Natural resource entrance fees. Allows counties that meet certain criteria to adopt an ordinance to impose a surcharge of not more than $2 in addition to the fees charged by the department of natural resources (department) for entry into certain state parks and recreation areas. Provides that the surcharge may not be imposed on: (1) a county resident; or (2) an annual state park pass holder. Requires the department to collect, report, and pay the surcharge to each county treasurer. Provides that the revenue collected is to be used for: (1) public safety purposes; or (2) improvement of reservoir water quality.

Area agencies on aging. Requires the area agencies on aging to: (1) provide individuals with comprehensive and coordinated information and access to long term services and supports through individual counseling; and (2) serve as the primary access point for individuals for home and community based services programs.

Climate solutions task force. Establishes the climate solutions task force (task force) to review issues related to sustainable and clean energy solutions. Sets forth membership, and requires the task force to issue a report to the general assembly and the governor not later than November 1, 2024.

Contracting of Medicaid services. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to require, as part of the office's initial contract for a specified risk based managed care program, a managed care organization to subcontract at least 75% of the specified services and programs to a home and community based entity for the duration of the contract. Allows for exceptions in specified circumstances.

Uniform Commercial Code amendments. Incorporates into Indiana's Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) the Amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code (2022) approved and recommended for enactment in all states by the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) to address emerging technologies. Makes conforming amendments to general provisions and definitions that apply throughout the UCC. Makes conforming amendments to chapters of the UCC governing the following: (1) Sales. (2) Leases. (3) Negotiable instruments. (4) Fund transfers. (5) Letters of credit. (6) Documents of title. (7) Investment securities. (8) Secured transactions. Repeals the chapter in the UCC governing controllable electronic records. Amends the definition of "money" for purposes of Indiana's Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) to specify that money: (1) is a medium of exchange that is not in an electronic form; and (2) does not include a central bank digital currency that is currently adopted, or that may be adopted, by the United States government, a foreign government, a foreign reserve, or a foreign sanctioned central bank. Establishes a new chapter in the UCC that: (1) governs controllable electronic records; and (2) incorporates the provisions of the ULC's amendments governing controllable electronic records. Provides that a "controllable electronic record" does not include an electronic record that is currently authorized or adopted by a domestic or foreign government and is not a medium of exchange that was recorded and transferable in a system that existed and operated for the medium of exchange before the medium of exchange was authorized or adopted by a government. Establishes a new chapter in the UCC that: (1) addresses the validity, enforceability, and perfection of certain commercial transactions, including secured transactions, entered into before the effective date of the amendments on July 1, 2023; and (2) establishes July 1, 2025, as an "adjustment date" on or after which certain transactions must conform to the requirements of the amendments to remain valid, enforceable, or perfected. Adds language to incorporate into Indiana's UCC the Amendments to Uniform Commercial Code Article 9 (2018), as approved by the American Law Institute and the National Conference of Commissioners of Uniform State Laws. Provides, through the incorporation of these amendments, that the provisions in the UCC providing that restrictions on the transfer of property pledged as collateral are ineffective do not apply in the case of a security interest in an ownership interest in a general partnership, limited partnership, or limited liability company.

Juvenile law matters. Repeals provisions providing that juvenile courts do not have jurisdiction over juveniles charged with certain offenses. Provides that a delinquent offender under 13 years of age (rather than 12 years of age, under current law) or 23 years of age or older (rather than 18 years of age or older, under current law) may not be committed to the department of correction. Provides that a delinquent offender's: (1) commitment to the department of correction; or (2) parole; may extend until the offender reaches 25 years of age if the offender has been adjudicated delinquent for an act that would have been a Level 3 felony, a Level 2 felony, a Level 1 felony, or murder if committed by an adult. Provides that a circuit or superior court has original and concurrent jurisdiction over a case alleging that an individual committed a delinquent act if: (1) the delinquent act is an act over which the circuit or superior court would have jurisdiction if the act had been committed by an adult; and (2) either: (A) the juvenile courts lack jurisdiction over the case; or (B) the juvenile court waives the case to the circuit or superior court. Provides that a juvenile court may waive a child to adult court for prosecution for certain offenses if the child was 16 years of age or older (rather than 14 years of age or older, under current law) when the child allegedly committed the offense. Provides that a juvenile court may waive a child to adult court for prosecution for a Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4, or Level 5 felony relating to controlled substances (rather than for any felony relating to controlled substances, under current law). Provides that a juvenile court may waive a child to adult court for prosecution for murder if the child was at least 14 years of age (rather than 12 years of age, under current law), but less than 16 years of age, when the child allegedly committed the offense. Amends the list of offenses for which a juvenile court is required to waive a child to adult court upon motion of the prosecutor. Amends alternative sentencing provisions, under which a juvenile tried in adult court may be sentenced to a juvenile facility, to: (1) provide that a juvenile sentenced under the alternative sentencing provisions may be held in a juvenile facility until the juvenile becomes 25 years of age; (2) provide for court review of the juvenile's progress once the department of correction notifies the sentencing court that the juvenile has successfully completed a rehabilitation program or has served 18 months in the juvenile facility, whichever comes first; and (3) provide that if, after the court review, the court continues the juvenile's placement in a juvenile facility, the court shall conduct a review hearing at least once every 180 days until the objectives of the sentence have been met or the juvenile becomes 25 years of age, whichever occurs first. Provides that a child convicted of certain offenses may not be made a ward of the department of correction if the child is less than 13 years of age (rather than 12 years of age, under current law) or at least 23 years of age (rather than 18 years of age, under current law) at the time the child's dispositional decree is entered. Provides that: (1) a child who is at least 13 years of age and commits an act that would be murder if committed by an adult may be made a ward of the department of correction for a period that is not longer than seven years and that does not end later than the date the child becomes 25 years of age; and (2) a child who is at least 16 years of age and commits an act that would be one of several specified offenses if committed by an adult may be made a ward of the department of correction for a period that is not longer than five years and that does not end later than the date the child becomes 25 years of age. Provides: (1) a process under which a person convicted of an offense committed by the person when the person was less than 18 years of age may, not less than 15 years after the date of the conviction, petition a court for modification of the person's sentence; and (2) conditions under which a court may grant the petition. Provides that: (1) a person less than 18 years of age who, with a child who is younger than the person and less than 14 years of age, knowingly or intentionally performs or submits to sexual intercourse or other sexual conduct commits child sexual misconduct; and (2) the offense is a Class A misdemeanor, subject to enhancement

Underground storage tanks. Provides that the commissioner of the department of environmental management (commissioner) may not issue an order or proceed in court to require the owner or operator of an underground storage tank to undertake corrective action with respect to a release of a regulated substance from the underground storage tank until the commissioner has received and reviewed the initial site characterization of the site of the release prepared by or for the owner or operator of the underground storage tank (initial site characterization). However, allows the commissioner to require the owner or operator to undertake corrective action without having received and reviewed the initial site characterization if the commissioner reasonably believes that the release from the underground storage tank creates a threat to public health or the environment great enough to necessitate an order or proceeding before the initial site characterization is submitted to the department of environmental management. Also provides that, if a quantity of the released regulated substance remains or may remain underground at the site, the commissioner is prohibited from: (1) requesting that the owner or operator of the underground storage tank execute a restrictive covenant applying to the site of the underground storage tank; (2) making a determination of no further action being required at the site of the underground storage tank; or (3) approving closure of the site of the underground storage tank; unless the commissioner has received and reviewed the initial site characterization.

Carbon sequestration pilot project. Defines the term "pore space". Corrects a spelling error in the address of the carbon sequestration pilot project (pilot project). Provides that the pilot project will construct, operate, or use not more than two (2) carbon dioxide pipelines and will maintain operations only in Vigo and Vermillion counties. Requires the director of the department of natural resources to designate the operator of the carbon sequestration pilot project not more than 30 days after the Class VI well permit authorizing the operation of carbon dioxide injection wells at the site of the pilot project is issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Provides that, for purposes of the pilot project, the title to pore space is vested in the person who holds in fee simple the surface interest in the land or water, as identified by the property records of the county, except in case of an explicit conveyance, exception, or reservation through a recorded conveyance to another person. Requires the pilot project operator, before the anticipated migration of injected carbon dioxide into pore space to notify the person who owns the pore space in fee simple of the anticipated migration of the carbon dioxide. Requires the carbon sequestration pilot project operator to make an offer of compensation to a pore space owner to provide that the offer of compensation must be at least a yearly payment of 40% of the average estimated cash rent per acre for the area of Indiana and the class of land, according to the Farmland Values and Cash Rents Survey Results published by Purdue University most recently before the offer of compensation is made, every year until the cessation of injection of carbon dioxide. Provides that a person who claims ownership of pore space may initiate non-binding mediation of the dispute with the pilot project operator concerning the pore space. Establishes a procedure for mediation and allows the pilot project operator to consolidate multiple requests for mediation into one or more mediation proceedings. Provides that if a person who claims ownership of pore space is unable to reach an agreement with the pilot project operator concerning the acquisition, lease, or occupancy of the pore space through negotiation or mediation, the person may pursue a civil action against the pilot project operator. Provides that, generally, in a civil action against the pilot project operator, the court may not grant injunctive relief, an order of possession, or monetary relief that exceeds the fair market value of pore space in Indiana. Provides, however, that these limits on monetary recovery do not apply in case of direct and tangible physical injury or damage to a person, tangible property, or an animal or in case of an effect of the pilot project on the sources of the public water supply used by a public utility. Provides that the code section authorizing the establishment of the carbon sequestration pilot project expires July 1, 2028, if the operator of the carbon sequestration pilot project is not issued a Class VI permit by the United States Environmental Protection Agency by that date.

Education funding. Increases the federal poverty level threshold for the prekindergarten program from 127% of the federal poverty level for an eligible child, or 185% of the federal poverty level for a limited eligibility child, to 300% of the federal poverty level (removes the limited eligibility child category under the prekindergarten program). Increases the federal poverty level threshold for the twenty-first century scholars program from 185% of the federal poverty level to 300% of the federal poverty level. Requires the commission for higher education to: (1) coordinate with the department of education to identify each student who qualifies for a twenty-first century scholarship each year; (2) automatically enroll those students identified in the scholarship program without application; and (3) provide written notification of the approval to the student. Removes a provision that prohibits the commission for higher education from awarding a next generation Hoosier educators scholarship to more than 200 new applicants each academic year. Appropriates $10,000,000 from the state general fund to the next generation Hoosier educators scholarship fund each state fiscal year of the state budget biennium for purposes of the scholarship. Amends certain qualification requirements and the award amount for the primary care physician loan forgiveness program, and renames the program the physician loan forgiveness program. Appropriates $10,000,000 from the state general fund to the primary care physician loan forgiveness fund each state fiscal year of the state budget biennium for purposes of the loan forgiveness program, and renames the fund the physician loan forgiveness fund. Appropriates $10,000,000 from the state general fund to the medical residency education fund each state fiscal year of the state budget biennium for purposes of medical residency education grants.

Vehicle Bill. None

Honoring Indiana Rural Teacher of the Year Leigh Anne Eck. Honoring Indiana Rural Teacher of the Year Leigh Anne Eck.

Congratulating the NorthWood High School boys' basketball team on their championship victory. Congratulating the NorthWood High School boys' basketball team on their championship victory.

Recognizing the Richmond Fire Department and all supporting departments who helped contain and extinguish the facility fire in Richmond, Indiana. Recognizing the Richmond Fire Department and all supporting departments who helped contain and extinguish the facility fire in Richmond, Indiana.

Vehicle Bill. None

Feticide. Removes language that the feticide statute does not apply to a pregnant mother whose pregnancy is terminated. Removes language concerning certain situations in which feticide is currently allowed. Repeals a defense to a crime involving the death of or injury to a fetus.