| SB0415 | Pass | Vacant and abandoned housing. Provides that a county, city, or town fiscal body may adopt an ordinance to establish a deduction period for rehabilitated property that has also been determined to be abandoned or vacant. Specifies that there must be de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-06
Public Law 247 |
| SB0412 | Pass | Integrated resource plans and energy efficiency. Requires a public utility to submit an integrated resource plan to the utility regulatory commission (IURC). Requires certain electricity suppliers to submit an energy efficiency plan to the IURC at le...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-06
Public Law 246 |
| SB0217 | Pass | Service of process fees collected by a sheriff. Requires a sheriff to collect a service of process fee of $25 instead of $13 from a party requesting service of a writ, an order, a process, a notice, a tax warrant, or any other paper completed by the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 165 |
| HB1495 | Pass | Various local government issues. Provides the following with regard to a permit required to move or transfer title to a mobile home: (1) The permit must be issued by the county treasurer not later than two business days after a completed permit appli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 194 |
| SB0293 | Pass | Medical peer review. Provides for use of a peer review committee by a medical school located in Indiana. Allows sharing of peer review information between a medical school peer review committee and another peer review committee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 204 |
| HB1562 | Pass | Professional licensing matters. Requires an individual who holds a professional license or certificate and who is convicted of a misdemeanor or felony to provide written notice of the conviction to the appropriate professional licensing board not lat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 177 |
| HB1110 | Pass | Magistrates and courts. Allows the judges of the Clark circuit court to jointly appoint a third full-time magistrate. Allows the judge of the Greene circuit court and the judge of the Greene superior court to jointly appoint one full-time magistrate....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 173 |
| SB0324 | Pass | Various child support matters. Makes various changes to family and juvenile law concerning the following: (1) Parties entitled to file a paternity action. (2) Petitions for child support. (3) Petitions for adoption. (4) Adoption decrees. (5) Duties o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 206 |
| SB0516 | Pass | Utility infrastructure improvements. Amends the law on water and wastewater utility distribution system improvement charges so that the law applies to municipally owned utilities and not-for-profit utilities as well as to public utilities. Allows a m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 212 |
| SB0123 | Pass | Higher education. Revises the law setting forth the locations and names for centers for comprehensive medical education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 199 |
| HB1542 | Pass | Various alcoholic beverage matters. Establishes certain procedures and requirements for applications for renewal of alcoholic beverage permits. Allows the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission) to process a permit application while the location ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 196 |
| HB1304 | Pass | Various criminal law matters. Requires the criminal justice institute to track the number of juveniles in adult court. Requires custodial interrogations of juveniles to be recorded. Raises the ages for waiver of jurisdiction of certain juveniles to a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 187 |
| HB1186 | Pass | Unemployment insurance. Provides that any part of an unemployment insurance surcharge not used to pay interest on the advances made to the state from the federal unemployment trust fund must be credited against the total amount of benefits charged to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 183 |
| SB0437 | Pass | Compression release engine brakes. Provides that it is a Class C infraction for a person to drive a motor vehicle equipped with compression release engine brakes unless the motor vehicle is equipped with a muffler in good working condition so that ex...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 168 |
| SB0298 | Pass | Voluntary veterans' preference employment policy. Provides for a voluntary veterans' preference policy for hiring, promoting, or retaining a veteran in private employment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 205 |
| HB1278 | Pass | Transportation networks. Requires a transportation network company to have a permit issued by the Indiana department of state revenue to provide a digital network for connection to prearranged rides in Indiana. Specifies requirements related to: (1) ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 175 |
| SB0464 | Pass | Mental health issues. Specifies limitations for reimbursement for methadone by: (1) the state employee health plan; (2) Medicaid; (3) certain policies of accident and sickness insurance; and (4) certain health maintenance organization contracts; if t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 209 |
| HB1398 | Pass | Northwest Indiana regional development authority. Provides for direct distributions of riverboat admissions taxes and supplemental distributions to the northwest Indiana regional development authority (RDA) to satisfy the obligations of Lake County, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 192 |
| HB1631 | Pass | Identification cards without an image. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to issue a photo exempt identification card (card) that does not bear the image of the holder. Requires that an application for a card, among other requirements, must contai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 197 |
| HB1371 | Pass | Public officials, liens, and restricted addresses. Provides that, for purposes of the law concerning common law liens, a public official includes former officeholders. Creates a definition for "public employee". Provides if a person notifies the coun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 191 |
| HB1236 | Pass | Political activity on homeowners association property. Provides that the statute that prohibits a homeowners association from adopting or enforcing a rule or covenant that prohibits candidates and officeholders from entering the property to conduct p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 174 |
| HB1432 | Pass | Regulation of e-liquids. Defines "e-liquid" as a substance that is intended to be vaporized and inhaled using a vapor pen. Requires a manufacturer of e-liquid to obtain a permit from the alcohol and tobacco commission before bottling e-liquid or sell...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 176 |
| HB1319 | Pass | Acquisition of distressed utilities. Provides that a public water or wastewater utility that acquires the utility property of a "distressed utility" may petition the utility regulatory commission to include the "cost differential" associated with the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 189 |
| SB0465 | Pass | Human services and health matters. Amends the definition of "autism". Makes multiple changes to the administration of the office of the secretary of family and social services. Moves the authority to operate a disability determination bureau from the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 210 |
| SB0008 | Pass | Death penalty aggravator. Makes a murder eligible for the death penalty if the murder involved decapitating or attempting to decapitate the victim while the victim was still alive.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 198 |
| HB1104 | Pass | Financial examinations and the state board of accounts. Permits the state board of accounts to determine the frequency with which the state board of accounts conducts financial examinations based on risk based criteria approved by the audit and finan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 181 |
| HB1469 | Pass | Wage payment and wage assignment. Provides that an employer who fails to make timely payment of wages or withholds wages shall pay the wages due, a reasonable fee for the plaintiff's attorney, and court costs. Provides that if a court finds that the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 193 |
| HB1102 | Pass | Patent protection. Prohibits a person from asserting a claim of patent infringement in bad faith. Provides that a court may, upon motion, require a person to post a bond if the target establishes a reasonable likelihood that the person has made an as...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 172 |
| HB1264 | Pass | State and local government matters. Beginning July 1, 2016, requires the following: (1) The legislative body of a political subdivision to ensure appropriate training of personnel concerning the political subdivision's internal control system. (2) Th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 184 |
| HB1497 | Pass | Reemployment services for unemployment recipients. Provides that certain individuals who have been determined by the department of workforce development to need reemployment services may be required to participate in certain additional services provi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 195 |
| SB0166 | Pass | Spinal cord and brain injury fund. Allows the spinal cord and brain injury fund to be used to provide funding for facilities, treatment, and services for spinal cord and brain injuries. Specifies the percent of funds that must be used for treatment a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 200 |
| HB1145 | Pass | Civil immunity for volunteer health care providers. Specifies criteria for civil immunity from liability for certain volunteer health care providers. Requires the Indiana professional licensing agency to establish and maintain a health care volunteer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 161 |
| SB0168 | Pass | Controlled substance data base. Permits physicians who hold a temporary medical license to have access to confidential information in the Indiana scheduled prescription electronic collection and tracking (INSPECT) program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 201 |
| HB1047 | Pass | Various motor vehicle matters. Authorizes the use of mini-trucks on Indiana roads other than interstate highways. Requires a mini-truck that is operated on an Indiana road to be titled and registered. Defines "person", for purposes of titling a vehic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 180 |
| HB1006 | Pass | Criminal justice funding. Establishes the justice reinvestment advisory council (advisory council) to review and evaluate local corrections programs, grant applications, and the processes used to award grants. Requires the department to compile certa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 179 |
| SB0528 | Pass | Preservation of public records. Changes the name of the state commission on public records to the Indiana archives and records administration (administration). Changes the name of the central micrographics laboratory to the state imaging and microfil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 171 |
| SB0249 | Pass | Agricultural matters. Authorizes the department of agriculture (department) to establish a farm commodities and market news service as a pilot program for the 2015-2017 biennium. Authorizes the department to expand the program beginning July 1, 2017....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 202 |
| SB0425 | Pass | Unclaimed life insurance benefits. Requires the department of insurance to develop, post, and maintain on the Internet information concerning life insurance and financial affairs. Specifies that the law concerning unclaimed life insurance benefits: (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 166 |
| SB0372 | Pass | Standard deduction for homesteads. Provides that after December 31, 2015, if more than one individual or entity qualifies property as a homestead for an assessment date, only one standard deduction from the assessed value of the homestead may be appl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 207 |
| SB0466 | Pass | Various election matters. Provides that the election division, rather than the Indiana election commission, approves a uniform set of election and registration forms for use throughout Indiana. Provides that a person who is physically present in a pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 169 |
| HB1323 | Pass | Medical residency education. Establishes the medical residency education fund for the purpose of expanding medical education in Indiana by funding new residency program slots at licensed hospitals. Specifies uses of money from the medical residency e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 190 |
| HB1159 | Pass | Protective orders and employment. Provides that an employer may not terminate an employee based on the filing, by the employee, of a petition for a protective order.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 182 |
| HB1305 | Pass | Various motor vehicle issues. Raises the penalty for reckless driving resulting in bodily injury from a Class B misdemeanor to a Class A misdemeanor. Reduces the penalty for reckless driving resulting in property damage from a Class B misdemeanor to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 188 |
| SB0523 | Pass | Marion County township courts. Makes the township small claims courts in Marion County courts of record as of July 1, 2018. Permits a part-time small claims court to become a full-time court on January 1, 2016, by submitting to the township board a n...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 170 |
| HB1287 | Pass | Financial institutions and trade regulation. Makes various changes to the laws concerning: (1) first lien mortgage lenders; (2) persons licensed under the Uniform Consumer Credit Code; (3) rental purchase agreements; (4) debt management companies; (5...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 186 |
| SB0065 | Pass | Probate claims study committee. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee the topic of whether a creditor's right to bring a claim against an estate should be extended beyond the current nine month period.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 163 |
| HB1269 | Pass | Health matters. Makes the department of correction (DOC) an inmate's authorized representative for applying for Medicaid for inmates who are potentially eligible for Medicaid and who incur medical care expenses that are not otherwise reimbursable. Re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 185 |
| SB0461 | Pass | Health matters. Amends the definition of "basic life support" to include blood glucose monitoring. Authorizes the state department of health (state department) to enter into partnerships to encourage best practices in: (1) identification and testing ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 208 |
| SB0251 | Pass | Controlled projects. Provides that for purposes of determining whether a capital project by a political subdivision located in Hamilton County, other than a school corporation, is a controlled project for purposes of the petition and remonstrance pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 203 |
| SB0426 | Pass | County and township assessor qualifications. Removes requirements that a candidate for county or township assessor must attain a certain level assessor-appraiser certification as a condition for becoming a candidate for the office. Provides that an i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Public Law 167 |
