Indiana 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 50)

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Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1141

Introduced
1/8/25  
Mental health and substance abuse coverage. Requires the department of insurance (department) to implement and enforce applicable provisions of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Act of 2008 (act). Requires the department to: (1) before July 1, 2026, submit a report to the general assembly regarding compliance with the act; (2) make the report available to the public; and (3) before November 1, 2026, make a presentation to the interim study committee on financial institutions and insurance regarding the contents of the report. Sets forth certain standards regarding reimbursement rates for providers of mental illness or substance abuse services.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1175

Introduced
1/8/25  
Repair of residential rental properties. Requires a landlord to repair or replace an essential item not later than 24 hours after being notified by a tenant that the tenant's rental unit is without certain essential services. Provides that a tenant may request an agency tasked with enforcing unsafe building provisions (enforcement authority) to conduct an inspection and replace or repair an essential item within 24 hours of the inspection. Authorizes the enforcement authority to replace or repair an essential item within 24 hours and to charge the landlord for certain costs and to order a $500 civil penalty to be paid. Requires any civil penalties to be placed in a repair fund to be used for costs incurred by the enforcement authority to replace or repair an essential item. Establishes appeal procedures. Requires a rental agreement entered into after June 30, 2025, to include a provision allowing a tenant to be reimbursed for any deposits paid by the tenant and to terminate the rental agreement if certain repairs are not made within seven days. Allows a court to order that a tenant's regular rental payments are paid into an attorney trust account or to the clerk of the court during the pendency of an enforcement action brought by the tenant.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1114

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
2/6/25  
Engrossed
2/14/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Report Pass
3/18/25  
Enrolled
3/25/25  
Passed
4/30/25  
Chaptered
4/30/25  
Driving without a license. Adds the following criminal offenses for an individual who knowingly or intentionally operates a motor vehicle on a highway and has never received a valid driver's license: (1) A Class A misdemeanor if the operation of the motor vehicle results in bodily injury. (2) A Level 6 felony if the operation of the motor vehicle results in serious bodily injury. (3) A Level 5 felony if the operation of the motor vehicle results in the death or catastrophic injury of another person. Makes it a Class A misdemeanor to: (1) apply for a driver's license or permit with the intent to transfer the license or permit to an individual not entitled to the license or permit; or (2) register or apply for a certificate of title to a motor vehicle with the intent to permit an individual not entitled to a driver's license or permit to operate the vehicle. Increases the penalty to a Level 6 felony if the offense involves at least two individuals or motor vehicles, or if the person uses a business organization or nonprofit organization to commit the offense.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1113

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
1/21/25  
Report Pass
2/13/25  
Engrossed
2/20/25  
Refer
3/3/25  
Report Pass
4/8/25  
Enrolled
4/16/25  
Passed
5/1/25  
Chaptered
5/1/25  
Fire protection districts. Provides, in certain circumstances, for the expansion of the purposes for which a fire protection district may be established.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1140

Introduced
1/8/25  
Eviction assistance grant program. Establishes a grant program to provide grants to counties, cities, towns, or townships (local units) for the funding of eviction related services for tenants facing an eviction action. Authorizes local units to apply for grants. Requires the Indiana housing and community development authority to administer the grant program. Makes an appropriation.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HJR0001

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
1/21/25  
Engrossed
1/31/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Report Pass
3/6/25  
Enrolled
3/18/25  
Passed
3/18/25  
Chaptered
3/27/25  
Town and city court judges. Provides that the judge of a city or town court shall reside in: (1) the county in which the city or town court is located; or (2) the bordering Indiana county that is the closest Indiana county to the city or town in which the court is located. This proposed amendment has been agreed to by one general assembly.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1189

Introduced
1/8/25  
Protection of property rights. Provides that under certain circumstances, a residential property owner may obtain the removal of an unauthorized person from the residential property owner's residential real property. Establishes a cause of action for wrongful removal from residential property. Provides that if a person without either the consent of the owner of a dwelling or a contractual interest in the dwelling knowingly or intentionally enters the dwelling and knowingly or intentionally causes more than $10,000 in damages to the dwelling, the person commits a Level 6 felony.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1171

Introduced
1/8/25  
Self-defense. Specifies that "reasonable force" includes the pointing of a loaded or unloaded firearm for purposes of arrest or to prevent an escape, or for self-defense.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1172

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
1/30/25  
Report Pass
2/6/25  
Engrossed
2/12/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Office of entrepreneurship and innovation. Establishes the office of entrepreneurship and innovation (office). Requires the office to: (1) develop and administer programs to support the growth of small business, entrepreneurship, and innovation in Indiana; (2) direct and oversee programs and sources of funding related to the growth of small business, entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation in Indiana; (3) work to strengthen policies and programs supporting the growth of entrepreneurship in Indiana; (4) coordinate with state agencies and other state funded entities to align services and programs related to entrepreneurship and starting and scaling a business; (5) work with funded entities on identifying strategies and metrics around the disbursement of funds to measure funds reaching rural communities and other underrepresented socioeconomic communities; (6) work with stakeholders and organizations supporting entrepreneurship to enhance learning and skills, provide technical support, and expand access to resources for entrepreneurs across Indiana; and (7) develop and administer programs to support and encourage youth entrepreneurship, including supporting students and teachers in fostering entrepreneurial skills.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1143

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
1/21/25  
Engrossed
1/29/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Report Pass
3/18/25  
Enrolled
3/25/25  
Passed
4/16/25  
Chaptered
4/16/25  
Licensure of accountants. Revises the education and experience requirements for licensure as a certified public accountant. Repeals language allowing various substitutions for licensure requirements.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1147

Introduced
1/8/25  
Bias crimes. Adds gender identity to the definition of "bias crime".
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1142

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
2/13/25  
Engrossed
2/19/25  
Refer
3/3/25  
Report Pass
3/11/25  
Enrolled
3/18/25  
Passed
5/6/25  
Chaptered
5/6/25  
Fiscal matters. Extends the expiration of provisions concerning a county with a single voting bloc and the allocation of votes for a local income tax council. Removes provisions enacted in HEA 1001-2025 that treated the local government investment pool as a financial institution and considered the seven day yield published weekly by the treasurer of state to be a quote for purposes of the law governing the deposit and investment of public funds. Provides that money in the Pokagon Band Tribal-state compact fund is continuously appropriated for the purposes of the fund. Extends by five years provisions enacted in HEA 1001-2025 requiring termination of the compact related to the establishment of the Chicago-Gary Regional Airport Authority. Resolves a conflict between SEA 425-2025 and HEA 1005-2025. Makes conforming amendments consistent with changes made to statutes concerning advisory plan commissions in SEA 425-2025.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1117

Introduced
1/8/25  
State property offenses. Provides that a person convicted of: (1) rioting; (2) criminal mischief; (3) burglary; (4) residential entry; or (5) criminal trespass; committed on state property is ineligible to receive or continue receiving state public assistance, including tuition assistance, for a period of three years. Requires the office of judicial administration to establish a procedure to notify the secretary of family and social services and the board of trustees of a state educational institution of the conviction.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1165

Introduced
1/8/25  
Down payment assistance. Provides that a person that otherwise meets the qualifications to receive down payment assistance under a down payment assistance program offered by the Indiana housing and community development authority (authority) may pair down payment assistance with a first mortgage issued by a community development financial institution (CDFI) without regard to whether the CDFI is a participating lender for purposes of the authority's mortgage programs and down payment assistance programs.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1184

Introduced
1/8/25  
State chemist. Moves the office of the state chemist to the department of agriculture beginning January 1, 2027. Provides that employees of the state chemist will become employees of the state. Removes funds currently going to Purdue University to carry out the functions of the state chemist. Establishes several funds to carry out the functions of the state chemist within the department of agriculture.