learning practices that are consistent with the state's social emotional learning competencies established by the department of education. Makes conforming changes.
 Current Status:   4/22/2021 - Public Law 96
 Recent Status:   4/22/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/21/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
SB209FOSTER CARE PROGRAM TAX CREDIT. (DORIOT B) Provides a tax credit for a taxpayer that makes a monetary contribution to a qualifying foster care organization. Defines a "qualifying foster care organization" as an organization that (1) is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; (2) provides foster care prevention services and programs or direct assistance to individuals in the foster care system; (3) spends at least 50% of its available revenue on qualified services to Indiana residents; (4) affirms it will continue spending at least 50% of its available revenue on qualified services to Indiana residents; and (5) provides ongoing qualified services to at least 200 Indiana residents. Provides that the department of state revenue (department) shall grant a tax credit against any state tax liability due equal to 50% of the amount of the monetary contribution by a person to a qualifying foster care organization. Provides that the tax credit that a taxpayer receives may not exceed $10,000 for any taxable year. Provides that the amount of tax credits allowed may not exceed $2,000,000 in the state fiscal year. Provides that to claim a tax credit an application must be filed with the department. Provides that the department shall promptly notify an applicant whether, or the extent to which, the tax credit is allowable in the state fiscal year in which the application is filed. Provides that when the total credits approved equal the maximum amount allowable in any state fiscal year, no application thereafter filed for that fiscal year shall be approved. Provides that the tax credit chapter expires in 2025.
 Current Status:   4/13/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
 Recent Status:   3/1/2021 - Referred to House Ways and Means
3/1/2021 - First Reading
 
SB212CHARTER SCHOOLS AND PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATION. (YODER S) Provides that it is the public policy of the state to provide equal, nonsegregated, and nondiscriminatory education opportunities and facilities for all, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or marital status (in addition to race, creed, national origin, color, or sex under current law). Makes a similar change to a charter school provision concerning the suspension, expulsion, or requested transfer of a student and to an Indiana academy for science, mathematics, and humanities provision. Provides that a charter school may not discriminate against staff on the basis of disability, race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, religion, or ancestry. Requires the department of education to provide staff to carry out the duties of the Indiana charter school board (charter board). Makes various changes to the charter school law, including the following: (1) Prohibiting an authorizer from: (A) authorizing a charter to an organizer if a charter school of the organizer has been closed within the past five years; or (B) accepting a proposal from an organizer that operates a charter school that does not meet certain school accountability grade thresholds. (2) Requiring certain authorizers that are not currently required to be approved for chartering authority to be approved for chartering authority before granting a new charter or renewing a charter. (3) Providing that an administrative fee for certain authorizers is dependent upon the category or designation that the charter school receives regarding its school accountability grade. (4) Prohibiting, under certain circumstances, a charter school from enrolling new students who are not currently enrolled in the charter school. (5) Requiring authorizers to be responsible for certain amounts owed by a charter school and to cosign for a loan from the common school fund before an organizer may obtain the loan. (6) Requiring each organizer and authorizer of a charter school to submit to the state board of education a surety bond or other form of financial guarantee and establishes consequences for an organizer or authorizer that fails to submit the bond or guarantee. Requires: (1) an authorizer to submit to the department of education a notice of a public hearing regarding the establishment of a proposed charter school; and (2) the department to post the notice on the department's Internet web site. Repeals a provision that provides that funding for the charter board consists of administrative fees.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/25/2021 - added as coauthor Senator Ford J.D
1/7/2021 - Referred to Senate Education and Career Development
 
SB217DETERMINATION OF COMPETENCY TO STAND TRIAL. (SANDLIN J) Provides that a competency examination must be conducted by a psychiatrist or psychologist, requires that the person who conducts the competency examination file a report with the court, and allows the court to order a second competency examination under certain circumstances. (Under current law, a competency examination must be conducted by two or three qualified persons, and one or more physicians who are not psychologists or psychiatrists may conduct or participate in the examination.)
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/7/2021 - Referred to Senate Corrections and Criminal Law
1/7/2021 - First Reading
 
SB218TOWNSHIP HOMELESS ASSISTANCE. (SANDLIN J) Establishes the low barrier homeless shelter task force. Beginning July 1, 2022: (1) allows a township trustee to place a homeless individual temporarily in a county home or provide temporary township assistance; and (2) requires the township trustees within a county to collaborate and prepare a list of public and private resources available to the homeless population that is distributed and published on the county's Internet web site, if the county has a web site, not later than March 1 of each year. Provides that a person commits the offense of criminal trespass if: (1) the person, who does not have a contractual interest in the property, knowingly or intentionally enters or refuses to leave the property of another person after having been prohibited from entering or asked to leave the property by a law enforcement officer when the property is designated by a municipality or county enforcement authority to be an unsafe building or premises; or (2) the person knowingly or intentionally enters the property of another person after being denied entry by a court order that has been issued to the person or issued to the general public by conspicuous posting on or around the premises in areas where a person can observe the order when the property has been designated by a municipality or county enforcement authority to be an unsafe building or premises; unless the person has the written permission of the owner, the owner's agent, an enforcement authority, or a court to come onto the property for purposes of performing maintenance, repair, or demolition. Provides that an individual who harasses another person with the intent to obtain property from the other person commits aggressive harassment, a Class C misdemeanor. Defines "harasses". Repeals the chapter concerning panhandling.
 Current Status:   4/19/2021 - Public Law 75
 Recent Status:   4/19/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/19/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
SB224PROHIBITED SERVICES RELATING TO CARE OF MINORS. (KRUSE D) Prohibits specified health care professionals from: (1) performing certain medical procedures on a minor; or (2) subjecting a minor to certain activities; that purposely attempt to change, reinforce, or affirm a minor's perception of the minor's own sexual attraction or sexual behavior, or attempt to change, reinforce, or affirm a minor's gender identity when the identity is inconsistent with the minor's biological sex.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/25/2021 - removed as second author Senator Raatz
1/11/2021 - added as second author Senator Raatz
 
SB230STUDENT ASSESSMENT PILOT PROGRAM. (LEISING J) Establishes the rural school ILEARN administration pilot program (program). Provides that the state board of education (state board), in consultation with the department of education (department), may approve not more than 20 rural elementary schools to participate in the program. Requires the department to review the correlation between a student's lack of access to the Internet or computer technology and the online administration of the statewide assessment and, on or before November 1, 2023, submit its findings to the legislative council and publish the findings on its Internet web site. Provides that the program expires July 1, 2031.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/7/2021 - Referred to Senate Education and Career Development
1/7/2021 - First Reading
 
SB233TANF ELIGIBILITY. (FORD J) Sets the income eligibility requirements for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program at phased-in specified percentages of the federal income poverty level. Requires the division of family resources to amend the state TANF plan or take any other action necessary to implement the income requirements. Increases certain payment amounts under the TANF program. Requires the payments to be annually adjusted using the Social Security cost of living adjustment rate, but provides that the total adjustment in a year must be reduced to the extent the adjustment would result in the transfer to the Child Care and Development Fund grant program being less than the maximum allowable transfer under federal law. Authorizes emergency rulemaking concerning the payments. Repeals language requiring the division of family resources to apply a percentage reduction to the total needs of TANF applicants and recipients in computing TANF benefits.
 Current Status:   4/13/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
 Recent Status:   3/2/2021 - Referred to House Ways and Means
3/2/2021 - First Reading
 
SB239REMOTE PROVISION OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES. (BROWN L) Requires the department of child services (department) to establish before October 1, 2021, policies and procedures to allow for child and family services to be provided remotely. Specifies factors that a child and family services provider and the department may consider in making a determination as to whether remote provision of services is appropriate for a child. Provides that a child and family services provider's first meeting with a family, or with a child who lives with the child's family, must be conducted in person unless a declared health emergency makes an in person meeting unsafe. Provides that after a child and family services provider's first meeting with a family or with a child who lives with the child's family, or for purposes of providing services to a child who does not live with the child's family, the provider has the discretion to provide services to the family or child remotely for up to 14 days after the initial request for consultation if providing services remotely is in the best interest of the child and family, unless: (1) a decision is reached on the use of remote services at a child and family team meeting less than 14 days after the request for consultation; or (2) the department communicates to the provider a preliminary determination as to the role of remote services pending the child and family team meeting.
 Current Status:   4/29/2021 - Public Law 144
 Recent Status:   4/29/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/28/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
SB246PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH ACCOMMODATION. (ALTING R) Requires an employer to provide reasonable employment accommodations for a pregnant employee. Requires the department of labor to investigate complaints and attempt to resolve complaints through the use of an administrative law judge. Allows for appeals.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   2/11/2021 - added as coauthor Senator Qaddoura
2/11/2021 - added as second author Senator Grooms
 
SB250STUDENT LEARNING ACCELERATION GRANT PROGRAM. (ALTING R) Establishes the: (1) student learning acceleration grant program; and (2) student learning acceleration grant program fund (fund). Provides that, to be eligible to receive a grant, a school corporation must develop and submit a student learning acceleration plan (plan). Establishes requirements for a plan. Provides that a plan is subject to collective bargaining. Appropriates to the fund from the state general fund for the purposes of the program: (1) $30,000,000 for the 2022 state fiscal year; and (2) $30,000,000 for the 2023 state fiscal year.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/11/2021 - Referred to Senate Education and Career Development
1/11/2021 - First Reading
 
SB255EXPUNGEMENT. (FREEMAN A) Specifies that a "criminal history provider" includes certain persons who regularly publish criminal history information on the Internet, for purposes of the law requiring criminal history providers to periodically review their criminal history records for expunged convictions.
 Current Status:   4/15/2021 - Public Law 52
 Recent Status:   4/15/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/14/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
SB259PARENTS WITH DISABILITIES. (NIEZGODSKI D) Specifies that it is the policy of the state to recognize the parenting rights of a parent regardless of whether the parent has a disability. Provides that the right of a person with a disability to parent the person's child may not be denied or restricted solely because the person has a disability. Provides that: (1) a court, in: (A) considering the appointment of a person as a guardian; (B) hearing an action to modify custody or an action to determine or modify parenting time; or (C) determining whether to grant a petition for adoption; and (2) the department of child services, in determining whether to grant a person a license to operate a foster family home; may not discriminate against, and shall take into consideration the provision of reasonable accommodations to, a person with a disability.
 Current Status:   4/29/2021 - Public Law 146
 Recent Status:   4/29/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/28/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
SB264BROADBAND CAPACITY INFRASTRUCTURE STUDY. (KOCH E) Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications (committee) the topic of the installation and leasing of broadband capacity infrastructure by investor owned electric utilities to broadband service providers for the provision of broadband Internet service to unserved and underserved areas in Indiana. Provides that if a study is assigned to the committee: (1) the committee must consider certain specified issues; and (2) an electric utility may submit to the committee, not later than July 1, 2021, a study concerning the feasibility of making available broadband capacity infrastructure for use by broadband service providers in providing broadband service in unserved or underserved areas in the electric utility's assigned service area.
 Current Status:   4/13/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
 Recent Status:   3/2/2021 - Referred to House Rules and Legislative Procedures
3/2/2021 - First Reading
 
SB269NO KNOCK WARRANTS. (MELTON E) Requires a law enforcement officer serving a search or arrest warrant at a person's home to knock and announce before forcibly executing the warrant. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/28/2021 - added as coauthor Senator Ford J.D
1/11/2021 - Referred to Senate Corrections and Criminal Law
 
SB270RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT MATTERS. (MELTON E) Makes the following changes to the residential landlord-tenant statute: (1) Increases from 10 days to 14 days the time in which a tenant has to cure a failure to pay past due rent before the landlord may terminate the lease. (2) Provides that a landlord may not initiate an eviction proceeding or otherwise terminate a tenant's lease for certain alleged violations by the tenant unless the landlord provides the tenant with at least 14 days notice and the opportunity to cure the alleged violation. (3) Specifies that a landlord that seeks to terminate for any reason a lease for: (A) a tenancy at will; or (B) a tenancy of not more than three months that extends from one period to the next; must serve advance written notice on the tenant within the statutory time frames for the determination of such tenancies. (4) In the case of a one-year rental agreement for an unfurnished rental unit, prohibits a landlord from requiring a tenant to pay as a security deposit an amount that exceeds one monthly installment of rent. (5) Requires a landlord to give a tenant at least 60 days written notice before: (A) modifying the rental agreement in any way; or (B) increasing the rent. (Current law requires a landlord to give at least 30 days written notice before modifying the rental agreement.) (6) Requires a landlord to give a tenant at least 48 hours advance notice of the landlord's intent to enter the tenant's dwelling unit. (Current law requires a landlord to give reasonable notice of the landlord's intent to enter a dwelling unit.) (7) Provides that, before a landlord may bring a court action to enforce a statutory obligation of a tenant, the landlord must: (A) serve written notice on the tenant of the tenant's noncompliance with the obligation; and (B) give the tenant at least 14 days from the date the notice is served to remedy the noncompliance. (Current law does not require the notice to be written and provides that the tenant must be given a reasonable amount of time to remedy the noncompliance.) (8) Defines: (A) "essential services" as certain utility services needed for the safe and habitable occupation by a tenant of the tenant's rental unit; and (B) "essential systems" as certain systems used to deliver essential services to a rental unit. Requires a landlord to repair or replace an essential system not later than 24 hours after being notified by a tenant that the tenant's rental unit is without essential services as a result of: (A) a malfunction in the essential system; or (B) the landlord's failure to maintain the system in good and safe working condition. (9) Provides that a tenant may enforce a statutory obligation of a landlord by: (A) providing 30 days notice to the landlord of the landlord's noncompliance with the obligation; and (B) if the landlord fails to make the repairs necessary to remedy the noncompliance, withholding from the next regular rental payment the estimated cost of the repairs and using the amount withheld to make the repairs. (10) Provides that, during the pendency of a court action brought by a tenant to enforce a statutory obligation of a landlord, the court may order the tenant to make the regular rental payments otherwise due to the landlord under the rental agreement to: (A) the clerk of the court; or (B) an attorney trust account; to be held in trust for disbursal to the prevailing party, as ordered by the court. (11) Prohibits a court or the operator of a case management system from disclosing information relating to an eviction action: (A) if the case is dismissed, or if the tenant prevails in the action or upon appeal; or (B) upon order of the court after a petition to prohibit disclosure is made by the tenant: (i) not earlier than five years after a judgment of eviction against the tenant becomes final; or (ii) at least one year after the case was filed if the case remains pending with no judgment. (12) Provides that a landlord that knowingly: (A) advertises for rent in Indiana; or (B) enters, or offers to enter into, a rental agreement for the lease of; a rental unit for which an enforcement authority has issued an order under the unsafe building law commits fraudulent leasing, a Class A misdemeanor.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/11/2021 - Referred to Senate Judiciary
1/11/2021 - First Reading
 
SB281ECONOMIC INCENTIVES REPORTING AND CLASSROOM TRAINING. (ROGERS L) Requires the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC), beginning January 1, 2023, to specify in the IEDC's annual economic incentives compliance report whether a recipient of a grant from the Indiana twenty-first century research and technology fund is a women's business enterprise, a minority business enterprise, or a veteran owned small business. Requires the trustees of the next level Indiana fund investment board to report to the budget committee every six months concerning the number of investments and the amount of money invested in companies that qualify as a women's business enterprise, a minority business enterprise, or a veteran owned small business. Urges the legislative council to assign the following study committee topics during the 2021 interim: (1) Whether, and in what form, the state should encourage robotics classes and clubs for students in kindergarten through grade 12. (2) How to connect more industry professionals to the classroom and remove existing barriers to the licensure process. (3) Whether there is merit to offering incentives for industry professionals to teach or partner, or both, with local businesses to provide training for the technology industry and other high demand and high wage jobs.
 Current Status:   4/13/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
 Recent Status:   3/31/2021 - House Government and Regulatory Reform, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
3/10/2021 - House Government and Regulatory Reform, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
 
SB282RENT, UTILITIES, AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE. (QADDOURA F) Establishes the rental assistance, utilities assistance, and mortgage assistance fund (fund) for the purpose of providing grants that may be used by an individual to make payments for: (1) rent; (2) electricity, water, sewage, or gas service; or (3) a mortgage on the individual's residence; on which the individual is more than 30 days overdue. Specifies sources for the fund. Provides that the fund is administered by the Indiana housing and community development authority (authority) and requires the authority to make information available to the public regarding the availability of grants from the fund. Appropriates $100,000,000 to the fund from federal relief funding provided by the federal government in response to the COVID-19 health emergency.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/11/2021 - Referred to Senate Appropriations
1/11/2021 - First Reading
 
SB285STORAGE OF FIREARMS. (QADDOURA F) Prohibits a person from keeping or storing a firearm on any premises controlled by the person if one or more of the following conditions apply: (1) The person knows, or reasonably should know, that a child is likely to gain access to the firearm. (2) A permanent or temporary resident of the premises is disqualified, ineligible, or prohibited from possessing a firearm under federal or state law. (3) A permanent or temporary resident of the premises poses a risk of imminent personal injury to himself or herself or any other individual. Provides that a failure to secure a firearm that results in injury to, or the death of, another person is a Level 6 felony. Enhances the offense to a Level 5 felony if the person has a prior, unrelated conviction for the offense. Specifies certain defenses. Defines certain terms. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/11/2021 - Referred to Senate Corrections and Criminal Law
1/11/2021 - First Reading
 
SB288MATERIAL HARMFUL TO MINORS. (TOMES J) Removes schools and certain public libraries from the list of entities eligible for a specified defense to criminal prosecutions alleging: (1) the dissemination of material harmful to minors; or (2) a performance harmful to minors. Adds colleges and universities to the list of entities eligible for a specified defense to criminal prosecutions alleging: (1) the dissemination of material harmful to minors; or (2) a performance harmful to minors.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   2/23/2021 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
2/22/2021 - Second reading ordered engrossed
 
SB289PARENTHOOD. (TOMES J) Specifies that a birth certificate must record the names of a child's biological parents. Specifies that if the biological parents are unknown, that the names of the presumptive parents determined under law must be recorded. Removes provisions using the age of a child at the time of the alleged father's death that govern when a paternity action must be filed for inheritance purposes. Repeals the statement that the general assembly favors the policy of establishing the paternity of a child born out of wedlock under IC 31-14. Provides that the policy of the state of Indiana is that a child's biological parents are the child's legal parents unless and until the child is adopted. Specifies certain rights and duties of biological parents. Provides that a child born out of wedlock during the lifetime of the alleged father may file a paternity action for purposes of inheritance on the child's paternal side: (1) during the lifetime of the alleged father; or (2) not later than five months after the death of the alleged father. Resolves a conflict between the probate law and the paternity action law in favor of the probate law by specifying that a child born out of wedlock after the death of the alleged father may file a paternity action for purposes of inheritance on the child's paternal side not more than 11 months after the death of the alleged father. Provides that to presume that a man is a child's biological father in the context of a marriage or attempted marriage between the man and the child's biological mother both the man and the child's biological mother must affirm under penalty of perjury that they believe the man to be the child's biological father. Provides the following concerning maternity and the rights and obligations of birth mothers: (1) That a woman who gives birth to a child is presumed to be the child's biological mother. (2) That the presumption of maternity is overcome through a blood or genetic test indicating that another woman is the biological mother of the child. (3) That a birth mother cannot disclaim maternity unless another woman comes forward and proves biological maternity. (4) That a birth mother who is not the biological mother of the child has the right to petition the court for visitation of the child.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/11/2021 - Referred to Senate Judiciary
1/11/2021 - First Reading
 
SB290DETENTION OF JUVENILE ARRESTEES. (BREAUX J) Prohibits a juvenile arrestee who meets certain requirements from being housed with adult inmates prior to trial except when it would be in the best interests of justice to house the arrestee with adults. Requires the court to consider: (1) the age of the juvenile arrestee; (2) the physical and mental maturity of the juvenile arrestee; (3) the present mental state of the juvenile arrestee, including whether the juvenile arrestee presents an imminent risk of harm to himself or herself or others; (4) the nature and circumstances of the alleged offense; (5) any prior history of delinquent or criminal acts of the juvenile arrestee; and (6) the ability of the adult facility to meet the specific needs of the juvenile arrestee; in determining whether the best interests of justice require that the juvenile arrestee be housed with adults. Provides that a juvenile arrestee may not be held in an adult facility for more than 180 days unless good cause is shown. Requires the court to review its determination of placement every 30 days. Requires the county sheriff to refer to persons under 18 years of age by only their initials. Mandates that the county sheriff's weekly report of inmates in the county jail must be delivered to the Indiana criminal justice institute. Requires the Indiana criminal justice institute to make the report available to the public.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/11/2021 - Referred to Senate Corrections and Criminal Law
1/11/2021 - First Reading
 
SB294EDUCATION REPORTS. (BREAUX J) Provides that the department of education (department) shall post on the department's Internet web site the following: (1) The cash balance of each school corporation's education fund on June 30 of the immediately preceding school year. (2) The cash balance of the school corporation's rainy day fund on June 30 of the immediately preceding school year. (3) The most recently adopted school corporation budget. Provides that the department shall continue to develop, update, and publish reports that were developed, updated, and published between January 2017 and December 2020 by the department. Requires each report to use the same points of analysis used in the reports developed, updated, and published by the department between January 2017 and December 2020.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/11/2021 - Referred to Senate Education and Career Development
1/11/2021 - First Reading
 
SB298DOULA SERVICES. (BREAUX J) Requires a state employee health plan, a policy of accident and sickness insurance, and a health maintenance organization contract to provide coverage for services provided by a doula to a covered individual before, during, and after childbirth. Requires Medicaid reimbursement for doula services (current law allows for reimbursement). Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to establish a separate category within Medicaid for providers of doula services for reimbursement purposes. Requires the office of the secretary to establish and maintain a doula registry.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/11/2021 - Referred to Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions
1/11/2021 - First Reading
 
SB301CHILD SERVICES OVERSIGHT. (HOUCHIN E) Establishes the interim study committee on child services (committee). Provides that the committee: (1) shall review the annual reports submitted by local child fatality review teams and by the statewide child fatality review committee and shall report to the legislative council regarding the committee's review of the reports; and (2) may make recommendations regarding changes in policy or statutes to improve child safety; in addition to reporting to the legislative council regarding any other issue assigned to the committee by the legislative council. Provides that a local child fatality committee may meet at the call of members of the local child fatality committee other than the county prosecutor for purposes of the first meeting of the local child fatality committee. Requires the summary information included in the department's annual report regarding child fatalities to indicate, with regard to a child fatality that was the result of abuse or neglect, whether the child was a ward of the department at the time of the event that led to the child's death. Requires the department to provide the annual report to the committee. Urges the legislative council to assign the following topics to the committee, or to another appropriate study committee, for study during the 2021 legislative interim: (1) Amending the Indiana Code to provide for a structured, limited, confidential process by which members of the general assembly may, in the regular course of legislative duties, individually request and view reports and other materials regarding cases of child abuse or neglect and child fatalities resulting from abuse or neglect, while protecting personally identifying information and confidentiality. (2) The child fatality review process, including recommendations from the department and the state department of health with regard to improving reporting and data collection. Requires a local child fatality review committee that has not held its first meeting as of the effective date of the bill to hold its first meeting not later than December 31, 2021.
 Current Status:   4/29/2021 - Public Law 148
 Recent Status:   4/29/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/26/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
SB311USE OF FORCE AND SELF DEFENSE. (BALDWIN S) Prohibits a state or local law enforcement officer (officer) from firing warning shots. Allows a guard, official, or officer in a state or local penal facility to fire warning shots to prevent the escape of a person. Prohibits a law enforcement agency or merit board from taking an adverse employment action against a law enforcement officer who lawfully exercises the officer's right of self defense, and requires a law enforcement agency to indemnify a law enforcement officer for reasonable expenses incurred by the officer in successfully contesting an adverse employment action.
 Current Status:   4/13/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
 Recent Status:   3/4/2021 - Referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
3/4/2021 - First Reading
 
SB326CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATION OF AN INCARCERATED PARENT. (PERFECT C) Specifies that, in the absence of other changing circumstances, incarceration is not presumed to constitute a change in circumstances so substantial and continuing as to make the terms of a child support order unreasonable. Specifies that the burden is upon the party seeking a modification of the child support order to show that a party's incarceration is a changed circumstance so substantial and continuing as to make the terms of the order unreasonable.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/11/2021 - Referred to Senate Judiciary
1/11/2021 - First Reading
 
SB331DISPOSAL OF UNUSED MEDICATIONS AND PRESCRIPTIONS. (GROOMS R) Requires the Indiana board of pharmacy to require specified entities to do the following when adopting rules concerning the return or disposal of unused controlled substances or prescription medication: (1) Provide patients with education concerning the dangers presented by unused or expired controlled substances or prescription medication. (2) Provide, on site, at least one consumer method of controlled substance or prescription medication disposal. Requires consumer methods of disposal to meet certain requirements.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/11/2021 - Referred to Senate Health and Provider Services
1/11/2021 - First Reading
 
SB333PER DIEM RATES FOR GOVERNING BODY MEMBERS. (RAATZ J) Requires the state board of education to establish a maximum per diem rate for meetings of members of governing bodies of school corporations, including Indianapolis Public Schools. Removes a provision that provides that, if the members of a governing body is totally comprised of appointed members, the appointive authority must approve the per diem rate before the governing body may make payments to the members.
 Current Status:   4/13/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
 Recent Status:   3/4/2021 - Referred to House Education
3/4/2021 - First Reading
 
SB334MINIMUM WAGE AND EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. (MELTON E) Repeals the prohibition of local units from establishing, mandating, or requiring certain employee benefits. Allows for local units to maintain a higher minimum wage rate than the state's minimum wage. After December 31, 2021, increases the minimum wage paid to certain employees from $7.25 per hour to $10 per hour, then annually increases the minimum wage in $1 increments to $15 per hour through January 1, 2027.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/11/2021 - Referred to Senate Pensions and Labor
1/11/2021 - First Reading
 
SB339HUMAN TRAFFICKING. (DONATO S) Provides that if a petition alleges that a child is a child in need of services as a victim of human or sexual trafficking, the juvenile court shall make a determination on the petition and: (1) the child shall not be required to admit or deny the allegation; and (2) the petitioner must prove the allegation by a preponderance of the evidence. Requires that before or at the initial hearing, the court shall appoint an attorney for a child alleged to be a child in need of services as a victim of human or sexual trafficking.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/11/2021 - Referred to Senate Corrections and Criminal Law
1/11/2021 - First Reading
 
SB341CIVIL FORFEITURE. (BREAUX J) Directs certain civil forfeiture proceeds to the United Way organization in each county (or to a United Way organization that serves the county if the county lacks a United Way organization) to be used to provide grants to aid the community. Prohibits the use of certain other civil forfeiture proceeds to purchase or facilitate the acquisition of armored vehicles, military-style weapons, or surplus military equipment. Repeals a provision authorizing the transfer of seized property to the United States.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/11/2021 - Referred to Senate Appropriations
1/11/2021 - First Reading
 
SB342STATE TAX CREDIT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTIONS. (BUCHANAN B) Provides a 25% state tax credit for contributions made to a public school foundation for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021, and before January 1, 2024. Provides that the amount allowable as a credit in a taxable year may not exceed: (1) $1,000 in the case of an individual filing a single return or a corporation; or (2) $2,000 in the case of a married couple filing a joint return. Provides that the maximum amount of credits that may be awarded in a state fiscal year to $5,000,000.
 Current Status:   4/13/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
 Recent Status:   3/4/2021 - Referred to House Ways and Means
3/4/2021 - First Reading
 
SB343FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR FOSTER CHILDREN. (TALLIAN K) Requires a transitional services plan for foster children to include information about: (1) the healthy Indiana plan; (2) the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; (3) the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program; (4) basic banking and account management; (5) student loan and grant application completion; and (6) individual development accounts.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/11/2021 - Referred to Senate Family and Children Services
1/11/2021 - First Reading
 
SB344PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF CHOKEHOLDS. (MELTON E) Defines "chokehold" and prohibits the use of a chokehold to effect an arrest except in a situation where deadly force is permitted.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/11/2021 - Referred to Senate Corrections and Criminal Law
1/11/2021 - First Reading
 
SB352BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT. (HOUCHIN E) Requires the office of community and rural affairs (office) to establish a process to be used before each formal submission of applications for grants from the rural broadband fund (fund) in which the office will: (1) invite any prospective grant applicant to submit a letter of intent identifying all addresses and census blocks that the applicant intends to include in a grant application; and (2) make all addresses and census blocks submitted in letters of intent publicly available for a period of time, during which eligible broadband service providers will have the opportunity to challenge a listed address or census block. Provides that challenges under the new process are to be based on the asserted deployment of "minimum broadband Internet" (defined as a terrestrial connection to the Internet that provides an actual speed of at least 25 megabits per second downstream and at least three megabits per second upstream) at a specific address. Specifies that the process established is to precede and remain distinct from the statutory procedures for actual grant applications. Provides that the department of transportation (INDOT) may require a private entity to agree, as a condition of INDOT leasing a right-of-way to the private entity, that facilities constructed or installed by the private entity in or under the right-of-way, which if removed would: (1) cause irreparable soil disturbance; or (2) have a detrimental effect on INDOT's facilities or on the facilities of other utilities; will be considered abandoned without additional consideration, upon the private entity's written notice to INDOT. Provides that upon being abandoned, a facility may no longer be used for any purpose by any public or private entity.
 Current Status:   4/26/2021 - Public Law 121
 Recent Status:   4/26/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/26/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
SB355CHILD AND DEPENDENT CARE TAX CREDIT. (YODER S) Provides a refundable child and dependent care tax credit to taxpayers whose adjusted gross income for the taxable year is not more than 250% of the federal poverty level. Provides that the credit is equal to the lesser of: (1) an amount ranging from $200 to $1,000, depending on the extent to which the taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds the federal poverty level; or (2) 20% of the taxpayer's employment related expenses.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/11/2021 - Referred to Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy
1/11/2021 - First Reading
 
SB359BROADBAND PROJECTS. (BALDWIN S) Requires the Indiana department of transportation (INDOT) to create a broadband corridor program (dig once program) to manage the location, installation, and maintenance of communications infrastructure that is used for the provision of broadband services and is located within the rights-of-way of limited access highways. Requires INDOT to adopt policies, procedures, and standards under the dig once program for required installation of fiber conduit by a public or private entity that performs an excavation within a limited access highway right-of-way.
 Current Status:   4/29/2021 - Public Law 156
 Recent Status:   4/29/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/28/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
SB368JUVENILE JUSTICE. (TALLIAN K) Provides for the automatic expungement of certain juvenile offenses. Prohibits a juvenile arrestee who meets certain requirements from being housed with adult inmates prior to trial, with certain exceptions. Establishes a procedure for determining juvenile competency. Provides that after a juvenile court has determined that a child is a dual status child, the juvenile court may refer the child to be assessed by a dual status assessment team under certain circumstances.
 Current Status:   4/29/2021 - Public Law 157
 Recent Status:   4/29/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/28/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
SB371TEACHER COMPENSATION. (QADDOURA F) Provides that a school corporation is eligible to receive a licensed teacher pay grant for teacher salaries if the school corporation pays each full-time teacher employed by the school corporation an annual gross salary of at least $40,000.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/12/2021 - Referred to Senate Education and Career Development
1/12/2021 - First Reading
 
SB374STUDENT SUICIDE PREVENTION AND MENTAL HEALTH. (MELTON E) Requires the division of mental health and addiction of the family and social services administration (division) to: (1) seek to enter into memoranda of understanding with state agencies and health care providers to collect statistical data regarding the number of incidences of suicide or attempted suicide by minor children; and (2) use the data collected to report to the department of education the number of identified incidences of suicide or attempted suicide by minor children that occurred in each Indiana school corporation in the preceding 12 months. Requires the department of education to use information to provide targeted mental health and suicide prevention support to a school corporation in which an incidence of suicide or attempted suicide by a minor child has occurred in the preceding 12 months. Provides that the memorandum of understanding required under current law to be entered into between: (1) a school corporation or charter school; and (2) a community mental health center or a certified or licensed mental health provider; must require the community mental health center or mental health provider to provide to the school corporation or charter school a phone number to which a student can send a text message to obtain immediate mental health and suicide prevention support from the community mental health center or mental health provider (text hotline). Provides that the text hotline must be monitored continuously by one or more licensed or certified mental health providers at all times during which classroom instruction is conducted in the school corporation or charter school. Requires a school corporation or charter school to: (1) provide the text hotline number and information regarding the text hotline on the school's Internet web page; and (2) include the text hotline number on student identification cards, on any printed school material disseminated to students, and in any electronic mail message sent by a school employee to a student.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/12/2021 - Referred to Senate Education and Career Development
1/12/2021 - First Reading
 
SB377BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT. (ZAY A) Establishes the Indiana broadband connectivity program (program) for the purpose of expanding availability of broadband Internet connectivity throughout Indiana. Provides that as part of the program, the office must establish a public broadband portal through which an individual may report that minimum broadband Internet (defined as a connection to the Internet at an actual speed of at least 25 megabits per second downstream and at least three megabits per second upstream) is unavailable at the individual's residential or business address. Provides that a broadband Internet provider may: (1) register with the program; (2) receive, at least every three months, listings of addresses submitted to the office as addresses at which minimum broadband Internet is unavailable; (3) report to the office any listed address at which the provider's minimum broadband Internet service is already available; and (4) bid for an award of a grant for purposes of extending connectivity to broadband Internet service (defined as a connection to the Internet at an actual speed of at least 50 megabits per second downstream and at least five megabits per second upstream) to an address at which minimum broadband Internet is unavailable. Provides that in evaluating any bids received under the program, the office shall select the provider whose bid presents the lowest cost to the state. Provides that a grant awarded to a provider under the program may not exceed the following: (1) A per-line extension amount that exceeds $25,000, regardless of the number of addresses served by the line extension. (2) A per-passing amount that exceeds the state's cost per passing for all rural broadband grants awarded from the fund as of the last day of the immediately preceding state fiscal year. Requires the office to provide to the general assembly an annual report containing specified data regarding the program. Provides that the office may maintain a geographic information system (GIS) or similar data base that contains spatial data regarding the availability of broadband Internet service in Indiana. Provides that the office may evaluate the broadband Internet coverage map created by the Federal Communications Commission under the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act (FCC map) and: (1) if the office finds that the FCC map: (A) provides address level broadband Internet coverage information; or (B) provides a greater level of detail than the office's broadband Internet coverage map; use the FCC map to update the office's broadband Internet coverage map; or (2) if the office finds that the FCC map does not: (A) provide address level broadband Internet coverage information; or (B) provide a greater level of detail than the office's broadband Internet coverage map; report that finding to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications during the 2022 legislative interim.
 Current Status:   4/29/2021 - Public Law 158
 Recent Status:   4/29/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/28/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
SB391PROHIBITED CROWD CONTROL PRACTICES. (MELTON E) Prohibits law enforcement officers from using a kinetic energy projectile or a chemical agent to disperse a lawful: (1) assembly; (2) demonstration; (3) protest; or (4) other gathering of people. Specifies certain requirements concerning the use of kinetic energy projectiles and chemical agents when dispersing unlawful: (1) assemblies; (2) demonstrations; (3) protests; or (4) other gatherings of people. Prohibits the deliberate targeting of a person's head or neck when using or deploying a kinetic energy projectile or a chemical agent. Prohibits the use of a kinetic energy projectile or chemical agent for curfew enforcement purposes. Defines certain terms.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to Senate Corrections and Criminal Law
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
SB399ABORTION. (BROWN L) Provides that the general assembly shall convene in an "initiated session" to consider legislation to restrict abortion if either of the following occur: (1) the Supreme Court of the United States overrules the central holding of Roe v. Wade, Doe v. Bolton, and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey and clearly establishes that a state may prohibit abortion; or (2) an amendment to the Constitution of the United States is adopted that in whole or part clearly establishes that a state may prohibit abortion. Provides that an initiated session may not continue for more than 20 calendar days. Requires the attorney general to make an announcement and notify the governor and members of the general assembly concerning the decision from the Supreme Court of the United States involving Roe v. Wade or the amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Makes conforming changes.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/25/2021 - Referred to Senate Judiciary
1/25/2021 - First Reading
 
SB403SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY. (BECKER V) Provides that a school's or school corporation's category or designation of school or school corporation performance assigned by the state board of education for the 2020-2021 school year is the higher of the school's or school corporation's: (1) category or designation of school or school corporation performance assigned for the 2019-2020 school year; or (2) category or designation of school or school corporation performance for the 2020-2021 school year. Provides that a school's or school corporation's category or designation of school or school corporation performance assigned by the state board of education for the 2021-2022 school year is the higher of the school's or school corporation's: (1) category or designation of school or school corporation performance assigned for the 2020-2021 school year; or (2) category or designation of school or school corporation performance for the 2021-2022 school year. Provides that consequences for school improvement do not apply for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/14/2021 - Referred to Senate Education and Career Development
1/14/2021 - First Reading
 
SB412INDIANA EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP ACCOUNT PROGRAM. (BUCHANAN B) Establishes the Indiana education scholarship account program (program). Provides that, after June 30, 2022, a parent of an eligible student or an emancipated eligible student may establish an account in the program. Establishes eligibility requirements regarding the program. Provides that the treasurer of state shall, in consultation with the state board of education and the department of education, administer the program. Provides a deduction from Indiana adjusted gross income for a grant amount that is distributed to a taxpayer's Indiana education scholarship account and used for a qualified expense, to the extent the distribution is included in the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   2/18/2021 - Senate Appropriations, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
2/15/2021 - added as coauthors Senators Kruse, Rogers, Donato
 
SB413CHARTER SCHOOL STUDY COMMITTEE. (RAATZ J) Establishes a panel to study charter school funding and methods for improving school building utilization by a school corporation.
 Current Status:   4/29/2021 - Public Law 163
 Recent Status:   4/29/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/28/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
SB414VARIOUS EDUCATION MATTERS. (RAATZ J) Provides that the department of education (department) may adopt and provide to schools an early warning system that provides actionable data on students as early as elementary school. Provides that, not later than August 1, 2021, the department may contract with one or more vendors to provide an early warning system. Provides that, not later than January 1, 2022, each school corporation and charter school shall: (1) adopt and implement an Internet use policy; and (2) use hardware or install software on computers and other technology related devices owned by the school corporation or charter school to filter or block Internet access to materials that are harmful to minors. Requires each school corporation and charter school to post the Internet use policy on the school corporation's or charter school's Internet web site. Requires pupil enrollment for the career and technical education enrollment grant to, for informational purposes only, be determined at the same time that a school corporation's spring count of ADM is determined.
 Current Status:   4/29/2021 - Public Law 164
 Recent Status:   4/29/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/28/2021 - Received by the Governor
 
SB418PARENTING COORDINATOR QUALIFICATIONS. (BUCK J) Allows for the appointment of parenting coordinators to assist in disputes regarding custody and parenting matters. Provides qualification requirements of a parenting coordinator, terms of appointment of a parenting coordinator, and termination of parenting coordinator services. Requires a parenting coordinator to remain impartial and meet confidentiality requirements.
 Current Status:   2/23/2021 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 Recent Status:   1/25/2021 - Referred to Senate Judiciary
1/25/2021 - First Reading
 
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