| SB0218 | Intro
Sine Die | Property tax assessments. Provides that, if the assessed value of real property is reduced as a result of a property tax appeal, the subsequent assessed value of the real property may not be increased by more than 5% per year for the next four years ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-06
To Senate Appropriations Committee |
| SB0210 | Intro
Sine Die | Family leave insurance program. Requires the department of insurance to establish, not later than January 1, 2017, a family leave insurance program (program) for the purpose of providing benefits to employees who elect to participate in the program. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-06
To Senate Pensions and Labor Committee |
| SB0303 | Intro
Sine Die | Property tax levy appeals. Authorizes a civil taxing unit to request an increase in its maximum property tax levy for a year, if the department of local government finance finds that the growth in the civil taxing unit's assessed value in the precedi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-06
To Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee |
| SB0184 | Intro
Sine Die | Achieving a better life experience (ABLE) program. Establishes the Indiana achieving a better life experience (ABLE) program. Creates the Indiana achieving a better life experience board (board). Requires the board to establish a qualified ABLE progr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-06
To Senate Appropriations Committee |
| SB0188 | Intro
Sine Die | State park alcoholic beverage permits. Requires the alcohol and tobacco commission to issue a three-way permit to the department of natural resources (DNR) for one or more state parks if a proper application is made. Exempts a permit issued for a sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-06
To Senate Public Policy Committee |
| SB0205 | Intro
Sine Die | Controlled substances. Requires a court to grant specialized driving privileges to a person on probation or in a community corrections program to permit the person to: (1) participate in a court ordered or approved treatment program; or (2) travel to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-06
To Senate Corrections & Criminal Law Committee |
| SB0199 | Intro
Sine Die | Age for compulsory school attendance. Provides that a student shall enroll in a kindergarten program not later than the fall term of the school year if the student is five years of age on August 1 of that school year. (Current law requires that a stu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-06
To Senate Education and Career Development Committee |
| SB0185 | Intro
Sine Die | Child exploitation. Increases the criminal penalty for the offense of: (1) child exploitation from a Level 5 felony to a Level 4 felony; (2) child exploitation involving a child less than 12 years of age from a Level 5 felony to a Level 3 felony; (3)...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-06
To Senate Corrections & Criminal Law Committee |
| SB0070 | Intro
Sine Die | Fire prevention and building safety commission. Requires the fire prevention and building safety commission to adopt by rules the most recent edition, including addenda, of the NFPA 70 (National Electric Code) and to adopt any subsequent edition of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Homeland Security & Transportation Committee |
| SB0134 | Intro
Sine Die | Hoosier youth corps program. Establishes the Hoosier youth corps program (program) to provide college students summer internships with state and local governments and nonprofit organizations to help meet critical community needs. Provides that the co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Appropriations Committee |
| SB0007 | Intro
Sine Die | Hunting wildlife. Removes exotic mammals from the animals that may be propagated or offered for hunting at a shooting preserve. Makes it a Class C misdemeanor to: (1) engage in computer assisted remote hunting or provide or operate a computer assiste...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Natural Resources Committee |
| SB0137 | Intro
Sine Die | Statute of limitations on rape. Eliminates the statute of limitations for rape. Makes conforming amendments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Corrections & Criminal Law Committee |
| SB0129 | Intro
Sine Die | Indiana earned income tax credit. Increases the amount of the Indiana earned income tax credit from 9% to 10% of the federal earned income tax credit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Appropriations Committee |
| SB0074 | Intro
Sine Die | Charity gaming. Provides that the gaming commission may not require an applicant organization to submit the names of the following nonmembers living in a member's household: (1) The member's spouse. (2) A child of the member. (3) Any other individual...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Public Policy Committee |
| SB0043 | Intro
Sine Die | Vehicle Bill. None
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee |
| SB0060 | Intro
Sine Die | Vehicle Bill. None
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee |
| SB0019 | Intro
Sine Die | Equine dentistry. Provides that equine dentistry is not included in the practice of veterinary medicine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Agriculture Committee |
| SB0032 | Intro
Sine Die | Economic development incentive accountability. 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 disclos...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Commerce & Technology Committee |
| SB0072 | Intro
Sine Die | Medical research controlled substances. Provides that a physician who has obtained approval from certain entities to obtain, administer, and dispense or prescribe a controlled substance is immune from criminal liability for the possession or distribu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Health and Provider Services Committee |
| SB0054 | Intro
Sine Die | Vehicle Bill. None
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee |
| SB0053 | Intro
Sine Die | Vehicle Bill. None
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee |
| SB0069 | Intro
Sine Die | Ignition interlock program. Requires the Indiana criminal justice institute (institute) to adopt rules concerning ignition interlock devices. Requires the institute, the bureau of motor vehicles, the state department of toxicology, and the state poli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB0100 | Intro
Sine Die | Civil rights. Prohibits discriminatory practices in acquisition or sale of real estate, housing, education, public accommodations, employment, the extending of credit, and public contracts based on military active duty status, sexual orientation, or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee |
| SB0071 | Intro
Sine Die | Poultry from exempted slaughter operations. Specifies that an operation that slaughters poultry and is exempt from antemortem inspection and postmortem inspection: (1) must comply with certain public health requirements; (2) must sell directly to the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Commerce & Technology Committee |
| SB0046 | Intro
Sine Die | Vehicle Bill. None
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee |
| SB0117 | Intro
Sine Die | Candidate's committees. Requires a candidate's committee to disband if the individual whose candidacy the committee was formed to support has not been a candidate for any office during the previous five years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Elections Committee |
| SB0002 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibited discrimination in civil rights statutes. Amends civil rights enforcement statutes to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and ancestry.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee |
| SB0110 | Intro
Sine Die | Vehicle Bill. None
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee |
| SB0112 | Intro
Sine Die | Vehicle Bill. None
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee |
| SB0079 | Intro
Sine Die | Use of telecommunications devices while driving. Provides that a person who is at least 21 years of age who uses a telecommunications device to perform any function available on the telecommunications device other than to: (1) place or receive a tele...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Homeland Security & Transportation Committee |
| SB0008 | Intro
Sine Die | Alcohol permits and sales. Allows the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission) to issue a liquor dealer's permit only to a package liquor store. (Current law allows the commission to issue a liquor dealer's permit to a drug store or a package liqu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Public Policy Committee |
| SB0115 | Intro
Sine Die | Vehicle Bill. None
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee |
| SB0029 | Intro
Sine Die | Application of foreign law. Provides that a court may not apply, enforce, or grant comity, res judicata, claim preclusion, or issue preclusion to a foreign law, ruling, or judgment if doing so would violate the fundamental liberties, rights, and priv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB0157 | Intro
Sine Die | Motorcycle registration fee. Eliminates the portion of the motorcycle registration fee that is currently distributed to the spinal cord and brain injury fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Homeland Security & Transportation Committee |
| SB0094 | Intro
Sine Die | State controller. Establishes the office of state controller, beginning January 1, 2023. Provides for transition of the powers and duties of the auditor of state and the treasurer of state to the state controller. Provides for expiration of statutes ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Elections Committee |
| SB0064 | Intro
Sine Die | Vehicle Bill. None
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee |
| SB0121 | Intro
Sine Die | Transfer of campaign funds after conviction. Provides that upon removal from office of a public officer by operation of law after June 30, 2016, because of the public officer's conviction of a felony, the public officer's candidate's committee is dis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Elections Committee |
| SB0016 | Intro
Sine Die | Alcoholic beverages. Creates a supplemental dealer's permit. Provides that a supplemental dealer's permit may be issued only to a holder of a beer, wine, or liquor dealer's permit. Allows the holder of a supplemental dealer's permit to sell alcoholic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Public Policy Committee |
| SB0168 | Intro
Sine Die | Distribution of lottery revenue. Requires the state lottery commission to adopt rules to establish a scratch off game to benefit Indiana veterans. Deposits revenue from sales of tickets for the scratch off game into the military family relief fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Public Policy Committee |
| SB0113 | Intro
Sine Die | Vehicle Bill. None
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee |
| SB0166 | Intro
Sine Die | Voluntary manslaughter. Increases the penalty for voluntary manslaughter from a Level 2 felony to a Level 1 felony, if the offense is committed by means of a deadly weapon.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Corrections & Criminal Law Committee |
| SB0004 | Intro
Sine Die | School and teacher performance. Provides that, for a state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, the amount that a school corporation may receive as part of a performance grant relating to test results is the greater of: (1) t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Education and Career Development Committee |
| SB0024 | Intro
Sine Die | Law enforcement academies. Imposes a $1 fee on each bureau of motor vehicles transaction on which a fee already is imposed. Deposits the fees in the statewide law enforcement training fund to provide additional funding to law enforcement academies an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Homeland Security & Transportation Committee |
| SB0135 | Intro
Sine Die | Voter registration and other voting matters. Provides that a county election board (board) may adopt a resolution by a vote of a majority of the members of the board to provide that the polls close at any time after 6 p.m. and not later than 8 p.m. o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Elections Committee |
| SB0153 | Intro
Sine Die | Creditor claims against a decedent's estate. Extends, from nine months after the death of the decedent to one year after the death of the decedent, the time certain creditors of a decedent have a right to bring a claim against the decedent's estate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Civil Law Committee |
| SB0108 | Intro
Sine Die | Vehicle Bill. None
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee |
| SB0155 | Intro
Sine Die | Bail procedures. Requires a court to release a defendant whose most serious charge is a misdemeanor or a Level 6 felony on the defendant's own recognizance unless the defendant: (1) is charged with a crime of domestic violence, a violent crime, or a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB0062 | Intro
Sine Die | Vehicle Bill. None
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee |
| SB0038 | Intro
Sine Die | Released time religious instruction. Provides that a public secondary school student may receive not more than two elective academic credits for released time religious instruction classes if the governing body of the school corporation adopts a poli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Education and Career Development Committee |
| SB0055 | Intro
Sine Die | Vehicle Bill. None
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-05
To Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee |
