Sen. Jim Tomes

Appropriates $75,000,000 from the state general fund to the department of education for distribution to eligible school corporations as revenue for bargaining additional salary increases for the 2020-2021 school year. Defines an eligible school corporation as a school corporation that under the school funding formula: (1) experienced a decrease in funding; or (2) received an increase in funding that was less than the rate of inflation; from the 2018-2019 school year as compared to the 2019-2020 school year.

Amends the Uniform Consumer Credit Code (UCCC) as follows: (1) Specifies that the UCCC applies to any consumer credit transaction entered into by a creditor and a resident of Indiana regardless of whether: (A) the creditor has a physical presence in any state; or (B) the transaction is conducted, in whole or in part, by means of the Internet. (2) Specifies that the licensing requirements under the UCCC apply to any person that regularly engages in making consumer loans in Indiana regardless of whether: (A) the person has a physical presence in any state; or (B) the loan transactions are conducted, in whole or in part, by means of the Internet. (3) Provides that after June 30, 2020, a lender may not contract for or receive the authorized minimum finance charge upon a borrower's prepayment of the second or any subsequent refinancing of a consumer loan made to that borrower by the lender. (4) Provides that after June 30, 2020, a lender may not assess the authorized nonrefundable prepaid finance charge on the second or any subsequent refinancing of a consumer loan made to a borrower by the lender. (5) Provides that a creditor: (A) who is licensed with the department of financial institutions (department) under the UCCC or is required to be licensed with the department; and (B) who violates the UCCC; commits a deceptive act that is actionable by the attorney general or a consumer under the deceptive consumer sales act.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Evansville Reitz Memorial High School football team on winning the 2019 Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class 4A state championship title.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Evansville Reitz Memorial High School boys soccer team on winning the 2019 Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class 2A state championship title.

Establishes the Indiana state forest commission. Specifies the membership of the state forest commission. Requires the state forest commission to meet in 2020, 2021, and 2022 and to issue a written report establishing a plan for the management of the state forests for the 100 year period beginning in 2023. Provides that the state forest commission's plan must contain certain recommendations and must embody certain principles. Requires the state forest commission to set forth in its report the subjects discussed and issues raised concerning which the general assembly may choose to pass legislation. Requires the natural resources commission to adopt rules incorporating the state forest commission's determination about the percentage of state forest land falling within each of the three "priority use" categories. Requires the natural resources commission, every seven years, to conduct a review of the implementation of the state forest commission's plan and to adopt rules to revise the plan, as appropriate.

A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Senator Randy Head upon his retirement from the Indiana Senate.

Provides that a person renewing a practitioner license or an accomplished practitioner license may obtain professional growth experience points through the completion of one or more certain activities. (Current law provides that 15 of the total number of professional growth experience points required to renew a practitioner license or an accomplished practitioner license must be obtained through the completion of one or more certain activities.)

Defines "gender" for purposes of the motor vehicle law. Defines "nonbinary designation" for purposes of the motor vehicle law. Defines "sex" for purposes of certificates of birth. Sets forth requirements to change the gender that appears on: (1) a driver's license; (2) a driver's permit; (3) an identification card; or (4) a photo exempt identification card. Prohibits: (1) a driver's license; (2) a driver's permit; (3) an identification card; or (4) a photo exempt identification card; from displaying a nonbinary designation. Specifies that certain credentials with a nonbinary designation are valid until their date of expiration. Requires a person to specify a gender when renewing a credential that previously displayed a nonbinary designation. Specifies that the presence of a nonbinary designation on a credential used to obtain: (1) a driver's license; (2) a driver's permit; (3) an identification card; or (4) a photo exempt identification card; does not abrogate certain prohibitions concerning the display of nonbinary designations.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the legacy of the Hulman-George family and celebrating the incoming leadership of Roger Penske and the Penske Corporation at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and INDYCAR.

Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on pension management oversight (committee) the task of studying the establishment of a private sector retirement savings program in Indiana for the benefit of private sector workers who are not offered a pension or retirement plan of any kind by their employers. Sets forth certain factors concerning such a program that the committee may consider upon being assigned the study.