SB0002 - Child care.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ed Charbonneau, Spencer R. Deery, Shelli Yoder
Last updated 6 months ago21 Co-Sponsors
Child care. Requires the Indiana economic development corporation to annually report to the general assembly regarding funds dedicated to supporting child care under specified state and federal programs. Defines an "out-of-school-time program". Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (FSSA) to publish on the FSSA website a dashboard providing monthly information regarding state and federal child care subsidies available to Indiana residents. Provides that a household is eligible to begin receiving assistance under the federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) voucher program if the household, at the time of FSSA's initial determination of the household's income eligibility: (1) has a household income that does not exceed 85% of Indiana's state median income for the household's family size; (2) includes an individual who is employed by a licensed child care center, a licensed child care home, or a licensed or registered child care ministry; and (3) otherwise meets federal eligibility requirements for the CCDF program. Provides, with respect to the individual with certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) required to be present at all times when a child is in the care of a child care provider that is eligible to receive reimbursement through the CCDF program, that the individual is not required to be recertified in CPR annually. Provides that: (1) the early learning advisory committee must commission a third party evaluation to assess existing regulations for child care providers not later than May 1, 2024 (rather than July 1, 2024, under current law); and (2) FSSA must initiate the process of amending FSSA's rules in consideration of the findings of the third party evaluation not later than July 1, 2024. Requires, not later than September 30, 2024, the early learning advisory committee to: (1) complete a study regarding compensation in Indiana for early childhood educators and caregivers at out-of-school-time programs; (2) create an online dashboard to allow access to compensation data; and (3) issue a report containing the committee's findings and recommendations. Amends provisions regarding the On My Way Pre-K voucher program (program) to: (1) provide eligibility for children of child care employees; and (2) amend references to funds provided to children under the program as prekindergarten vouchers, rather than grants. Requires FSSA to establish a micro facility pilot program, under which FSSA shall: (1) develop a regulatory model that: (A) is applicable only to certain licensed or registered child care providers that provide child care for not less than three children and not more than 30 children for at least four hours per day (micro facilities); and (B) incorporates waivers or variances from FSSA's rules applicable to certain child care providers; (2) apply the regulatory model to at least three micro facilities and evaluate the operation of the micro facilities under the regulatory model; and (3) not later than October 1, 2026: (A) make a determination as to whether FSSA will adopt rules specific to micro facilities that incorporate some or all aspects of the regulatory model; and (B) submit to the general assembly a report regarding the pilot program. Requires FSSA to do the following: (1) Amend FSSA's rules to define a "substitute educator" caregiver type for purposes of FSSA's rules pertaining to all categories of child care providers regulated by FSSA. (2) Amend FSSA's rules to allow an employee of a child care provider who: (A) is 16 or 17 years of age; (B) is assigned to a lead caregiver who supervises the employee at all times during which the employee is supervising a child; (C) is never left alone with a child; and (D) meets specified qualifications; to be counted in child/staff ratios for school age child care rooms. (3) Amend FSSA's rules to allow an employee of a child care provider who: (A) is at least 18 years of age; and (B) meets specified qualifications; to serve as the staff person in charge of an infant/toddler room. (4) Issue a report to the general assembly not later than October 31, 2024, documenting the results attributable to: (A) the employer sponsored child care fund; and (B) the employer child care expenditure credit. (5) Study, in collaboration with other specified state agencies, opportunities for resource sharing across state agencies and local units of government to facilitate the fingerprinting of individuals for purposes of conducting national criminal history background checks and issue a report to the governor and the general assembly regarding the results of the study. Makes technical corrections.
STATUS
Passed
SB0016 - Guardians ad litem in adoption pilot program.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mike Bohacek, Ronnie J. Alting, Lonnie Marcus Randolph
Last updated 6 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
Guardians ad litem in adoption pilot program. Establishes a guardian ad litem pilot program in LaPorte County, Marshall County, and Starke County. Requires a court to appoint a guardian ad litem in an adoption proceeding if a parent of the child has an intellectual disability and is subject to a guardianship.
STATUS
Passed
SB0017 - Age verification for material harmful to minors.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mike Bohacek, Spencer R. Deery, Elizabeth M. Brown
Last updated 6 months ago22 Co-Sponsors
Age verification for material harmful to minors. Requires an adult oriented website operator that displays material harmful to minors to use a reasonable age verification method to prevent a minor from accessing an adult oriented website. Creates a cause of action to permit: (1) the parent or guardian of a child harmed by a violation of the age verification requirement to obtain monetary damages, injunctive relief, and reasonable attorney's fees; and (2) any other person to bring an action to obtain injunctive relief and reasonable attorney's fees. Prohibits a person that conducts age verification from retaining the identifying information of an individual seeking to access an adult oriented website that displays material harmful to minors, and permits an individual whose identifying information is retained to bring an action to obtain monetary damages, injunctive relief, and reasonable attorney's fees. Requires adult oriented website operators to use commercially reasonable methods to secure all information collected and transmitted. Provides that the attorney general may bring an action to obtain an injunction, a civil penalty of not more than $250,000, or the attorney general's reasonable costs in investigating and maintaining the action. Provides that when the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe that any person has engaged in, is engaging in, or is about to engage in a violation, the attorney general is empowered to issue civil investigative demands under IC 4-6-3-3 to investigate the suspected violation. Requires verification information of minors to be kept confidential with certain exceptions. Adds verification information to the definition of "personal information". Adds a violation of IC 24-4-23 as a deceptive act.
STATUS
Passed
SB0048 - State educational institution information.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Blake Doriot, Jeff Raatz, Chris Garten
Last updated 6 months ago36 Co-Sponsors
State educational institution information. Requires a state educational institution to prominently display hyperlinks to certain college scorecard information on the state educational institution's website and degree web pages.
STATUS
Passed
SCR0009 - Urging INDOT to rename a section of SR 13 in Syracuse the "Benjamin Fisher Memorial Highway".
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mike Bohacek, Blake Doriot, Ryan D. Mishler
Last updated 8 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
Urging INDOT to rename a section of SR 13 in Syracuse the "Benjamin Fisher Memorial Highway". A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename a section of State Road 13 in Syracuse, Indiana, the "Benjamin Fisher Memorial Highway".
STATUS
Engrossed
SB0060 - Safe haven infants.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Travis Holdman
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Safe haven infants. Requires the Indiana clearinghouse for information on missing children and missing endangered adults to cooperate with licensed child placing agencies for purposes of locating missing children. Amends the definition of "safe haven infant" to provide that the term means any infant taken into custody by an emergency medical services provider under specified circumstances. Amends the definition of "abandoned infant" for purposes of juvenile law to provide that the term does not include a safe haven infant. Requires an emergency medical services provider who takes custody of a safe haven infant at a location other than a hospital to transport the safe haven infant to a hospital. Requires the department of child services (department) to do the following: (1) Create and maintain: (A) a means by which licensed child placing agencies may opt to receive notice of a safe haven infant having been taken into custody by an emergency medical services provider; and (B) a registry of licensed child placing agencies that have opted to receive notice. (2) Accurately track the number of safe haven infants taken into custody by emergency medical services providers. Requires a licensed child placing agency that assumes custody of a safe haven infant to immediately notify the department that the licensed child placing agency has assumed custody of the safe haven infant. Provides that if a licensed child placing agency assumes custody of a safe haven infant from an emergency medical services provider with which the licensed child placing agency, or an employee of the licensed child placing agency, has a financial relationship that could be construed as providing an incentive for the emergency medical services provider to give custody of the safe haven infant to the licensed child placing agency, the licensed child placing agency: (1) may not place the safe haven infant; and (2) shall, without unnecessary delay after taking custody of the safe haven infant, transfer custody of the safe haven infant to the department. Provides that if the department or a licensed child placing agency files a petition to terminate the parent-child relationship, the petition must be accompanied by an affidavit attesting to the existence of specified conditions. Specifies that notice to an unnamed or unknown putative parent regarding the surrender of a safe haven infant must be published only in Indiana counties. Makes technical corrections.
STATUS
Introduced
SCR0018 - Urging INDOT to rename the bridge on I-64 in Crawford County the "Dale Workman Memorial Bridge".
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mark B. Messmer, Steve Bartels, Jim Pressel
Last updated 8 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Urging INDOT to rename the bridge on I-64 in Crawford County the "Dale Workman Memorial Bridge". A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the eastbound bridge on I-64 over the Little Blue River in Crawford County the "Dale Workman Memorial Bridge".
STATUS
Engrossed
SJR0008 - Vehicle joint resolution.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Greg Taylor
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Vehicle joint resolution. This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0241 - Taking bobcats.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Scott A. Baldwin, Michael R. Crider, Chris Garten
Last updated 6 months ago10 Co-Sponsors
Taking bobcats. Requires the department of natural resources to establish and implement a season to take bobcats not later than July 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB0185 - Student use of wireless communication device.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jeff Raatz, Stacey Donato, John Crane
Last updated 6 months ago10 Co-Sponsors
Student use of wireless communication device. Requires each school corporation and charter school to: (1) adopt and implement a wireless communication device policy that governs student use of a wireless communication device; and (2) publish the policy on the school corporation's or charter school's website.
STATUS
Passed
SB0260 - Neighborhood and individual development incentives.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Vaneta G. Becker, Jean Leising, Lonnie Marcus Randolph
Last updated 6 months ago8 Co-Sponsors
Neighborhood and individual development incentives. Defines a "community based organization" as a private, nonprofit corporation whose board of directors is comprised of business, civic, and community leaders, and whose principal purpose includes the provision of low income housing. (Current law limits administration, through a financial institution, of an account to community development corporations.) Provides that: (1) the first $1,500 (rather than $800) is eligible for a state deposit in an individual's account; (2) the allocation, for each account that has been established, for not more than five years, is $3 for each $1 of the first $1,500 (rather than the first $400) an individual deposited into the individual's account; and (3) the amount of the allocation may not exceed $4,500 (rather than $2,400) for each account. Makes various changes to the administration of and procedure for claiming the neighborhood assistance tax credit and the individual development account tax credit. Removes a reference to an obsolete tax.
STATUS
Passed
SB0143 - Education matters.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Brian Buchanan
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Education matters. Requires the department of education to prepare and submit a report that includes the department's recommendations regarding the major themes and content areas that should be developed and maintained in Indiana education law. Amends the: (1) definition of "eligible student" for purposes of eligibility under the Indiana education scholarship account program (program); (2) definition of "ESA qualified expenses" under the program to include additional items; and (3) state fiscal year used to determine the annual grant amount under the program. Provides that the treasurer of state shall accept applications July 1 through June 30 of each year for the immediately following school year. (Current law requires applications to be submitted for an eligible student not later than September 1 for the immediately following school year.) Establishes requirements regarding using grants under the program for computer hardware or other technological devices. Removes the following provisions: (1) Certain program agreement requirements regarding enrollment in a school that receives tuition support. (2) References in the program provisions regarding plans developed under Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0220 - Financial institutions and consumer credit.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Eric S. Bassler, Spencer R. Deery, Scott A. Baldwin
Last updated 6 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
Financial institutions and consumer credit. Provides that a reference to federal law in: (1) the first lien mortgage lending act; (2) the Uniform Consumer Credit Code; or (3) the Indiana Code title governing financial institutions; is a reference to the law as in effect December 31, 2023 (rather than December 31, 2022, under current law). Amends Indiana Code provisions concerning accounting practices for credit unions to reflect a new accounting standard that replaces the allowance for loan and lease losses accounting methodology with the allowance for credit losses methodology, as required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. Establishes a new chapter in the Indiana Code article containing general provisions with respect to financial institutions to require corporations (defined as certain financial institutions organized or reorganized under Indiana law) to notify the director of the department of financial institutions of a reportable cyber incident or notification incident in accordance with the same procedures required by the corporation's federal supervisory authority or federal insurer.
STATUS
Passed
SB0206 - Environmental matters.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Rick Niemeyer, Daniel E. Dernulc, Alan Morrison
Last updated 6 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Environmental matters. Authorizes the department of environmental management (department) to use electronic means to deliver mail communications, send or publish notices, accept notices and permit applications, provide access to documents for public comment, and store documents for future access. Authorizes the use of electronic communications in proceedings involving regional water, sewage, and solid waste districts. Requires the IDEM to make a determination concerning prior approval for the construction or expansion of a biomass anaerobic digestion facility or biomass gasification facility not more than 90 days after the date on which the department receives the completed application. Eliminates a provision of law stating that a person constructing or expanding a biomass anaerobic digestion facility or a biomass gasification facility is not required to obtain the prior approval of the department if air pollution control permit requirements apply to the facility.
STATUS
Passed
SR0025 - Recognizing the Indiana Senate employees.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Rodric D. Bray
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Recognizing the Indiana Senate employees. A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing the exceptional work and dedication of the Indiana Senate employees.
STATUS
Passed