IN Legislation | 2011 | Regular Session | Senate

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB0241	Intro Sine Die	Prohibits a policy of accident and sickness insurance or an individual or group contract from providing coverage for an elective abortion. Allows an insurer or health maintenance organization to offer coverage of an elective abortion only if the cove... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Health and Provider Services Committee
SCR0022	Pass	Honoring Lafayette Central Catholic volleyball team Class A state champions. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 Returned to the Senate
SB0298	Intro Sine Die	Prohibits the enforcement of a foreign law (defined as a law established and used outside the jurisdiction of the United States) if the enforcement would violate a right granted by the Indiana or United States constitution. Provides that a provision ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB0050	Intro Sine Die	Requires that at least 18 hours before an abortion a pregnant woman seeking an abortion must obtain fetal ultrasound imaging, hear the auscultation of the fetal heart tone if audible, and view and receive a copy of the fetal ultrasound imaging. Speci... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Health and Provider Services Committee
SB0319	Intro Sine Die	Makes unlawful possession of a firearm: (1) in or on school property; (2) in or on property that is being used by a school for a school function; or (3) on a school bus; a Class A misdemeanor instead of a Class D felony. Provides that the law concern... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters Committee
SCR0020	Pass	Honoring Lafayette Central Catholic baseball team Class A state champions. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 Returned to the Senate
SB0444	Intro Sine Die	Provides that an airport authority may be jointly established by the fiscal bodies of Clark County, Floyd County, and Harrison County. Provides that the board of the airport authority consists of three members appointed by the executive of Clark Coun... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-24 To Senate Homeland Security, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs Committee
SB0553	Intro Sine Die	Provides that a prosecuting attorney may initiate a civil forfeiture by notifying the owner of the seized property of the intent to seize the property, and specifies that the property will be forfeited if the owner does not timely object. Provides th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-24 To Senate Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters Committee
SB0572	Intro Sine Die	Provides that a paid or volunteer fire department may impose a service charge on the operator of a toll road project for certain fire or other emergency protection services that the department provides on the project. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-24 To Senate Homeland Security, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs Committee
SB0243	Intro Sine Die	From July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2015, exempts contractors awarded construction contracts by school corporations from the requirement of paying laborers at least the common construction wage. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-24 To Senate Pensions and Labor Committee
SB0583	Intro Sine Die	Reduces from ten to one the number of qualified employees that a corporation or pass through entity must employ in order to qualify for the new employer tax credit (credit). Excludes an individual hired as a seasonal worker from the definition of qua... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-24 To Senate Commerce & Economic Development Committee
SB0588	Intro Sine Die	Requires that an annual charity game night license must specify the dates of the permitted events. Specifies that an annual charity game night event is considered to begin at noon of the calendar day specified on the license and end at 11:59 a.m. of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-24 To Senate Public Policy Committee
SB0348	Intro Sine Die	Establishes the small business assistance team and designates the membership of the team. Specifies the duties that the small business assistance team shall carry out to assist small businesses in Indiana. Provides that, upon request by the small bus... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-24 To Senate Commerce & Economic Development Committee
SB0126	Intro Sine Die	Provides for an adjusted gross income tax credit for charitable donations to a charitable organization or educational foundation that is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and organized and operat... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-24 To Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee
SB0394	Intro Sine Die	Requires the attorney general to enter into a memorandum of understanding with an entity to provide a pseudoephedrine (PSE) tracking system that meets certain standards. Requires a retailer to electronically transmit certain information concerning th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters Committee
SB0151	Intro Sine Die	Requires the county chairman of a major political party to submit, not later than July 1 each year, to the county election board the name and address of the party's precinct committeeman and vice committeeman for each precinct in the county. Requires... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Elections Committee
SB0408	Intro Sine Die	Requires the department of education, in collaboration with organizations that have expertise in child sexual abuse, to identify or develop model child sexual abuse education materials, response policies, and reporting policies. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Education and Career Development Committee
SB0410	Intro Sine Die	Permits a school corporation to transfer in 2011 and 2012 an amount not to exceed 50% of its capital projects fund levy from its capital projects fund to its general fund. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Appropriations Committee
SB0435	Intro Sine Die	Provides that the legislative evaluation and oversight policy committee shall evaluate various state agencies and programs on a schedule beginning in 2011 and ending in 2025. Provides that in 2011 the committee shall evaluate agencies and programs wi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Commerce & Economic Development Committee
SB0455	Intro Sine Die	Permits an individual (or husband and wife in the case of a joint return) to designate a donation of part or all of the taxpayer's state income tax refund to the Indiana public school K-12 fund of the school corporation in which the taxpayer resides ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee
SB0399	Intro Sine Die	Provides that after June 30, 2011, a person may not: (1) apply manure; or (2) start construction of a confined feeding operation; within two miles of the boundary of a state park or reservoir operated, maintained, or managed by the department of natu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Energy and Environmental Affairs Committee
SB0535	Intro Sine Die	Requires a public agency to: (1) allow inspection or copying; or (2) make copies; of a public record within a reasonable time after the request is received by the agency. Provides that a court may impose a civil penalty against an officer or manageme... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Local Government Committee
SB0211	Intro Sine Die	Requires the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in residential homes, hotels, and motels. Adds "hydrocarbon gases" to fire safety laws definitions. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Public Policy Committee
SB0542	Intro Sine Die	Provides that a state employee may not make a wage assignment for the purpose of making a contribution or payment to be used for political activities. Removes a provision that allows an employee to make a wage assignment to pay dues to a labor organi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Pensions and Labor Committee
SB0544	Intro Sine Die	Provides for the election rather than the appointment of the members of the school board for the city of East Chicago. Provides for a nine member East Chicago school board to be elected beginning at the primary election in 2012. Provides that six mem... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Elections Committee
SB0545	Intro Sine Die	Provides that the sales tax exclusion for electrical energy, natural or artificial gas, water, steam, or steam heating service sold to a person for use in manufacturing, production, refining, or agriculture and pertaining to food preparation applies ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee
SB0546	Intro Sine Die	Eliminates the virtual charter school pilot program. Eliminates the school scholarship tax credit. Repeals the statutes concerning the program and the tax credit. Makes conforming changes. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee
SB0547	Intro Sine Die	Provides for the state superintendent of public instruction to be appointed by the governor. Repeals a statute relating to the residency of candidates for state superintendent of public instruction. Deletes a provision describing the term of office o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Elections Committee
SB0554	Intro Sine Die	Provides defenses to the crimes of disseminating matter that is harmful to minors, child exploitation, and possession of child pornography if a cellular telephone was used and the defendant and recipient of the matter are certain ages and meet other ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters Committee
SB0555	Intro Sine Die	Amends the definition of "mortgage loan" in the statute concerning real estate appraisals to specify that the term does not include a land contract. Provides that in the case of a real estate transaction that involves a residential mortgage... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters Committee
SB0556	Intro Sine Die	Provides that a person may not start: (1) the construction of a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO); or (2) an expansion of a CAFO that would increase animal capacity or manure containment capacity, or both; without obtaining the prior appro... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Energy and Environmental Affairs Committee
SB0557	Intro Sine Die	Requires the utility regulatory commission (IURC) to consider in the rate base of a public utility that complies with certain renewable energy standards (RES) any capital expenditures made by the public utility to extend gas or electric service to a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Utilities & Technology Committee
SB0560	Intro Sine Die	Provides that the state sex and violent offender administration fund may be used to assist the department of correction in carrying out its duties concerning GPS monitoring of sexually violent predators and sex and violent offenders. Directs $1, 1.2%... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters Committee
SB0562	Intro Sine Die	Provides that publication of notice by a political subdivision requires publication in only one newspaper. Allows a political subdivision, which includes an agency of a political subdivision, to publish legal notices on a notice web site instead of i... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Local Government Committee
SB0563	Intro Sine Die	Establishes the 11 member statewide 911 board (board). Provides that the treasurer of state serves as the chairperson of the board. Establishes the statewide 911 fund (fund). Appropriates money in the fund. Provides that the board shall administer th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee
SB0564	Intro Sine Die	Provides that a county domestic violence fatality review team shall review cases in which a person who committed suicide was a victim of an act of domestic violence. Permits a court to require a noncustodial parent who has been convicted of certain c... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB0565	Intro Sine Die	Eliminates the authority of a solid waste management district (SWMD) to impose property taxes, except to repay currently outstanding bonds, and otherwise limits the authority of an SWMD. Provides for funding of a SWMD from the state solid waste manag... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Energy and Environmental Affairs Committee
SB0566	Intro Sine Die	Permits a reentry court to reduce or suspend a sentence without the approval of the prosecuting attorney if more than 365 days have elapsed since the person began serving the sentence and the person has successfully completed a reentry court program. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters Committee
SB0567	Intro Sine Die	Provides that a person serving a sentence for a crime that involved the use of a firearm does not earn credit time. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters Committee
SB0568	Intro Sine Die	Requires the division of family resources to develop a program to test individuals applying for or receiving assistance under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Health and Provider Services Committee
SB0569	Intro Sine Die	Changes the method for calculating interest due on property tax payments and refunds. Indicates that an explanation of appeal procedures must be included in a property tax bill if a change in assessment was made without sending out a Form 11. Provide... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee
SB0570	Intro Sine Die	Provides that if an employee does not choose another amount, the state shall, in each pay period during the first year the employee is automatically enrolled in the state's deferred compensation plan (plan), deduct from the employee's compensation th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Pensions and Labor Committee
SB0571	Intro Sine Die	Requires the fiscal body of a county to appropriate money from the county supplemental juvenile probation services fund (fund) to: (1) pay the salaries or supplement the salaries of employees of the juvenile courts of the county; and (2) construct, e... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB0573	Intro Sine Die	Provides that a construction industry employer may enter into an agreement with a union or other labor organization that represents the employer's workers to allow the union or other labor organization to become the employer of the union's or other l... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Pensions and Labor Committee
SB0574	Intro Sine Die	Requires a health care provider to file a claim for payment with the worker's compensation board (board) not later than two years after the last date the provider provided services to an injured or disabled employee. Amends the definition of "pe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Pensions and Labor Committee
SB0579	Intro Sine Die	Provides that a semitrailer and tractor: (1) having a declared gross weight of at least 11,000 pounds; and (2) used by the owner or guest occupant in connection with agricultural pursuits usual and normal to the user's farming operation; may not be r... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
SB0586	Intro Sine Die	Provides that in a court action in which a defendant is found to have committed a crime, violated a statute defining an infraction, or violated an ordinance of a municipal corporation, if a: (1) blood sample is obtained from the defendant at the expe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB0587	Intro Sine Die	Removes language prohibiting the state from seeking to have a person sentenced as a habitual offender and habitual substance offender for certain drug related offenses. Provides procedures for a person to be tried and sentenced as a repeat drug offen... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters Committee
SB0591	Intro Sine Die	Allows the commission for higher education to authorize a regional campus of Indiana University or Purdue University that is located in a county adjacent to another state to charge resident tuition to certain residents of the adjacent state without t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Education and Career Development Committee
SB0592	Intro Sine Die	Requires the governor's commission on minority and women's business enterprises to set goals for minority and women's business enterprise participation in state prime contracts and subcontracts. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-20 To Senate Commerce & Economic Development Committee