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passed · Indiana · Senate Feb 8, 2022

SB 404: Child care availability and affordability.

Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the topic of availability and affordability of child care in Indiana. Requires the interim study committee to which the topic is assigned to: (1) consider means by which the availability and affordability of child care services in Indiana can be increased; and (2) not later than November 1, 2022, submit to the general assembly a strategic plan for increasing the availability and affordability of child care services in Indiana.
Linda Rogers (R) Fady Qaddoura (D) Dale DeVon (R) Jon Ford (R) · 7 co-sponsors
passed · Indiana · Senate Feb 8, 2022

SB 348: Next level connections fund.

Provides that the appropriation in HEA 1001-2021 for the 2022-2023 state fiscal year to the Indiana department of transportation for the next level connections fund (IC 8-14-14.3) may be used only for projects located on U.S. Highway 30 and U.S. Highway 31 and for other road and bridge infrastructure projects.
Ryan Mishler (R) David Niezgodski (D) Blake Doriot (R) Dave Heine (R) · 4 co-sponsors
passed · Indiana · Senate Feb 8, 2022

SB 390: Food and beverage and innkeeper's taxes.

Requires each local unit that imposes an innkeeper's tax or food and beverage tax to annually report information concerning distributions and expenditures of amounts received from the innkeeper's tax or food and beverage tax. Extends the Nashville food and beverage tax expiration date from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2043. Provides that food and beverage taxes currently authorized under IC 6-9 and that do not otherwise contain an expiration date (other than the stadium and convention building authority food and beverage tax and the historic hotels food and beverage tax) shall expire on the later of: (1) January 1, 2042; or (2) the date on which all bonds or lease agreements outstanding on March 15, 2022, are completely paid. Requires each local unit that imposes a food and beverage tax that is subject to the expiration provision to provide to the department of local government finance (department) a list of each bond or lease agreement outstanding on March 15, 2022, and the date on which each will be completely paid. Requires the department to publish the information on the gateway Internet web site. Declares the intention of the general assembly to only authorize local units to impose new food and beverage taxes based on specified criteria.
Mike Gaskill (R) Brian Buchanan (R) Travis Holdman (R) Chuck Goodrich (R) · 2 co-sponsors
passed · Indiana · Senate Feb 8, 2022

SB 392: Home health care associations.

Provides that home health agencies may enter into cooperative agreements to carry out the following activities: (1) To form and operate, either directly or indirectly, one or more networks of home health agencies, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, physicians, and other health care providers and to arrange for the provision of health care services through such networks. (2) To contract, either directly or through such networks, with the office of the secretary of family and social services, or the office's contractors to provide: (A) services to Medicaid beneficiaries; and (B) health care services in an efficient and cost effective manner on a prepaid, capitation, or other reimbursement basis. (3) To undertake other managed health care activities. Provides that a home health agency may authorize an association, corporation, or other person to undertake or effectuate any of these activities. Requires the secretary of family and social services to oversee and supervise these activities.
Ann Vermilion (R) Jean Leising (R) Vaneta Becker (R) · 2 co-sponsors
passed · Indiana · Senate Feb 8, 2022

SB 352: Supervised consumer loans.

Amends the Uniform Consumer Credit Code to provide that the authorized loan finance charge for a consumer loan, other than a supervised loan, that is entered into after June 30, 2022, may not exceed 36% (versus 25% for a consumer loan that is entered into before July 1, 2022) per year on the unpaid balances of the principal. Amends the definition of "supervised loan" to mean a consumer loan that: (1) is entered into before July 1, 2022, and with respect to which the rate of the loan finance charge exceeds the authorized 25% annual rate for consumer loans under current law; or (2) is entered into after June 30, 2022, and is made in accordance with the requirements for supervised loans set forth in the bill. Sets forth requirements and limitations with respect to the following for supervised loans made after June 30, 2022: (1) Authorized fees and charges. (2) The maximum principal amount. (3) The minimum and maximum lengths of the loan term. (4) Information and disclosures to be included in the loan contract. (5) A borrower's right to rescind a supervised loan transaction. Provides that when a borrower enters into a supervised loan, the lender shall provide the borrower with a pamphlet approved by the department of financial institutions (department) that describes: (1) the availability of debt management and credit counseling services; (2) the borrower's rights and responsibilities; and (3) the availability of the 211 telephone dialing code for human services information and referrals. Sets forth prohibited acts and practices in connection with a supervised loan. Provides that a lender may not take a security interest in real or personal property in connection with a supervised loan, other than a security interest in a personal check of the borrower. Specifies the applicability of the bill's provisions to supervised loans made by persons exempt from: (1) the bill's finance charge limitations; and (2) licensure by the department. Requires a lender that makes at least one supervised loan in Indiana during a calendar year to remit to the department: (1) an annual fee of $250; and (2) an additional fee of $250 per Indiana branch location (after the first location). Establishes the consumer financial education fund (fund), and provides that the annual fees collected from lenders making supervised loans are to be deposited in the fund. Provides that the fund is to be: (1) administered by the department; and (2) used by the department for paying expenses relating to consumer financial education. Requires a person that enters into at least one supervised loan transaction in Indiana in any calendar year to file with the department a report concerning the person's business and operations with respect to that calendar year. Requires the director of the department to prescribe: (1) the time and manner for filing the report; and (2) the information to be included in the report. Requires the department to publish and make available to the public, at least annually, an analysis of the information provided in the reports filed with the department. Sets forth the information that must be included in the department's analysis. Makes conforming amendments to existing references to supervised loans throughout the Indiana Code.
Chris Judy (R) Andy Zay (R) Mike Bohacek (R) · 3 co-sponsors
passed · Indiana · Senate Feb 8, 2022

SB 288: Eminent domain proceedings.

Defines a "pipeline company" and a "public utility" for purposes of the statute governing the general procedures to be used in acquiring property by eminent domain. Provides that in an eminent domain action filed by a public utility or a pipeline company after June 30, 2022, if a defendant files written exceptions to the assessment of the court appointed appraisers, the defendant may file a request for mediation at the same time the exceptions are filed. Provides that if the defendant files a request for mediation: (1) the court shall appoint a mediator not later than 10 days after the request is filed; (2) the plaintiff shall engage in good faith mediation with the defendant; (3) the mediation must be concluded not later than 90 days after the appointment of the mediator; and (4) the plaintiff shall pay the costs of the mediator. Provides that if the parties are unable to reach an agreement as to the assessment of the damages in a mediation, the case shall proceed to trial. Provides that in any trial of exceptions in an eminent domain proceeding: (1) the court appointed appraisers' report; and (2) the amount of the court appointed appraisers' assessment of damages upon which the exceptions in the trial are based; are not admissible as evidence in the proceedings. Provides, however, that a court appointed appraiser may: (1) testify at trial without reference to the report of the court appointed appraisers or to the appraiser's previous appointment in the case; and (2) be examined as to the value of the property sought to be acquired independent of the report and without reference to it; as set forth in existing Indiana case law. Changes the amount of litigation expenses a court shall allow a defendant in any trial in an eminent domain proceeding in which the amount of damages awarded to the defendant by the judgment is greater than the amount specified in the plaintiff's last offer of settlement.
Brian Buchanan (R) Jeff Raatz (R) Beau Baird (R) · 3 co-sponsors
passed · Indiana · Senate Feb 8, 2022

SB 236: Eligibility for senior property tax deduction.

Increases the adjusted gross income threshold for an individual at least 65 years of age to obtain a deduction from the assessed value of the individual's real property from $30,000 to $40,000. Increases the threshold for an individual at least 65 years of age filing a joint return from $40,000 to $50,000. Increases the maximum assessed value of the real property from $200,000 to $300,000 to be eligible for the deduction. Provides that an individual is not entitled to a refund for the deduction for any previous year in which the assessed value of the individual's real property would have qualified for the deduction for that year due to a subsequent increase in the assessed value threshold.
Shelli Yoder (D) Dr. Tim Brown (R) Travis Holdman (R) Fady Qaddoura (D) · 5 co-sponsors
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