Indiana 2022 Regular Session All Bills (Page 32)
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1309
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Erasing, altering, or tampering with meeting video. Provides that a public servant who tampers with the official video or audio recording of a public meeting with the intent to make all or part of the official recording unavailable, materially inaccurate, or misleading commits tampering with an official recording, a Level 6 felony.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1395
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Property tax exemption for qualified veterans. Provides, for assessment dates after December 31, 2022, that 50% of the assessed value of eligible property owned by an eligible individual is exempt from property taxation. Defines "eligible individual" as an individual who: (1) served in the military or naval forces of the United States: (A) during any of its wars; or (B) for a period of at least 18 months during peacetime; (2) received an honorable discharge; and (3) has lived in Indiana for at least three years. Defines "eligible property" as any real property or mobile home or manufactured home assessed as personal property used as a principal place of residence and receiving a homestead standard deduction for the most recent assessment date. Specifies, beginning with assessment dates after December 31, 2022, that for purposes of calculating the amount of a deduction from assessed value for an eligible property, the assessed value used is the assessed value remaining after the application of the 50% exemption. Provides, beginning with assessment dates after December 31, 2022, that for other purposes that are not calculating the amount of a deduction, the assessed value to be applied is the assessed value determined without regard to the 50% exemption.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1342
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Salary of members of the general assembly. Computes the annual base salary of legislators by comparing the most recent median household income data for Indiana with what the most recent median household income would have been if the previous year's median household income had been adjusted for inflation using the consumer price index.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SCR0009
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Congress of the United States to oppose the burdensome reporting requirements included in the Biden administration's tax increase proposals for fiscal year 2022.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1371
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Second amendment protection. Provides that certain federal laws that infringe on the right to keep and bear arms are invalid, not recognized, rejected, and shall not be enforced in Indiana. Specifies penalties and causes of action concerning a political subdivision or law enforcement agency that employs a: (1) law enforcement officer who enforces or attempts to enforce certain provisions or otherwise deprives a citizen of Indiana of particular constitutional rights or privileges; (2) federal official, or person who gives material aid to a federal official, who knowingly enforces or attempts to enforce certain laws. Specifies exceptions. Makes findings and defines particular terms.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1336
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Reporting on worker misclassification. Requires the department of state revenue, the state department of labor, the worker's compensation board of Indiana, and the department of workforce development to report before September 1 in 2022 through 2025 to the interim study committee on employment and labor for the immediately preceding three state fiscal years and in the aggregate for the three state fiscal year period: (1) the number of employers that each department or the board determined during the immediately preceding state fiscal year improperly classified at least one worker as an independent contractor; (2) the total number of improperly classified workers employed by those employers; (3) the department's or board's calculation of the revenue not collected or the additional costs to the state that the department or board attributes to the improperly classified workers; and (4) the amount of the penalties and interest assessed against those employers by each department or the board, and the amount of the penalties and interest assessed that has been collected. Excepts residential contractors from the term "employer" for purposes of the reporting requirements.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0415
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
School discrimination. Provides that a teacher, administrator, or other employee of a school corporation or charter school shall not require or make part of a course certain concepts related to race or sex. Provides that a school corporation or a charter school, or an employee of a state agency, school corporation, or charter school acting in an official capacity, shall not direct or otherwise compel a school employee to personally affirm, adopt, or adhere to certain tenets relating to race or sex. Provides that a student enrolled at a state educational institution shall not be required to engage in any form of mandatory gender or sexual diversity training or counseling. Provides that any orientation or requirement that presents any form of race or sex stereotyping or a bias on the basis of race or sex is prohibited.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1317
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Various election law matters. Prohibits the Indiana election commission from: (1) instituting, increasing, or expanding vote by mail or absentee vote by mail; and (2) changing the time, place, or manner of holding an election. Prohibits a person from providing an absentee ballot application with the driver's license number or last four digits of the voter's Social Security number already printed on the form. Requires an applicant for an absentee ballot application to include the driver's license number or last four digits of the individual's Social Security number. Prohibits the governor from changing, during a declared disaster emergency, the time, place, or manner of holding an election. Requires a risk-limiting audit to be conducted after each election before the results are certified.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1299
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/18/22
Engrossed
1/25/22
Refer
2/1/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Passed
3/10/22
Chaptered
3/10/22
Passed
3/10/22
Permit transfers and tax hold extensions. Allows the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission) to transfer a beer wholesaler's permit from the beer wholesaler permittee (permittee) to the permittee's immediate relative (immediate relative) who holds a majority share in another wholesaler permit, if: (1) the permittee is at least 75 years of age; and (2) the permittee and the immediate relative have each held their respective wholesaler permits for at least 10 years. Allows the commission to extend, one time and for not more than 90 days, the permit term of an applicant for permit renewal that is delinquent in paying a listed tax.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0394
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Medical malpractice. Provides that medical bills and medical expenses incurred in connection with the alleged injury or death of a patient are excluded from the maximum amount of damages that may be recovered in a medical malpractice action. Increases the amount that a health care provider is liable for in a medical malpractice action from $500,000 to $600,000 after June 30, 2022. Provides that recoverable medical expenses incurred in connection with the injury or death of a patient due from a judgment or settlement in a medical malpractice action shall be paid by the health care provider. Reduces the amount that a plaintiff's attorney may receive in a medical malpractice action from 32% to 25% of any recovery after June 30, 2022.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1384
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Purchase of insulin needles. Provides that the Indiana board of pharmacy (board) may not establish limitations on the quantity of hypodermic syringes, needles, or insulin that may be dispensed to a patient or purchaser for the treatment of diabetes. Requires the board to amend an administrative rule.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1426
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Vehicle Bill. None
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1359
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
1/26/22
Refer
2/1/22
Refer
2/15/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Passed
3/11/22
Chaptered
3/11/22
Passed
3/11/22
Juvenile law matters. Requires the commission on improving the status of children in Indiana (commission) to create a statewide juvenile justice oversight body (oversight body) to do the following: (1) Develop a plan to collect and report statewide juvenile justice data. (2) Establish procedures and policies related to the use of certain screening tools and assessments. (3) Develop a statewide plan to address the provision of broader behavioral health services to children in the juvenile justice system. (4) Develop a plan for the provision of transitional services for a child who is a ward of the department of correction. (5) Develop a plan for the juvenile diversion and community alternatives grant programs. Provides that the oversight body shall, not later than July 1, 2023, submit to the commission and the legislative council: (1) the plan for the juvenile diversion and community alternatives grant programs; and (2) the juvenile justice data collection plan and the plan for the use of screening tools, assessments, and services. Requires the judicial conference of Indiana to develop statewide juvenile probation standards that are aligned with research based practices, and requires the board of directors of the judicial conference of Indiana to approve the standards by July 1, 2023. Requires the use of a risk and needs assessment tool, a risk screening tool, and a diagnostic assessment when evaluating a child at specific points in the juvenile justice system to identify the child's risk for reoffense. Requires an intake officer and the juvenile court to use the results of a detention tool to inform the use of secure detention and document the reason for the use of detention if the tool is overridden. Requires a court to: (1) after use of a detention tool, include in a court order the reason for a juvenile detention override; and (2) submit details of the juvenile detention override to the office of judicial administration (office). Requires the office to provide an annual report to the governor, chief justice, and legislative council before December 1 of each year that includes information about a court's use of a detention tool and reasons for overriding the results of the detention tool. Provides that a child less than 12 years of age cannot be detained unless detention is essential to protect the community and no reasonable alternatives exist to reduce the risk. Establishes a procedure for juvenile diversion. Requires the office to provide an annual report to the governor, chief justice, and legislative council before December 1 of each year that includes data on any child diverted through the juvenile diversion program. Repeals provisions requiring a child who participates in a program of informal adjustment to pay an informal adjustment program fee. Provides that a child who is a ward of the department of correction may receive at least three months of transitional services to support reintegration of the child back into the community and to reduce recidivism. Requires the department of correction to provide an annual report to the governor, chief justice, and legislative council before December 1 of each year that includes collected data that will help assess the impact of reintegration improvements for juveniles, including tracking recidivism beyond incarceration and into the adult system. Provides that a juvenile court may recommend telehealth services as an alternative to a child receiving a diagnostic assessment. Establishes: (1) the juvenile diversion and community alternatives grant programs and grant programs fund; and (2) the juvenile behavioral health competitive grant pilot program and grant pilot program fund; as of July 1, 2023. Requires the Indiana criminal justice institute (institute) to administer each program and fund. Requires the local or regional justice reinvestment advisory council or another local collaborative body to oversee certain juvenile community alternatives grants awarded to a county. Requires the institute to prepare an annual report to the governor, chief justice, and legislative council before December 1 of each year that details certain performance measures that counties receiving grants must collect and report. Requires the office of judicial administration to administer the statewide juvenile justice data aggregation plan. Makes conforming changes. Makes a technical correction.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0383
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/15/22
Enrolled
2/22/22
Passed
3/7/22
Chaptered
3/7/22
Passed
3/7/22
Financial institutions and consumer credit. Provides that a reference to federal law in: (1) the first lien mortgage lending act; (2) the Uniform Consumer Credit Code (UCCC); or (3) the Indiana Code title governing financial institutions; is a reference to the law as in effect December 31, 2021 (versus December 31, 2020, under current law). Amends the provisions in the UCCC governing authorized finance charges for consumer loans (other than supervised loans) and for supervised loans to specify that: (1) the entire section governing finance charges for consumer loans (other than supervised loans) does not apply to supervised loans; and (2) the loan finance charge for a supervised loan must be: (A) contracted for between the lender and the debtor; and (B) calculated by applying a rate not exceeding the authorized rate to unpaid balances of the principal. Amends provisions in the UCCC concerning permitted additional charges for guaranteed asset protection (GAP) agreements for: (1) consumer credit sales; and (2) consumer loans; to specify that the average retail value for a used motor vehicle that is the subject of a GAP agreement is to be determined by using a third party valuation service provider customarily relied upon in the used motor vehicle commercial market (versus by using the National Automobile Dealers Association average retail value, under current law). Amends the Indiana Code section concerning the department's duties of confidentiality with respect to certain information concerning financial institutions to specify that those duties apply to all regulated entities licensed or registered with the department. Specifies that the required fidelity coverage for credit unions: (1) applies to those directors, officers, and employees of the credit union who have access to money or bonds of the credit union; and (2) must be approved annually by the credit union's board of directors as to the amount and form. Amends the statute governing money transmitters to: (1) provide that a "payment instrument" does not include a "stored value account"; and (2) remove the definition of "stored value account". Changes references to a "federal savings and loan association" to a "federal savings association" for purposes of the statute concerning mergers, consolidations, and conversions involving federal savings associations and savings associations chartered in Indiana, to specify that a federal savings association may convert into a savings association chartered in Indiana.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1337
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Various gaming issues. Authorizes the following persons to conduct interactive gaming: (1) A licensed owner of a riverboat. (2) An operating agent operating a riverboat in a historic hotel district. (3) A permit holder conducting gambling games at the permit holder's racetrack. Provides for the licensure of persons providing services and equipment for managing and conducting interactive gaming. Specifies requirements for the conduct of interactive gaming. Imposes an adjusted gross receipts tax of 18% on interactive gaming. Provides for revenue sharing to cities and counties in which casinos are operated. Provides that the speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tempore of the senate shall each appoint a member of the gaming commission. Provides that a hold harmless agreement or an agreement to offset a financial loss between a casino, riverboat, or unit of government and another unit of government concerning potential losses of revenue by the other unit of government is prohibited and unenforceable. Repeals the requirement that the licensed owner of a riverboat operating in Vigo County pay certain payments to the city of Evansville. Repeals language concerning a supplemental payment to East Chicago, Hammond, and Michigan City under certain circumstances. Repeals the historic hotel district community support fee. Makes an appropriation. Makes conforming and technical changes.