Indiana 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 74)
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0515
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Refer
1/28/25
Historic sites. Establishes the division of historic sites (division) in the department of natural resources. Transfers management of historic sites from the Indiana state museum and historic sites corporation to the division. Makes conforming changes. Makes an appropriation.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0532
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Ballot tracking commission. Establishes the ballot tracking commission to review data concerning technology to track an absentee ballot using real-time tracking information. Provides that the commission expires June 30, 2026.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0525
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Engrossed
2/21/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
4/8/25
Enrolled
4/16/25
Passed
5/6/25
Chaptered
5/6/25
Passed
5/6/25
Annexation. Allows the Town of Plainfield in Hendricks County (town) to annex a noncontiguous residential development that meets certain requirements. Provides that the annexation is initiated by: (1) the homeowner's association board petitioning the town legislative body for annexation of the residential development; and (2) the town legislative body adopting a resolution approving initiation of the annexation process. Provides that the town may not do the following: (1) Use the annexation territory to annex additional territory. (2) Annex additional territory within the unincorporated area extending 1/2 mile from the boundaries of the annexation territory, unless the annexation is with the consent of all of the landowners within the area to be annexed. (3) Annex, under any type of annexation, within the area that extends from the boundary of the 1/2 mile area to the town. Provides that the town's redevelopment commission may only enact a housing tax increment financing district in Liberty Township in Hendricks County if the district is approved by a resolution passed by the Mill Creek School Corporation.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0506
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Pharmacy employment regulations. Provides that a pharmacy shall not require a pharmacist to work longer than 13 hours per work day, and requires a pharmacy to allow at least eight hours between consecutive shifts. Requires a pharmacy to provide certain pharmacists with a break with certain conditions. Allows a Category I pharmacy to allow certain individuals to pick up prescription refills while a pharmacist is unavailable under certain circumstances. Provides that if a pharmacist is on break or unavailable when a person requests to speak to the pharmacist, the person must be informed of the reason for the pharmacist being unavailable and given certain options.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0521
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Pregnancy and childbirth matters. Sets forth requirements for screening for preeclampsia using biomarker testing. Requires coverage for biomarker testing for preeclampsia under a state employee health plan, the Medicaid program, a policy of accident and sickness insurance, and a health maintenance organization contract. Establishes the trauma informed care commission (commission). Requires the division of mental health and addiction to develop and implement a program for pregnant women and children with a substance use disorder. Prohibits an employer from discriminating against an employee who has a condition related to pregnancy or childbirth. Requires an employer to provide reasonable employment accommodations for an employee who has a condition related to pregnancy or childbirth. Requires the civil rights commission to investigate and attempt to resolve complaints relating to pregnancy and childbirth discrimination. Repeals a chapter regarding pregnancy and childbirth accommodation. Requires an insurer that issues a policy of accident and sickness insurance or a health maintenance organization to make available coverage for contraception without out-of-pocket costs to women otherwise covered by health plans sponsored by employers or institutions of higher education that are objecting organizations and do not invoke an optional accommodation under federal law.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0522
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Maternal health matters. Prohibits step therapy protocol for prescription drugs prescribed for the treatment of postpartum mental health conditions. Requires a state employee health plan, a policy of accident and sickness insurance, and a health maintenance organization contract to provide coverage for: (1) postpartum mental health conditions; (2) a tubal ligation procedure; and (3) a vasectomy procedure; for certain individuals. Establishes a grant program to promote the installation of lactation rooms in public buildings. Requires the Indiana housing and community development authority (IHCDA) to administer the grant program. Authorizes public agencies to apply for grants. Establishes the Officer Breann Leath Memorial Prison Nursery (nursery) within a correctional facility determined by the commissioner of the department of correction (DOC). Specifies the criteria for operation, design, and implementation of the nursery and minimum standards that govern the nursery. Requires the DOC to provide an annual report to the legislative council concerning the nursery. Amends the statute requiring the DOC to adopt rules governing minimum standards for county jails to include the provision of menstrual discharge collection devices to inmates. Establishes the incarcerated women's maternal health fund to provide funds to support the nursery. Provides for Medicaid reimbursement for certified medical interpretation services for Medicaid recipients who have limited English proficiency when receiving Medicaid covered services from a Medicaid provider. Requires Medicaid pregnancy services to include reimbursement for doula services. Establishes the telephone assistance line for mothers program for the purpose of providing a telephone assistance line for mothers who are experiencing behavioral health issues to connect with health care practitioners to obtain behavioral health resources. Establishes the stillbirth prevention through fetal movement pilot program (program) for the purpose of providing evidence based information on the importance of tracking fetal movement in the third trimester of pregnancy to prevent stillbirths, to be administered by the Indiana department of health (state department). Allows the state department to award grants to increase education and the distribution of materials on tracking fetal movement in the third trimester of pregnancy. Requires grantees to report specified information on a quarterly and annual basis. Creates a fund and appropriates $250,000 for the program. Expires the program on December 31, 2027. Appropriates $5,000,000 to the IHCDA for deposit in the lactation room grant fund. Makes a continuing appropriation.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0526
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Report Pass
2/10/25
Engrossed
2/21/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
3/27/25
Enrolled
4/2/25
Passed
5/6/25
Chaptered
5/6/25
Passed
5/6/25
Absentee ballot retraction. Requires a county election board to test certain voting machines to ensure that an absentee ballot can be retracted before tabulation of the ballot if the ballot is required to be rejected. Requires the public test of a voting system to test whether a rejected ballot is retracted. Voids a March 25, 2022, advisory opinion adopted by the Indiana election commission. Provides that, to be approved by the Indiana election commission for use in Indiana, a voting system must meet certain standards of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines adopted by the United States Election Assistance Commission on February 10, 2021. Allows a county to continue to use an optical scan ballot card voting system or an electronic voting system if certain matters concerning the voting system were approved before October 1, 2025. Allows a voting system to include a retraction feature concerning certain votes cast on absentee ballots.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0509
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Masked intimidation. Creates the crime of masked intimidation, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0513
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
State administered retirement program. Establishes a board to design, establish, and operate a state administered retirement program (program) that automatically enrolls specified private sector employees. Requires program compliance by certain employers that have not, in the previous two calendar years, offered a qualified retirement plan to employees. Specifies the powers and duties of the board. Specifies program requirements, including default contribution levels and program fees. Requires the board to contract with investment managers, private financial institutions, or other service providers to invest money and administer the program. Limits the liability of particular parties associated with the program. Specifies board requirements for disclosure, audits, and reports. Requires the board to adopt certain rules. Makes an appropriation.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0512
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Insurance pooling for political subdivisions. Permits political subdivisions, acting jointly, to pool resources to purchase insurance coverage.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0524
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Report Pass
2/10/25
Engrossed
2/21/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
3/20/25
Enrolled
3/26/25
Passed
4/9/25
Chaptered
4/9/25
Passed
4/9/25
The practice of law. Allows an Indiana resident of a contiguous county to be appointed the head of the department of law.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0517
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Purchase of coal fired generation facilities. Provides that: (1) a public utility that provides electric utility service in Indiana (public utility) may not enter into an agreement to sell a coal fired electric generation facility (coal facility) that the public utility plans to retire unless the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) approves the agreement; and (2) a person that purchases from a public utility, under an agreement approved by the IURC, a coal facility that the public utility plans to retire is not a public utility for purposes of IURC jurisdiction solely by reason of the person's operation of the coal facility. Provides that the rates and charges of a public utility, other than a cooperatively owned public utility, may not include any recovery of, or earnings on, the capital costs associated with the construction of an electric generation facility that is built, in whole or in part, to replace the electricity generated from a coal facility retired by the public utility after December 31, 2028, unless the IURC determines that the public utility: (1) made a good faith effort to sell the coal facility to another person; and (2) either: (A) accepted a reasonable offer to purchase the coal facility; or (B) was not able to sell the coal facility for a reason beyond the public utility's reasonable control. Sets forth factors the IURC must consider in determining whether: (1) the public utility made a good faith effort to sell the coal facility; and (2) an offer to purchase a coal facility was reasonable. Provides that the IURC may preapprove a procedure for a public utility's solicitation and review of offers for purchase of a coal facility the public utility plans to retire that, if used by a public utility to sell the coal facility, satisfies the requirements for: (1) a good faith effort to sell the coal facility; and (2) acceptance of a reasonable offer for the coal facility. Provides that, subject to certain conditions, the IURC shall require a public utility, other than a cooperatively owned public utility, to purchase electricity generated by a coal facility that: (1) was acquired from a public utility through an agreement approved by the IURC; and (2) but for the sale of the coal facility, would have been retired by the public utility. Provides that prior to the proposed retirement date for a coal facility, the IURC may determine the avoided cost and other terms and conditions for the purchase of electricity from the coal facility in order to allow potential purchasers of the coal facility to know this information before entering into an agreement to purchase the coal facility.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0523
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Report Pass
2/6/25
Engrossed
2/12/25
Refer
3/3/25
School chaplains. Allows a principal or superintendent of a public school, including a charter school, to employ, or approve as a volunteer, a school chaplain if certain requirements are met. Allows a school chaplain to provide: (1) secular advice, guidance, and support services; and (2) nonsecular advice, guidance, and support services if certain conditions are met. Provides that, with exceptions, communications made by a student to a school chaplain are privileged and confidential.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0538
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
PFAS chemicals. Defines "PFAS chemicals" and requires the environmental rules board to use the definition in certain rules concerning industrial processes and research and development.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0514
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy. Provides that a policy of accident and sickness insurance or health maintenance organization contract that provides coverage for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy may not refuse to contract or deny coverage for the administration of any CAR T-cell therapy by any provider that qualifies as a certified health care facility by the federal Food and Drug Administration for the applicable CAR T-cell therapy.