Rep. Ryan Lauer

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing and honoring volunteer firefighters.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Indiana's women veterans.

Establishes the interim study committee on child services (committee). Provides that the committee shall: (1) study and review the progress and improvements made by the department of child services; (2) review best practices concerning child welfare, child mental health, and delinquent children; (3) receive and review status reports from the department of child services ombudsman; (4) review and study the department of child services child abuse and neglect hotline; (5) review and study ways to improve the long term viability of providers to provide coverage to children and families across the entire state; (6) review federal legislation and its impact on the state and ways to improve the delivery of services as it relates to meeting federal requirements; and (7) make legislative recommendations.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Michael Cleveland for winning the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the League of Women Voters on the 100th anniversary of its founding.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Indiana Rangers, Company D of the 151st Infantry Regiment of the Indiana National Guard.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the creation of a Medal of Honor Memorial Highway in Indiana.

Provides that, after June 30, 2020, a person shall not sell or issue to an Indiana consumer any gift certificate or store gift card with an expiration date unless certain conditions are met. Provides that, with respect to a gift certificate or a store gift card that is sold or issued to an Indiana consumer after June 30, 2020, if at any time after the gift certificate or store gift card is issued or sold: (1) the merchant for which the gift certificate or store gift card was originally sold or issued: (A) for any reason ceases to do business in Indiana; or (B) for any reason: (i) substantially changes; or (ii) ceases to offer; the types of goods or services that were offered to consumers at the time the gift certificate or store gift card was originally sold or issued; and (2) any expiration date: (A) authorized under the bill's provisions; and (B) applicable to the gift certificate or store gift card (or to the underlying funds associated with either) has not elapsed; the merchant for which the gift certificate or store gift card was originally sold or issued shall, upon the request of an Indiana consumer who is the rightful holder of the gift certificate or store gift card, promptly refund to the holder the balance of the underlying funds or provide the holder with the remaining balance in some other manner. Provides that a person that violates the bill's provisions: (1) commits a deceptive act that is actionable by an aggrieved consumer and the attorney general under the deceptive consumer sales act; and (2) is subject to the penalties and remedies set forth in the deceptive consumer sales act. Authorizes the attorney general to adopt rules to implement these provisions.

Urges the legislative council to assign the issue of liability and insurance coverage for nongovernmental entities that serve at-risk youth to an appropriate interim study committee.

Abolishes the office of township assessor, effective January 1, 2023. Transfers the duties of the township assessor to the county assessor of the county in which the township is located. Provides that if the office of township assessor becomes vacant before January 1, 2023, the office is abolished and the duties of the township assessor are transferred to the county assessor.