Indiana House Bill 1396 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-16 - Representative McNamara added as coauthor
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Teacher salaries. Establishes the teacher supplemental compensation fund (fund). Increases the cigarette tax by $1 to $1.995 per pack of regular size cigarettes (and a corresponding increase for larger cigarettes) with the additional revenue deposited in the fund. Provides that the budget agency may approve to deposit into the fund: (1) amounts reverted to the state general fund in a state fiscal year from funds appropriated; or (2) money in the state general fund attributable to the collection of sales tax from retailers without a physical presence in Indiana. Provides that, for each school year beginning after June 30, 2019, and before July 1, 2022, each teacher who provides classroom instruction is entitled to a supplemental payment in excess of the salary specified in the school corporation's compensation plan in the amount of $2,000.

Teacher salaries. Establishes the teacher supplemental compensation fund (fund). Increases the cigarette tax by $1 to $1.995 per pack of regular size cigarettes (and a corresponding increase for larger cigarettes) with the additional revenue deposited in the fund. Provides that the budget agency may approve to deposit into the fund: (1) amounts reverted to the state general fund in a state fiscal year from funds appropriated; or (2) money in the state general fund attributable to the collection of sales tax from retailers without a physical presence in Indiana. Provides that, for each school year beginning after June 30, 2019, and before July 1, 2022, each teacher who provides classroom instruction is entitled to a supplemental payment in excess of the salary specified in the school corporation's compensation plan in the amount of $2,000.

Rep. Anthony Cook [R]

Rep. Robert Cherry [R]

Rep. Wendy McNamara [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-16	House	Representative McNamara added as coauthor
2019-01-14	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
2019-01-14	House	Coauthored by Representative Cherry
2019-01-14	House	Authored by Representative Cook

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/house/1396/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/0/e/2/f0e2618d/HB1396.01.INTR.pdf