IN Legislation | 2015 | Regular Session | House

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HB1572	Intro Sine Die	Sewer rates for multipurpose buildings. For purposes of thestatute governing sanitation districts in certain municipalities, providesthat in establishing sewer fees, a district must provide for: (1) the apportionment or proration of fees assessed wit... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Local Government Committee
HB1529	Intro Sine Die	Statutory construction. Makes the intent element for a criminal act "knowingly or intentionally" if the statute defining the crime does not specify the required intent. Provides that operating while intoxicated and operating a motor vehicle while int... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
HB1518	Intro Sine Die	Support for postsecondary educational expenses. Provides that a child support order or educational support order may not include amounts for a child's educational expenses at a postsecondary educational institution unless the party to whom the order ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Judiciary Committee
HB1596	Intro Sine Die	School resource officer training. Requires all law enforcement training academies to include instruction on youth and adolescent development, age appropriate interactions, and deescalation techniques as part of basic training curriculums. Requires th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee
HB1574	Intro Sine Die	Automatic and semiautomatic weapons. Makes the manufacture, importation into Indiana, sale, purchase, possession, or transfer of an automatic weapon or a convertible semiautomatic weapon a Level 5 felony. Makes the manufacture, importation into India... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
HB1580	Intro Sine Die	Designated wild areas. Provides that 13 specified areas within certain state forests are designated wild areas. Specifies certain activities that are prohibited or allowed within a designated wild area. Establishes responsibilities for the department... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Natural Resources Committee
HB1593	Intro Sine Die	Automated record keeping fee. Provides that, with certain exceptions, the $5 automated record keeping fee (fee) collected by the clerk of a circuit court after June 30, 2015, is distributed as follows: (1) 20% of the fee is distributed to the auditor... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
HB1522	Intro Sine Die	Juvenile placement. Provides that the department of child services is responsible for payment of expenses for housing or services for the benefit of a child placed by a juvenile court in a home or facility located outside Indiana. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Family, Children and Human Affairs Committee
HB1570	Intro Sine Die	Use of TIF proceeds for public safety. Provides that a redevelopment commission outside Marion County may use tax increment finance (TIF) proceeds to pay expenses related to public safety or to make transfers of revenue to assist a county or municipa... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Ways and Means Committee
HB1571	Intro Sine Die	Condominium co-owners meetings. Provides that the bylaws of a condominium association must include a requirement that specifies that any co-owners' meeting that is called must be open to all of the co-owners to attend. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Government and Regulatory Reform Committee
HB1517	Intro Sine Die	Municipal elections. Provides that a voter who resides in a municipality's buffer zone is entitled to vote for the elected officials of that municipality unless the municipality adopts an ordinance that surrenders the municipality's zoning jurisdicti... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Elections and Apportionment Committee
HB1527	Intro Sine Die	Publication of proposed budgets. Provides that a political subdivision shall publish its budgets and related notices both in a newspaper and electronically on the computer gateway. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Local Government Committee
HB1175	Intro Sine Die	Companion animal sterilization program. Requires that a dog or a cat in an animal care facility be spayed or neutered before being adopted. Defines an "animal care facility" as an animal control center, an animal shelter, a humane society, or another... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Ways and Means Committee
HB1027	Intro Sine Die	Referenda for controlled projects and school levies. Provides that a referendum on a controlled project may be held only at a general election, if the preliminary determination to issue bonds or enter into a lease for the controlled project is made a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Elections and Apportionment Committee
HB1550	Intro Sine Die	Highway worker death and injury benefits. Provides that the Indiana highway work zone solidarity fund is established to pay benefits under this chapter to or on behalf of highway workers who are injured or killed while on duty in a covered highway wo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Roads and Transportation Committee
HB1559	Intro Sine Die	Special prosecutor's office. Establishes the office of the special prosecutor for civilian and police affairs to investigate cases in which a police officer is alleged to have killed or seriously injured an unarmed person. Requires the office to rand... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
HB1502	Intro Sine Die	Schools as polling sites. Provides that a school that is used as a polling place may not provide instruction to students on the day of the election. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Elections and Apportionment Committee
HB1528	Intro Sine Die	Right to jury in certain administrative proceedings. Provides that a person seeking judicial review of the final revocation of a professional license has the right to a jury trial. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Judiciary Committee
HB1563	Intro Sine Die	Reporting of methamphetamine offenses. Requires courts to report methamphetamine related convictions to the state police department. Requires the state police department to report methamphetamine related convictions to the National Association of Dru... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
HB1597	Intro Sine Die	Sexual misconduct with a minor. Removes the defense to the crime of sexual misconduct with a minor that the accused person reasonably believed that the child was at least 16 years of age at the time of the conduct. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
HB1544	Intro Sine Die	High school career and technical programs. Provides that a high school may: (1) offer a career or technical program that is not offered by a career and technical center located in the same county; and (2) allow students from other high schools in the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Education Committee
HB1560	Intro Sine Die	PERF military service credit. Provides that, after June 30, 2015, an active member of the public employees' retirement fund is entitled to receive, under certain conditions, service credit for the member's active duty service in the armed forces of t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Employment, Labor and Pensions Committee
HB1533	Intro Sine Die	Rape issues. Provides that a person commits rape if the person engages in sexual activity without the affirmative, conscious, and voluntary agreement to engage in the sexual activity. Increases the minimum sentence for rape as a Level 3 felony to six... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
HB1536	Intro Sine Die	Sales tax holiday. Provides a sales and use tax exemption each year beginning on the second Friday of August 2015 and August 2016 through the following Sundays (sales tax holiday) for the following items: (1) Clothing, if the sales price does not exc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Ways and Means Committee
HB1608	Intro Sine Die	Deduction for investment interest. Allows an individual to subtract investment interest payments in the calculation of the individual's Indiana adjusted gross income if the investment interest payments are: (1) made with respect to tangible property ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Ways and Means Committee
HB1525	Intro Sine Die	Residence of law enforcement officers. Requires municipal police officers to reside within the municipality that they serve. Creates exceptions for state and county police officers. Provides that police officers residing outside a city or town before... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee
HB1578	Intro Sine Die	Length of school year. Provides that a school corporation may include not more than six half days, during which students are dismissed early, in the 180 student instructional days required for a school year. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Education Committee
HB1524	Intro Sine Die	Employment protection for veterans. Provides that the rights, benefits, and protections of the federal Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act apply to members of the armed forces of the United States on active duty or to the spouse or dependent of a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee
HB1568	Intro Sine Die	Sewer and storm water fees incurred by tenants. Establishes billing procedures for municipal sewage or storm water user fees assessed for real property that is occupied by someone other than the owner. Provides that a lien does not attach for user fe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-20 To House Local Government Committee
HB1327	Intro Sine Die	Student health coverage information. Requires the secretary of family and social services, with the cooperation of the department of insurance, to compile written consumer information concerning certain coverage for health care services. Requires the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Education Committee
HB1243	Intro Sine Die	Disclosure of personally identifiable student information. Prohibits access to personally identifiable student information obtained from education records to outside parties without the consent of the student or student's parent except under certain ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Education Committee
HB1295	Intro Sine Die	Criminal law issues. Provides that a defendant's bond will be automatically forfeited if a defendant fails to appear for court unless the court orders the defendant's bond to not be forfeited. Provides that a defendant's bond will be automatically fo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
HB1428	Intro Sine Die	Ignition interlock devices. Provides that if a person has a previous conviction for operating while intoxicated and the court grants specialized driving privileges, the court shall order that the specialized driving privileges include the requirement... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Roads and Transportation Committee
HB1123	Intro Sine Die	Donations to educational foundations. Reenacts a provision (which expired in 2012) that authorizes a school corporation to donate up to $25,000 per year from any fund of the school corporation from which the donation may be made legally to a public s... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Education Committee
HB1259	Intro Sine Die	Employer wellness tax credit. Restores the income tax credit for small employers who provide a qualified wellness program for their employees for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015. Provides that the credit may not be awarded for costs i... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Ways and Means Committee
HB1204	Intro Sine Die	School supply tax holiday. Provides a sales tax exemption for school instructional materials that are purchased during the first two weeks in August, if the sales price of the item of school instructional material does not exceed $500. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Ways and Means Committee
HB1317	Intro Sine Die	Prohibition on taxation of Internet access. Provides that neither the state nor a political subdivision may impose, assess, collect, or attempt to collect a tax on Internet access or the use of Internet access. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Ways and Means Committee
HB1488	Intro Sine Die	Traffic safety. Requires a motorist to provide at least three feet of clearance between a motor vehicle and a bicycle when at the speed of 30 miles per hour or less. Provides that at least one additional foot of clearance for every 10 miles per hour ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Roads and Transportation Committee
HB1082	Intro Sine Die	Diabetes assessment report. Requires the state department of health, the state personnel department, and the office of the secretary of family and social services to: (1) collaborate to identify plans to reduce the incidence of diabetes and diabetes ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Public Health Committee
HB1387	Intro Sine Die	Cannabis oil criminal exemption. Exempts individuals from criminal penalties for possession or use of cannabis oil if: (1) the individual is a patient of a physician who is practicing at a hospital or clinic that is affiliated with a state medical sc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
HB1334	Intro Sine Die	Transborder groundwater authority. Establishes the Indiana-Kentucky transborder groundwater authority (authority). Requires the authority to study ownership rights in the groundwater resources shared by Indiana and Kentucky and to explore the desirab... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Statutory Committee on Interstate and International Cooperation
HB1301	Intro Sine Die	Criminal mischief. Increases from a Class B misdemeanor to a Level 6 felony the penalty for criminal mischief based on damaging or defacing the property of another, if the offense was committed while manufacturing or attempting to manufacture a contr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-15 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
HB1440	Intro Sine Die	Assessment of common areas for tax purposes. Provides that a common area may not be subjected to a property tax liability in excess of one dollar for any assessment date. Defines "common area" as a parcel of land in a residential development that: (1... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-14 To House Ways and Means Committee
HB1412	Intro Sine Die	Severe injury to first responders. Defines "permanent disabling harm" and permits imposition of a nonsuspendible sentencing enhancement of five to 10 years if the state proves that a person committed a felony that caused a public safety official to s... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-14 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
HB1389	Intro Sine Die	Crimes and persons with intellectual disabilities. Defines "intellectual disability" and permits a person with an intellectual disability to participate in a forensic diversion program. Authorizes a prosecuting attorney to require a person participat... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-14 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
HB1442	Intro Sine Die	Veterans education center of excellence. Establishes the Indiana veterans education center of excellence to serve as a clearinghouse for information concerning educational benefits and programs available to veterans at state educational institutions. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-14 To House Education Committee
HB1441	Intro Sine Die	Jury duty deferrals for postsecondary students. Provides that a prospective juror who is a full-time student enrolled in and attending an approved postsecondary educational institution during an academic year shall be exempted from jury service until... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-14 To House Judiciary Committee
HB1400	Intro Sine Die	Asbestos litigation. Provides special proceedings for asbestos claims. Requires a plaintiff who files a personal injury action involving an asbestos claim to provide information to all parties in the action regarding each asbestos claim the plaintiff... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-14 To House Judiciary Committee
HB1391	Intro Sine Die	Credit for income taxes paid to another state. Provides that the maximum income tax credit that an Indiana resident may take for income taxes paid to another state includes the Indiana local option income tax rate in addition to the Indiana state adj... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-14 To House Ways and Means Committee
HB1020	Intro Sine Die	Removal of obstructions from streams. Amends the law providing for the removal of obstructions from mutual drains and natural surface watercourses to make the law apply also to the removal of obstructions from streams. Provides that the owner of a tr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-01-14 To House Local Government Committee