Indiana Bills

passed · Indiana · Senate Jan 31, 2022

SB 137: Group coverage for religious not-for-profits.

Allows an authorized property and casualty insurance company to provide group property and casualty insurance to a religious not-for-profit association consisting of at least 10 religious not-for-profit organizations that have a relationship to one another in a common denomination, association, affiliation, or fellowship.

passed · Indiana · Senate Jan 31, 2022

SB 4: Local workforce recruiting and retention.

Authorizes a local unit (county, municipality, town, township, or school corporation) to establish a workforce retention and recruitment program (program) and fund (fund) for the purposes of recruiting and retaining individuals who will satisfy the current and future workforce needs of the unit's employers or provide substantial economic impact to the unit, including providing incentives in the form of grants or loans to qualified workers. Defines "qualified worker" for purposes of the program. Requires a qualified worker who receives a grant or loan from the fund to enter into an incentive agreement. Authorizes the unit to transfer money into the fund from other sources. Provides that the executive of the unit shall administer the fund in coordination with a workforce fund board of managers (workforce fund managers) appointed by the executive of the unit. Requires the workforce fund managers to annually submit a report setting out their activities during the preceding calendar year to the executive of the unit, the fiscal body of the unit, and the department of local government finance. Makes conforming changes.

passed · Indiana · Senate Jan 31, 2022

SB 36: Audiology and speech-language pathology compact.

Adopts the audiology and speech-language pathology interstate compact. Establishes requirements regarding: (1) speech-language pathology assistants; and (2) the supervision of speech-language pathology support personnel. Requires the speech-language pathology and audiology board to adopt rules not later than June 30, 2023. Makes conforming amendments.

passed · Indiana · Senate Jan 31, 2022

SB 111: Equine dentistry.

Provides that an individual who performs teeth floating on horses is exempt from the licensing or special permit requirements of the veterinary medicine laws if the individual has a valid certification from the International Association of Equine Dentistry or an equivalent certification approved by the board of veterinary medicine and acts under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian when administering a sedative drug to a horse before performing teeth floating on the horse. Specifies that an individual who performs teeth floating may not administer a sedative drug to a horse before performing teeth floating on the horse unless the individual administers the sedative drug to the horse under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian.

passed · Indiana · Senate Jan 31, 2022

SB 94: Sentence modification.

Establishes a procedure to allow certain inmates in the department of correction (department) an additional opportunity to request sentence modification from the sentencing court if the department has recommended sentence modification. Requires that an inmate who receives sentence modification be placed under supervision of: (1) a community transition program; (2) a court; (3) community corrections program; or (4) a supervised reentry program.

passed · Indiana · Senate Jan 31, 2022

SB 223: Venture capital investment tax credit.

Adds veteran owned businesses (in addition to minority business enterprises and women's business enterprises) to a provision specifying the computation of the maximum amount of tax credits available for the provision of qualified investment capital to those businesses. Provides that if the total amount of tax credits that may be awarded by the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) exceeds the $20,000,000 maximum for a particular calendar year, the IEDC may borrow credits from the subsequent calendar year to facilitate investment of qualified investment capital to a qualified Indiana business or to a qualified Indiana investment fund at the end of a particular calendar year. Specifies that the borrowing of credits from a subsequent calendar year reduces the amount of credits available for the subsequent calendar year in an amount equal to the amount of credits borrowed in the preceding calendar year. Provides that the IEDC may borrow not more than 50% of the credits from a subsequent calendar year. Requires the department of state revenue (department) to annually determine the total amount of credits that were borrowed from each applicable calendar year and post the determined amount on the department's Internet web site.

passed · Indiana · Senate Jan 31, 2022

SB 95: Coverage for living organ donors.

Prohibits an insurer that issues a policy of life insurance, disability insurance, or long term care insurance from taking certain actions with respect to the coverage of individuals who are living organ donors. Specifies that certain actions constitute an unfair and deceptive act and practice in the business of insurance when taken against a living organ donor by an insurer.

passed · Indiana · Senate Jan 31, 2022

SB 8: Nonprofit bail funding.

Allows a charitable organization to pay bail on behalf of a defendant if the organization meets certain criteria. Exempts from the certification requirement a charitable organization that pays bail for not more than two individuals in any 180 day period. 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. Requires a court to apply the bail to certain court costs. 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.

passed · Indiana · Senate Jan 31, 2022

SB 6: Bail for violent arrestees.

Defines "violent crime", "violent arrestee", "repeat violent arrestee", and "minimum bail amount", and requires: (1) a court to review the probable cause affidavit or arrest warrant before releasing a violent arrestee or repeat violent arrestee on bail; (2) bail to be set for a violent arrestee or repeat violent arrestee following a hearing in open court; and (3) a repeat violent arrestee released on bail to pay 100% of the minimum bail amount by cash deposit. Prohibits a third party who is not a close relative of a repeat violent arrestee from posting bail for the repeat violent arrestee. Requires mandatory bail revocation for a violent arrestee who commits a felony while released. Provides for victim notification of bail hearings. Requires nonmonetary release for non-violent arrestees under certain circumstances. Makes conforming amendments.

passed · Indiana · Senate Jan 31, 2022

SB 120: Distribution of revenue for public safety purposes.

Provides that, subject to the approval of a county adopting body, a fire protection district or a qualified fire protection territory may apply for distributions of tax revenue. Provides that a township that provides fire protection or emergency medical services (other than a township in Marion County) may apply to a county adopting body for a distribution of tax revenue for public safety purposes. Requires the adopting body to conduct a public hearing to review and approve the application. Specifies the method for determining the amount of the distribution to the qualified township.

passed · Indiana · Senate Jan 31, 2022

SB 77: State police pension trustee.

Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on pension management oversight the task of studying whether the trustee of the state police pension trust and the police benefit fund should be the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system. Specifies that the corpus and income of the pension trust shall be distributed to participants and their beneficiaries in accordance with certain provisions.

passed both · Indiana · Senate Jan 31, 2022

SCR 17: Recognizing Judge Edward W. Najam, Jr.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Judge Edward W. Najam, Jr., for his 30 years of service on the Indiana Court of Appeals.

Eric Koch (R) Matt Pierce (D) · 48 co-sponsors

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