SB0117 - Compassionate release.
Indiana - 2025 Regular Session
Last updated 10 days ago0 Co-Sponsors
Compassionate release. Allows certain convicted persons who have a chronic medical condition or are terminally ill or gravely disabled to file a petition for sentence modification, without the consent of the prosecuting attorney. Defines "chronic medical condition" and "terminally ill or gravely disabled" for purposes of filing a petition for sentence modification. Specifies that a court may not, without the consent of the prosecuting attorney, reduce or suspend a convicted person's sentence: (1) that was not authorized by a plea agreement; or (2) that is below the sentence that the court was authorized to impose at the time of sentencing. Provides certain criteria that the court must consider when ruling on a petition for sentence modification. Allows the court to grant or deny a petitioner's request for sentence modification, summarily dismiss the petition, or hold a hearing.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0129 - Landlocked property.
Indiana - 2025 Regular Session
Last updated 10 days ago0 Co-Sponsors
Landlocked property. Defines "landlocked property" as real property that has been shut off from all public highways as a result of the vacation of one or more public highways. Provides that if an action of the state, or an agency or political subdivision of the state, causes real property to become landlocked property, the county assessor of the county in which the landlocked property is located must assess the value of the landlocked property at zero for as long as the property qualifies as landlocked property if the property owner files an affidavit stating that the property does not have access to any public highway.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0133 - Restriction on co-pay accumulators.
Indiana - 2025 Regular Session
Last updated 10 days ago0 Co-Sponsors
Restriction on co-pay accumulators. Provides that under certain circumstances, the administrator of a state employee health plan shall include any amount paid by a covered individual or another person on behalf of the covered individual for a prescription drug when calculating a covered individual's overall contribution to an out-of-pocket maximum or cost sharing requirement under the covered individual's state employee health plan. Provides that under certain circumstances, a pharmacy benefit manager shall include any amount paid by a covered individual or another person on behalf of the covered individual for a prescription drug when calculating a covered individual's overall contribution to an out-of-pocket maximum or cost sharing requirement under the covered individual's health plan. Provides that under certain circumstances, an insurer that issues a policy of accident and sickness insurance shall include any amount paid by an insured or another person on behalf of the insured for a prescription drug when calculating an insured's overall contribution to an out-of-pocket maximum or cost sharing requirement under the insured's policy of accident and sickness insurance. Provides that under certain circumstances, a health maintenance organization shall include any amount paid by an enrollee or another person on behalf of the enrollee for a prescription drug when calculating an enrollee's overall contribution to an out-of-pocket maximum or cost sharing requirement under the enrollee's individual or group contract.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0154 - Various tax matters.
Indiana - 2025 Regular Session
Last updated 10 days ago0 Co-Sponsors
Various tax matters. Increases the maximum amount of the income tax credit for an individual employed as a teacher for amounts expended for classroom supplies from $100 to $500 per taxable year. Adds students who attend public schools for purposes of eligibility for the unreimbursed education expenditure tax deduction. Provides that the amount of the deduction is the lesser of: (1) $1,000 multiplied by the number of the taxpayer's dependent children for whom the taxpayer made education expenditures in the taxable year; or (2) the total amount of actual unreimbursed education expenditures that the taxpayer incurs for each of the taxpayer's dependent children in the taxable year. (Under current law, the amount is $1,000 multiplied by the number of the taxpayer's dependent children for whom the taxpayer made education expenditures in the taxable year.) Defines "public school".
STATUS
Introduced
SB0158 - Public safety.
Indiana - 2025 Regular Session
Last updated 7 days ago0 Co-Sponsors
Public safety. Provides that a person who knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly operates a vehicle in a repeated or continuous manner with the intent of causing a rotational skid commits reckless driving, a Class B misdemeanor, and increases the penalty if certain circumstances apply. Specifies that a person may request specialized driving privileges even after the initial hearing. Specifies that a vehicle used to commit reckless driving involving a rotational skid or obstruction of traffic involving a rotational skid is subject to seizure for purposes of civil forfeiture. Increases the penalty for resisting law enforcement to a Level 5 felony if a person operates a vehicle in a manner that creates a substantial risk of bodily injury to another person. Makes conforming amendments.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0142 - Eviction issues.
Indiana - 2025 Regular Session
Last updated 10 days ago0 Co-Sponsors
Eviction issues. Provides that the court shall order an expungement in a qualifying eviction case automatically. (Under current law, the tenant is required to request the expungement.) Permits an expungement in an eviction case if: (1) a money judgment related to the eviction action is entered by the court against the tenant and the tenant has satisfied the money judgment; or (2) a judgment is entered by the court against the tenant and at least seven years have elapsed since the entry of the judgment.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0120 - DNA samples at time of arrest.
Indiana - 2025 Regular Session
Last updated 10 days ago0 Co-Sponsors
DNA samples at time of arrest. Requires a sheriff to take a DNA sample of a person taken into custody for a felony. Provides that it is a Class C misdemeanor if a person refuses to provide a DNA sample to a sheriff.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0138 - Sale of low THC products to persons less than 21.
Indiana - 2025 Regular Session
Last updated 10 days ago0 Co-Sponsors
Sale of low THC products to persons less than 21. Provides that: (1) it is a Class B misdemeanor for a person to recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally sell, barter, exchange, provide, or furnish a product containing low THC hemp extract to a minor; (2) the offense is Class A misdemeanor if the person has a prior unrelated conviction under the statute; and (3) the offense is a Level 6 felony if the consumption, ingestion, or use of the product containing low THC hemp extract is the proximate cause of the serious bodily injury or death of any person.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0028 - Ground water emergencies.
Indiana - 2025 Regular Session
Last updated 10 days ago0 Co-Sponsors
Ground water emergencies. Allows the owner or operator of a significant ground water withdrawal facility to file a complaint with the director of the department of natural resources (director) that a water well on the property of the owner of the significant ground water withdrawal facility failed to furnish the well's normal supply of water or failed to furnish potable water. Requires the director to launch an investigation into a complaint of a well failure from a property used for raising livestock within 24 hours of the director receiving the complaint. Requires the director to launch an investigation into a complaint of a well failure from a significant ground water withdrawal facility within 72 hours of the director receiving the complaint. Prohibits the director from limiting the quantity of ground water extracted by a significant ground water withdrawal facility to irrigate crops or provide drinking water for livestock during a ground water emergency. Exempts the owner and operator of a significant ground water withdrawal facility that withdraws water to irrigate crops or provide drinking water for livestock from compensating a utility in instances where the utility's significant ground water withdrawal facility fails to furnish the normal supply of water or potable water. Provides that the owner or operator of a significant ground water withdrawal facility that withdraws water to irrigate crops or provide drinking water for livestock shall compensate an impacted owner of a nonsignificant ground water withdrawal facility or significant ground water withdrawal facility that is not a utility in instances where an impacted nonsignificant ground water withdrawal facility or significant ground water withdrawal facility fails to furnish the normal supply of water or potable water.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0136 - Disclosures related to prescription drugs.
Indiana - 2025 Regular Session
Last updated 10 days ago0 Co-Sponsors
Disclosures related to prescription drugs. Beginning January 1, 2026, requires a state employee health plan, a policy of accident and sickness insurance, and a health maintenance organization contract to provide to a covered individual the national average drug acquisition cost of a generic drug on the written materials provided at the point of sale. Provides that if an agreement between a health plan and a pharmacy benefit manager that is entered into or renewed after December 31, 2025, provides that less than 85% of the estimated rebates will be deducted from the cost of prescription drugs before a covered individual's cost sharing requirement is determined, the pharmacy benefit manager must provide the policyholder with a notice on an annual basis that includes: (1) an explanation of what a rebate is; (2) an explanation of how rebates accrue to the health plan from the manufacturer; and (3) the aggregate amount of rebates that accrued to the health plan for prescription drugs dispensed under the policyholder's health plan for the previous year.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0115 - Paid family and medical leave program.
Indiana - 2025 Regular Session
Last updated 10 days ago0 Co-Sponsors
Paid family and medical leave program. Requires the department of workforce development (department) to establish a paid family and medical leave program (program) to provide payments for employees who take family and medical leave. Establishes the family and medical leave fund to be funded with appropriations from the general assembly and payroll contributions. Specifies requirements for the administration of the program. Provides for the department to approve an employer's use of a private plan to meet the program obligations.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0104 - Residential tax increment financing.
Indiana - 2025 Regular Session
Last updated 10 days ago0 Co-Sponsors
Residential tax increment financing. Provides, in the case of an allocation provision adopted after June 30, 2025, for a residential housing development program, that the redevelopment commission (commission) shall annually transfer at least 5% of the aggregate allocated tax proceeds from the allocation area to the general fund of the unit that established the commission to assist that unit in the payment of costs incurred for the provision of police, fire, and ambulance services within the allocation area.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0145 - Pharmacy matters.
Indiana - 2025 Regular Session
Last updated 10 days ago0 Co-Sponsors
Pharmacy matters. Requires the state health commissioner or the commissioner's designated public health authority to issue a standing order, prescription, or protocol (standing order) that allows a pharmacist to treat or screen, test, administer, or dispense for certain health conditions. Allows a pharmacist to order tests that are waived under the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) or established under a standing order. Allows a pharmacy intern or a pharmacy technician to perform a test that is: (1) delegated by a supervising pharmacist; and (2) a waived test under CLIA. Allows a pharmacy technician who is certified to perform any activity delegated by a supervising pharmacist or pharmacist owner if the activities: (1) do not require the clinical judgment of a pharmacist; (2) are not prohibited by a rule adopted by the Indiana board of pharmacy; or (3) are not an activity required by law to be performed only by a pharmacist. Provides civil and criminal immunity for a pharmacist related to filling a prescription for a drug, medicine, or other prescribed substance. Establishes exceptions.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0091 - Grooming.
Indiana - 2025 Regular Session
Last updated 10 days ago0 Co-Sponsors
Grooming. Provides that a person at least 18 years of age commits sexual grooming, a Class A misdemeanor, if the person, with the intent to prepare or condition the child for future sexual activity, communicates with a child less than 14 years of age concerning sexual activity. Increases the penalty to a Level 6 felony if the grooming is committed by using a computer network, and to a Level 5 felony if the person has a prior conviction for a sex offense. Renames the offense of inappropriate communication with a child "sexual grooming", and increases the penalty to: (1) a Class A misdemeanor for the base offense; (2) a Level 6 felony if the offense is committed by using a computer network; and (3) a Level 5 felony if the person has a prior conviction for a sex offense.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0140 - Pharmacy benefits.
Indiana - 2025 Regular Session
Last updated 10 days ago0 Co-Sponsors
Pharmacy benefits. Requires an ambulatory pharmacy to provide, before March 1, 2027, and March 1 of every other year thereafter, data to the Indiana board of pharmacy (board) relating to the pharmacy's dispensing costs for the previous calendar year. Requires the board to share the dispensing data with the commissioner of the department of insurance (commissioner). Requires the commissioner to: (1) make a determination relating to the average cost to dispense a prescription drug in an ambulatory pharmacy for purposes of determining the minimum reimbursement for a professional dispensing fee; and (2) conduct a study every two years relating to the dispensing data. Requires an insurer, a pharmacy benefit manager, or any other administrator of pharmacy benefits to ensure that a network utilized by the insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator is reasonably adequate and accessible and file an annual report regarding the networks with the commissioner. Sets forth certain limitations and requirements with respect to the provision of pharmacy or pharmacist services under a health plan. Allows any insured, pharmacy, or pharmacist impacted by an alleged violation to file a complaint with the commissioner. Provides that the commissioner may order reimbursement to any person who has incurred a monetary loss as a result of a violation. Repeals a superseded provision relating to equal access and incentives to pharmacies within a pharmacy benefit manager's network.
STATUS
Introduced
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