Indiana Senator J.D. Ford [D]

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INSB0035PassFinancial literacy. Provides that, beginning with the cohort of students who are expected to graduate from a public school, a charter school, or a state accredited nonpublic school in 2028, an individual must successfully complete a personal financia...
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2023-05-04
Public Law 168
INSB0317PassContracting and purchasing. Provides that a political subdivision may make advance payments to contractors to enable the contractors to purchase materials needed for a public works project of the political subdivision. Provides that a political subdi...
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2023-05-04
Public Law 181
INSB0007PassPhysician noncompete agreements. Provides that beginning July 1, 2023, a primary care physician and an employer may not enter into a noncompete agreement. Provides that beginning July 1, 2023, a physician noncompete agreement is not enforceable if an...
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2023-05-04
Public Law 165
INSB0252PassLong acting reversible contraceptives. Allows a long acting reversible contraceptive that is prescribed to and obtained for a Medicaid recipient to be transferred to another Medicaid recipient if certain requirements are met.
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2023-05-04
Public Law 177
INSB0369PassAutomated external defibrillator requirements. Provides that school coaches, assistant coaches, marching band leaders, drama and musical leaders, and extracurricular activity leaders may ensure that an operational automated external defibrillator (AE...
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2023-05-04
Public Law 187
INHB1483PassDiscipline rules regarding bullying. Provides that discipline rules adopted by the governing body of a school corporation must include timetables for reporting bullying incidents to parents of both the targeted student and the alleged perpetrator in ...
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2023-05-04
Public Law 238
INHB1382PassRobotics programs. Establishes the robotics competition program to provide grants to eligible robotics competition teams (eligible teams) in order to expand opportunities to increase interest and improve skills in science, technology, engineering, an...
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2023-05-04
Public Law 231
INHB1449PassTwenty-first century scholars program. Provides that the commission for higher education shall do the following: (1) In cooperation with the department of education, identify students who meet the requirements to participate in the twenty-first centu...
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2023-05-04
Public Law 235
INHB1591PassVarious education matters. Requires the Indiana archives and records administration to: (1) establish procedures to retain an original record, document, plat, paper, or instrument-in-writing in an electronic format; (2) establish a period of time aft...
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2023-05-04
Public Law 246
INHB1160PassWorkforce development pilot programs. Provides that the commission for higher education may establish an education and career support services pilot program to provide career and support services to adult students of state educational institutions. P...
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2023-05-04
Public Law 216
INSB0160PassProfessional counselors licensure compact. Requires the behavioral health and human services licensing board to administer the professional counselors licensure compact (compact). Adopts the compact. Sets forth requirements of a member state. Sets fo...
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2023-05-01
Public Law 98
INSB0290PassBMV disclosure of personal information. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles (BMV) to disclose to the department of veterans' affairs (department) certain personal information included on an application form for a disabled Hoosier veteran license pl...
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2023-05-01
Public Law 108
INSB0265PassTANF eligibility. Sets the income eligibility requirements for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program at a specified percentage of the federal income poverty level. Requires the division of family resources (division) to amend the...
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2023-05-01
Public Law 103
INHB1396PassStop the bleed program. Establishes the stop the bleed donation pool for the purpose of receiving donations of gifts or donations. Provides that the stop the bleed donation pool is administered by the department of homeland security. Provides that a ...
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2023-05-01
Public Law 143
INHB1015PassWorksite speed control pilot program. Requires the Indiana department of transportation (department) to establish the worksite speed control pilot program (pilot program) for the purpose of enforcing worksite speed limits. Requires that the departmen...
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2023-05-01
Public Law 120
INHB1637PassTeacher education scholarship programs. Increases the annual scholarship amount that the commission for higher education (commission) may award under the next generation Hoosier educators scholarship program from $7,500 to $10,000. Removes limits on ...
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2023-05-01
Public Law 161
INHB1609PassWorkforce development matters. Repeals provisions concerning the work Indiana program. Defines "adult education and literacy activities" and requires that certain money appropriated by the general assembly be used for workforce preparation activities...
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2023-05-01
Public Law 157
INHB1157PassResidential housing development program. Makes the following changes regarding Marion County redevelopment: (1) Revises allocation area requirements for the redevelopment commission (commission) to establish a housing program. (2) Allows the commissi...
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2023-05-01
Public Law 126
INHB1492PassSchool safety. Makes changes to the permissible uses of the Indiana secured school fund. Moves provisions in the Indiana Code pertaining to the appointment of a school safety specialist, school safety specialist programs, and school safety plans. Mak...
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2023-05-01
Public Law 150
INSCR0042PassHonoring Bishop Charles M. Finnell. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Bishop Charles M. Finnell for 20 years of service as Pastor of Christ Temple Apostolic Faith Assembly in Indianapolis.
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2023-04-25
Returned to the Senate
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Behavioral health matters. Provides that, subject to certain procedures and requirements, the office of the secretary of family and social services may apply to the United States Department of Health and Human Services: (1) for a Medicaid state plan ...
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2023-04-20
Motion to concur filed
INSB0167PassFAFSA. Requires all students, except for students at certain nonpublic schools, in the student's senior year to complete and submit the FAFSA not later than April 15 unless: (1) a parent of a student or a student, if the student is an emancipated min...
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2023-04-20
Public Law 29
INSB0316PassComputer aided emergency dispatch systems. Provides that the statewide 911 board (board) may conduct a feasibility study on potential ways in which the computer aided dispatch (CAD) systems used by public safety answering points (PSAPs) in Indiana co...
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2023-04-20
Public Law 41
INSB0404PassAccess to transcripts. Provides that a state educational institution or private postsecondary educational institution operated for profit (institution) in Indiana may not: (1) refuse to provide a transcript for a current or former student of the inst...
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2023-04-20
Public Law 51
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Public health commission. Defines "core public health services" for purposes of public health laws. Adds members to the executive board of the Indiana department of health (state department). Removes a provision allowing the state department to estab...
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2023-04-20
Senate dissented from House amendments
INSB0334PassSimplified application for SNAP benefits. Requires the division of family resources of the family and social services administration (division) to develop and implement simplified requirements by which an individual who: (1) is 60 years of age or old...
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2023-04-20
Public Law 44
INHB1056PassState veterans' cemeteries. Provides that the Indiana state veterans' cemetery may include more than one physical location. Provides eligibility for burial in the Indiana state veterans' cemetery to certain members of: (1) a reserve component of the ...
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2023-04-20
Public Law 61
INHB1211PassWelding certifications on public works projects. Requires that contractors on a public works project meet certain standards relating to the welding of structural steel.
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2023-04-20
Public Law 70
INHB1025PassFirefighter discipline. Provides that a fire department of a fire protection district or fire protection territory is subject to certain disciplinary and due process requirements.
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2023-04-20
Public Law 57
INSCR0018PassHonoring Mayor Jim Brainard. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Mayor Jim Brainard for his twenty-seven years of service as mayor of Carmel, Indiana.
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2023-04-20
Returned to the Senate
INHB1040PassRequirements for elected officials. Provides that if an examination of an audited entity is unable to be performed because the audited entity's accounts, records, files, or reports are not properly maintained or reconciled, the entity may be declared...
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2023-04-20
Public Law 58
INHB1438PassPublication of local government notices. Provides that a towing service is subject to the same public notice advertising rates as a government agency if the service: (1) acts as an agent of a government agency; and (2) provides the notice required to...
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2023-04-20
Public Law 84
INHB1341PassPFAS-free firefighter gear. Provides that, after June 30, 2024, an Indiana fire department may not purchase firefighting gear unless it contains a permanently affixed label indicating whether or not the firefighting gear contains PFAS.
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2023-04-20
Public Law 78
INHB1578PassCovered persons for restricted addresses. Provides that a regular, paid firefighter and a volunteer firefighter are "covered persons" under the statute that requires local government units that operate a public data base website containing the names ...
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2023-04-20
Public Law 91
INHCR0043PassCelebrating the achievements and contributions of Hoosier environmental leader Tim Maloney on his retirement. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION celebrating the achievements and contributions of Hoosier environmental leader Tim Maloney on his retirement.
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2023-04-20
Returned to the House
INHCR0044PassHonoring the Ben Davis High School varsity boys' basketball team. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the Ben Davis High School varsity boys' basketball team.
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2023-04-20
Returned to the House
INHCR0041PassRecognizing former Indiana House of Representatives employee Brad Burk on his 25th anniversary leading the American Cancer Society in Indiana. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing former Indiana House of Representatives employee Brad Burk on his 25th ...
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2023-04-19
Returned to the House
INSR0047PassRecognizing and honoring the Senate Democratic Caucus interns. A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing and honoring the Senate Democratic Caucus interns for their service during the First Regular Session of the One Hundred Twenty-Third Indiana General Assemb...
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2023-04-19
First reading: adopted voice vote
INSR0053PassRecognizing Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action. A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action as two organizations that have demonstrated an unwavering commitment to advocating for common-sense gun legislati...
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2023-04-19
First reading: adopted voice vote
INHCR0005PassUrging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the bridge on State Highway 27 over I-70 as the "Officer Seara Burton Memorial Bridge". A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the bridge on State Hi...
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2023-04-17
Representatives Goodrich, Pack R, Haggard C, Teshka J, May, Baird, Pierce K, Prescott, Snow C, Smith, V., Johnson, Olthoff, Slager, Miller D, O'Brien T, Engleman, Smaltz, Negele, Manning, McGuire J, Meltzer J, Culp K, Lucas, Sweet L, Garcia Wilburn V, Lehman, Errington, Schaibley, Patterson L, Vermilion A, Harris, Hamilton, Miller K, Judy, Abbott D, Zent, VanNatter, Clere, Rowray E, Pryor, Pfaff, Pierce M, Wesco, Jordan, Thompson, Cherry, Davis M, GiaQuinta, Hatfield, Hall D, Bartels, Aylesworth, Frye, Boy, Jackson, Heine, Andrade M added as coauthors
INSCR0040PassHonoring Judge Margret G. Robb. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Judge Margret G. Robb upon her retirement from the Court of Appeals of Indiana.
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2023-04-13
Returned to the Senate
INSCR0038PassMemorializing Congresswoman Jackie Walorski. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing Congresswoman Jackie Walorski.
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2023-04-12
Returned to the Senate
INSR0042PassHonoring Eddie Langford. A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Eddie Langford upon his retirement and thanking him for 29 years of exceptional service to the Indiana Senate.
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2023-04-11
Senators Alexander, Alting, Baldwin, Bassler, Becker, Bohacek, Breaux, Brown L, Buchanan, Buck, Busch, Byrne, Charbonneau, Crane, Crider, Deery, Dernulc, Donato, Doriot, Ford J.D., Ford Jon, Freeman, Garten, Gaskill, Glick, Hunley, Johnson, Koch, Leising, Melton, Messmer, Mishler, Niemeyer, Niezgodski, Perfect, Pol, Qaddoura, Raatz, Randolph, Rogers, Sandlin, Taylor G, Tomes, Walker G, Walker K, Yoder, Young M, Zay added as coauthors
INSR0040PassRecognizing the National Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Association's PCOS Challenge. A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing the National Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Association's PCOS Challenge for raising awareness of this prevalent health issue.
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2023-04-10
First reading: adopted voice vote
INSR0041PassRecognizing the Indiana Wing of the Civil Air Patrol. A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing the Indiana Wing of the Civil Air Patrol for its Cadet Program.
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2023-04-10
First reading: adopted voice vote
INSR0039PassCongratulating the Honda Indiana Auto Plant. A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating the Honda Indiana Auto Plant in Greensburg, Indiana, on 15 years of operations.
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2023-04-10
Senators Alexander, Alting, Baldwin, Bassler, Becker, Bohacek, Bray, Breaux, Brown L, Buchanan, Buck, Busch, Byrne, Charbonneau, Crane, Crider, Deery, Dernulc, Donato, Doriot, Ford J.D., Ford Jon, Freeman, Garten, Gaskill, Glick, Holdman, Hunley, Johnson, Koch, Melton, Messmer, Mishler, Niemeyer, Niezgodski, Perfect, Pol, Qaddoura, Raatz, Randolph, Rogers, Sandlin, Taylor G, Tomes, Walker G, Walker K, Yoder, Young M, Zay added as coauthors
INSR0037PassHonoring David Goggins. A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring David Goggins for his years of service in the United States military and his continued contributions to society.
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2023-04-06
Senators Alexander, Alting, Bassler, Becker, Bohacek, Breaux, Brown L, Buchanan, Buck, Byrne, Charbonneau, Crane, Crider, Deery, Dernulc, Donato, Doriot, Ford J.D., Gaskill, Glick, Holdman, Hunley, Johnson, Koch, Leising, Melton, Messmer, Mishler, Niemeyer, Niezgodski, Perfect, Pol, Qaddoura, Raatz, Randolph, Rogers, Sandlin, Tomes, Walker G, Walker K, Yoder, Young M, Zay added as coauthors
INSB0114PassReceivership for past due utility bills. Amends the Indiana Code provision that sets forth the cases in which a receiver may be appointed by a court to include the appointment of a receiver upon the request of a utility if the owner of a multifamily ...
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2023-04-05
Public Law 5
INSB0106PassLocal powers concerning elections. Provides that a unit does not have the power to adopt an ordinance, a resolution, or an order concerning certain elections, or otherwise conduct an election, except as expressly granted by statute. Specifies that an...
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2023-04-05
Public Law 4
INHB1159Engross
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Civil service annuity income deduction. Increases the amount of federal civil service annuity benefits that an individual or the individual's surviving spouse may deduct from adjusted gross income tax.
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2023-04-03
To Senate Appropriations Committee
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