Requires an insurer to cap the total amount an insured is required to pay for a 30 day supply of prescription insulin drugs at an amount not to exceed $35, regardless of the number of prescriptions and different types of insulin prescribed and filled during that period.
HB 1399 makes it a Class A misdemeanor in Indiana for an undocumented immigrant to be present in the state without legal permission. This bill directly affects individuals living in Indiana without valid immigration status. The law would criminalize their presence, imposing penalties including potential jail time, rather than addressing immigration status through federal processes. The bill has been referred to the Courts and Criminal Code committee for further review.
Provides that, for purposes of voluntary remediation of hazardous substances and petroleum, a restrictive covenant or environmental restrictive ordinance is not necessary to control potential exposure pathways at a site unless it is determined that the expected future use of the site is more likely than not to result in exposure to remaining contamination in excess of remediation objectives.
Requires an insurance carrier to notify the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau) when a motor vehicle liability insurance policy issued by the insurance carrier becomes inactive. Requires an insurance carrier to notify the bureau when a motor vehicle liability insurance policy issued by the insurance carrier is reinstated after becoming inactive. Provides that if an individual switches insurance carriers, the insurance carrier that issues the new motor vehicle liability insurance policy must notify the bureau of the change in motor vehicle liability insurance policies. Requires the bureau to report certain information to the Indiana data and communication system.
Amends as follows the statute governing homeowners associations: (1) Provides that for each meeting of the homeowners association (HOA) board, the board must provide at least four days advance written notice of the meeting to members of the HOA and requires the notice must include: (A) a meeting agenda; and (B) in the case of the notice for annual meeting, a statement of the right of HOA members to demand a special meeting of the members, including a statement of the statutorily required number of members needed to demand a special meeting. (2) Provides that a member of an HOA is considered to be in attendance at a meeting of the HOA if the member attends by remote or virtual means in accordance with the procedures for remote meetings set forth in the statute governing nonprofit corporations. (3) Provides that an HOA's governing documents may not require the attendance of more than 25% of the members at a meeting to constitute a quorum. (4) Authorizes an HOA to assess a fine for a member's violation of a covenant if the HOA first: (A) adopts a schedule of fines for specified violations; and (B) in the case of a violation by a member, provides to the member a notice setting forth the violation, the amount of the fine, and the date on which the fine will be assessed. (5) Amends provisions governing the resolution of disputes between HOAs and members to specify that if a claimant under those provisions is an HOA and the claim involves a member's violation of the covenants of the HOA, the board may: (A) assess a fine under the bill's provisions authorizing the assessment of fines or enforce a fine previously assessed under that authority; and (B) seek to recover from the other party any court costs or attorney's fees incurred in connection with the claim.
Establishes a tax credit for a taxpayer that employs a member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the Indiana National Guard. Requires the taxpayer to submit certain information to the department of state revenue to claim the credit.
Allows the fiscal body of a county, city, or town to adopt an ordinance to require the Indiana economic development corporation (corporation) to make payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTS) with respect to real property that satisfies each of the following conditions: (1) The corporation is the owner of any real property that is exempt from property taxes. (2) The corporation has been the owner of such real property for at least one year on the date that an ordinance is adopted. Specifies that the assessed value of the real property subject to PILOTS is equal to the assessed value of the real property on the assessment date of the calendar year in which the corporation purchased the real property while the ordinance is in effect. Provides for the submission of an annual report of the activities of an innovation development district as to financial information pertaining to tax increment financing districts in an innovation development district to the: (1) fiscal body of the county, city, or town; and (2) department of local government finance. Continuously appropriates from the state general fund the amount necessary for the corporation to pay the required PILOTS.
Makes it a Class B misdemeanor for: (1) a law enforcement officer to refuse to cooperate with state or federal agencies or officials in the enforcement of immigration laws; and (2) an individual to adopt a policy barring a law enforcement officer from cooperating with state or federal agencies or officials in the enforcement of immigration laws. Establishes certain defenses for the law enforcement officer.
SB 315 extends the calculation method used to determine the maximum levy growth quotient - established by HEA 1499-2023 - through 2026. This procedural bill does not change existing tax limits but prolongs the current formula for calculating allowable property tax increases by local governments. It directly affects local taxing jurisdictions that rely on this calculation for budget planning. The bill is currently pending in the Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee after being introduced on January 13, 2025.
Amends the definition of "eligible student" for purposes of eligibility under the Indiana education scholarship account program. Requires a school to provide certain victims of bullying with the option to finish the semester by means of virtual instruction or remote learning. Makes conforming changes.
Requires a child care center to: (1) be equipped with cameras in sufficient number and location to allow visual monitoring of every space inside the child care center, with the exception of adult bathrooms, that can reasonably be expected to be occupied by children; and (2) provide notice to parents that children are subject to video monitoring inside the child care center. Requires a child care center to record footage captured by the child care center's cameras and retain the footage for 90 days, unless: (1) the child care center receives notice of a suspected crime committed against a child at the child care center, in which case the child care center must retain all footage until the investigation of the suspected crime is complete; or (2) the child care center receives a request from a parent to view the footage, in which case the child care center must retain all footage until the parent has had an opportunity to view the footage. Allows a parent of a child who has reason to believe that a crime was committed against the parent's child at a child care center to view the footage recorded by the child care center. Requires an individual to report suspected child abuse and neglect witnessed by the individual on a child care center's camera footage.
Requires a landlord to pay all penalties or fines imposed by a political subdivision for violation of the landlord's obligations with regard to a rental premises. Requires a landlord to pay all penalties or fines and make all repairs required by a political subdivision before the landlord may deliver the rental premises to a tenant.
