| HB1453 | Engross
Sine Die | Hunting preserves. Provides for the initial licensing and operation of hunting preserves: (1) on which Indiana farm raised and released cervidae are hunted; and (2) that operated during the 2014 calendar year. Establishes licensing requirements, insp... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-14 Third reading: defeated; Roll Call 449: yeas 23, nays 27 |
| HB1008 | Engross
Sine Die | Various election law matters. Provides that a candidate vacancy due to the withdrawal of a candidate that occurs after noon July 15 and before noon August 1 is filled by a caucus of precinct committeemen of the political party and election district h... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-13 Amendment #5 (Walker) prevailed; voice vote |
| HB1433 | Engross
Sine Die | Sheriff's merit board. Prohibit a relative of: (1) an active county police officer; or (2) the sheriff; from serving as a member of the sheriff's merit board. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-09 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
| HB1010 | Engross
Sine Die | 211 dialing code for human services information. Amends the statute concerning the telephone 211 dialing code for human services information to add assistance concerning: (1) domestic violence; (2) infant mortality; (3) veterans; (4) senior citizens;... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-07 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor |
| HB1358 | Engross
Sine Die | Garnishment of state tax refunds. Provides that if a debt has been reduced to a judgment in Indiana and the judgment has not been satisfied, set aside, or discharged in bankruptcy, the judgment creditor may garnish a state tax refund otherwise due to... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-31 To Senate Appropriations Committee |
| HB1618 | Engross
Sine Die | South Shore line extension. Creates a program to provide state matching grants to the northwest Indiana regional development authority (RDA) for projects extending the Chicago, South Shore, and South Bend Railway (Railway). Requires the RDA to make c... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-31 To Senate Appropriations Committee |
| HB1360 | Engross
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] | 2015-03-26 Senator Alting added as second sponsor |
| HB1231 | Engross
Sine Die | Accelerated degree programs. Provides for a higher education award for students who participate in an accelerated degree program. Specifies that a student receiving the award may not receive a Frank O'Bannon award. Appropriates to the commission for ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19 Senator Stoops added as cosponsor |
| HB1338 | Engross
Sine Die | Safe driving practices near stationary solid waste haulers. Defines solid waste hauler as a vehicle in which solid waste or recyclable materials are transported to a transfer station or final disposal facility. Provides that it is a Class A infractio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-16 Third reading: defeated; Roll Call 290: yeas 17, nays 32 |
| HB1616 | Engross
Sine Die | Eligibility for child care voucher. Provides that beginning October 1, 2015, a child who is otherwise eligible for participation in the federal Child Care and Development Fund voucher program may continue to participate unless the child's family inco... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-16 To Senate Appropriations Committee |
| HB1005 | Engross
Sine Die | Tax credit for teachers' classroom supplies. Provides that an individual employed as a teacher is entitled to a credit against the individual's adjusted gross income tax liability for amounts expended on classroom supplies up to a maximum of $200 per... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12 To Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee |
| HB1298 | Engross
Sine Die | Political subdivision risk management. Requires the Indiana Public Employer's Plan, Inc., (IPEP), which was established as a domestic nonprofit corporation, to apply for a certificate of authority to transact business as a domestic mutual insurance c... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12 To Senate Appropriations Committee |
| HB1240 | Engross
Sine Die | Levees. Provides that a county may pay the costs incurred by a committee in charge of a levee for maintenance or repairs on a levee and later be reimbursed through the assessment of the land benefited by the maintenance or repairs. (Current law requi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12 To Senate Natural Resources Committee |
| HB1548 | Engross
Sine Die | Midwives. Removes the requirement that a direct entry midwife (midwife) have a collaborative agreement with a physician requiring that the midwife's client have a consulting physician. Requires a client to be examined by a physician who is qualified ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-02 To Senate Health and Provider Services Committee |
| HB1565 | Engross
Sine Die | Energy savings audits. Allows the department of administration to assist state agencies in performing energy savings audits of state property. Allows a state agency to retain cost savings realized as a result of the audit in an amount not to exceed t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-02 To Senate Commerce & Technology Committee |
| HB1481 | Engross
Sine Die | Public retirement plans. Provides that a political subdivision that participates in the public employees' retirement fund (fund) may participate in the public employees' defined contribution plan (plan), if the governing body adopts an ordinance or r... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-02 To Senate Pensions and Labor Committee |
| HB1476 | Engross
Sine Die | County option property tax replacement fee. Permits a county council or county income tax council to establish an annual property tax replacement fee on any parcel receiving assessed value deductions or property tax credits (except for a parcel recei... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-02 To Senate Appropriations Committee |
| HB1405 | Engross
Sine Die | State examiner, attorney general, and prosecuting attorneys. Provides that if the state examiner of the state board of accounts: (1) refers to a prosecuting attorney certain violations of the law that were committed by a local public officer concerni... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-02 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB1289 | Engross
Sine Die | Hearing notices. Requires the county property tax assessment board of appeals to send notice of a scheduled hearing on a review of an assessment or deduction to a taxpayer's representative. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-02 To Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee |
| HB1203 | Engross
Sine Die | Wine and beer sales at trade shows or expositions. Allows a microbrewery and a farm winery to participate in a trade show or exposition in or on the same premises or enclosed area. Allows the department of natural resources to permit, in the terms of... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25 To Senate Public Policy Committee |
| HB1197 | Engross
Sine Die | First responder tactical training. Requires the department of homeland security (department) to develop core curriculum requirements and standards for tactical emergency casualty care training programs (TECC programs) for: full-time firefighters, law... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25 To Senate Homeland Security & Transportation Committee |
| HB1425 | Engross
Sine Die | Court fees. Automated record keeping fee. Provides that after June 30, 2015, the automated record keeping fee collected for all civil, criminal, infraction, and ordinance violation actions, except actions concerning pretrial diversion programs and de... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25 To Senate Appropriations Committee |
| HB1478 | Engross
Sine Die | Marion County fire consolidation. Authorizes the consolidation of a township fire department or fire protection territory in Marion County into the fire department of the consolidated city if the following occur: (1) The mayor of the consolidated cit... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24 To Senate Local Government Committee |
| HB1340 | Engross
Sine Die | Civil proceeding advance payment transactions. Defines a "civil proceeding advance payment transaction", or "CPAP transaction", as a nonrecourse transaction in which a person (CPAP provider) provides to a consumer claimant in a civil proceeding a fun... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24 To Senate Civil Law Committee |
| HB1507 | Engross
Sine Die | State building commissioner. Requires the state building commissioner: (1) to have at least 10 years of experience in the building trades industry, at least five years of management experience, and a bachelor's degree in a construction related field;... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24 To Senate Commerce & Technology Committee |
| HB1248 | Engross
Sine Die | Urban farming. Requires the state department of agriculture to develop and promote programs in support of urban farming, food cooperatives, and farmers' markets. Establishes the local farm and food council (council) to study certain topics concerning... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24 To Senate Agriculture Committee |
| HB1351 | Engross
Sine Die | Agency rulemaking and policymaking. Provides that an agency's statutory authority to regulate and implement programs does not include rulemaking or policymaking authority that is not based upon a federal requirement or that exceeds the authority gran... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24 To Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee |
| HB1609 | Engross
Sine Die | State board of education. Provides that the members of the state board of education shall elect annually a chairperson from the members of the state board. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24 To Senate Education and Career Development Committee |
| HB1013 | Engross
Sine Die | Publication of notice by political subdivisions. Provides that in certain circumstances, a political subdivision (other than a county) may publish notice in a locality newspaper that circulates in the political subdivision instead of in a newspaper t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24 To Senate Commerce & Technology Committee |
| HB1417 | Engross
Sine Die | Civic event license plates and vehicles. Authorizes certain vehicles to be registered as civic event motor vehicles and to display a civic event license plate after the term of the civic event under certain circumstances. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24 To Senate Homeland Security & Transportation Committee |
| HB1541 | Engross
Sine Die | Enterprise zones. Provides that the fiscal body of a municipality may adopt a resolution renewing an enterprise zone for an additional five years after the date on which the enterprise zone is set to expire. Provides that new municipal enterprise zon... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24 To Senate Commerce & Technology Committee |
| HB1028 | Engross
Sine Die | School expenses. Removes the expiration date in current law on the authority of a school corporation to use money in its capital projects fund to pay the costs of insurance and utilities. Provides that a school corporation may use money in its capita... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24 To Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee |
| HB1516 | Engross
Sine Die | County assessors. Provides that a candidate for county assessor who held the office on May 1 of the election year must have attained the certification of a level three assessor-appraiser before taking office. Provides that a candidate for county asse... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24 To Senate Elections Committee |
| HB1372 | Engross
Sine Die | Various election law matters. Provides that money received from civil penalties collected by a county election board may be used for any purpose relating to implementation of Indiana election law in the county. Increases from 1,200 to 2,000 the maxim... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24 To Senate Elections Committee |
| HB1373 | Engross
Sine Die | Circuit court clerks. Requires payment of a fee for filing a petition with a court for expungement of a person's record of arrest or conviction. Allows a court to waive the fee for filing if the court finds that the petitioner is indigent. Requires a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24 To Senate Judiciary Committee |