IN Legislation | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB0558	Intro Sine Die	Land classification for tax purposes. Specifies the criteria for classifying land as agricultural land for property tax assessment purposes. Provides that certain undeveloped lands must be assessed as agricultural land regardless of the motives of th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee
HB1027	Intro Sine Die	Referenda for controlled projects and school levies. Provides that a referendum on a controlled project may be held only at a general election, if the preliminary determination to issue bonds or enter into a lease for the controlled project is made a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Elections and Apportionment Committee
HB1550	Intro Sine Die	Highway worker death and injury benefits. Provides that the Indiana highway work zone solidarity fund is established to pay benefits under this chapter to or on behalf of highway workers who are injured or killed while on duty in a covered highway wo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Roads and Transportation Committee
HB1559	Intro Sine Die	Special prosecutor's office. Establishes the office of the special prosecutor for civilian and police affairs to investigate cases in which a police officer is alleged to have killed or seriously injured an unarmed person. Requires the office to rand... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
HB1502	Intro Sine Die	Schools as polling sites. Provides that a school that is used as a polling place may not provide instruction to students on the day of the election. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Elections and Apportionment Committee
HB1528	Intro Sine Die	Right to jury in certain administrative proceedings. Provides that a person seeking judicial review of the final revocation of a professional license has the right to a jury trial. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Judiciary Committee
SB0541	Intro Sine Die	Sentence modification. Provides that a court may not modify the sentence of a person convicted of a crime of violence, and specifies that a person seeking to modify the sentence of a crime committed before July 1, 2014, may only do so by using the ve... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To Senate Judiciary Committee
HB1563	Intro Sine Die	Reporting of methamphetamine offenses. Requires courts to report methamphetamine related convictions to the state police department. Requires the state police department to report methamphetamine related convictions to the National Association of Dru... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
HB1597	Intro Sine Die	Sexual misconduct with a minor. Removes the defense to the crime of sexual misconduct with a minor that the accused person reasonably believed that the child was at least 16 years of age at the time of the conduct. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
SB0192	Intro Sine Die	Animal fighting contests. Makes attending an animal fighting contest a Level 6 felony. Repeals the law that makes it cruelty to an animal, a Class A misdemeanor, for a person to attend a fighting contest involving animals. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To Senate Corrections & Criminal Law Committee
HB1544	Intro Sine Die	High school career and technical programs. Provides that a high school may: (1) offer a career or technical program that is not offered by a career and technical center located in the same county; and (2) allow students from other high schools in the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Education Committee
HB1560	Intro Sine Die	PERF military service credit. Provides that, after June 30, 2015, an active member of the public employees' retirement fund is entitled to receive, under certain conditions, service credit for the member's active duty service in the armed forces of t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Employment, Labor and Pensions Committee
HB1533	Intro Sine Die	Rape issues. Provides that a person commits rape if the person engages in sexual activity without the affirmative, conscious, and voluntary agreement to engage in the sexual activity. Increases the minimum sentence for rape as a Level 3 felony to six... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
HB1536	Intro Sine Die	Sales tax holiday. Provides a sales and use tax exemption each year beginning on the second Friday of August 2015 and August 2016 through the following Sundays (sales tax holiday) for the following items: (1) Clothing, if the sales price does not exc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Ways and Means Committee
SB0570	Intro Sine Die	Chronic disease reporting and funding. Requires the state department of health to report annually to the general assembly concerning the status of the state chronic disease registry and specifies information to be included. Establishes the kidney ear... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To Senate Health and Provider Services Committee
SB0562	Intro Sine Die	Teaching methods. Requires the state board of education, the department of education, governing bodies of school corporations, superintendents, principals, and other public school administrators to: (1) endeavor to create an environment within public... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To Senate Education and Career Development Committee
HB1608	Intro Sine Die	Deduction for investment interest. Allows an individual to subtract investment interest payments in the calculation of the individual's Indiana adjusted gross income if the investment interest payments are: (1) made with respect to tangible property ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Ways and Means Committee
SB0561	Intro Sine Die	Vehicle remarketers. Creates the Indiana vehicle remarketer commission (commission) to license and register persons engaged in the remarketing of motor vehicles. Sets standards and responsibilities for persons in the professions of vehicle remarketer... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To Senate Commerce & Technology Committee
HB1525	Intro Sine Die	Residence of law enforcement officers. Requires municipal police officers to reside within the municipality that they serve. Creates exceptions for state and county police officers. Provides that police officers residing outside a city or town before... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee
HB1578	Intro Sine Die	Length of school year. Provides that a school corporation may include not more than six half days, during which students are dismissed early, in the 180 student instructional days required for a school year. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Education Committee
SB0555	Intro Sine Die	HERO plan. Establishes the Hoosier Employee Retirement Option plan (plan) to encourage Indiana residents to increase their rate of saving and to build assets for the use of participants and their survivors and beneficiaries after a participant's reti... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To Senate Pensions and Labor Committee
HB1524	Intro Sine Die	Employment protection for veterans. Provides that the rights, benefits, and protections of the federal Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act apply to members of the armed forces of the United States on active duty or to the spouse or dependent of a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee
HB1568	Intro Sine Die	Sewer and storm water fees incurred by tenants. Establishes billing procedures for municipal sewage or storm water user fees assessed for real property that is occupied by someone other than the owner. Provides that a lien does not attach for user fe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Local Government Committee
HB1327	Intro Sine Die	Student health coverage information. Requires the secretary of family and social services, with the cooperation of the department of insurance, to compile written consumer information concerning certain coverage for health care services. Requires the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Education Committee
HB1243	Intro Sine Die	Disclosure of personally identifiable student information. Prohibits access to personally identifiable student information obtained from education records to outside parties without the consent of the student or student's parent except under certain ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Education Committee
HB1295	Intro Sine Die	Criminal law issues. Provides that a defendant's bond will be automatically forfeited if a defendant fails to appear for court unless the court orders the defendant's bond to not be forfeited. Provides that a defendant's bond will be automatically fo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
HB1428	Intro Sine Die	Ignition interlock devices. Provides that if a person has a previous conviction for operating while intoxicated and the court grants specialized driving privileges, the court shall order that the specialized driving privileges include the requirement... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Roads and Transportation Committee
HB1123	Intro Sine Die	Donations to educational foundations. Reenacts a provision (which expired in 2012) that authorizes a school corporation to donate up to $25,000 per year from any fund of the school corporation from which the donation may be made legally to a public s... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Education Committee
HB1259	Intro Sine Die	Employer wellness tax credit. Restores the income tax credit for small employers who provide a qualified wellness program for their employees for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015. Provides that the credit may not be awarded for costs i... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Ways and Means Committee
HB1204	Intro Sine Die	School supply tax holiday. Provides a sales tax exemption for school instructional materials that are purchased during the first two weeks in August, if the sales price of the item of school instructional material does not exceed $500. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Ways and Means Committee
HB1317	Intro Sine Die	Prohibition on taxation of Internet access. Provides that neither the state nor a political subdivision may impose, assess, collect, or attempt to collect a tax on Internet access or the use of Internet access. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Ways and Means Committee
HB1488	Intro Sine Die	Traffic safety. Requires a motorist to provide at least three feet of clearance between a motor vehicle and a bicycle when at the speed of 30 miles per hour or less. Provides that at least one additional foot of clearance for every 10 miles per hour ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Roads and Transportation Committee
SB0122	Intro Sine Die	Vanderburgh circuit court magistrate. Allows the judge of the Vanderburgh circuit court to appoint a second full-time magistrate. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on courts and the judiciary.) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To Senate Appropriations Committee
SB0018	Intro Sine Die	Grandparent and great-grandparent visitation. Grandparent and great-grandparent visitation. Allows great-grandparents to seek visitation rights with their great-grandchildren in certain circumstances. Allows a grandparent or great-grandparent to seek... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To Senate Judiciary Committee
HB1082	Intro Sine Die	Diabetes assessment report. Requires the state department of health, the state personnel department, and the office of the secretary of family and social services to: (1) collaborate to identify plans to reduce the incidence of diabetes and diabetes ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Public Health Committee
HB1387	Intro Sine Die	Cannabis oil criminal exemption. Exempts individuals from criminal penalties for possession or use of cannabis oil if: (1) the individual is a patient of a physician who is practicing at a hospital or clinic that is affiliated with a state medical sc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
SB0187	Intro Sine Die	Donations to educational foundations. Reenacts a provision (which expired in 2012) that authorizes a school corporation to donate up to $25,000 per year from any fund of the school corporation from which the donation may be legally made to a public s... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee
SB0445	Intro Sine Die	Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine. Provides that materials, compounds, mixtures, or preparations that contain ephedrine or pseudoephedrine are schedule IV controlled substances that may be dispensed only by prescription, except for a product that is dete... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To Senate Corrections & Criminal Law Committee
HB1334	Intro Sine Die	Transborder groundwater authority. Establishes the Indiana-Kentucky transborder groundwater authority (authority). Requires the authority to study ownership rights in the groundwater resources shared by Indiana and Kentucky and to explore the desirab... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Statutory Committee on Interstate and International Cooperation
HB1301	Intro Sine Die	Criminal mischief. Increases from a Class B misdemeanor to a Level 6 felony the penalty for criminal mischief based on damaging or defacing the property of another, if the offense was committed while manufacturing or attempting to manufacture a contr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
SB0527	Intro Sine Die	School performance measures. Provides that an accredited nonpublic school or freeway school may administer, instead of the ISTEP program, another nationally recognized and norm referenced assessment. Corrects obsolete cross-references. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-14 To Senate Education and Career Development Committee
HB1440	Intro Sine Die	Assessment of common areas for tax purposes. Provides that a common area may not be subjected to a property tax liability in excess of one dollar for any assessment date. Defines "common area" as a parcel of land in a residential development that: (1... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-14 To House Ways and Means Committee
SB0223	Intro Sine Die	Rape penalty. Increases the penalty for rape without an enhancement to a Level 2 felony. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-14 Withdrawn
HB1412	Intro Sine Die	Severe injury to first responders. Defines "permanent disabling harm" and permits imposition of a nonsuspendible sentencing enhancement of five to 10 years if the state proves that a person committed a felony that caused a public safety official to s... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-14 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
HB1389	Intro Sine Die	Crimes and persons with intellectual disabilities. Defines "intellectual disability" and permits a person with an intellectual disability to participate in a forensic diversion program. Authorizes a prosecuting attorney to require a person participat... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-14 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
SB0553	Intro Sine Die	Fire and building safety. Provides that for purposes of the building code, a Class 2 structure townhouse may be separated from an adjoining unit by a one hour fire-resistance rated wall combined with a National Fire Protection Association 13D complia... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-14 To Senate Homeland Security & Transportation Committee
HB1442	Intro Sine Die	Veterans education center of excellence. Establishes the Indiana veterans education center of excellence to serve as a clearinghouse for information concerning educational benefits and programs available to veterans at state educational institutions. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-14 To House Education Committee
SB0520	Intro Sine Die	School buses. Provides that when a school bus is operated on a highway, the driver shall load and unload a student as close as practical to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway. Makes changes to prerequisites for bidders to receive school trans... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-14 To Senate Homeland Security & Transportation Committee
SB0511	Intro Sine Die	Massage therapists. Provides that massage therapists are governed by the health professions standards of practice. (Under current law, massage therapists are governed by the professional licensing standards of practice.) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-14 To Senate Commerce & Technology Committee
SB0483	Intro Sine Die	Advanced technology vehicle fee. Imposes an annual fee on advanced technology vehicles. Deposits the fees in the motor vehicle highway account. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-14 To Senate Homeland Security & Transportation Committee