Allows a provider to remain eligible to receive a voucher payment until a final determination is made that the provider's license or eligibility is no longer in good standing. Provides that a child care center is exempt from licensure if the child care center complies with all of the requirements for child care ministries, including registration. Provides certain qualifications that a child care center's director must meet. Requires the department of child services to create and periodically update a medical history form and ensure that certain people receive the medical history form. Provides that the crime of false reporting is a Level 6 felony if the alleged conduct, if true, would constitute certain felonies. Requires that, if a child is alleged to be a child in need of services and has been removed from the child's home and placed in an out-of-home placement, a court must order each biological parent who retains visitation or parenting time rights to complete a medical history form and may, under certain circumstances, temporarily suspend a biological parent's visitation or parenting time. Allows a biological parent to amend or complete the medical history form. Requires the court to reconsider any previous order suspending visitation or parenting time if the court makes certain findings. Makes conforming changes.
Provides that, after June 30, 2026, a law enforcement agency may not authorize the use of public funds by a law enforcement officer to pay for or engage in sexual intercourse, other sexual conduct, or the fondling of the law enforcement officer's or another individual's genitals as part of an investigation of: (1) prostitution; (2) making an unlawful proposition; or (3) promoting prostitution as a Level 5 felony. Provides that a law enforcement officer who knowingly or intentionally: (1) engages in sexual intercourse or other sexual conduct with an individual; (2) has an individual fondle or agree to fondle the genitals of the law enforcement officer; or (3) fondles the genitals of an individual under certain circumstances relating to the law enforcement officer's official duties; commits unlawful sexual conduct by a law enforcement officer, a Level 5 felony. Makes exceptions.
HB 1132 establishes a new food and beverage tax within Rush County. The bill's official abstract states it creates this tax but does not specify the tax rate, taxable items, or exemptions. As a newly introduced bill (first reading January 5, 2026), no detailed provisions or affected entities are provided in the available context. The bill is currently pending in the Committee on Ways and Means, with no further action or voting record documented. Without additional details on the tax structure or implementation, specific impacts cannot be described.
Provides for an annual cost of living adjustment (COLA) for participants of the prosecuting attorneys retirement fund based on the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index.
Provides that an owner, a spectator, and a promoter are immune from civil liability arising from a claim brought by a participant or the participant's personal representative concerning the damage to or the loss of the participant's property or the participant's injury or death that results from the inherent risks of off-road vehicle use.
Creates a uniform municipal innkeeper's tax that may be imposed at a flat rate that does not exceed $5 per night and includes provisions similar to the uniform county innkeeper's tax. Makes corresponding changes to statutes concerning innkeeper's tax administration.
Provides that an individual who resides in a county with a local income tax and has a principal place of employment or business in a different county shall also pay a local income tax in the county where the individual maintains the principal place of employment. Provides that the local income tax rate in effect for a local taxpayer in the county where the local taxpayer maintains the local taxpayer's principal place of business or employment is one fourth of the sum of the local income tax rates imposed on the adjusted gross income of local taxpayers who reside in the county where the local taxpayer maintains the local taxpayer's principal place of business or employment. Provides that a local taxpayer is entitled to a credit against the tax imposed by a county in the county where the local taxpayer resides equal to the amount of the tax paid in the county where the local taxpayer has a principal place of business or employment.
Freezes an individual's property tax liability attributable to the individual's homestead based on the date on which the individual acquired an ownership interest in the homestead.
Requires a social media operator to restrict a minor user's viewing of social media without first obtaining verifiable parental consent for the minor user. Defines a "minor user" as an individual who is less than 16 years of age. Allows the attorney general to: (1) bring an action against a social media operator that fails to implement a verifiable parental consent method; and (2) issue a civil investigative demand if the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe that any person is engaged in a violation.
Provides that a student is bound by compulsory school attendance requirements from the beginning of the fall school term for the school year in which the student is five years of age on August 1 of that school year. (Current law provides that a student is bound by compulsory school attendance requirements from the beginning of the fall school term for the school year in which the student becomes seven years of age.) Makes conforming amendments.
Provides that a person having the care of a dependent who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally fails to secure a loaded firearm in the person's residence or vehicle commits neglect of a dependent, a Level 6 felony, if the dependent uses the firearm to cause bodily injury or death to any person. Enhances the offense to a Level 5 felony in particular instances. Specifies exceptions and defenses. Specifies sign requirements for retail dealers. Requires the Indiana department of health to develop educational resources and training concerning secure firearm storage for pediatric health care practitioners. Allows certain practitioners, at each well-child visit, to ask the child's parent or guardian about firearm safety and provide information concerning secure firearm storage practices. Defines terms and makes conforming amendments. Makes an appropriation.
Requires the following cases to be filed in a Marion County small claims court: (1) A possessory action between a landlord and a tenant in which the past due rent does not exceed $10,000. (2) An action for the possession of property where the value of the property does not exceed $10,000.
