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Legislator > Mike Gaskill
State Senator
Mike Gaskill
(R) - Indiana
Indiana Senate District 25
In Office - Started: 11/09/2022
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Capitol Office
200 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 317-232-9400
Phone 2: 800-382-9467
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB0526 | Absentee ballot retraction. | Absentee ballot retraction. Requires a county election board to test certain voting machines to ensure that an absentee ballot can be retracted before tabulation of the ballot if the ballot is required to be rejected. Requires the public test of a voting system to test whether a rejected ballot is retracted. Voids a March 25, 2022, advisory opinion adopted by the Indiana election commission. Provides that, to be approved by the Indiana election commission for use in Indiana, a voting system must meet certain standards of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines adopted by the United States Election Assistance Commission on February 10, 2021. Allows a county to continue to use an optical scan ballot card voting system or an electronic voting system if certain matters concerning the voting system were approved before October 1, 2025. Allows a voting system to include a retraction feature concerning certain votes cast on absentee ballots. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0464 | Financial institutions and consumer credit. | 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 (UCCC); or (3) the Indiana Code title governing financial institutions; is a reference to the law as in effect December 31, 2024 (rather than December 31, 2023, under current law). Amends the definition of "principal" for purposes of the UCCC provisions governing consumer loans to specify that the term does not include any loan proceeds held as security for the loan. Makes a technical change to the Indiana Code provision governing the prepayment of consumer loans to incorporate a cross reference to the Indiana Code provision setting forth the authorized nonrefundable prepaid finance charge for supervised loans. (Current law references only the authorized nonrefundable prepaid finance charge for consumer loans other than supervised loans.) Amends the definition of "consumer transaction" for purposes of the deceptive consumer sales act (act) to include the provision of a product or service to a: (1) state law enforcement agency; or (2) local law enforcement agency; in Indiana. Amends the definition of "supplier" for purposes of the act to include an entity that provides a product or service to a state or local law enforcement agency in Indiana. Provides that an action that arises from a transaction involving: (1) a state law enforcement agency may be brought and enforced only by the attorney general; and (2) a local law enforcement agency may be brought and enforced only by an attorney acting on behalf of the local law enforcement agency involved in the transaction, unless the local unit of government served by the local law enforcement agency requests the attorney general to bring and enforce an action on behalf of the local unit. Amends the Indiana Code provision governing audit requirements for credit unions to provide that department of financial institutions may establish by policy or rule accounting and auditing standards necessary to define the audit requirements. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0005 | State fiscal and contracting matters. | State fiscal and contracting matters. Allows a state agency to use artificial intelligence software to prepare information and projections for the state budget. Requires a state agency to provide a quarterly report to the budget committee that details the requests submitted by the state agency for new federal funds or to participate in a new federal program. Provides that, in addition to the quarterly reports, a state agency may not immediately accept an award of new federal funds in certain circumstances or participate in a new federal program before a report has been reviewed by the budget committee. Specifies the contents of the report that must be submitted for budget committee review. Requires a state agency to provide the state comptroller with a contract for inclusion in the Indiana transparency website not later than 30 days after the contract is fully executed. Requires that permanent full-time positions which have been vacant for 90 days or more be reviewed and either reauthorized or eliminated by the budget director. Requires the budget director to provide a quarterly report to the governor's office regarding those positions that were reauthorized or eliminated by the budget director in the preceding three months. Requires a state agency to provide quarterly reports to the budget committee regarding the state agency's active contracts. Provides for the reversion of funds appropriated to a state agency for expenses related to a contract that are unused after the end of the contract term. Requires the department of administration (department) to develop certain contract language to be included in state contracts of $500,000 or more. Requires a state agency to provide a report to the budget committee concerning amendments to a contract that: (1) increase the maximum contract amount by not less than $500,000; or (2) for a contract with an initial maximum contract amount of not less than $500,000, extend the term of the contract by not less than six months. Prohibits a state agency from entering into a nonpublic contract. Requires all contract opportunities of state agencies to be posted in the form of a request for proposals or a request for quotations on the department's website at least 30 days prior to the contract being awarded. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services and the office of Medicaid policy and planning to do the following: (1) Review monthly reports on the Medicaid program service utilization to identify trends and risks within the state Medicaid program. (2) Post publicly on the office of the secretary of family and social services's website monthly financial reports or expenditures and revenues for each state Medicaid program and commentary providing context for each monthly financial report. (3) Submit a quarterly report to the budget committee. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0287 | School board matters. | School board matters. Requires a petition of nomination for a school board office to state one of the following: (1) The candidate's political party affiliation. (2) That the candidate is an independent candidate. (3) That the candidate elects not to disclose any affiliation with a political party or that the candidate is not affiliated with a political party and does not identify as an independent candidate. Specifies that unless a candidate who states a political party affiliation is challenged, the candidate's statement must be indicated on the ballot. Provides that the name of a candidate for school board office who does not run in affiliation with a political party or as an independent candidate must be printed with a blank space after the candidate's name signifying that the candidate elects not to disclose any affiliation with a political party or that the candidate is not affiliated with a political party and does not identify as an independent candidate. Specifies that a straight party vote does not count for any candidate for a school board office. Requires a school board vacancy to be filled by: (1) a caucus if the vacating member stated an affiliation with a major political party; and (2) the remaining members of the governing body if the vacating member did not state an affiliation with a major political party. Modifies the annual amount that the governing body of a school corporation may pay a member of the governing body from $2,000 (under current law) to an amount not to exceed 10% of the lowest starting salary of a teacher employed by the school corporation. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1679 | Various elections matters. | Various elections matters. Modifies the definition of "candidate". Provides that certain documents and material generated for or used by a political party caucus to select a person to fill a vacancy in an elected office are the property of the political party. Provides that the office of the circuit court clerk must remain closed on primary election day and general election day. Provides that the circuit court clerk shall perform required duties to conduct elections on primary election day and general election day. Specifies that the circuit court clerk is not required to perform on primary election day and general election day a duty other than conducting elections. Requires a county, city, town, township, or school to provide to an employee of a local government office who requests leave to serve: (1) on primary election day or general election day; and (2) as a precinct election officer; a paid day of leave to serve as a precinct election officer. Specifies an exception. Requires certain redistricting authorities to redistrict election districts or recertify existing election districts within the statutory deadlines and withholds payment to aa member of a redistricting authority for failure to do so. Prescribes fees to be charged by the election division for particular products and services. Changes the manner in which a copy of a complaint is to be provided to members of the Indiana election commission. Specifies the term of a chairman of a county election board, circumstances under which the chairman is considered to have vacated the office, and the process for electing a member of the board to serve as chairman following a vacancy. Provides that a person must: (1) be at least 18 years of age at the next general, municipal, or special election; (2) be a United States citizen; and (3) reside in a precinct continuously before a general, municipal, or special election for at least 30 days; to register to vote in that precinct and may, upon making a proper application, register to vote in that precinct. Requires absentee activity reports and other election day reports to be provided by a certain time and provides exceptions. Requires the county voter registration official to take certain actions concerning potential nonresidential addresses not later than August 1 of each year. Provides that the county voter registration official may not enter a nonresidential address into the statewide voter registration system as a voter's registration address. Provides that the spouse of a service member may elect to use the same residence as the member. Requires a county voter registration office to conduct a voter list maintenance program within 48 hours of receiving certain information. Allows a county voter registration office to use, for purposes of voter list maintenance: (1) information received by the county voter registration office indicating that a voter has moved to another state; (2) the return of an absentee ballot sent by the county election board to a voter because of an unknown or insufficient address. Requires a county voter registration office that receives information indicating that a voter has moved to another state to mail a specified form to the voter. Specifies that a full-time employee of the department of homeland security who is prohibited from participating in political activities is disqualified from assuming or being a candidate for an elected office. Requires a write-in candidate for a school board office to file a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate with the county election board. Provides, for purposes of stating a candidate's affiliation with a political party in a declaration of candidacy, that if a candidate cast a nonpartisan ballot at an election held at either of the two most recent primary elections in which the candidate voted, a certification by the county chairman is required. Provides that, under certain circumstances, a county election board is not required to compile: (1) the addresses of persons for whom declarations of candidacy have been filed; or (2) information concerning precinct committeemen or state convention delegates. Specifies that a circuit court clerk who is required to conduct a special election is not required to publish the address of a candidate. Requires candidates for school board office and their candidate's committees to file required instruments with the county election board. Requires the names of all: (1) candidates for presidential electors and alternate presidential electors; and (2) nominees for President and Vice President of the United States; to be certified to the election division not later than noon September 1 before the general election. (Current law requires certification not later than noon on the second Tuesday in September before the general election.) Allows the county election board, by unanimous vote of the board's entire membership, to use bound materials instead of a paper envelope or bag in certain circumstances. Requires a voter registration application or absentee ballot application requested through electronic mail by a voter with print disabilities to be provided by electronic mail. (Current law permits providing these documents by fax or mail in certain circumstances.) Allows an individual to submit: (1) a replacement ballot statement request; and (2) a written replacement ballot request; by electronic mail. Repeals a provision that prohibits a voter from: (1) taking a digital image or photograph of the voter's ballot while in a polling place, except in specified circumstances; and (2) distributing or sharing the image using social media or by any other means. Requires that a voter entitled to cast an absentee ballot before an absentee voter board mark the voter's political party ballot selection on the electronic poll book instead of communicating the selection to the poll clerks. Permits a vendor to dispose of a voting system unit or an electronic poll book unit by transferring possession of the unit to a state or county historical society in Indiana. Specifies circumstances in which a candidate filing a petition for a recount or contest is liable for the expenses chargeable to another party. Provides that a petition for a recount or contest may not be filed earlier than noon 10 days after election day. Specifies, with regard to filling a candidate vacancy for a local office, that an authorization to fill vacancies given to a county chairman or a county committee expires at the time of the next election for precinct committeemen for the party with which the county chairman or county committee is affiliated. Provides that action to fill an early candidate vacancy must be taken not earlier than May 8 after the primary election if the vacancy exists on a general or municipal election ballot. Provides that if only one person seeks to fill a vacancy in a local office held by a major political party, a caucus vote is not required and the county chairman may select that person to fill the vacancy. Provides that certain state officers are liable to impeachment for crime, incapacity, or negligence in office. (Current law provides that these officers are liable to impeachment for any misdemeanor in office.) Specifies, for purposes of nepotism provisions, that the performance of certain duties of an absentee voter board, an absentee ballot counter, a provisional ballot counter, or an absentee ballot courier is not considered employment by a unit. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1587 | Insurance matters. | Insurance matters. Provides that the director of the state personnel department may make a determination to provide coverage under the state employee health plan for emergency medical services as part of a mobile integrated healthcare program. Provides that the requirement for a policy of accident and sickness insurance and a health maintenance organization contract to provide reimbursement for emergency medical services includes emergency medical services that are performed or provided as part of a mobile integrated healthcare program. Repeals a provision that requires the department of insurance to maintain an electronic system for the collection and storage of information concerning transactions involving residential property. Provides that the article regarding consumer data protection does not apply to any organization exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that is: (1) established to detect or prevent insurance related crime or fraud; and (2) subject to a memorandum of understanding with a statewide law enforcement agency. Changes the deadline for the Indiana Public Employers' Plan, Inc., to apply to the insurance commissioner for a certificate of authority to transact business as a domestic tax exempt reciprocal insurance company from before December 31, 2026, to before December 31, 2030. Repeals the statute requiring carriers of health insurance plans to conduct annual public forums. Provides that provisions requiring a notice of material change apply to personal automobile or homeowner's policies that are issued, delivered, amended, or renewed after June 30, 2026. Amends the definition of "small employer" in the chapter regarding small employer group health insurance. Makes corresponding changes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0157 | Protection of property rights. | Protection of property rights. Defines "squatter" as an individual who occupies the property of another and who does not have and has never had: (1) a rental agreement; (2) permission of the owner; or (3) another legal interest in the property. Permits a property owner to execute an affidavit stating that a squatter is occupying the person's property, and requires a law enforcement agency to dispatch one or more law enforcement officers to remove the squatter within 48 hours (or a later period if necessary for reasons of public safety). Provides that a property owner can execute an affidavit at the time a law enforcement officer responds to a complaint that a squatter is occupying the owner's property. Requires a dispatched law enforcement officer to remove the squatter from the property unless the law enforcement officer discovers credible evidence that the person is not a squatter. Provides that a law enforcement agency may create a form affidavit. Provides certain immunities to a law enforcement agency and a law enforcement officer. Establishes a cause of action for wrongful removal from property. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1680 | Various elections matters. | Various elections matters. Modifies the definition of "auxiliary party organization". Specifies that the definition of "contribution" includes certain donations of property through a payment platform that acts as a conduit. Requires each county to submit to the secretary of state (secretary) information concerning the county's information technology provider. Repeals a provision that allows the Indiana election commission (commission) to issue advisory opinions. Provides that an advisory opinion issued by the commission before July 1, 2025, is void. Permits a pollbook holder, challenger, or watcher to enter, leave, and reenter multiple polling places at any time on election day. Requires the county voter registration official to send a notice requesting proof of citizenship to an individual who uses an identification number from a temporary credential as part of the individual's voter registration application. Provides that an applicant may not list on the voter registration form a post office box or a commercially available mailing box as the residence address of the applicant. Prohibits, with some exceptions, an individual from printing or setting forth information on any part of a voter registration form that will be mailed to another individual. Requires a person who receives a completed petition for nomination of a candidate and has reason to believe that the petition is materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent to deliver the petition to a county election board. Requires the county election board to take certain actions to determine if a violation of election law has occurred. Provides that certain paid political advertising or campaign material does not falsely represent that the candidate is or has been an officeholder. Requires the reporting of certain information if a contribution is made through a payment platform that acts as a conduit. Allows a voter who resides in any precinct to challenge a voter or person who offers to vote at a primary election. Provides that an absentee ballot affidavit that does not contain an accurate date of signature is insufficient and must be rejected. Permits the secretary to conduct a procedure audit of a primary or general election after the election occurs. Requires the secretary to issue orders concerning procedure audits. Specifies the deadlines by which procedure audits must be completed. Makes it a Class A misdemeanor to circulate or publish material in an election without printing a certain statement on the envelope of an absentee ballot application that a person sends to an individual. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1115 | Emergency possessory orders. | Emergency possessory orders. Provides that under certain circumstances a landlord may file a petition for an emergency possessory order. Requires a court to order a tenant to return possession of a dwelling unit to the landlord if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that: (1) a tenant or the tenant's guest has committed a crime that affects the health and safety of another tenant, the landlord, or an agent of the landlord; or (2) a tenant provided materially false information to induce the landlord into leasing or giving possession of the rental unit to the tenant. Provides that nothing in the section concerning filing a petition for an emergency possessory orders shall be construed to interfere with the rights of a tenant who is the victim of certain crimes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1197 | Election matters. | Election matters. Requires particular candidates for selection for an appointment pro tempore to an office to: (1) comply with qualification requirements imposed on candidates for election to the office; and (2) if the individual is a candidate for selection by a caucus, be affiliated with the political party holding the caucus. Allows an individual or entity with authority to select a candidate for an appointment pro tempore to remove a candidate from consideration if the candidate does not meet these requirements. Specifies additional grounds on which certain county officers or a township executive may be charged and deprived of office following a hearing. Provides that if an accused party does not appear before the court, the court may proceed to hear and determine the accusation in the accused party's absence. Includes a member of the county executive, if the county does not contain a consolidated city, in a provision concerning the initiation of an action for removal of a county officer. Exempts a member of the county executive from a requirement concerning physical presence in the county officer's office. Provides that a city-county legislative body may declare the seat of a member vacant by a two-thirds vote if the member fails to perform the duties of the member's office. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0351 | Municipal parks and recreation board. | Municipal parks and recreation board. Allows a resident of the library district to be appointed to the parks and recreation board of a third class city or a town. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0002 | Medicaid matters. | Medicaid matters. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) to report specified Medicaid data to the Medicaid oversight committee. Requires the office to annually prepare and present a report to the budget committee concerning the enforcement of the Medicaid five year look back period. Prohibits specified persons from advertising or otherwise marketing the Medicaid program. Provides that the office may adopt rules concerning permissible advertising or marketing indicating participation in the Medicaid program by a person that has contracted with the office. Allows the office to reimburse medical providers at the appropriate Medicaid fee schedule rate for certified medical claims prior to the beginning of benefits, provided the claims satisfy certain conditions. Repeals language allowing for marketing of the Medicaid program. Requires the office to receive and review data from specified federal and state agencies concerning Medicaid recipients to determine whether circumstances have changed that affect Medicaid eligibility for recipients and to perform a redetermination. Requires the office to establish: (1) performance standards for hospitals that make presumptive eligibility determinations and sets out action for when hospitals do not comply with the standards; and (2) an appeals procedure for hospitals that dispute the violation determination. Sets out a hospital's responsibilities when making a presumptive eligibility determination. Imposes corrective action and restrictions for failing to meet presumptive eligibility standards. Specifies requirements, allowances, and limitations for the healthy Indiana plan. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0491 | Annexation of property for an industrial park. | Annexation of property for an industrial park. Allows the city of Alexandria in Madison County to annex noncontiguous property for use as an industrial park. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0004 | Water matters. | Water matters. Prohibits a water utility from constructing a long haul water pipeline unless the water utility first obtains a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) from the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC). Sets forth specified information that an application for a CPCN must include. Sets forth specified findings that the IURC must make before granting a CPCN. Sets forth conditions under which a water utility may recover through rates the actual costs the water utility incurs in reliance on a CPCN issued by the IURC. Provides that a person that transfers, sells, or leases a long haul water pipeline must provide written notice to the IURC of the transfer, sale, or lease not later than 60 days after the transfer, sale, or lease is finalized. Prohibits a person that transfers or proposes to transfer: (1) more than an annual average of 30,000,000 gallons of water per day out of a basin; or (2) water from a restricted use area; from transferring water out of a basin, or supplying water to another person that the person knows will transfer more than 100,000 gallons of water out of a basin, without first obtaining a transfer permit from the department of natural resources (department). Sets forth specified information that must be included in an application for a transfer permit. Provides that a transfer permit is required for an existing or ongoing interbasin transfer (as of July 1, 2025) if the existing or ongoing transfer exceeds the capacity of any system engaged in the interbasin transfer in any 90 day period. Provides that the department shall approve an application for a permit if the department determines that the transfer: (1) will not result in a perennial overdraft of a ground water resource or in a perennial stream flow depletion; and (2) is in the public interest, as described in the Indiana Code section concerning beneficial uses of Indiana's surface water resources. Provides that a transfer permit: (1) does not expire; and (2) may be renewed, revoked, suspended, or modified in certain circumstances. Provides that the department may assess a civil penalty for violations of these provisions. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0143 | Parental rights. | Parental rights. Provides that a governmental entity may not substantially burden certain parental rights unless the burden, as applied to the parent and the child, is required to advance a compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of advancing the governmental interest. Prohibits a governmental entity from: (1) advising, directing, or coercing a child to withhold certain information from the child's parent; or (2) denying a child's parent access to certain information. Allows a parent to bring an action against a governmental entity for certain violations and provides for certain relief. Specifies that the parent of a child does not have a right to access certain medical care on behalf of the child if the child does not have an affirmative right of access to the medical care. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1633 | Study of election issues. | Study of election issues. Requires the secretary of state to do the following: (1) Study scheduling of local elections and requiring all counties to use vote centers. (2) Conduct at least three public meetings on the topics studied. (3) Report the results of the studies to the legislative council before November 1, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR0033 | Recognizing the ILYAC. | Recognizing the ILYAC. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Indiana Legislative Youth Advisory Council. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR0042 | Honoring Dr. Thomas Morrison. | Honoring Dr. Thomas Morrison. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Dr. Thomas Morrison for his 34 years of service to the State of Indiana. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR0062 | 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 SENATE 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. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR0045 | Recognizing the 2025 Senate Democratic Caucus Interns. | Recognizing the 2025 Senate Democratic Caucus Interns. A SENATE RESOLUTION to recognize the 2025 Senate Democratic Caucus interns for their service during the First Regular Session of the One Hundred Twenty-Fourth Indiana General Assembly. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR0059 | Honoring Bronice Bradley. | Honoring Bronice Bradley. A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Bronice Odell Bradley upon his 100th birthday. | 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 |
| SB0137 | Voter registration. | Voter registration. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles commission to notify the election division if the voter registration form being transmitted is for an applicant who applied for or was issued a temporary credential. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0451 | Income tax rate. | Income tax rate. Provides for a decrease in the individual adjusted gross income tax rate beginning in 2030 depending on certain conditions being met. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0010 | Voter registration. | Voter registration. Specifies that proof of identification may not include a document issued by an educational institution. Requires a county voter registration office to perform voter list maintenance within 48 hours of receiving information that requires voter list maintenance activity. Clarifies the circumstances under which an individual may be removed from the computerized list. Requires a county voter registration office to conduct a voter list maintenance program concerning a voter who has not cast a vote in the two most recent general elections. Repeals obsolete provisions concerning a memorandum of understanding with the Kansas Secretary of State. Requires the secretary of state to contact each state to request that the state or a group of states execute an agreement to share certain information concerning voter information for the purpose of maintaining the statewide voter registration list. Requires the secretary of state to take certain actions with respect to these agreements and the information exchanged. Provides that a voter's consular report of birth abroad (CRBA) is proof of citizenship. Requires a local health officer to share certain records concerning all deaths, including all death certificates, within that officer's jurisdiction with the county voter registration office on a quarterly basis. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR0033 | Honoring the 2025 Senate Majority Caucus interns. | Honoring the 2025 Senate Majority Caucus interns. A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring the 2025 Senate Majority Caucus interns and thanking them for their faithful service to the Indiana General Assembly. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0001 | Local government finance. | Local government finance. Places restrictions on the issuance of certain general obligation bonds. Amends a capitalization rate percentage under the statewide agricultural land base rate determination. Provides that the percentage cap used to determine the maximum levy growth quotient is 4% in 2026. Provides that, notwithstanding any growth in a political subdivision's assessed value (AV) in the previous year, a political subdivision's ad valorem property tax levy shall not exceed the ad valorem property tax levy for its last preceding annual budget, unless the fiscal body of the political subdivision adopts an affirmative tax rate and tax levy increase by ordinance following a separate public hearing. Requires a resulting decrease in tax rates for each political subdivision in which there was an increase in the political subdivision's AV in the previous year, subject to any affirmative tax rate and tax levy increase adopted by the fiscal body of the political subdivision. Phases out the authority for the department of local government finance (department) to permit an excess tax levy that is based on AV growth, school transportation costs, and other circumstances. Retains the provisions that permit an excess tax levy if the civil taxing unit cannot carry out its governmental functions in the case of annexation, a natural disaster, an accident, or an emergency. Phases in an increase in the acquisition cost threshold for the business personal property tax exemption from $80,000 to $2,000,000. Provides that the 30% minimum valuation limitation does not apply to business personal property placed in service after January 1, 2025. Phases down the homestead standard deduction over five years to zero beginning for taxes due and payable in 2031. Phases in an increase in the supplemental homestead deduction to 2/3 of the AV of the homestead. Phases in an AV deduction for all property that is subject to the 2% circuit breaker credit for excessive property taxes for assessment dates beginning in 2025 up to a 1/3 AV deduction for taxes due and payable in 2031, and each taxable year thereafter. Expires certain property tax deductions allowed in current law, and instead allows a credit against local property taxes in certain instances. Makes certain changes to the qualification requirements and credit amount for the over 65 circuit breaker credit. Provides a supplemental homestead tax credit for property taxes for a person's homestead if the person qualifies for a standard homestead deduction for the same homestead property. Provides that specified referendums may be placed on the ballot only at a general election. Amends the ballot language for controlled project, school operating, and school public safety referendums. Provides that a school corporation may not adopt a resolution to place a controlled project referendum on the ballot during the second calendar year after the final calendar year in which a previously approved controlled project referendum levy is imposed. Modifies the threshold amounts used for determining whether a political subdivision's project is a controlled project and whether the petition and remonstrance process or the referendum process applies based on the political subdivision's total debt service tax rate. Adds provisions to authorize a county fiscal body to adopt an ordinance to establish a property tax payment deferral program (program). Provides that a qualified individual participating in the program may defer the payment of part of the property taxes that would otherwise be due on a homestead. Provides that property taxes deferred under the program are due after the occurrence of a deferral termination event. Provides that the maximum amount of taxes that may be deferred cumulatively year over year may not exceed $10,000. Increases, beginning in 2028, the maximum local income tax (LIT) expenditure rate for all counties to 2.9%. Authorizes a city or town to impose a municipal LIT rate beginning in 2028 not to exceed 1.2%. Provides that within a county's total expenditure rate, the county may adopt: (1) up to a 1.2% rate for county general purpose revenue; (2) up to a 0.4% rate for fire protection and emergency medical services; (3) up to a 0.2% rate for nonmunicipal civil taxing unit general purpose revenue; and (4) up to 1.2% for certain cities and towns that are not eligible to adopt a municipal LIT rate. Eliminates provisions that provide for a distribution of LIT expenditure rate revenue to schools and civil taxing units in counties that imposed a rate under the prior county adjusted gross income tax. Authorizes a county fiscal body to impose a local income tax expenditure rate to provide property tax relief for property tax liability attributable to homesteads in the county before January 1, 2028. Expires the authority to impose a property tax relief rate under the LIT and repeals the levy freeze rate. Provides that, in order to continue to impose an expenditure tax rate after 2027, each county must adopt a new ordinance on or before October 1, 2027, to impose the rate. Provides that, for counties that fail to adopt an ordinance to renew an existing expenditure tax rate in 2027, the expenditure tax rate for the county in 2028 shall be the minimum tax rate necessary for existing debt service. Specifies that this does not prevent the county from renewing, imposing, or modifying an expenditure tax rate in subsequent years. Eliminates local income tax councils beginning July 1, 2027, and instead provides that the county fiscal body is the adopting body in all counties for purposes of the county LIT, and the city or town fiscal body is the adopting body in the case of a municipal LIT. Establishes the state and local income tax holding account within the state general fund for purposes of LIT distributions. Requires the budget agency to maintain an accounting for each county imposing a county LIT based on annual returns filed by or for county taxpayers (same as current law). Requires undistributed amounts so accounted to be held for purposes of the state and local income tax holding account beginning after December 31, 2026. (Under current law, undistributed amounts are required to be held in reserve separate from the state general fund.) Requires the budget agency to present each December to the budget committee a report of the following: (1) An estimate of the monthly certified distribution amounts for the immediately succeeding calendar year. (2) A description of the method used to determine the monthly estimates. Beginning in 2028, requires the budget agency to make monthly transfers to the state and local income tax holding account of the amount determined for the month in the budget agency's report to the budget committee. Repeals a provision that requires the budget agency to adjust the certified distribution of a county for the succeeding year following a tax rate change. Requires the department to develop and maintain a property tax transparency portal through which taxpayers may: (1) compare the property tax liability in their current tax statement compared to their potential property tax liability based on changes under a proposed tax rate; and (2) provide taxpayer feedback to the department. Prohibits the northern Indiana commuter transportation district from issuing new bonds after May 9, 2025, that are payable in whole or in part from amounts distributed from the commuter rail service fund or the electric rail service fund. Requires all school corporations that adopt a resolution for an operating referendum tax levy that is imposed for the first time with property taxes first due and payable beginning after 2027 to share revenue with certain charter schools. Requires, beginning with distributions in 2028, that all school corporations begin sharing revenue from the school corporation's operations fund levy with certain charter schools. Provides for the phasing in of the sharing of revenue with certain charter schools from the school corporation's operations fund levy. Provides for the appointment of additional board members to the governing board of a charter school that receives property tax revenue. Sets forth additional procedures related to the closure of a charter school. Dissolves the Union School Corporation. Provides that for a fire protection territory established after January 1, 2025, each unit in a territory may not impose a tax rate that exceeds $0.40 per $100 of assessed valuation. Makes conforming changes. Makes technical corrections. Makes an appropriation. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR0038 | Honoring Jadin O'Brien. | Honoring Jadin O'Brien. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Jadin O'Brien for winning her third consecutive National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) pentathlon championship. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR0039 | Congratulating the New Palestine High School football team. | Congratulating the New Palestine High School football team. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the New Palestine High School football team on winning the 2024 Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) Class 4A state championship title. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1467 | Campaign finance. | Campaign finance. Prohibits a foreign national from making a contribution in connection with a public question. Prohibits a political action committee from: (1) knowingly or willfully; and (2) directly or indirectly; accepting a contribution or expenditure from a prohibited source. Prohibits a foreign national from taking certain actions concerning a public question. Specifies reporting and disclosure requirements that apply to a political action committee and a person who makes an independent expenditure. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0450 | Article V convention. | Article V convention. Changes the defined term of "delegate" to "commissioner" in reference to an individual who is appointed to represent Indiana at an Article V convention. Specifies that an individual must satisfy the following requirements to be appointed as a commissioner or alternate commissioner: (1) have resided in Indiana for the past five years; (2) may not currently be registered as a lobbyist under certain regulations or have been registered within the past five years; and (3) may not have been convicted of a crime of moral turpitude or served any part of a felony sentence within the past 10 years. Provides that it is assumed the general assembly shall appoint three commissioners to represent Indiana at an Article V convention. Requires the commissioners to select a chair for the Article V convention. Prohibits a commissioner or alternate commissioner from accepting a gratuity while serving as a commissioner or alternate commissioner. Requires the general assembly to adopt a joint resolution prohibiting commissioners and alternative commissioners from voting to amend certain provisions of the Constitution of the United States. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR0056 | Honoring Judge Terry Crone. | Honoring Judge Terry Crone. A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Judge Terry A. Crone upon his retirement from the Court of Appeals of Indiana. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR0054 | Honoring Judge Patricia Riley. | Honoring Judge Patricia Riley. A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Judge Patricia A. Riley upon her retirement from the Court of Appeals of Indiana. | 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 |
| HCR0002 | Urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename that portion of U.S. Highway 31 from Smith Valley Road to County Line Road the "State Trooper Aaron Smith Memorial Highway". | Urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename that portion of U.S. Highway 31 from Smith Valley Road to County Line Road the "State Trooper Aaron Smith Memorial Highway". A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename that portion of U.S. Highway 31 from Smith Valley Road to County Line Road the "State Trooper Aaron Smith Memorial Highway". | Dead |
| HCR0005 | Urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename that portion of State Road 75 between CR 700 S and CR 800 S in Carroll County the "Deputy Sheriff Noah C. Rainey Memorial Road". | Urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename that portion of State Road 75 between CR 700 S and CR 800 S in Carroll County the "Deputy Sheriff Noah C. Rainey Memorial Road". A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename that portion of State Road 75 between CR 700 S and CR 800 S in Carroll County the "Deputy Sheriff Noah C. Rainey Memorial Road". | Dead |
| HCR0007 | Urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the State Road 7 bridge over the Vernon Fork of the Muscatatuck River the "Lance Corporal Jacky Koenig Jr. Memorial Bridge". | Urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the State Road 7 bridge over the Vernon Fork of the Muscatatuck River the "Lance Corporal Jacky Koenig Jr. Memorial Bridge". A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the State Road 7 bridge over the Vernon Fork of the Muscatatuck River the "Lance Corporal Jacky Koenig Jr. Memorial Bridge". | Dead |
| HCR0008 | Urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename a portion of State Road 56 near French Lick, Indiana, the "Chief Vern Ervin Memorial Mile". | Urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename a portion of State Road 56 near French Lick, Indiana, the "Chief Vern Ervin Memorial Mile". A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename a portion of State Road 56 near French Lick, Indiana, the "Chief Vern Ervin Memorial Mile". | Dead |
| SR0035 | Memorializing Senator Dennis Neary. | Memorializing Senator Dennis Neary. A SENATE RESOLUTION memorializing the life of Senator Dennis Neary. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR0025 | Honoring EMS providers. | Honoring EMS providers. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers in Indiana and recognizing those who gave their lives in the line of duty. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0199 | Conduct of primary elections. | Conduct of primary elections. Provides that two or more candidates of a political party may sign a written statement indicating their desire to name a watcher to be present at a county primary election. (Current law requires that 26% or more of all candidates of a political party must sign a written statement to indicate a desire to name a watcher.) Allows a county chairman of a political party to appoint a watcher to each precinct in which the political party has a candidate on the ballot if two or more candidates do not sign a written statement to request a watcher. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR0052 | Memorializing Fred Fislar. | Memorializing Fred Fislar. A SENATE RESOLUTION memorializing Hendricks County Deputy Sheriff Fred Fislar. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR0048 | Recognizing PTSD and its contribution to suicide among the military and veteran populations. | Recognizing PTSD and its contribution to suicide among the military and veteran populations. A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its contribution to suicide among the military and veteran populations. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR0040 | Memorializing CSM Bobby Pruett. | Memorializing CSM Bobby Pruett. A SENATE RESOLUTION memorializing Command Sergeant Major (CSM) Bobby Pruett. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR0042 | Honoring Dr. David Bowden. | Honoring Dr. David Bowden. A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Dr. David Bowden. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1681 | Local public questions. | Local public questions. Provides that a local public question or referendum may be placed on the ballot only at a general election. Provides that: (1) a state public question; or (2) an election of delegates to a convention to consider ratifying an amendment to the United States Constitution; may be placed on the ballot only at a general election. | Dead |
| HB1643 | Campaign finance. | Campaign finance. Modifies the definition of "auxiliary party organization". Specifies that the definition of "contribution" includes certain donations of property through a payment platform that acts as a conduit. Repeals a provision that allows the Indiana election commission (commission) to issue advisory opinions. Provides that an advisory opinion issued by the commission before July 1, 2025, is void. Provides that certain paid political advertising or campaign material does not falsely represent that the candidate is or has been an officeholder. Provides that, after December 31, 2026, the computer system developed and used by the election division to store campaign finance reports must enable the election division to provide for electronic submission, retrieval, storage, and disclosure of campaign finance reports of candidates for local office and school board office. Requires, after December 31, 2026, that a: (1) committee for a candidate seeking election to a local office or school board office; and (2) political action committee; must file specified reports and statements electronically using a standardized software program or another approved format. Requires, after December 31, 2026, that each county election board and board of elections and registration have access to a particular computer system and software program for the purpose of managing filings by candidates seeking election to a local office or school board office. Specifies requirements that apply to the purchase of a software program by the election division after June 30, 2025. Allows the election division to send certain notices by electronic mail, if a workable electronic mail address is provided by the committee. Requires, after December 31, 2026, each county election board to mail: (1) to each candidate or political action committee required to file a campaign finance report with the county election board; and (2) 21 days before the campaign finance reports are due; a notice that states the date the campaign finance reports are due. Allows a county election board to adopt a resolution allowing certain reports to be submitted to the county election board by hand, mail, or electronic mail. Provides that a county election board that adopts a resolution is responsible for entering the submitted reports into the computer system and software program. Requires the reporting of certain information if a contribution is made through a payment platform that acts as a conduit. | Dead |
| SB0443 | Business personal property tax. | Business personal property tax. Increases the acquisition cost threshold for the business personal property tax exemption from $80,000 to $100,000. | Dead |
| SCR0011 | Urging INDOT to rename the bridge over Big Walnut Creek at North U.S. Highway 231 as the "James Baugh Memorial Bridge". | Urging INDOT to rename the bridge over Big Walnut Creek at North U.S. Highway 231 as the "James Baugh Memorial Bridge". A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the bridge over Big Walnut Creek at North U.S. Highway 231 as the "James Baugh Memorial Bridge". | Dead |
| SCR0004 | Honoring the National Coalition of 100 Black Women. | Honoring the National Coalition of 100 Black Women. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., Indianapolis Chapter. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0346 | Rural business growth. | Rural business growth. Establishes a state tax credit (credit) for certain capital investments made in rural funds. Establishes procedures for a rural fund to apply to the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) for certification of a capital investment as eligible for a credit provided by the bill. Requires a rural fund to pay a nonrefundable application fee of $5,000 to the IEDC. Provides that the credit is an amount equal to: (1) the applicable percentage for the credit allowance date; multiplied by (2) the purchase price paid to the rural fund for the capital investment. Sets forth the maximum annual amount of credits that may be certified. Provides that the credit is subject to recapture. Requires a rural fund that has received a credit to submit reports on an annual basis to the IEDC over the credit allowance period. | Dead |
| SR0038 | Honoring Dr. Crystal Reynolds. | Honoring Dr. Crystal Reynolds. A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Dr. Crystal Reynolds. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0518 | School property taxes. | School property taxes. Provides that all school corporations that adopt a resolution for a property tax levy for a controlled project or a school safety referendum tax levy after May 10, 2025, must share revenue received from the levy with certain charter schools. Specifies, for purposes of making distributions to charter schools from a property tax levy for a controlled project, that only charter schools located within the attendance area of the school corporation shall receive a distribution of revenue from that levy and requires such a charter school to establish a separate account to deposit the revenue. Requires all school corporations to share revenue received from a debt service levy with certain charter schools. Requires all school corporations that adopt a resolution for an operating referendum tax levy after May 10, 2025, to share revenue received from the levy with certain charter schools. Requires, beginning with distributions in 2028, that all school corporations begin sharing revenue from the school corporation's operations fund levy with certain charter schools. Provides for the phasing in of the sharing of revenue with certain charter schools from the school corporation's operations fund levy. Excludes school corporations meeting specified criteria from the sharing of property tax revenue received under the bill's provisions. Provides a calculation for determining the amount of an annual grant from the charter and innovation network school grant program based on the amount of property tax revenue received by a charter school from school corporations. Provides for the appointment of additional board members to the governing board of a charter school that receives property tax revenue. Sets forth additional procedures related to the closure of a charter school. Makes conforming changes. | Dead |
| SR0027 | Memorializing Senator Earline Rogers. | Memorializing Senator Earline Rogers. A SENATE RESOLUTION memorializing Senator Earline Rogers. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR0015 | Honoring Indiana 4-H. | Honoring Indiana 4-H. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Indiana 4-H and recognizing February 11, 2025, as Indiana 4-H Day at the Statehouse. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0355 | Municipal elections. | Municipal elections. Moves, as a general rule, elections of town officers to even-numbered years. Allows a town that has a population of more than 10,000 to pass a resolution to opt out of the general rule. Allows a city to pass a resolution to opt in to the general rule. Increases the amount of time that a voter may remain in the voting booth at a primary, general, municipal, or special election, from four minutes to seven minutes. Makes conforming amendments. | Dead |
| SB0282 | Leaves of absence for local officeholders. | Leaves of absence for local officeholders. Allows a local officeholder to take a leave of absence from office when the local officeholder: (1) is caring for a child after the birth of the child or placement of the child with the local officeholder for adoption or foster care; (2) is caring for a spouse, child, or parent who has a serious health condition; (3) has a serious health condition and is unable to perform the duties of the office; (4) is called into active duty in the armed forces of the United States or national guard; and (5) is eligible for qualifying exigency leave arising out of the fact that the local officeholder's spouse, child, or parent is ordered into active duty in the armed forces of the United States or national guard. Sets forth notice requirements. Provides that the local officeholder's office must be filled by a temporary appointment in the same manner as a vacancy created by a resignation is filled. Makes corresponding changes. | Dead |
| SCR0016 | Recognizing the National FFA Organization and the Indiana FFA Association. | Recognizing the National FFA Organization and the Indiana FFA Association. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the National FFA Organization and the Indiana FFA Association for exemplary work in the advancement of agricultural education in Indiana and across the country. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0284 | Early voting. | Early voting. Reduces the period during which in person absentee voting may occur at the office of the circuit court clerk or a satellite office established by the county election board to a 14 day period ending at noon on the day before election day. | Dead |
| SB0201 | Closed primary elections. | Closed primary elections. Allows an individual to affiliate with a political party while registering to vote. Requires the text: "Would you like to choose your political party? If you wish to vote in a primary election, you must first choose your political party affiliation and may only vote that party's ballot in the primary election." and a blank space for the applicant to list a party affiliation to be included on a voter registration form. Provides that a voter may only vote at a primary election if the voter has affiliated with a political party not later than 119 days before the date of the primary election. Requires a voter to vote at the primary election held by the political party with which the voter is affiliated. Provides an exception to allow an individual who: (1) has moved to Indiana later than 119 days before the date of the primary election from another state; and (2) is 17 years of age but will be at least 18 years of age on the day of the next general, municipal, or special election; to register to vote and affiliate with a political party later than 119 days before the primary election, and vote at a primary election. Allows a voter to change party affiliation less than 119 days before the primary election and vote in a primary election if the voter has moved to a new election district less than 119 days before the primary election and the voter transfers the voter's registration record. Requires a county voter registration office to automatically affiliate certain voters with a political party and to allow all voters to affiliate or change political party affiliation. Allows a voter to affiliate with a political party when transferring the voter's registration record. Requires a voter who casts a provisional ballot to make an affidavit identifying the voter's political party affiliation. | Dead |
| SB0345 | Property tax matters. | Property tax matters. Amends the property tax exemption for property used by a for-profit provider of early childhood education, including by requiring the provider to offer age appropriate curriculum and by excluding from the exemption tangible property that has been granted a homestead standard deduction. Provides a partial property tax exemption for an employer that provides child care on the employer's property for the employer's employees, and for the employees of another business if the employer and the other business enter into an agreement that outlines the terms under which the child care is to be provided. Specifies the conditions that must be met to obtain the partial property tax exemption. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services, in consultation with the early learning advisory committee, to: (1) evaluate and make recommendations; and (2) submit a report; regarding child care. Amends the maximum levy growth quotient to base the six year average calculation on the yearly wage growth for state and local government employees in Indiana and the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index. Requires the true tax value of a privately owned wastewater facility to be determined by applying the income capitalization approach. Provides that, if the application of the income capitalization method for an assessment year results in a zero or negative assessment, the privately owned wastewater facility is exempt from property taxation for that assessment year. Requires assessing officials in an assessment of residential deed restricted property to only use or consider sales of other residential deed restricted property as a comparable sale property for purposes of a sales comparison analysis. | Dead |
| SR0023 | Honoring the West Baden Renewal Project. | Honoring the West Baden Renewal Project. A SENATE RESOLUTION to honor the West Baden Renewal Project for its efforts in restoring the West Baden (Colored) First Baptist Church in West Baden Springs, Indiana. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR0014 | Honoring Bella Bauer. | Honoring Bella Bauer. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to honor Bella Bauer, founder of the Purple Project, for her advocacy and empowerment of kids and teens with epilepsy. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0356 | Hospitality taxes. | Hospitality taxes. Prohibits the civic center authority in Delaware County, which is established to receive and administer tax revenue from the county's food and beverage tax, from delegating any of its authorities under the food and beverage statute or from transferring any food and beverage tax revenue to governmental, not-for-profit, or other private entities under a lease or contractual arrangement for the purpose of operating, maintaining, and promoting the use of a civic center. Provides that if the fiscal body of Delaware County does not fix the budget, tax rate, and tax levy for the ensuing budget year as required, the most recent annual appropriations and annual tax levy are continued for the ensuing budget year. | Dead |
| SR0022 | Memorializing Asra Hussain. | Memorializing Asra Hussain. A SENATE RESOLUTION memorializing Asra Hussain. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR0003 | Memorializing Senator Jean Breaux. | Memorializing Senator Jean Breaux. A SENATE RESOLUTION memorializing the life of Senator Jean Breaux. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0006 | Property tax deferral program. | Property tax deferral program. Authorizes a county fiscal body to adopt an ordinance to establish a property tax payment deferral program (program). Provides that a qualified individual participating in the program may defer the payment of part of the property taxes that would otherwise be due on a homestead. Defines "qualified individual". Provides that property taxes deferred under the program are due after the occurrence of a deferral termination event. Provides that the maximum amount of taxes that may be deferred cumulatively year over year may not exceed $10,000. | Dead |
| SR0018 | Honoring Bonnie McNair and Lauren Hackert. | Honoring Bonnie McNair and Lauren Hackert. A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Bonnie McNair and Lauren Hackert. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR0002 | Honoring Senator Mark Messmer. | Honoring Senator Mark Messmer. A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Senator Mark Messmer upon his retirement from the Indiana Senate. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0353 | Property tax rate freeze. | Property tax rate freeze. Provides a calculation to be used in determining the maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy and resulting tax rate for taxes first due and payable in 2026 and 2027, to cap the increase in the levy and tax rates based on a ratio comparison of each civil taxing unit's maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy to net assessed value in 2025. | Dead |
| SB0200 | Straight ticket voting. | Straight ticket voting. Removes a voter's option to vote for all candidates of a political party or an independent ticket at one time (straight ticket voting) in a general or municipal election. Repeals superseded statutes relating to straight ticket voting. Increases the amount of time that a voter may remain in the voting booth at a general, municipal, or special election, from four minutes to seven minutes. | Dead |
| SB0008 | School levy referenda. | School levy referenda. Provides that: (1) a referendum authorizing a school corporation to impose property taxes to pay debt service on bonds or lease rentals on a lease for a specified controlled project; (2) a school corporation operating referendum tax levy; or (3) a school corporation school safety referendum tax levy; may be placed on the ballot only at a primary election conducted in a general election year or a general election. Provides that a school corporation may not adopt a resolution to place an operating referendum or school safety referendum on the ballot during the second calendar year after the final calendar year in which a previously approved operating referendum levy or school safety referendum levy is imposed. Provides that in a local public question, a school corporation must provide the total amount of property tax revenue expected to be collected each year. | Dead |
| SB0392 | Property tax relief for seniors and veterans. | Property tax relief for seniors and veterans. Makes certain changes to the qualification requirements and credit amount for the over 65 circuit breaker credit. Makes certain changes to the qualification requirements and deduction amount for the property tax deduction for disabled veterans who are either totally disabled or at least 62 years of age with a partial disability. | Dead |
| SR0004 | Honoring Senator David Vinzant. | Honoring Senator David Vinzant. A SENATE RESOLUTION to honor Senator David Vinzant upon his retirement. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0418 | Special death benefit for OIG investigators. | Special death benefit for OIG investigators. Adds an investigator for the inspector general to the list of public safety officers whose relative receives a special death benefit if the officer dies in the line of duty. | Dead |
| SB0490 | Commercial motor vehicle defendant liability. | Commercial motor vehicle defendant liability. Provides that noneconomic damages awarded in a civil suit involving a commercial motor vehicle may not be more than $1,000,000. Provides exceptions. | Dead |
| SB0352 | Local government efficiency task force. | Local government efficiency task force. Establishes the local government efficiency task force (task force) to study creating a more streamlined and cost effective local government structure. Sets forth the membership, and requires the task force to issue a report to the general assembly and the governor not later than November 1, 2026. | Dead |
| SB0354 | Search and seizure. | Search and seizure. Prohibits a governmental agent from entering real property that is owned or occupied by a landowner without a warrant. Provides certain exceptions. Requires a governmental agent, upon entering real property, to: (1) take reasonable action to notify the landowner that the governmental agent has entered; (2) show the landowner a copy of the warrant, if applicable; and (3) activate any law enforcement recording device that is issued to the governmental agent. Provides that evidence obtained by entry on real property without a warrant or without a valid exception is inadmissible. Provides that a person may not be arrested if the probable cause for the arrest results solely from entry on real property without a warrant or valid exception. Establishes a civil cause of action if a governmental agent enters real property without a warrant or valid exception. | Dead |
| SR0001 | Honoring Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch. | Honoring Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch. A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch upon her retirement. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB1001 | State budget. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB1014 | Public safety. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 2 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0080 | Code publication. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0140 | Pharmacy benefits. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Nay |
| SB0157 | Protection of property rights. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1142 | Fiscal matters. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1144 | Courts. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0231 | Various corrections matters. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1221 | Pension matters. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Nay |
| SB0289 | Unlawful discrimination. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0287 | School board matters. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0373 | Various education matters. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0358 | Various education matters. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1390 | Bureau of motor vehicles. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1389 | Local regulation. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Nay |
| SB0324 | Criminal procedures. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1427 | Department of local government finance. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1425 | Food matters. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1002 | Various education matters. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1416 | Awareness of human trafficking. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0425 | Energy production zones. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0453 | Various tax matters. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0464 | Financial institutions and consumer credit. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 2 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0475 | Physician noncompete agreements. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0482 | Absenteeism and student discipline. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0502 | Attachments to utility poles. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1004 | Health care matters. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Nay |
| HB1515 | Education and higher education matters. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1003 | Health matters. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Nay |
| SB0526 | Absentee ballot retraction. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1679 | Various elections matters. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1682 | General legislative matters. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1587 | Insurance matters. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1637 | School and public safety matters. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1577 | Mobile retail food establishment licenses. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0043 | Study of location of gambling operations. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/23/2025 | Nay |
| SB0118 | 340B drug program report. | Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1081 | Distributions to charitable beneficiaries. | Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1125 | Earned wage access services. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0146 | Teacher compensation. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0255 | Education matters. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0371 | Workforce matters. | Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0331 | Amended registration. | Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0442 | Instruction on human sexuality. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0005 | State fiscal and contracting matters. | Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0525 | Annexation. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1555 | Licensure of foreign trained physicians. | Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1680 | Various elections matters. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1689 | Human services matters. | Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1666 | Ownership of health care providers. | Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1604 | Cost sharing; out-of-pocket expense credit. | Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Nay |
| HB1053 | Gaming and alcohol matters. | Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/22/2025 | Nay |
| SB0026 | Signal jamming. | Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| SB0073 | Sale of utility trailers. | Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| SB0103 | Vehicle emissions. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| SB0193 | Inspection of CFOs. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB1194 | County coroners. | Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| SB0433 | Veteran service officers. | Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| SB0351 | Municipal parks and recreation board. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| SB0472 | Cybersecurity. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| SB0366 | Education matters. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| SB0423 | Small modular nuclear reactor pilot program. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| SB0448 | Higher education and workforce development matters. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| SB0463 | Child care matters. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/17/2025 | Nay |
| SB0468 | Midwest continental divide commission. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| SB0002 | Medicaid matters. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| SB0108 | Charity gaming. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/16/2025 | Abstain |
| SB0141 | Eyewitness identification procedures. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/16/2025 | Abstain |
| SB0142 | Eviction issues. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/16/2025 | Abstain |
| SB0151 | Statute of limitations. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/16/2025 | Abstain |
| SB0159 | Procedures for obtaining a warrant. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/16/2025 | Abstain |
| SB0198 | Crime of swatting. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/16/2025 | Abstain |
| SB0216 | Mental health professionals. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/16/2025 | Abstain |
| SB0259 | Law enforcement procedures. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/16/2025 | Abstain |
| SB0365 | Education matters. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/16/2025 | Abstain |
| SB0405 | Labor organization membership. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| SB0318 | Required disclosures and access of foreign media. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/16/2025 | Abstain |
| SB0366 | Education matters. | Senate - Concurrence failed for lack of constitutional majority | 04/16/2025 | Abstain |
| SB0459 | Environmental matters. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| SB0461 | Grain indemnity. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| SB0473 | Various health care matters. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| SB0480 | Prior authorization. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/16/2025 | Nay |
| SB0516 | Economic development. | Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1037 | Storm water management. | Senate - Third reading | 04/15/2025 | Yea |
| HB1064 | School transfers. | Senate - Third reading | 04/15/2025 | Yea |
| HB1098 | Youth, family, and caregiver engagement initiative. | Senate - Third reading | 04/15/2025 | Yea |
| HB1103 | Foreign trade offices. | Senate - Third reading | 04/15/2025 | Yea |
| HB1113 | Fire protection districts. | Senate - Third reading | 04/15/2025 | Yea |
| HB1144 | Courts. | Senate - Third reading | 04/15/2025 | Yea |
| HB1125 | Earned wage access services. | Senate - Third reading | 04/15/2025 | Yea |
| HB1111 | Indiana National Guard. | Senate - Third reading | 04/15/2025 | Yea |
| HB1197 | Election matters. | Senate - Third reading | 04/15/2025 | Yea |
| HB1221 | Pension matters. | Senate - Third reading | 04/15/2025 | Yea |
| HB1275 | Alcohol and tobacco commission matters. | Senate - Third reading | 04/15/2025 | Nay |
| HB1276 | Various alcoholic beverage matters. | Senate - Third reading | 04/15/2025 | Nay |
| HB1391 | Services for the aged and disabled. | Senate - Third reading | 04/15/2025 | Yea |
| HB1389 | Local regulation. | Senate - Third reading | 04/15/2025 | Yea |
| HB1007 | Energy generation resources. | Senate - Third reading | 04/15/2025 | Yea |
| HB1427 | Department of local government finance. | Senate - Third reading | 04/15/2025 | Nay |
| HB1002 | Various education matters. | Senate - Third reading | 04/15/2025 | Yea |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN | Indiana Senate District 25 | Senate | Republican | In Office | 11/09/2022 | |
| IN | Indiana Senate District 26 | Senate | Republican | Out of Office | 11/07/2018 | 02/29/2024 |