Expansion of produce Rx pilot grant program. Makes an appropriation to the Indiana department of health for the purpose of expanding the produce Rx pilot grant program.

Retiring farmers tax credit. Provides an adjusted gross income tax credit for retired farmers who sell or lease farmland or sell livestock to a qualified beginning farmer. Defines "qualified beginning farmer" and "farmland" for purposes of the credit. Allows a taxpayer to apply to the Indiana state department of agriculture (ISDA) for approval and certification of the credit. Allows a beginning farmer to apply to the ISDA for certification as a qualified beginning farmer. Specifies the amount of the credit that may be claimed by a taxpayer. Limits the total amount of tax credits that may be awarded to $1,000,000 per state fiscal year. Sunsets the credit after six years.

Ban on university practices. Provides that a state educational institution may not investigate, threaten disciplinary action regarding, punish, or solicit the reporting of certain student speech. Provides that the race, color, or ethnicity of a student or applicant of a postsecondary educational institution may not be used in certain decision making processes or provided to specified individuals, and establishes a cause of action for a violation of these provisions.

Unlawful encroachment. Authorizes a law enforcement officer to order a person to stop approaching the law enforcement officer if the officer reasonably believes that the person's presence within 25 feet of the officer will interfere with the performance of the officer's duties. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally approaches within 25 feet of a law enforcement officer after being ordered to stop approaching commits unlawful encroachment on a law enforcement officer, a Class C misdemeanor.

Prior authorization for opioid use disorder care. Provides that a utilization review entity may not impose prior authorization requirements on medication for opioid use disorder.

Worker classification on public projects. Requires a contractor in any contractor tier except for tier 1 (a general or prime contractor) on a: (1) public works project; or (2) tax advantaged construction project; to complete a weekly report of wages and hours of the contractor's employees who work on the project. Requires the department of labor to employ an investigator to investigate complaints of employee misclassification. Provides that the investigator shall be located at the Marion County prosecuting attorney's office. Extends certain protections to an employee who reports, complains, or testifies about employee misclassification.

Participation in the 287(g) program. Requires each sheriff with regard to a county jail to: (1) enter into a written agreement with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to participate in the immigration program established under Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act not later than January 1, 2026; and (2) beginning October 1, 2025, notify the department of correction quarterly of the status of a written agreement and any reason for noncompliance.

School wellness grant fund. Establishes the school wellness grant fund (fund) to provide grants to school corporations to support local wellness initiatives developed by the school corporation. Requires the department of education to develop criteria to award grants from the fund. Makes an appropriation.

Renter's tax deduction for disabled veterans. Allows a disabled veteran who rents a dwelling as a principal place of residence to claim an additional renter's deduction of up to $3,000 from the disabled veteran's adjusted gross income.

Opioid prescriptions. Provides that if a prescriber issues a prescription for an opioid for administration through an intrathecal pump or epidural pain pump: (1) the prescription may not exceed a 180 day supply; and (2) the patient may not be required to have a face-to-face visit with the prescriber more than once every 180 days unless the prescriber determines an earlier follow up visit is medically necessary.

Education matters. Defines "chronically absent". Requires the department of education (department) to do the following: (1) Create a list of best practices to reduce student discipline and chronic absenteeism. (2) Study and prepare a report regarding the basis for the categorization of certain suspensions and expulsions. (3) Establish a categorization framework to distinguish between excused and unexcused absences based on the reason for the absence. (4) Collect certain information regarding absences from school corporations and charter schools. (5) Prepare and post a report regarding the information on the department's website. Provides that the absence policy adopted by the governing body of a school corporation must provide for the categorization of excused and unexcused absences in accordance with the categorization framework established by the department. Allows a prosecuting attorney to conduct a meeting, collaborate, and make reasonable efforts to secure appropriate support services for a child and the child's family before filing an affidavit with regard to a violation of compulsory school attendance requirements. Requires a public school to hold an attendance conference not later than 10 instructional days (instead of five instructional days) after the student's fifth absence. Prohibits a public school from expelling or suspending a student solely because the student is chronically absent or a habitual truant.

Property tax exemption for qualified veterans. Provides a property tax deduction for an individual, or the surviving spouse of an individual, who has been rated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs as individually unemployable.

Sensory kit grant program. Establishes the sensory kit grant program to provide grants to public safety agencies for the purpose of purchasing sensory kits to be used during an emergency to help individuals with autism spectrum disorder or a cognitive disorder. Requires the department of homeland security to administer the grant program. Makes an appropriation.

State revenue and expenditure information. Requires the department of state revenue (department) to, within a reasonable time after the filing of an Indiana tax return by a taxpayer, issue a letter in hard copy form to every taxpayer who: (1) filed an Indiana tax return for the previous taxable year; and (2) had a state tax liability of at least $1 for the previous taxable year. Provides that the letter must not exceed two pages and must include: (1) the amount of total state income tax the taxpayer remitted for the previous taxable year; (2) information regarding any change to the state income tax rate that occurred over the previous two taxable years; (3) a summary, categorized by revenue source, of income tax revenues received by the state during the previous taxable year; (4) a summary, categorized by expenditure type, of expenditures funded by income tax revenues during the previous taxable year; (5) a proportional categorized breakdown showing an estimate of how the taxpayer's income tax dollars remitted for the previous taxable year were or will be spent; and (6) any other objective information the department determines appropriate in helping to educate the taxpayer about the state's budget, spending, or fiscal wellness. Requires the state comptroller to provide the department assistance with any data or records necessary for the department to prepare the letter.

Citizen's arrests. Prohibits citizen's arrests. Makes conforming amendments.