Indiana 2022 Regular Session All Bills (Page 18)

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Indiana 2022 Regular Session

Indiana Senate Bill SB0126

Introduced
1/4/22  
Wagering tax distributions. Requires the gaming commission to annually certify the total amount of adjusted gross receipts for each riverboat during the preceding state fiscal year. Provides that the auditor of state shall distribute certain tax revenue deposited in the state gaming fund to certain cities and counties in Ohio County.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1019

Introduced
1/4/22  
Dead and dying trees. Defines "dead or dying tree". Renames a county weed control board as the weed and tree control board (board). Requires the board to remove dead or dying trees located on property owned, leased, or controlled by a county, municipality, or township (unit) under certain conditions. Provides that the board may pay the costs of dead or dying tree removal. Provides immunity to a unit for failing to remove a dead or dying tree that falls on a roadway controlled by the unit.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1021

Introduced
1/4/22  
Refer
1/4/22  
Report Pass
1/18/22  
Engrossed
1/25/22  
Refer
2/1/22  
Report Pass
2/14/22  
Enrolled
2/22/22  
Passed
3/14/22  
Chaptered
3/14/22  
Horse racing veterinarians. Amends the definition of "veterinarian" to allow a veterinary practitioner who: (1) holds a special permit issued by the board of veterinary medical examiners; or (2) is exempt from licensing and special permit requirements and is appointed by the horse racing commission; to take or supervise the taking of biological samples from race horses.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1116

Introduced
1/4/22  
Refer
1/4/22  
Report Pass
1/11/22  
Report Pass
1/25/22  
Refer
1/25/22  
Engrossed
2/1/22  
Refer
2/7/22  
Refer
2/14/22  
Report Pass
2/24/22  
Enrolled
3/2/22  
Passed
3/14/22  
Chaptered
3/14/22  
Electronic voting machines. Changes the date by which a county must provide a voter verifiable paper audit trail for electronic voting systems from December 31, 2029, to July 1, 2024. Provides that, after July 1, 2022, a county must meet certain requirements when using any direct record electronic voting system that does not include a voter verifiable paper audit trail for an election. Provides that the security agreement that counties are required to enter into with the secretary of state must be funded by money received from the federal government or from money appropriated by the general assembly. Specifies requirements of a statement that must be printed on the envelope of an absentee ballot application. Provides that before an individual can access an absentee ballot application that is submitted in an electronic format using a module of the computerized list, the individual must provide either the individual's Indiana driver's license number or the last four digits of the individual's Social Security number. Requires that voting before an absentee voter board at the circuit court clerk's office or at a satellite office be referred to as "early voting" on all forms prescribed by the election division and in all communications with voters. Requires an electronic poll book to have the capacity to transmit certain information that a voter cast a provisional ballot. Requires certain information to be included in the computerized list concerning a voter's casting of a provisional ballot. Repeals language that requires the circuit court clerk to provide notice containing certain information to each voter who casts a provisional ballot. Changes the term "risk-limiting audit" to "post-election audit". Removes the word "pilot" from the chapter concerning post-election audits. Provides that the secretary of state shall determine the number of elections that are subject to a post-election audit.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session

Indiana Senate Bill SB0088

Introduced
1/4/22  
Refer
1/4/22  
Report Pass
1/20/22  
Engrossed
2/1/22  
Prescription drug rebates and pricing. Provides that, for individual health insurance coverage, the defined cost sharing for a prescription drug be calculated at the point of sale and based on a price that is reduced by an amount equal to at least 85% of all rebates received by the insurer in connection with the dispensing or administration of the prescription drug. Requires that, for group health insurance coverage, an insurer: (1) pass through to a plan sponsor 100% of all rebates received or estimated to be received by the insurer concerning the dispensing or administration of prescription drugs to the covered individuals of the plan sponsor; (2) provide a plan sponsor, at the time of contracting, the option of calculating defined cost sharing for covered individuals of the plan sponsor at the point of sale based on a price that is reduced by some or all of the rebates received or estimated to be received by the insurer concerning the dispensing or administration of the prescription drug; and (3) disclose specified information to the plan sponsor. Allows the department of insurance to enforce the provisions and impose a civil penalty.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1029

Introduced
1/4/22  
Citizen's arrests. Specifies that a person may perform a citizen's arrest only if: (1) the arrest is justified under the self-defense statute; (2) the arrest is justified under the shoplifter or unlawful recording detention statutes; or (3) the arrest is based on a criminal offense committed on private property in the presence of the arresting person, if the arresting person has a contractual interest in the property or is an employee of an establishment located on the property. Makes conforming amendments.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1041

Introduced
1/4/22  
Refer
1/4/22  
Report Pass
1/24/22  
Engrossed
1/28/22  
Refer
2/7/22  
Report Pass
2/17/22  
Enrolled
3/2/22  
Vetoed
3/21/22  
Participation in school sports. Requires, for purposes of interscholastic athletic events, school corporations, public schools, nonpublic schools, and certain athletic associations to expressly designate an athletic team or sport as one of the following: (1) A male, men's, or boys' team or sport. (2) A female, women's, or girls' team or sport. (3) A coeducational or mixed team or sport. Prohibits a male, based on the student's biological sex at birth in accordance with the student's genetics and reproductive biology, from participating on an athletic team or sport designated as being a female, women's, or girls' athletic team or sport. Requires school corporations, public schools, certain nonpublic schools, and certain athletic associations to: (1) establish and maintain grievance procedures; or (2) maintain grievance or protest procedures established before July 1, 2022; for a violation of these provisions. Establishes a civil action for a violation of these provisions. Provides that school corporations, public schools, certain nonpublic schools, and certain athletic associations are not subject to liability in a civil, administrative, disciplinary, or criminal action for acting in compliance with these provisions.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1084

Introduced
1/4/22  
Ban on public funding of bail paying organization. Prohibits the state and a political subdivision from: (1) posting bail for any person; or (2) providing a grant to any entity that provides funding for any person. Prohibits an entity that has received a grant from the state or a political subdivision from posting bail for any person or providing a grant, directly or indirectly, to an entity that posts bail for any person.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1070

Introduced
1/4/22  
Decriminalization of marijuana. Decriminalizes possession of two ounces or less of marijuana.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session

Indiana Senate Bill SB0129

Introduced
1/4/22  
Refer
1/4/22  
Report Pass
1/11/22  
Engrossed
1/19/22  
Refer
1/31/22  
Report Pass
2/8/22  
Enrolled
2/15/22  
Passed
3/7/22  
Chaptered
3/7/22  
Seed tests. Requires the state seed commissioner to charge fees for testing seed for purity and germination that are commensurate with fees that are standard in the seed testing industry. Repeals certain requirements for agricultural seed in packages that are not more than one pound. Provides that $25 is the minimum fee to register pure or mixed cultures of microorganisms and materials with the state chemist. Allows the state chemist to adopt rules to establish fees that are necessary for the administration of certain laws concerning the sale and transfer of plant cultures, including costs of inspections, registration of products, and product analysis. Voids rules concerning fees for seed analysis, testing, and examination.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1049

Introduced
1/4/22  
Cannabis regulation. Establishes the cannabis compliance advisory committee to review and evaluate certain rules, laws, and programs. Establishes the cannabis compliance commission to regulate all forms of legal cannabis in Indiana, including industrial hemp and low THC hemp extract.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session

Indiana Senate Bill SB0071

Introduced
1/4/22  
Absentee voting for the elderly and disabled. Provides that an elderly voter or a voter with disabilities may apply for permanent absentee voter status. Provides that absentee ballots would be sent automatically to voters who have permanent absentee voter status.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1055

Introduced
1/4/22  
Wake boarding and wake surfing. Prohibits a person from operating on a public freshwater lake a motorboat that engages in wake boarding or wake surfing: (1) during the period between sunset and sunrise; or (2) in violation of a rule adopted by the natural resources commission (commission). Places restrictions that apply to wake boarding or wake surfing on a small public freshwater lake that is at least 70 acres but not more than 300 acres. Establishes a procedure for property owners on a public freshwater lake to petition the commission to adopt rules concerning wake boarding and wake surfing restrictions. Establishes a penalty. Provides that an individual may not operate a motorboat with: (1) an outboard engine; or (2) an outdrive unit with a propeller that extends past the motorboat's transom or swim platform; for the purpose of wake surfing.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1063

Introduced
1/4/22  
Refer
1/4/22  
Report Pass
1/13/22  
Engrossed
1/21/22  
De novo judicial review of certain agency actions. Requires a court to try disputed issues of fact de novo in a judicial review of certain agency actions. Provides that the burden of proving the validity of certain agency actions is the same as in the hearing before the agency. Requires the court in a judicial review of an agency action to review all issues of law and fact de novo and without deference to any previous interpretation made by the agency. Specifies that a monetary penalty issued by an agency may not be excessive and that a court may review a monetary penalty de novo to determine if the penalty is excessive.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1025

Introduced
1/4/22  
Septic system inspection and well water testing. Provides that, after June 30, 2023, if a dwelling is connected to a residential onsite sewage system: (1) the residential onsite sewage system must be inspected by a qualified inspector and the property owner must state the inspector's determination in the real estate sales disclosure form required under current law; and (2) if the residential onsite sewage system is not inspected, if the inspector determines that the residential onsite sewage system is failing and the property owner does not state the inspector's determination in the disclosure form, or if the property owner does not submit a disclosure form to the buyer before accepting the buyer's offer, the transaction transferring ownership of the dwelling is voidable at the election of the buyer, even after the closing. Provides that, after June 30, 2023, a county recorder may not record a deed transferring a fee simple interest in a nondwelling structure connected to a commercial onsite sewage system unless: (1) the commercial onsite sewage system is inspected by a qualified inspector; (2) a document certifying that the inspection has been conducted and setting forth the inspection results is provided to the local health department, the county recorder, and the person to whom the fee simple interest is being transferred; and (3) if the commercial onsite sewage system exhibits any condition constituting system failure, the person to whom the fee simple interest in the nondwelling structure is being transferred presents to the local health department and the county recorder an affidavit stating that the cause of system failure: (A) has been eliminated; or (B) will be eliminated before the person uses the nondwelling structure for the purpose for which the person is acquiring the structure. Provides that, after June 30, 2023, a county recorder may not record a deed transferring a fee simple interest in a lot or tract of land containing a water well in addition to a residential or commercial onsite sewage system unless: (1) water from the water well is tested by a qualified tester for the presence of arsenic, nitrate, lead, and coliform bacteria; and (2) a document certifying that the testing has been conducted and setting forth the results is provided to the local health department, the county recorder, and the person to whom the fee simple interest is being transferred. Establishes exceptions to these inspection and testing requirements. Provides that the failure of the property owner to provide the document certifying and setting forth the results of the commercial onsite sewage system inspection or well water testing: (1) is a complete defense to an action brought by the property owner against a prospective transferee for breach of a contract to purchase the property; and (2) is a breach of a legal duty owed to a transferee for which the transferee may bring a civil action for compensatory damages. Requires the state department of health to adopt rules.