IN Legislation | 2014 | Regular Session | Senate

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB0355	Intro Sine Die	After December 31, 2016, reestablishes the state board of education (state board) consisting of: (1) the state superintendent of public instruction; (2) one member elected from each Indiana congressional district; and (3) a teacher, principal, and sc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Education and Career Development Committee
SB0333	Intro Sine Die	Amends the statute concerning the location and protection of underground utility facilities (facilities) during excavation or demolition activities to change a reference to "hydroexcavators" to "hydraulic excavators" to more accurately describe equip... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Utilities Committee
SB0399	Intro Sine Die	Requires the environmental rules board to adopt rules requiring each county, city, or town that collects solid waste for disposal to charge households for solid waste collection service on a "pay as you throw basis" under which the fee is higher for ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Environmental Affairs Committee
SB0283	Intro Sine Die	Increases the assessed value cap (from $143,160 to $195,600) that applies to the property tax deduction for a veteran who: (1) has a total disability; or (2) has at least a 10% disability and is at least 62 years of age. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 Withdraw SB 283
SB0347	Intro Sine Die	Provides that business personal property acquired after June 30, 2014, is exempt from property assessment and taxation. Provides a state income tax credit for property taxes paid on business personal property. Specifies that the credit percentage is ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee
SB0370	Intro Sine Die	Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to apply for a Medicaid state plan amendment or a demonstration waiver to allow the office of the secretary to purchase for certain individuals coverage by a qualified health plan thr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Appropriations Committee
SB0391	Intro Sine Die	Divides Indiana into nine hydrological regions, each of which contains certain specified counties. Establishes for each hydrological region: (1) a regional water management council consisting of the chairpersons of the drainage board and the soil and... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Environmental Affairs Committee
SB0307	Intro Sine Die	Provides that the Indiana department of transportation (rather than the Indiana economic development corporation): (1) is responsible for approving tax credits for qualified logistics investments under the Hoosier business investment tax credit; and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee
SB0280	Intro Sine Die	Provides that in certain circumstances, a tenant in a residential rental agreement may provide for repairs to be made to the dwelling unit and deduct the cost of the repairs from the tenant's rent. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Civil Law Committee
SB0328	Intro Sine Die	Provides that a minority student who participates in a school administration internship as part of the student's graduate degree program is eligible to receive a stipend from the student teaching stipend for minorities. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Education and Career Development Committee
SB0356	Intro Sine Die	Establishes the water management authority as an agency of state government. Requires the governor to appoint an administrator of the authority (administrator). Provides for the adoption and implementation of a statewide water management plan. Provid... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Environmental Affairs Committee
SB0412	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes the department of state revenue, the department of labor, the worker's compensation board, and the department of workforce development to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of records and to question witness... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Pensions and Labor Committee
SB0309	Intro Sine Die	Makes materials, compounds, mixtures, and preparations that contain ephedrine or pseudoephedrine schedule III controlled substances subject to being dispensed only by a prescription. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB0365	Intro Sine Die	Provides that a school is subject to certain consequences after the first and second years in which the school remains in the lowest accountability category or designation following the school's initial placement in the lowest accountability category... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Education and Career Development Committee
SB0402	Intro Sine Die	Provides that a person who is an inmate assigned to a correctional facility operated by: (1) the state; or (2) a political subdivision of the state; may not file a petition for waiver of a fee for reinstatement of the person's driver's license if the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB0253	Intro Sine Die	Designates the northwest Indiana law enforcement academy as a criminal justice agency, and specifies that it is a board certified training center. Defines the powers and duties of the board. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Corrections & Criminal Law Committee
SB0392	Intro Sine Die	Establishes a redistricting commission (commission) to create, hold hearings on, take public comment about, and recommend plans to redraw general assembly districts and congressional districts. Requires the legislative services agency (agency) to pro... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Elections Committee
SB0341	Intro Sine Die	Provides that a child who is otherwise eligible for participation in the federal Child Care and Development Fund voucher program: (1) is eligible to participate in the program if the child's family income does not exceed 200% of the federal income po... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Appropriations Committee
SB0360	Intro Sine Die	Requires a governmental entity that is the beneficiary of a criminal or juvenile restitution order issued by a state or federal court to file annually a payment status report with the court and with the state board of accounts. Provides that the paym... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB0371	Intro Sine Die	Provides that: (1) it is an unlawful employment practice to pay wages that are discriminating based on sex, race, or national origin for the same or equivalent jobs; and (2) the civil rights commission has jurisdiction for investigation and resolutio... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Pensions and Labor Committee
SB0372	Intro Sine Die	Requires certain information to be included on the outside envelope of mailings sent to Medicaid recipients by the office of Medicaid policy and planning or by a contractor of the office. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Health and Provider Services Committee
SJR0012	Intro Sine Die	This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee
SB0417	Intro Sine Die	Prohibits a law enforcement agency from retaining license plate data captured by an automated license plate reader unless: (1) a comparison of the plate data with a data base shows that the data is relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation, the l... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Homeland Security, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs Committee
SB0381	Intro Sine Die	Amends the statute concerning electricity suppliers' service area assignments to provide new procedures by which a municipally owned electric utility may petition the utility regulatory commission (IURC) to change the municipally owned electric utili... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Utilities Committee
SB0407	Intro Sine Die	Provides that certain duties imposed on the Lake Michigan marina and shoreline development commission under current law are discretionary powers rather than duties. Provides that, instead of being required to report on its activities to the governor ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
SB0414	Intro Sine Die	Requires a health facility to obtain a national criminal history background check or an expanded criminal history check for the health facility's employees. Provides immunity to persons: (1) for denying or terminating employment because of another pe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Civil Law Committee
SB0301	Intro Sine Die	Prohibits political subdivisions from: (1) regulating the possession, carrying, transportation, sale, purchase, transfer, licensing, registration, or use of a knife or the components used to make a knife; and (2) adopting an ordinance, a rule, or a p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Public Policy Committee
SB0373	Intro Sine Die	Provides that a court may admit a defendant to bail by establishing the bail amount and requiring the defendant to execute a bail bond by selecting one of the following options: (1) Executing a cash bond by depositing cash or securities or by making ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB0374	Intro Sine Die	Establishes the traumatic brain injury task force within the office of the secretary of family and social services. Requires the task force to establish a comprehensive statewide plan to address the needs of individuals with brain injuries and the in... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Health and Provider Services Committee
SB0314	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes the licensed cultivation and production of industrial hemp in accordance with rules adopted by the department of agriculture. Makes possession of less than two ounces of marijuana a Class C infraction. Makes possession of more than two oun... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Corrections & Criminal Law Committee
SB0379	Intro Sine Die	Extends the income tax credit for small employers who provide a qualified wellness program for their employees. Provides that the credit may be claimed for costs in 2012 through 2015. (Current law provides that costs incurred after 2011 are not eligi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee
SB0323	Intro Sine Die	Amends the law under which the director of the department of natural resources may recover damages from a person for causing the death of wild animals through a release of waste materials or chemicals to provide that the director may not recover dama... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
SB0324	Intro Sine Die	Provides that items consisting entirely or primarily of paper, cardboard, glass, aluminum, or plastic may not be disposed of or incinerated in a final disposal facility. Authorizes the environmental rules board to adopt rules. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Environmental Affairs Committee
SB0410	Intro Sine Die	Provides for an annual cost of living adjustment for members (and the survivors or beneficiaries of a member) of the public employees' retirement fund (PERF) and the teachers' retirement fund (TRF) equal to the quotient of: (1) the product of the tot... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Appropriations Committee
SB0416	Intro Sine Die	Repeals a provision allowing a school employer to deduct union dues from a teacher's salary. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Pensions and Labor Committee
SB0380	Intro Sine Die	Raises the aggregate damages that may be obtained for the death of an adult person from $300,000 to $1,250,000. Requires the health finance commission to study during the 2014 legislative interim: (1) whether additional training for health facility e... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB0337	Intro Sine Die	Requires the office of management and budget to develop a teacher innovation grant program that provides grants to teachers for the development of innovative ideas that are designed to improve student outcomes and that are scalable and replicable wit... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Appropriations Committee
SB0411	Intro Sine Die	Adds various job and employee definitions to the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) laws. Requires that all records related to taxpayer funded economic development incentives must be disclosed under the open records law. Requires that th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Commerce, Economic Development & Technology Committee
SB0298	Intro Sine Die	Increases the fee on the disposal or incineration of solid waste in a final disposal facility in Indiana: (1) from 50 cents per ton to $1 per ton, in the case of solid waste delivered to the final disposal facility by a motor vehicle having a registe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Environmental Affairs Committee
SB0302	Intro Sine Die	Provides that projects involving the construction of nuclear energy production or generating facilities qualify for the financial incentives available for clean energy projects. (Current law provides that only projects involving the life cycle manage... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Utilities Committee
SB0401	Intro Sine Die	Specifies that a redevelopment commission, a department of redevelopment, and a redevelopment authority are subject to audit by the state board of accounts and covered by the public meeting, public records, and public works laws. Prohibits a redevelo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee
SB0398	Intro Sine Die	Requires the department of natural resources (DNR) to undertake a comprehensive review of all state public lands and to recommend tracts of land that meet certain conditions for designation by the general assembly as state wilderness areas. Permits I... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
SB0303	Intro Sine Die	Makes the following changes to the Indiana statute governing pipeline safety to reflect similar provisions in federal law: (1) Increases the amount of the civil penalty for a violation of the statute from $25,000 per violation per day that the violat... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Utilities Committee
SB0316	Intro Sine Die	Defines "serious sex offender". Makes entry on school property by a serious sex offender a Level 6 felony. Provides that a serious sex offender is entitled to vote by mail. Requires a circuit court clerk to, before an election, notify a serious sex o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Corrections & Criminal Law Committee
SB0295	Intro Sine Die	Provides that standards of care and certain other requirements applicable to commercial dog breeders and brokers also apply to private animal rescue operations. Requires registration of private animal rescue operations with the board of animal health... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
SB0423	Intro Sine Die	Provides for the issuance of driving privileges permits, probationary driving privileges permits, and driving privileges learner's permits to residents of Indiana who cannot provide proof of identity and lawful status in the United States, and provid... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Homeland Security, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs Committee
SB0378	Intro Sine Die	Prohibits a floral products supplier from misrepresenting the geographic location of the floral products supplier's business by listing or including: (1) a local telephone number; or (2) a fictitious business name or an assumed business name; in any ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Civil Law Committee
SB0297	Intro Sine Die	Provides that individuals who have been convicted of a substance abuse offense and have successfully completed a certified substance abuse program or are successfully participating in a reentry court program, a problem solving court program, a commun... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Corrections & Criminal Law Committee
SB0390	Intro Sine Die	Provides that a sentencing court shall require a person: (1) convicted of a crime of domestic violence; and (2) placed on probation or parole; to wear a GPS tracking device for at least the first six months of the person's probation or parole. Specif... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB0317	Intro Sine Die	Provides that a person who is convicted of any of certain offenses relating to voting is prohibited from being employed by the state or a county, municipality, or township for three years, unless the sentencing court finds that the person committed t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-01-14 To Senate Elections Committee