Rep. Cherrish Pryor

Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the topic of availability and affordability of child care in Indiana. Requires the interim study committee to which the topic is assigned to: (1) consider means by which the availability and affordability of child care services in Indiana can be increased; and (2) not later than November 1, 2022, submit to the general assembly a strategic plan for increasing the availability and affordability of child care services in Indiana.

Provides that a county treasurer shall waive the delinquent property tax penalty if a taxpayer or taxpayer's representative: (1) petitions the county treasurer to waive the penalty not later than 30 days after the due date of the installment subject to the penalty; and (2) files with the petition written proof that during the seven day period ending on the installment due date the taxpayer or an immediate family member of the taxpayer died. Provides that the county treasurer shall give written notice to the taxpayer or the taxpayer's representative by mail of the treasurer's determination on the petition not later than 30 days after the petition is filed. Provides that the department of local government finance shall prescribe the form of the petition and the type of written proof required. Provides that a taxpayer or a taxpayer's representative may appeal a determination of the county treasurer to deny a penalty waiver by filing a notice in writing with the treasurer not more than 45 days after the treasurer gives the taxpayer or the taxpayer's representative notice of the determination.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Eagle Creek Park Foundation on its 50th Anniversary and recognizing its contributions to the welfare of Hoosiers in Indianapolis and throughout the state of Indiana.

Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Provides that a child less than 12 years of age may be prosecuted for juvenile delinquency only for commission of certain, specified offenses. Provides that a child who is less than 12 years of age may not be held in a juvenile detention facility, unless: (1) the child is at least 10 years of age and less than 12 years of age; and (2) the court finds that: (A) there is probable cause to believe the child committed an act that would be murder if committed by an adult; and (B) it is in the best interests of the child or the community that a petition be filed alleging that the child is a delinquent child. Requires a court that orders a child at least 10 years of age and less than 12 years of age to be detained in a juvenile facility to make specified written findings and conclusions.

Honors the memory of Byron Ratcliffe Sr. by doing the following: (1) Prohibits law enforcement agencies and law enforcement officers from conducting discriminatory profiling or pretextual stops based upon an individual's perceived age, gender, race, or ethnicity. (2) Requires the state police department before October 1, 2022, to adopt a model policy regarding discriminatory profiling and pretextual stops for other law enforcement agencies to consider in adopting their own agency policies not later than January 1, 2023. (3) Requires law enforcement agencies to submit data regarding traffic and pedestrian stops, and citizen complaints regarding discriminatory profiling or pretextual stops to the Indiana attorney general for analysis and inclusion in an annual report to the legislative council. (4) Establishes training requirements for law enforcement officers regarding discriminatory profiling and pretextual stops. (5) Establishes the discriminatory profiling review commission to review complaints of discriminatory profiling and pretextual stops. (6) Permits a person to bring a civil action based on discriminatory profiling or a pretextual stop. (7) Requires a law enforcement agency to establish standards concerning the use of vehicle and body cameras.

Permits counties, cities, and towns (including Marion County) to establish a neighborhood enhancement property tax relief program (program) to provide an assessed value deduction for longtime owner-occupants of homesteads having an assessed value of not more than $200,000 in certain designated areas. Authorizes the redevelopment commission (or the metropolitan development commission in the case of Marion County) to identify the areas for purposes of the program based on specified conditions. Requires the county auditor to notify each owner of property that qualifies for a deduction under a program and provide the owner with an application for the deduction. Requires an owner of property that qualifies for a deduction to apply to the county auditor to receive the deduction. Provides a penalty for wrongly receiving the deduction that is the same as the penalty for wrongly receiving the homestead standard deduction.

Adds the following to the duties of the homeowner protection unit (unit) of the office of the attorney general: (1) Cooperating with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in investigating violations of the federal Fair Housing Act. (2) Investigating and enforcing: (A) existing law prohibiting improperly influencing the preparation of a real estate appraisal; and (B) the bill's provisions prohibiting discriminatory lending and appraisal practices in connection with residential real estate related transactions. Prohibits a person whose business includes engaging in residential real estate related transactions from doing any of the following: (1) Discriminating against any person in: (A) making available a residential real estate transaction; or (B) establishing the terms and conditions of a residential real estate transaction; on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin. (2) Denying a creditworthy applicant a mortgage loan on the basis of any of these characteristics of: (A) the applicant; or (B) residents of the neighborhood in which the real estate is located; if the applicant is otherwise eligible for the mortgage loan. (3) Making an excessively low appraisal of the value of the real estate that is the subject of a mortgage loan (as compared to the purchase price) on the basis of any of these characteristics of: (A) the applicant; or (B) residents of the neighborhood in which the real estate is located. Specifies that these prohibitions do not prohibit a person whose business includes engaging in residential real estate related transactions from: (1) either: (A) denying a mortgage loan; or (B) granting a mortgage loan on more stringent terms and conditions; based on the applicant's creditworthiness or other economic factors, and without regard to any of the characteristics set forth in the bill; or (2) taking into consideration factors other than the characteristics set forth in the bill in preparing a real estate appraisal. Establishes the fair housing practices fund (fund), to be administered by the Indiana housing and community development authority (authority), for the purpose of: (1) providing down payment assistance, financial assistance for closing costs, and restitution for individuals determined to have been injured by a violation the bill's provisions prohibiting discriminatory lending and appraisal practices; and (2) providing grants for: (A) community education and outreach efforts; and (B) community reinvestment initiatives; for neighborhoods or communities determined to have been targeted or adversely impacted by a violation of the bill's provisions prohibiting discriminatory lending and appraisal practices. Provides that the fund consists of: (1) civil penalties collected for violations of the bill's provisions prohibiting discriminatory lending and appraisal practices; (2) any amounts deposited in the fund as a result of a settlement agreement or final judgment in an action brought for a violation of these provisions; (3) gifts and grants to the fund; and (4) appropriations from the general assembly. Requires the authority to adopt rules to develop certain criteria and procedures necessary to: (1) administer the fund; and (2) provide assistance from the fund. Requires the unit to: (1) amend the form that creditors are required to provide to mortgage loan applicants to include information about how prospective borrowers can report suspected violations of the bill's provisions prohibiting discriminatory lending and appraisal practices; and (2) accept through the unit's established: (A) electronic mail address; and (B) toll free telephone number; complaints concerning these suspected violations. Provides that a person that knowingly or intentionally violates the bill's provisions prohibiting discriminatory lending and appraisal practices: (1) commits an act that is actionable by an aggrieved individual and the attorney general under the deceptive consumer sales act; and (2) is liable for a civil penalty of $200 per violation. Provides that any civil penalty collected shall be deposited in the fund. Requires the real estate appraiser licensure and certification board (board) to, not later than January 1, 2023, submit recommendations to the Indiana real estate commission (commission) concerning the following: (1) Rules requiring as a condition of initial licensure or certification at least one hour of instruction in cultural competency training, and at least one hour of instruction in implicit bias training. (2) Rules requiring as a condition of renewal for licensure and certification at least one hour of continuing education instruction in cultural competency training, and at least one hour of continuing education instruction in implicit bias training. (3) Policies to foster diversity in the real estate appraisal profession. Requires the commission to adopt the recommended rules not later than July 1, 2023. Provides that the office of the attorney general and the professional licensing agency (agency) may use an existing investigative fund to investigate and enforce: (1) existing law prohibiting improperly influencing the preparation of a real estate appraisal; and (2) the bill's provisions prohibiting discriminatory lending and appraisal practices. Requires the board to submit, on at least a quarterly basis, a request to the attorney general for certain information concerning complaints filed against real estate appraisers. Requires the agency, on behalf of the board, to publish and update on the board's web page, on at least a quarterly basis: (1) the aggregate complaint data received by the board in the most recent quarterly report from the attorney general; and (2) to the extent not confidential, the names and business locations of all real estate appraisers who have had complaints filed and prosecuted against them. Beginning in 2024, requires the agency, on behalf of the board, to submit an annual report to the legislative council concerning: (1) the cultural competency and implicit bias training educational requirements adopted by the commission; and (2) the policies to foster diversity in the real estate appraisal profession implemented by the commission, including the board's assessment of the effectiveness of the policies.

Recognizing Second Baptist Church of Indianapolis.

Celebrating February as Black History Month.