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HB1227 - Opioid overdose reversal medication in schools.
Patricia A. Boy
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Opioid overdose reversal medication in schools. Sets forth certain requirements concerning naloxone nasal spray.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1229 - Lead testing.
Patricia A. Boy
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Lead testing. Allows a local health officer to order an environmental inspection of a building in which a child who has an elevated blood lead level has resided for at least six months. Requires a local health department to: (1) identify grants and resources to assist property owners and occupants with lead abatement; and (2) publish the information on the local health department's website. Requires that the guidance developed by the Indiana department of health for health care providers for blood lead level screening for children are consistent with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. Amends the requirements for certain health care providers concerning childhood blood lead screening. Removes the expiration date of these provisions. Beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, requires a qualified school to require a child or student who meets specified criteria to receive a blood lead screening test. Provides that a child or student who meets specified criteria may not be initially enrolled in a qualified school unless: (1) the child or student has received a blood lead screening test and documentation of the test is provided to the qualified school; or (2) if the child's parent, student's parent, or student, if the student is an emancipated minor, declines the test, a written explanation for declining the test is provided to the qualified school. Defines "qualified school" for purposes of these provisions.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1228 - Fabricated media.
Patricia A. Boy
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Fabricated media. Defines "fabricated media" as recorded audio, a recorded image, or recorded video of an individual's speech, appearance, or conduct: (1) that has been altered without the individual's consent such that: (A) the media conveys a materially inaccurate depiction of the individual's speech, appearance, or conduct as recorded in the unaltered recording; and (B) a reasonable person would be unable to recognize that the recording has been altered; or (2) in which an artificially generated audio or visual imitation of an individual that: (A) has been created without the individual's consent; and (B) is sufficiently lifelike that a reasonable person would be unable to distinguish the speech or appearance of the imitation from the speech or appearance of the individual; is used to convey a fictional depiction of the individual's speech, appearance, or conduct. Provides that: (1) certain political campaign communications that include fabricated media depicting a candidate must include a specified disclaimer; and (2) if the communication does not include the required disclaimer, the candidate depicted may bring a civil action against specified parties in connection with the dissemination of the communication. Provides that fabricated media depicting an intimate image of an identifiable representation of an individual may be the subject of: (1) a civil action for disclosure of nonconsensual pornography; or (2) criminal prosecution for distribution of an intimate image.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1403 - Determining existence and class of wetlands.
Patricia A. Boy
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Determining existence and class of wetlands. Amends the definition of Class I wetland to provide that, to be categorized as a Class I wetland, a wetland must be determined by a hydrologist to possess no significant hydrologic function. Defines "hydrologic function" as the capacity of a wetland to store floodwaters by spreading water out over a large, flat area, which decreases runoff velocity, reduces flood peaks, and distributes stormflows over longer time periods. Provides that a wetland that meets the other conditions of the definition of "Class I wetland" but is not determined by a hydrologist to possess no significant hydrologic function is a Class II wetland. Provides that, for purposes of the law on state regulated wetlands, the existence of a wetland and the wetland class of a wetland shall be determined through use of: (1) the National Wetlands Inventory produced by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and made available by the department of environmental management on the Internet for public use; and (2) the soil data and other information available through the Web Soil Survey website operated by the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.
STATUS
Introduced
HCR0016 - Petitioning the United States Department of Transportation to hold hearings on the placement of the entire state of Indiana in the same time zone.
Patricia A. Boy, Jim Pressel
Last updated 3 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Petitioning the United States Department of Transportation to hold hearings on the placement of the entire state of Indiana in the same time zone. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION petitioning the United States Department of Transportation to hold hearings on the placement of the entire state of Indiana in the same time zone.
STATUS
Tentative
HB1026 - Commission, committee, and board administration.
Karen Engleman, Kyle Pierce, Patricia A. Boy
Last updated 9 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Commission, committee, and board administration. Specifies certain duties and responsibilities relating to the operations of various task forces, committees, boards, and councils (statutory entities). Renames the Indiana code revision commission, probate code study commission, and other statutory entities. Specifies that certain statutory entities are subject to the general law governing legislative committees rather than to the law governing the statutory list of interim study committees. Authorizes a designee of the revisor of statutes to serve as a member of the uniform law commission (ULC). Repeals statutes governing the Medicaid oversight committee and relocates them to the law governing interim study committees. Identifies certain state employees serving on statutory entities by their specific job titles. Provides for the reimbursement of expenses of state employees, lay persons, and members of the general assembly serving on statutory entities. Specifies the expiration dates of the terms of members of certain statutory entities. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the code revision commission.)
STATUS
Passed
HB1404 - Use of coal combustion residuals.
Patricia A. Boy
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Use of coal combustion residuals. Removes the definition of "coal combustion residuals" from its current location and relocates it to the comprehensive definitions chapter of the environmental law title of the Indiana Code. Defines "structural fill" as a material that is free of rocks and organic matter and, because it is very stable, can be used in construction to create a base or foundation for a structure. Prohibits the use of coal combustion residuals as structural fill unless the coal combustion residuals are fully encapsulated in cement or concrete. Makes a corresponding amendment in a provision prohibiting the environmental rules board from adopting a rule prohibiting the use of coal combustion residuals as structural fill or as a base in road construction.
STATUS
Introduced
HJR0001 - Ballot initiatives.
Sue E. Errington, Philip GiaQuinta, Patricia A. Boy
Last updated 11 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Ballot initiatives. Provides that the people of Indiana may propose and adopt amendments to the Constitution of the State of Indiana and propose and enact statutes independent of the general assembly through initiative. Provides that the people of Indiana may approve or reject through referendum any statute or part of any statute enacted by the general assembly. This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1267 - Elimination of certain gender specific terms.
Sue E. Errington, Patricia A. Boy
Last updated 11 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Elimination of certain gender specific terms. Replaces the term "chairman" with the term "chairperson" in certain statutes. Replaces chairmen, committeeman, committeemen, and certain gender specific job titles in certain statutes with gender neutral terminology. Changes the alcoholic beverage permit for salesmen to a permit for salespersons. Removes obsolete internal section headings within certain sections of the alcoholic beverage and tobacco law. Removes masculine pronouns in certain statutes. Makes technical corrections.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1004 - Pension matters.
Robert W. Cherry, Gregory W. Porter, Michael Karickhoff
Last updated 8 months ago
104 Co-Sponsors
Pension matters. Provides that a state employee may affirmatively elect to enroll in the deferred compensation plan prior to the auto enroll date on day 31 of the state employee's employment. Removes a provision that sets a maximum employer surcharge for the legislators' defined benefit plan, state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan, public employees' retirement fund, and Indiana state teachers' retirement fund (fund). Requires the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system (board) to develop the technological and administrative capabilities sufficient to categorize fund members into separate groups in which: (1) certain members receive a service based thirteenth check; and (2) certain members receive a cost of living adjustment. Requires the board to set the surcharge rates at a level to actuarially prefund: (1) annual indexed thirteenth checks for all current retired members and beneficiaries retired before July 1, 2025; and (2) 1% annual cost of living adjustments to future in-payment members and beneficiaries retired on or after July 1, 2025. Provides that the board shall not reduce the surcharge rates from the prior year. Allows the board to increase the surcharge rates by not more than 0.1% of payroll from the prior year. Requires certain political subdivisions to present to the interim study committee on pension management oversight regarding a delinquent employee retirement plan offered by the political subdivision. Requires, effective July 1, 2025, the trustee of the state police pension trust to maintain two supplemental allowance reserve accounts for the purpose of paying postretirement benefit adjustments. Increases the maximum date that a member or participant of certain retirement funds can participate in the deferred retirement option plan from 36 to 60 months. Requires the member or participant to notify their employer if the member or participant elects to enter or extend the deferred retirement option plan. Provides for a thirteenth check in 2024 for certain members, participants, or beneficiaries of the: (1) Indiana state teachers' retirement fund; (2) Indiana public employees' retirement fund; (3) state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan; (4) state police pre-1987 benefit system; and (5) state police 1987 benefit system.
STATUS
Passed
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Representative from Indiana district HD-009
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Indiana House
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