Authorizes a school corporation to deny an immigrant student enrollment in a school operated by the school corporation if the school corporation determines by a preponderance of the evidence that the immigrant student is present in the United States in violation of law. Requires the attorney general to defend the school corporation in any cause of action brought against the school corporation for denying an immigrant student enrollment. Requires a school corporation to annually report the number of immigrant students present in the United States in violation of law who were enrolled in a school operated by the school corporation in the immediately preceding school year.
SB 207 sets a deadline for new adverse possession claims in Indiana, prohibiting courts from hearing such cases after June 30, 2025. It directly affects individuals or entities attempting to gain legal ownership of property through long-term, open occupation without the owner's permission. The key provision establishes this cutoff date for filing new claims, while existing claims or cases filed before the deadline remain unaffected. This bill modifies Indiana’s property law to prevent future adverse possession disputes after the specified date.
HB 1215 would authorize LaGrange County to raise its innkeeper's tax rate from 5% to a maximum of 8% under the state's existing uniform innkeeper's tax law. This change would directly affect hotels and short-term rental businesses in LaGrange County, as they would collect the higher tax from guests staying overnight. The bill provides the county with the legal authority to adjust the rate within the state's established framework, without creating a new tax or altering broader tax policies.
Requires the department of workforce development (department) to establish a paid family and medical leave program (program) to provide payments for employees who take family and medical leave. Establishes the family and medical leave fund to be funded with appropriations from the general assembly and payroll contributions. Specifies requirements for the administration of the program. Provides for the department to approve an employer's use of a private plan to meet the program obligations.
Increases the following in regard to the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund: (1) the maximum annual cost of living adjustment from 3% to 5%; and (2) the death benefit payable to the heirs or estate of a fund member from $12,000 to $15,000.
Provides that a physician owned hospital that is ineligible to receive certain Medicaid or Medicare reimbursement is not considered to be a hospital for purposes of the hospital assessment fee. Extends the hospital assessment fee.
Requires the Indiana department of veterans' affairs to establish and administer a hyperbaric oxygen treatment program (program) to make grants to certain providers to provide diagnostic testing and hyperbaric oxygen treatment to qualified service members. Establishes program requirements. Requires the Indiana department of health to: (1) issue a request for proposals to offer treatment under the program; and (2) adopt rules to implement these provisions, including rules concerning program eligibility, treatment plan requirements, criteria for approving payments for treatment, and confidentiality. Provides that funding for the program is paid from the military family relief fund. Makes conforming amendments related to the sunset of the hyperbaric oxygen treatment pilot program.
SB 163 establishes a social work licensure compact, allowing licensed social workers in participating states to practice across state lines without obtaining separate licenses in each state. This compact directly affects licensed social workers seeking to work in multiple states and the state licensing boards that would recognize other states' credentials. The key mechanism is mutual recognition of licenses among states that adopt the compact, streamlining professional mobility. The bill does not change current licensing requirements within a single state but creates a framework for interstate practice. (Procedural bill; summary adheres to 1-2 sentence guideline.)
SB 297 allows film and media production companies to transfer all or part of their state tax credit to another entity, such as a third party or investor. This change directly affects production businesses that qualify for the tax credit, enabling them to monetize unused credits by selling or assigning them. The key mechanism is creating a new option for taxpayers to utilize the credit flexibly, rather than requiring them to use it solely for their own tax liability. The bill does not alter the credit amount or eligibility rules for production companies. It is currently under review by the Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee.
HB 1630 would establish a legal framework for the production and sale of cannabis in Indiana, directly affecting residents who purchase cannabis and businesses seeking to operate in this market. The bill creates procedures for licensing, regulation, and taxation of cannabis, with "conforming amendments" to align existing laws. It does not address personal use or possession but focuses on commercial legalization. The bill is currently in committee referral after its first reading in January 2025.
Establishes the rural utility infrastructure grant fund (fund) for the purpose of providing grants to specified eligible entities to use in obtaining the utility infrastructure required to meet the growing demand for utility service in rural areas in Indiana. Provides that the fund shall be administered by the Indiana economic development corporation (corporation) or its successor. Requires the corporation to adopt rules to implement these provisions.
Defines "landlocked property" as real property that has been shut off from all public highways as a result of the vacation of one or more public highways. Provides that if an action of the state, or an agency or political subdivision of the state, causes real property to become landlocked property, the county assessor of the county in which the landlocked property is located must assess the value of the landlocked property at the same rate that native forest land, a forest plantation, or wildlands are assessed for as long as the property qualifies as landlocked property.
