Provides that an employer may require an immunization only if the employer respects the employee's right to refuse an immunization. Provides that an employee shall be free from coercion or an adverse action based on the employee's refusal of an immunization. Requires an employer that offers an immunization at no cost to an employee to provide certain notice to the employee. Provides that a violation may be reported to the department of labor (department). Requires the department to impose a civil penalty of $5,000 per incident. Allows an employee to bring a civil action against an employer to enforce the provisions. Repeals provisions concerning exemptions from COVID-19 immunization requirements. Makes a corresponding change.
Eliminates eminent domain authority for the following purposes: (1) Acquiring a right-of-way for the construction or operation of a pipeline for transporting carbon dioxide or other carbon oxides. (2) Acquiring underground strata for a well or monitoring facility for underground storage of carbon dioxide or other carbon oxides. (3) A carbon sequestration pilot project or other underground carbon dioxide or other carbon oxides storage project.
Requires a law enforcement officer to administer a lethality assessment for domestic violence incidents. Requires data to be transmitted to a local domestic violence fatality review team and the statewide domestic violence fatality review committee. Provides that a law enforcement officer responding to the scene of an alleged crime involving domestic or family violence shall use all reasonable means to prevent further violence, including administering a lethality assessment. Provides that all statements communicated in a lethality assessment are not admissible as evidence against the victim in any judicial proceeding and not discoverable in any litigation. Provides that the statewide domestic violence fatality review committee shall collect and analyze data concerning domestic violence lethality assessments. Makes conforming changes.
Provides that $50,000,000 of the $300,000,000 of the Indiana economic development corporation's annual certifiable tax credit amount must be allocated to the small town opportunity initiative (initiative). Establishes the initiative. Provides that the purpose of the initiative is to undertake qualified community projects within local government units that have a project budget of at least $15,000,000 per project to do the following: (1) Advance historic preservation. (2) Redevelop or rehabilitate distressed buildings or underutilized property. (3) Redevelop or rehabilitate sites where distressed buildings once stood. Allows a redevelopment tax credit for: (1) a for-profit taxpayer undertaking a qualified community project under the initiative equal to 20% of the taxpayer's cost of the project; and (2) a nonprofit taxpayer undertaking a qualified community project under the initiative equal to 30% of the taxpayer's cost of the project. Provides that initiative projects are not subject to any statutory or administrative repayment obligation. Provides for certain items that are included in a nonprofit taxpayer's qualified investment.
Requires each board of county commissioners to adopt an ordinance to allow landowners to apply to have land included in an agricultural resource area within the county. Specifies certain procedures and requirements for the agricultural resource area programs. Provides provisions that apply to land within a program, including eminent domain provisions, a prohibition against annexation for nonagricultural purposes, certain priority provisions for specified funding, and authorization for a county option property tax deduction for land located within agricultural resource areas in the county. Authorizes the Indiana state department of agriculture (department) to receive and hold agricultural conservation easements acquired by gift, bequest, or devise and to enter into agreements with nongovernment entities to monitor those easements. Establishes the farmland advisory board for the purpose of advising the department on developing standards for accepting, monitoring, and enforcing agricultural conservation easements it may hold, creating a model agricultural resource area ordinance, collecting feedback on agricultural resource areas, and supporting education and outreach about agricultural resource areas.
Requires the Indiana department of transportation (department) to make an original offer that is equal to 125% of the fair market value of a property when purchasing the property for a project. Provides that a person having an interest in a property that is damaged as a result of a public use is entitled to bring an inverse condemnation claim.
Effective January 1, 2027, establishes requirements for the provision of invoices and delinquency notices for certain municipal accounts. Requires the state board of accounts to prescribe forms for an invoice and a notice of a delinquent account. Requires municipal officers and employees with oversight responsibilities or access to the municipality's financial payment system to be segregated from the responsibilities of reporting or recording payments received. Requires a municipal officer whose official duties include oversight of reporting, recording, or monitoring of the municipality's accounts to not have access to the officer's own personal account.
Based solely on the provided context, a summary of HB 1443 cannot be generated. The bill's official abstract is listed as "None," and it has only undergone its first reading (referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures on January 13, 2026). No specific provisions, key mechanisms, or affected parties are described in the available information. Since the bill is at the earliest stage of the legislative process with no substantive details provided, a factual summary of its policy content is not possible.
HB 1458 is a procedural bill that has been referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures for review. At this stage, the bill has not yet been assigned a specific title or substantive content, so its exact provisions and intended effects remain undefined. The bill is currently in the early legislative process and awaits further action by the committee.
HB 1457, titled "Vehicle Bill," has no official abstract and is currently in the early stages of the legislative process (referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures on 2026-01-13). Without a detailed description or provisions provided in the available context, it is not possible to summarize what the bill does, who it affects, or its key mechanisms. More information about the bill's specific content will become available once it advances beyond the initial referral stage. For now, no concrete policy changes or direct impacts can be described.
HB 1450 is a procedural vehicle bill that has been referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures for initial review. No substantive provisions or policy changes are detailed in the available information, and the bill's specific purpose remains unclear at this stage. The legislation is currently in the early stages of the legislative process and has not yet been assigned to a substantive committee for further action.
The bill's title is "Vehicle Bill," but no official abstract or detailed description is provided in the context. It has only undergone a first reading and been referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures, with no further procedural or substantive details available. Without specific provisions, policy changes, or affected parties described, a substantive summary cannot be generated from the given information.
