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Legislator > Dave Heine
State Representative
Dave Heine
(R) - Indiana
Indiana House District 085
In Office - Started: 11/09/2016
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Capitol Office
200 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 317-232-9600
Phone 2: 800-382-9841
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB1390 | Bureau of motor vehicles. | Bureau of motor vehicles. Provides the records of the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau), for purposes of showing the last registered owner of a vehicle when obtaining a certificate of title for a repossessed vehicle, mean records related to certificate of titles or registrations. Allows the bureau to issue an electronic certificate of registration. Requires a toll operator to invoice a user not later than one year after a toll is incurred. Allows the bureau to issue a temporary registration permit at the bureau's discretion if a person meets certain requirements. Allows the bureau to offer alternative designs or color scheme versions of license plates. Requires a customer who selects both an alternative design or color scheme and a personalized license plate message for a license plate to pay two separate fees. Amends the requirements for a special group recognition license plate. Allows an insurance company to submit a signed or unsigned certificate of title for the issuance of a certificate of salvage title. Provides that a slow moving vehicle emblem and the emblem's position of mounting must substantially adhere to certain recommendations. Repeals provisions concerning the Indiana criminal justice institute's rulemaking authority concerning slow moving vehicle emblems. Provides that a commercial driver's license (CDL) may include an intrastate passenger transport endorsement if the applicant is at least 18 years of age. Provides maximum prices that public and private institutions and other entities may charge for conducting skills exams. Provides that a learner's permit, driver's license, identification card, and photo exempt identification card expire upon the bureau receiving notice of the death of the holder or upon issuance of a subsequent physical credential. Effective January 1, 2028, requires the bureau to maintain a secure online insurance verification system to verify proof of a driver's financial responsibility. Establishes the real time insurance verification advisory board. Allows a law enforcement officer to include in a written accident report whether a driver's medical impairment may have contributed to an accident. Removes the population requirement for a county to enter into an interlocal cooperation agreement with an adjacent county to allow a public transportation corporation to provide expanded service beyond the boundary of the county in which it is located. Prohibits a person from advertising: (1) a product containing marijuana; or (2) a controlled substance listed in schedule I; by any medium. Adds to the definition of a "consumer transaction" for purposes of deceptive consumer sales. Requires a towing company to release property to a consumer if the consumer pays a percentage of the towing invoice, obtains a bond for the remaining amount of the invoice, and provides a copy of a complaint filed with the attorney general. Requires a city, county, or town to credit the proceeds from the sale of an abandoned vehicle or parts against the costs of removal, storage, and disposal of the vehicle. Establishes rates a towing company may charge for fees for emergency towing or private property towing. Allows a county to mow or maintain any grass or vegetation in a right-of-way that is owned by the state and located in the county if the county obtains a permit from the office of the Indiana department of transportation district in which the county is located. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1007 | Energy generation resources. | Energy generation resources. Provides a credit against state tax liability for expenses incurred in the manufacture of a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) in Indiana. Establishes procedures under which certain energy utilities may request approval for one or more of the following from the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC): (1) An expedited generation resource plan (EGR plan) to meet customer load growth that exceeds a specified threshold. (2) A generation resource submittal for the acquisition of a specific generation resource in accordance with an approved EGR plan. (3) A project to serve one or more large load customers. Sets forth: (1) the requirements for approval of each of these types of requests; (2) standards for financial assurances by large load customers; and (3) cost recovery mechanisms for certain acquisition costs or project costs incurred by energy utilities. Amends the statute concerning public utilities' annual electric resource planning reports to the IURC to provide that for an annual report submitted after December 31, 2025, a public utility must include information as to the amount of generating resource capacity or energy that the public utility plans to retire or refuel with respect to any electric generation resource of at least 125 megawatts. Provides that for any planned retirement or refueling, the public utility must include, along with other specified information, information as to the public utility's plans with respect to the following: (1) For a retirement, the amount of replacement capacity identified to provide approximately the same accredited capacity within the appropriate regional transmission organization (RTO) as the capacity of the facility to be retired. (2) For a refueling, the extent to which the refueling will maintain or increase the current generating resource accredited capacity or energy that the electric generating facility provides, so as to provide approximately the same accredited capacity within the appropriate RTO. Requires IURC staff to prepare a staff report for each public utility report that includes a planned electric generation resource retirement. Provides that if, after reviewing a public utility's report and any related staff report, the IURC is not satisfied that the public utility can satisfy both its planning reserve margin requirement and the statute's prescribed reliability adequacy metrics, the IURC shall conduct an investigation into the reasons for the public utility's inability to meet these requirements. Provides that if the public utility's report indicates that the public utility plans to retire an electric generating facility within one year of the date of the report, the IURC must conduct such an investigation. Provides that: (1) a public utility may request, not earlier than three years before the planned retirement date of an electric generation facility, that the IURC conduct an investigation into the planned retirement; and (2) if the IURC conducts an investigation at the request of the public utility within that three year period, the IURC may not conduct a subsequent investigation that would otherwise be required under the bill's provisions unless the IURC is not satisfied that the public utility can satisfy both its planning reserve margin requirement and the statutory reliability adequacy metrics as of the time the investigation would otherwise be required. Provides that if a CPCN is granted by the IURC for a facility intended to repower or replace a generation unit that is planned for retirement, and the CPCN includes findings that the project will result in at least equivalent accredited capacity and will provide economic benefit to ratepayers as compared to the continued operation of the generating unit to be retired, the CPCN constitutes approval by the IURC for purposes of an investigation that would otherwise be required. Provides that if, after an investigation, the IURC determines that the capacity resources available to the public utility will not be adequate to allow the public utility to satisfy both its planning reserve margin requirements and the statute's prescribed reliability adequacy metrics, the IURC shall issue an order: (1) directing the public utility to acquire or construct; or (2) prohibiting the retirement or refueling of; such capacity resources that are reasonable and necessary to enable the public utility to meet these requirements. Provides that if the IURC does not issue an order in an investigation within 120 days after the initiation of the investigation, the public utility is considered to be able to satisfy both its planning reserve margin requirement and the statutory reliability adequacy metrics with respect to the retirement of the facility under investigation. Provides that if the IURC issues an order to prohibit the retirement or refueling of an electric generation resource, the IURC shall create a sub-docket to authorize the public utility to recover in rates the costs of the continued operation of the electric generation resource proposed to be retired or refueled, subject to a finding by the IURC that the continued costs of operation are just and reasonable. Makes a technical change to another Indiana Code section to recognize the redesignation of subsections within the section containing these provisions. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1427 | Department of local government finance. | Department of local government finance. Increases the threshold that applies to public works projects for which the department of natural resources may use its employees to perform the labor and supervision for the project. Removes the sunset of provisions that authorize the sale of bonds at a negotiated sale. Amends provisions pertaining to the investment of public funds in certain depositories. Requires the fiscal officer (rather than the executive) of a political subdivision to upload certain contracts to the Indiana transparency website (website). Permits the political subdivision to identify an individual other than the fiscal officer to upload contracts to the website. Provides that the change to the agricultural base rate in Senate Bill 1 does not apply for the January 1, 2025, assessment date to land in inventory. Repeals the increase in the personal property tax exemption for the 2025 assessment in Senate Bill 1, but retains the increase of the personal property tax exemption to $2,000,000 for the 2026 assessment date and thereafter. Removes an exception to provisions added in Senate Bill 1 exempting depreciable personal property placed in service after January 1, 2025, from the 30% minimum valuation floor if property tax revenue that is attributable to the depreciable personal property is pledged as payment for bonds, leases, or other obligations. Repeals the local property tax credits for veterans enacted in Senate Bill 1 and reinstates the property tax deductions in current law for veterans that were expired under Senate Bill 1. Provides that the personal property online submission portal (portal) may be used to file a personal property return until 2026. Repeals (effective January 1, 2026) the provision requiring the establishment of the portal and makes corresponding changes. Adds requirements for the filing of a petition for review of land values. Amends a provision pertaining to the assessment of solar land. Provides for the assessment of community land trust property and a property tax credit for community land trust property. For purposes of public utility companies, specifies that the period of time that a taxpayer may file an objection with the department of local government finance (DLGF) is not later than 15 days after the notice is postmarked. Provides, for particular calendar years, that all or part of a building is deemed to serve a charitable purpose and is exempt from property taxation if it is owned by certain nonprofit entities. Establishes a maximum entry fee per unit that may be charged by a continuing care retirement community to qualify for the property tax exemption. Adds, for particular calendar years, continuing care retirement communities, small house health facilities, and qualified residential treatment providers to the list of exempt entities for purposes of another property tax exemption. Provides that the DLGF may (as opposed to shall) adopt certain rules with respect to property of an exempt organization used in a nonexempt trade or business. Amends the requirements that must be satisfied to receive a property tax exemption for property used by a for-profit provider of early childhood education. Establishes a partial property tax exemption for an employer that provides child care on the employer's property for the employer's employees and certain other employees. Amends certain notice and procedural provisions applicable to proceedings before the Indiana board of tax review. Clarifies the deadline for submitting amended certified net assessed value amounts. Specifies the calculation of the maximum permissible property tax levy for certain units that fail to comply with certain budget and tax levy review and adoption procedures. Adds provisions that: (1) require the DLGF to increase the maximum permissible property tax levy for certain qualifying municipalities for property taxes first due and payable in 2025 to include all debt service levies of the qualifying municipality for property taxes first due and payable in 2025; (2) specify that the adjustment is a one time and permanent increase; (3) modify the: (A) local income tax trust account threshold percentage of a county that contains a qualifying municipality (for purposes of determining whether the county shall receive a supplemental distribution); and (B) certified share allocation determination for a qualifying municipality; and (4) prohibit the use funds from the state general fund to make up certain local income tax related shortfalls. Provides temporary one time increases for the maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levies for Shelby County and the Shelby County solid waste management district. Provides that the county treasurer is not required to mail or transmit a statement for property that is exempt from taxation and does not have a reported assessed value. Requires the DLGF, in a manner determined by the DLGF, to include on the coupon page of each property tax statement educational information regarding the eligibility and procedures for various property tax benefits available to certain taxpayers. Provides that a tract or item of real property owned by a political subdivision may not be sold at a tax sale. Removes a provision requiring the county executive to provide an annual report to the legislative council concerning certain tax sales. Provides that property tax assessment board of appeals members' terms must be staggered for a two year period and begin on January 1. Provides that a property tax payment made by a check processing company received after the due date for the property taxes is considered to be made on or before the due date if the taxpayer provides reasonable evidence that the payments were made on or before the due date. Reestablishes the deduction for aircraft entitling a taxpayer to a deduction from the assessed value of abatement property in each year in which the abatement property is subject to taxation for ad valorem property taxes. Provides a sales tax exemption for sales by agricultural commodity trade associations made at the state fair. Provides certain sourcing rules for the adjusted gross income of an investment partnership. Defines "investment partnership" and other related terms. Specifies that an electing entity or pass through entity shall be permitted to claim a credit for taxes withheld or paid on the entity's behalf. Allows an electing entity to make elections to claim certain state tax liability credits and sets forth requirements that apply to those elections. Expands the physician practice ownership tax credit against state tax liability to practicing physicians (instead of only primary care physicians) who have an ownership interest in a physician practice and meet other eligibility criteria. Limits the total amount of physician practice ownership tax credits that may be awarded in a state fiscal year. Specifies that a volunteer fire department that applies to the county adopting body for a distribution of local income tax revenue that is allocated to public safety purposes must do so through the fiscal officer of the unit served by the department. Allows the Fountain County council to adopt a resolution to make a one time transfer from the county jail revenue fund to the county general fund to be used for specified purposes. Allows revenue generated from a special purpose local income tax rate in Starke County to be used to operate and maintain the county jail and related facilities. Increases the amount of the local collection assistance fee. Provides a presumption of reasonable cause exception to the penalty for failure to file a return in the case of certain small partnerships. Amends the provisions to conform to the reasonable cause exception applicable to the failure to file penalty available under federal tax procedures (IRS Rev. Proc. 84-35, 1984-1 C.B. 509). Authorizes numerous local units to impose food and beverage taxes. Allows the town of Shipshewana to increase its food and beverage tax. Removes language excluding transactions that occur at a historic hotel from the Orange County food and beverage tax and amends provisions that apply to the uses of the tax revenue. Repeals provisions authorizing the imposition of food and beverage taxes in Wayne County. Reallocates the amounts of revenue received from the Vanderburgh County innkeeper's tax that is deposited in certain funds. Authorizes certain counties to impose an innkeeper's tax under separate enabling statutes. Allows Brown County to increase its innkeeper's tax rate. Prohibits the deposit or transfer of money in an innkeeper's or food and beverage tax fund into any other fund, or deposit or transfer of money from any other fund into an innkeeper's or food and beverage tax fund. Requires a local unit that imposes a food and beverage tax (as part of its required annual reporting) to provide to the state board of accounts a consolidated financial statement for the preceding year. Requires the state board of accounts to: (1) determine whether or not local units imposing a food and beverage tax, and other entities that receive a distribution of food and beverage tax revenue, are in compliance with current reporting requirements and applicable statutory requirements; and (2) submit a report of its findings to the legislative council. Provides for a reduction of the percentage of gross revenue to be paid to a unit of local government by a holder of a cable franchise. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to apply to the United States Department of Health and Human Services for an amendment to each home and community based services Medicaid waiver for certain eligibility criteria related to asset limit thresholds. Specifies that certain school corporation property tax referenda are eligible to be on the ballot in an election held in the fall of 2025. Applies certain access to financial data requirements to charter schools. Restores language in a provision amended by Senate Bill 1 regarding optional revenue sharing with charter schools. Specifies that a minimum population for application of certain provisions concerning: (1) the assessment of industrial facilities; (2) the general government of counties; and (3) the division of powers of certain counties; is 450,000 (instead of 400,000). Allows a county fiscal body to make loans of money for not more than 10 years (rather than five years under current law) and issue notes for the purpose of refunding those loans. Allows a person who is: (1) engaged in the business of renting or furnishing, for periods of less than 30 days, certain lodging facilities located within an economic development district; and (2) liable for a special benefits assessment for the property; to charge a fee of not more than $1 per night. Provides that the northwest Indiana regional development authority must be reimbursed for amounts deposited in the blighted property demolition fund not later than July 1, 2027 (instead of July 1, 2026). Requires local units to make semiannual fire service reports to the state fire marshal which, in turn, is required to submit the data reported to the legislative council. Provides for funding for cultural institutions. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the task of studying certain issues relating to property exempt for charitable purposes. Amends a 2025 law requiring certain disclosures concerning appointed officers to provide that if an appointed board is a subgroup of an elected body that is appointed entirely: (1) from the body's elected members; and (2) by a member or members of the elected body; the appointed board may publish a board member's name and elected title in the board's meeting notice or agenda with a link or web address to the website where information of each board member's appointment and term is published. Removes provisions enacted by HEA 1001-2025 that: (1) treated the local government investment pool as a financial institution; and (2) considered the seven day yield published weekly by the treasurer of state to be a quote for purposes of the law governing the deposit and investment of public funds. Provides that money in the Pokagon Band Tribal-state compact fund is continuously appropriated for the purposes of the fund. Provides that funding to a local board of health from the local public health fund may only be used for Indiana residents who are lawfully present in the United States. Resolves conflicts. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1461 | Road funding. | Road funding. Makes various changes to provisions concerning roads and transportation. Allows a taxpayer to claim a credit against state income tax liability for certain qualified railroad expenditures and qualified new rail infrastructure expenditures. Specifies the amount of the credit. Limits the total amount of credits that may be allowed in a state fiscal year and provides for the expiration of the credit. Increases the maximum rate a county containing a consolidated city (consolidated city) may impose for the county wheel tax and the county vehicle excise tax and specifies the purposes for which the proceeds of those taxes must be appropriated. Beginning in 2026, lowers the percentage of funds distributed to counties, cities, and towns (local units) from the motor vehicle highway account that must be used for construction, reconstruction, and preservation of a local unit's highways if certain conditions related to pavement quality are satisfied. Amends provisions pertaining to the Indiana finance authority's authorization to issue revenue bonds or notes, including grant anticipation revenue bonds or notes, to finance highway and road construction projects. Allows the Indiana department of transportation (department) to submit a request to the Federal Highway Administration for a waiver to toll lanes on interstate highways. Provides that, if a request for a waiver to toll lanes on interstate highways is granted, the general assembly is not required to enact a statute before tolling may occur. Allocates responsibility for bridges in a county between that county and a municipality based on the size and location of the bridge. Allows a local county road and bridge board to undertake low water crossing projects. Requires the department to ensure that information regarding funding sources for low water crossing projects is made available to county boards of commissioners and county highway departments. Provides that money in the local road and bridge matching grant (matching fund) must be allocated, transferred, and distributed for specified purposes. Specifies the timing of those allocations, transfers, and distributions. Imposes conditions on the allocations, transfers, and distributions made from the matching fund, including, in state fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2027, limitations on the ability of a local unit to apply for a grant in certain circumstances. Allows local units to use grants from the matching fund for low water crossing projects. Reduces the required local matching amounts and increases the population thresholds that apply to certain local units, if the department approves a grant from the matching fund. Restates a provision allocating 50% of the amount available in the matching fund to local units with a population of less than 50,000. Increases the speed limit on Interstate Highway 465. Requires all townships to annually adopt a capital improvement plan, which must include the balance of all unrestricted funds that exceed the township's budget for the following year. Provides that a township must transfer 30% of the amount of the balance of all unrestricted funds that exceed the township's budget for the following year to the township roads and infrastructure fund. Requires a township board to adopt a resolution if favor of providing money for the improvement and maintenance of roads and infrastructure within the township before a township transfers money for such projects. Provides, for purposes of the provisions regarding township capital improvement plans and township roads and infrastructure funds, that unrestricted funds are cash reserves that are not obligated, committed, encumbered, or restricted for specified purposes. Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on roads and transportation the study of appropriate road funding formulas. Makes conforming changes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1253 | Child care. | Child care. Provides that a granted waiver or variance expires three years after the date that the waiver or variance becomes effective. Removes the requirement that a child receiving child care from a school must be the child of a student or employee of the school. Provides that, not later than June 30, 2026, the division of family resources (division) shall establish an organizational license category for multi-site child care centers operating under one owner, and specifies obligations of the division with regard to the new license category. Provides that, subject to exceptions, certain properties may not be required to comply with a new or different set of building, fire safety, or equipment laws than were originally enforced by the department: (1) before July 1, 2025; or (2) two years after the earlier of the date of the: (A) initial inspection; or (B) plan review. Allows a child care home that was licensed to operate a Class 2 structure before July 1, 2025, to continue operating in the structure notwithstanding the building, fire safety, or equipment laws and regulations. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1126 | Watershed development commissions. | Watershed development commissions. Alters the membership of a watershed development commission board that includes the Maumee River basin (Maumee watershed development commission). Provides that a Maumee watershed development commission may take certain actions with respect to certain flood plains. Expands permitted uses for certain funds collected by a Maumee watershed development commission and establishes certain budget limits. Provides that the department of natural resources's division of water shall provide a Maumee watershed development commission with a written summary of the division's review of certain public works projects within 30 days of the review. Makes conforming changes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0465 | Certified technology parks. | Certified technology parks. Provides that if a Level 2 certified technology park (park): (1) has reached the limit of deposits for a Level 2 park; (2) maintains its certification; and (3) is located within a military base enhancement area; the park shall become a Level 3 park upon reaching its Level 2 deposit limit. Provides that a Level 3 park may receive an additional annual incremental income tax deposit of up to $250,000. | Dead |
| HCR0043 | Encouraging a healthier Indiana. | Encouraging a healthier Indiana. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION encouraging a healthier Indiana. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR0046 | Recognizing the sovereignty of the State of Israel. | Recognizing the sovereignty of the State of Israel. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the sovereignty of the State of Israel. | Dead |
| HR0060 | Recognizing the first full week of May 2025 as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week. | Recognizing the first full week of May 2025 as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week. Recognizing the first full week of May 2025 as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0306 | Film and media production tax credit. | Film and media production tax credit. Provides that a taxpayer may assign any part of the film and media production tax credit (credit) that the taxpayer may claim. Sets forth the procedure for a taxpayer to make the assignment. Establishes a limit of $250,000 for any single tax credit provided. Limits the aggregate amount of tax credits that may be provided to $2,000,000. Extends the credit's expiration date from July 1, 2027, to July 1, 2031. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1382 | Dealer services division. | Dealer services division. Provides that certain licensing requirements relating to vehicle merchandising do not apply to distributors or manufacturers that are not located in Indiana. Provides that if certain persons engage in the business of buying, selling, or trading motor vehicles on a Sunday, those persons commit a Class B misdemeanor. Amends current law that establishes a mandatory training program that applicants for a used motor vehicle dealer license must complete. Provides that except as part of a change in dealer business entity type, a holder of a dealer license or endorsement may not take certain actions with respect to the dealer license or endorsement. Makes conforming changes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR0008 | Condemning religious persecution worldwide. | Condemning religious persecution worldwide. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION condemning religious persecution worldwide. | Dead |
| HB1131 | Town of Cumberland. | Town of Cumberland. Provides that on January 1, 2027, the town of Cumberland is an excluded city and no longer part of the consolidated city. Requires the town legislative body and the legislative body of the consolidated city and county to take any steps necessary to transition the town to an excluded city. Requires the department of local government finance to adjust property tax levies, rates, budgets, and distributive shares of local units of local government as necessary to account for the town becoming an excluded city. Provides that, after December 31, 2026, any part of the town that is included in a fire protection district on December 31, 2026, that is located in the county containing the consolidated city, shall continue to be included in the fire protection district. Provides that, after December 31, 2026, the town is liable for debt service owed by the consolidated city on December 31, 2026, in the same ratio as the assessed valuation of the property in the town bears to the assessed valuation of all property included in the consolidated city until the particular debt service is satisfied. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0484 | Recreational vehicle dealers. | Recreational vehicle dealers. Sets forth requirements for recreational vehicle dealer agreements for the sale of recreational vehicles in Indiana. Makes conforming changes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR0036 | Honoring the Indiana Mental Health Roundtable. | Honoring the Indiana Mental Health Roundtable. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the Indiana Mental Health Roundtable. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR0046 | Recognizing Sunday, August 10, 2025, as Indiana Prayer Walk Your Campus Day. | Recognizing Sunday, August 10, 2025, as Indiana Prayer Walk Your Campus Day. Recognizing Sunday, August 10, 2025, as Indiana Prayer Walk Your Campus Day. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR0026 | Urging the U.S. Congress and the President of the U.S. to repeal the EPA's ban on vented gas cans. | Urging the U.S. Congress and the President of the U.S. to repeal the EPA's ban on vented gas cans. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress and the President of the United States to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) ban on vented gas cans. | Dead |
| HCR0034 | Recognizing Guardian Ad Litems and Court Appointed Special Advocates. | Recognizing Guardian Ad Litems and Court Appointed Special Advocates. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Guardian Ad Litems and Court Appointed Special Advocates. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1326 | Scholarships. | Scholarships. Provides that a scholarship granting organization must include certain information in its annual public report to the department of education. Provides that applicants enrolled in a transition to teaching program after June 30, 2024, may qualify for certain scholarships if the applicant is a member of a household with an annual income of not more than 400% of the amount required for the applicant to qualify for the federal free or reduced price lunch program. (Currently, the annual income threshold is $100,000 or less.) Permits the commission for higher education to use the remaining balance allocated to certain teaching scholarships or in certain teaching scholarship funds to fund additional specified teaching scholarships. | Dead |
| HR0039 | Recognizing April as World Autism Month and April 2nd as World Autism Awareness Day. | Recognizing April as World Autism Month and April 2nd as World Autism Awareness Day. Recognizing April as World Autism Month and April 2nd as World Autism Awareness Day. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1615 | Certified technology parks. | Certified technology parks. Increases the maximum amount of an additional annual deposit amount for a Level 2 certified technology park (park) to: (1) $500,000; or (2) $500,000 multiplied by the number of redevelopment commissions that have entered into a written agreement for the operation of the Level 2 park; as applicable. Provides that if a Level 2 park: (1) has reached the limit of deposits for a Level 2 park; (2) maintains its certification; and (3) is located within a military base enhancement area; the Level 2 park shall become a Level 3 park upon reaching its Level 2 deposit limit. Provides that a Level 3 park may receive an additional annual incremental income tax deposit of up to $250,000. | Dead |
| HB1149 | Agricultural online portal. | Agricultural online portal. Requires the Indiana state department of agriculture (department) to establish and maintain an online portal on its website for the purposes of: (1) assisting users in the successful navigation of agricultural or related topics among various federal and state agencies; (2) providing a single source for users to access agricultural or related funding opportunities; (3) providing a searchable data base of available federal and state grants with information on eligibility and deadline criteria; and (4) providing regular updates to reflect changes in federal and state funding opportunities. Provides that the online portal shall include links to various federal and state websites. Requires that the online portal provide a series of regulatory checklists to assist users that are considering diversifying into new markets in the navigation of agricultural and related regulations and the avoidance of punitive enforcement actions before they arise. Requires that the online portal provide a one stop venue that will help connect users with responsive data visualization tools and technical assistance programming. Requires that the online portal include a link to provide users with ongoing updates on the status of certain lost farmland. Requires an updated report on certain lost farmland to be uploaded to the online portal every five years. Requires that the online portal include formal venues: (1) to collect comments from the public regarding federal regulations impacting Indiana's rural economy with the goal of assisting the state in providing vigorous advocacy on behalf of the public; and (2) where users may provide to the department reviews and feedback regarding the usefulness of the online portal. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR0031 | Recognizing the Allen County Bicentennial. | Recognizing the Allen County Bicentennial. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Allen County Bicentennial. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR0028 | Recognizing March 21, 2025, as World Down Syndrome Day. | Recognizing March 21, 2025, as World Down Syndrome Day. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing March 21, 2025, as World Down Syndrome Day. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR0022 | Recognizing the National Association of Women Business Owners. | Recognizing the National Association of Women Business Owners. Recognizing the National Association of Women Business Owners. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR0012 | Urging INDOT to rename a section of SR 114 the "Captain Matthew Tomkiewicz Memorial Mile". | Urging INDOT to rename a section of SR 114 the "Captain Matthew Tomkiewicz Memorial Mile". A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename a section of SR 114 the "Captain Matthew Tomkiewicz Memorial Mile". | Dead |
| SB0292 | Short line railroad tax credit. | Short line railroad tax credit. Allows a taxpayer to claim a credit against state income tax liability for certain qualified railroad expenditures and qualified new rail infrastructure expenditures. Specifies the amount of the credit. Limits the total amount of credits that may be allowed in a state fiscal year to: (1) $10,000 for qualified railroad expenditures; and (2) $10,000 for qualified new rail infrastructure expenditures. | Dead |
| HCR0025 | Recognizing April as Parkinson's Awareness Month and April 11, 2025, as World Parkinson's Day. | Recognizing April as Parkinson's Awareness Month and April 11, 2025, as World Parkinson's Day. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing April as Parkinson's Awareness Month and April 11, 2025, as World Parkinson's Day. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR0026 | Recognizing Tuesday, March 4, 2025, as a day to honor the work and mission of the Indiana Region of the American Red Cross. | Recognizing Tuesday, March 4, 2025, as a day to honor the work and mission of the Indiana Region of the American Red Cross. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Tuesday, March 4, 2025, as a day to honor the work and mission of the Indiana Region of the American Red Cross. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR0019 | Honoring the late State Senator Jean Breaux. | Honoring the late State Senator Jean Breaux. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the late State Senator Jean Breaux. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR0012 | Celebrating the cultural and economic ties between Indiana and Ireland. | Celebrating the cultural and economic ties between Indiana and Ireland. Celebrating the cultural and economic ties between Indiana and Ireland. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR0016 | Honoring Bruce Haines upon his retirement from the Fort Wayne Public Broadcasting Service. | Honoring Bruce Haines upon his retirement from the Fort Wayne Public Broadcasting Service. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Bruce Haines upon his retirement from the Fort Wayne Public Broadcasting Service. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1408 | Regional innovation development. | Regional innovation development. Provides that a regional development authority (RDA) (rather than the Indiana economic development corporation) may designate territory within a county, city, or town as a regional innovation development and manufacturing district (district). Requires an RDA to enter into an agreement with the executive of a county, city, or town (or executives, if applicable) for any territory sought to be designated as a district. (Current law required agreements when the total costs and benefits of a district were expected to be an amount less than $2,000,000,000). Imposes an "annual state revenue transfer cap" on the sum of the net increment of the gross retail incremental amount and the state income tax incremental amount that is equal to 65 times the aggregate population of the territory within an RDA. Provides for review (in addition to budget committee review) by a regional strategic development commission or equivalent authority charged with strategic review under an RDA statute of proposals to designate territory as a district, including designations in which there is an existing allocation area. Lowers the threshold from an unobligated balance of $500,000,000 to $100,000,000 in the statewide district fund required for making transfers to the state general fund. Makes conforming changes. | Dead |
| HR0011 | Celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Professional Fire Fighters Union of Indiana. | Celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Professional Fire Fighters Union of Indiana. Celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Professional Fire Fighters Union of Indiana. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR0010 | Recognizing women's heart health research and supporting awareness for cardiovascular disease. | Recognizing women's heart health research and supporting awareness for cardiovascular disease. Recognizing women's heart health research and supporting awareness for cardiovascular disease. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1135 | Real world and finance curriculum grant funds. | Real world and finance curriculum grant funds. Establishes the real world readiness grant program (program) to provide grants to eligible schools to better prepare students for life after graduation with or without the assistance of a partnering organization. Establishes the real world readiness fund (fund). Provides a procedure for eligible schools to apply to the department of education (department) to receive a grant from the fund. Requires the department to approve organizations that may partner with an eligible school to facilitate the program. Establishes the personal financial responsibility curriculum grant program to provide grants to eligible schools to develop or adopt personal financial responsibility curriculum. Establishes the personal financial responsibility curriculum fund (financial responsibility fund). Requires the department to establish guidelines: (1) an external organization must meet to be eligible to partner with an eligible applicant; and (2) to award grants to eligible applicants. Requires applicants that receive a grant from the financial responsibility fund to report student outcomes to the department, as developed by the department. | Dead |
| HB1544 | Tax credit for public school foundation. | Tax credit for public school foundation. Provides a 25% state tax credit for contributions made to a public school foundation for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025, and before January 1, 2028. Provides that the amount allowable as a credit in a taxable year may not exceed: (1) $1,000 in the case of an individual filing a single return or a corporation; or (2) $2,000 in the case of a married couple filing a joint return. Provides that the maximum amount of credits that may be awarded in a state fiscal year may not exceed $1,000,000. | Dead |
| HB1688 | Sales tax on recreational vehicles. | Sales tax on recreational vehicles. Repeals provisions added in the 2020 session in HB 1059 that provide that for certain transactions involving a cargo trailer or recreational vehicle, the state gross retail tax rate is the rate of the nonreciprocal state or foreign country in which the cargo trailer or recreational vehicle will be titled or registered. Provides instead that the purchase of a recreational vehicle or cargo trailer that is transported out of Indiana for registration and use in another state or foreign country is exempt from the state gross retail tax regardless of whether the destination state or country provides a similar exemption for Indiana residents. | Dead |
| HB1128 | Governance of public-private agreements. | Governance of public-private agreements. Requires a governmental body to hold a public comment hearing regarding the necessity of a qualifying project prior to issuing a request for proposal or a request for quotation for the qualifying project. After the governmental body selects the operator, but before the operator begins developing or operating the qualifying project, requires: (1) the governmental body to consult with an external entity that specializes in public financial planning; (2) the external entity to produce a report that verifies the financial feasability of the qualifying project; and (3) that the report be made available to the public. Provides that for both performance and payment bonds, the amount must be an amount not less than 100% of the cost to design and construct the qualifying project. Requires the governmental body and the operator to provide full disclosure in the public-private agreement and to the public of any imputed interest rate regarding the qualifying project. Requires the governmental body to report to the department of local government finance the amount and duration of any availability payment related to the qualifying project. | Dead |
| HB1127 | Biofuel tax credits. | Biofuel tax credits. Provides tax credits for: (1) the sale of higher ethanol blend; and (2) the: (A) sale of blended biodiesel or renewable diesel; and (B) blending of biodiesel or renewable diesel. Provides that the amount of the higher ethanol blend tax credit is $0.05 per gallon of higher ethanol blend sold at the taxpayer's fueling station. Provides that the total amount of higher ethanol blend tax credits that may be awarded for a state fiscal year may not exceed $10,000,000. Provides that the amount of the tax credit for blended biodiesel or renewable diesel is computed as follows: (1) $0.05 per gallon of blended biodiesel or renewable diesel of at least 5% but not more than 10%: (A) sold at the taxpayer's fueling station; or (B) sold by a distributor directly to the final user. (2) $0.10 per gallon of blended biodiesel or renewable diesel that is more than 10% but not more than 20%: (A) sold at the taxpayer's fueling station; or (B) sold by a distributor directly to the final user. (3) $0.18 per gallon of blended biodiesel or renewable diesel that is more than 20%: (A) sold at the taxpayer's fueling station; or (B) sold by a distributor directly to the final user. (4) For a person who blends biodiesel or renewable diesel the product of: (A) $0.035; multiplied by (B) the number of gallons of blended biodiesel or renewable diesel that is more than 5% and produced by blending biodiesel or renewable diesel at a terminal located in Indiana. Provides that the tax credit for blended biodiesel or renewable diesel is refundable. Provides that the total amount of blended biodiesel or renewable diesel tax credits that may be awarded for a state fiscal year may not exceed $5,000,000. | Dead |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB1001 | State budget. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB1014 | Public safety. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 2 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0080 | Code publication. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0140 | Pharmacy benefits. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0157 | Protection of property rights. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1142 | Fiscal matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1144 | Courts. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0231 | Various corrections matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0289 | Unlawful discrimination. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0373 | Various education matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0358 | Various education matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Absent |
| HB1389 | Local regulation. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0324 | Criminal procedures. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1427 | Department of local government finance. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1002 | Various education matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1416 | Awareness of human trafficking. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0425 | Energy production zones. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0453 | Various tax matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0464 | Financial institutions and consumer credit. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 2 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0475 | Physician noncompete agreements. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Absent |
| HB1004 | Health care matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1515 | Education and higher education matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1498 | School accountability. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1003 | Health matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0526 | Absentee ballot retraction. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1679 | Various elections matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1682 | General legislative matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Absent |
| HB1587 | Insurance matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1637 | School and public safety matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0118 | 340B drug program report. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1125 | Earned wage access services. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1194 | County coroners. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1221 | Pension matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0146 | Teacher compensation. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0255 | Education matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1390 | Bureau of motor vehicles. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0371 | Workforce matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1425 | Food matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0442 | Instruction on human sexuality. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0464 | Financial institutions and consumer credit. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0482 | Absenteeism and student discipline. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0005 | State fiscal and contracting matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0525 | Annexation. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1521 | Consumer genetic testing providers. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1680 | Various elections matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1689 | Human services matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1666 | Ownership of health care providers. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1577 | Mobile retail food establishment licenses. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1604 | Cost sharing; out-of-pocket expense credit. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1024 | Medicaid reimbursement for children's hospitals. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| SB0073 | Sale of utility trailers. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB1081 | Distributions to charitable beneficiaries. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB1098 | Youth, family, and caregiver engagement initiative. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| SB0331 | Amended registration. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB1007 | Energy generation resources. | House - Rules Suspended. House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| SB0433 | Veteran service officers. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB1499 | Education matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB1555 | Licensure of foreign trained physicians. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB1053 | Gaming and alcohol matters. | House - Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| SB0026 | Signal jamming. | House - Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| HB1253 | Child care. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| HB1391 | Services for the aged and disabled. | House - | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| HB1460 | Drainage systems. | House - | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| HB1601 | Quantum research tax incentives. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| HB1037 | Storm water management. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Absent |
| HB1052 | Onsite sewage systems. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Absent |
| HB1064 | School transfers. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Absent |
| HB1113 | Fire protection districts. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Absent |
| HB1197 | Election matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Absent |
| HB1275 | Alcohol and tobacco commission matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Absent |
| HB1276 | Various alcoholic beverage matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Absent |
| HB1453 | Cancer research and treatment grants. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Absent |
| HB1008 | Indiana-Illinois boundary adjustment commission. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Absent |
| HB1461 | Road funding. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Absent |
| HB1489 | Indiana-Ireland trade commission. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Absent |
| HB1006 | Prosecutors. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Absent |
| HB1457 | Indiana department of health. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Absent |
| HB1477 | Mobile home communities and manufactured homes. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Absent |
| HB1474 | FSSA matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Absent |
| HB1616 | Department of natural resources. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Absent |
| HB1634 | Math education. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Absent |
| HB1641 | County government matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Absent |
| HB1557 | Prescribed burning. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Absent |
| HB1605 | Juvenile law matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Absent |
| HB1031 | Dental matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Absent |
| HB1073 | Boxing and martial arts. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Absent |
| HB1079 | Property matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Absent |
| HB1114 | Driving without a license. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Absent |
| HB1115 | Emergency possessory orders. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Absent |
| HB1134 | Executive sessions. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Absent |
| HB1232 | IDACS. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Absent |
| HB1272 | Commission, committee, and board administration. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Absent |
| HB1273 | Child welfare task force. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Absent |
| HB1292 | Professional sports development commission. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Absent |
| HB1347 | Real estate matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Absent |
| HB1392 | State comptroller matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Absent |
| HB1393 | Immigration notice. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Absent |
| HB1403 | Juvenile justice matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Absent |
| HB1412 | Reporting of child abuse or neglect. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Absent |
| HB1468 | Alcoholic beverages and tobacco. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Absent |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN | Indiana House District 085 | House | Republican | In Office | 11/09/2016 |