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State Representative
Elizabeth Rowray
(R) - Indiana
Indiana House District 035
In Office - Started: 11/04/2020

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200 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 317-232-9619
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Bill Bill Name Summary Progress
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
SB0498 Child services. Child services. Allows the Indiana board of pharmacy to release confidential information received by the INSPECT program to a supervisor of the department of child services (department) who is engaged in an investigation or adjudication of child abuse or neglect. Amends the definition of "emergency shelter" for purposes of statutes governing residential child care facilities. Provides that an applicant for licensure as a child caring institution or licensure as a group home must obtain a criminal history check of any contractor or individual working in the child caring institution or group home who is likely to have unsupervised contact with children. Amends provisions under which the department may waive the maximum duration for which a child may stay at a shelter care facility to remove a reference to the length of the maximum duration. Amends the educational and experiential qualifications for casework supervisors at child placing agencies. Provides that provisions requiring: (1) a residential child care facility to ensure that a child admitted to the facility has received all immunizations and booster shots required under specified statutes; and (2) a residential child care facility that administers psychotropic medication to obtain periodic written reports from the licensed professional who prescribed the psychotropic medication; do not apply to an emergency shelter. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SCR0008 Condemning religious persecution worldwide. Condemning religious persecution worldwide. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION condemning religious persecution worldwide. Dead
HB1248 Child Care and Development Fund. Child Care and Development Fund. Provides that a household is eligible for assistance under the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program if the household includes a foster parent at the time of the office of the secretary of family and social services' initial determination regarding the household's CCDF eligibility. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to allocate 200 CCDF vouchers to be used for a child who is placed with a licensed foster parent. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HR0040 Reaffirming the commitment of sister ties between Indiana and Taiwan. Reaffirming the commitment of sister ties between Indiana and Taiwan. Reaffirming the commitment of sister ties between Indiana and Taiwan. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
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
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
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
HB1107 Funding for family recovery courts. Funding for family recovery courts. Establishes the family recovery court fund and provides that money in the fund is continuously appropriated for the purpose of funding family recovery courts. Provides that family recovery courts: (1) target cases of abuse or neglect wherein a parent or primary caregiver suffers from a substance use disorder or co-occurring disorders; and (2) are certified as problem solving courts by the office of judicial administration. Dead
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
HB1503 Adoption incentive programs. Adoption incentive programs. Creates the Indiana adoption services authority (authority) and establishes the board of directors of the authority. Sets forth the duties and powers of the authority and the board. Establishes the zero cost adoption fund (fund) to provide financial assistance, benefits, services, or other assistance for specified purposes pertaining to foster care, adoption, and postadoption assistance, including assistance with college savings and arrangements for reduced college tuition for an adopted child. Provides that money in the fund may not be used to pay the general operating, administrative, and capital expenses and establishes a separate, general operating fund for the authority to pay those expenses. Specifies that assistance provided from the fund is supplemental to adoption assistance payments or an adoption subsidy. Provides a tax credit for contributions made to the fund in an amount equal to 50% of the contribution. Specifies that the total amount of tax credits allowed may not exceed $18,500,000 for each state fiscal year. Makes conforming changes. Makes an appropriation. Dead
HCR0015 Honoring the late U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Honoring the late U.S. President Jimmy Carter. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the late U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1223 Tourism development projects. Tourism development projects. Establishes a program administered by the Indiana destination development corporation (IDDC) to provide an incentive for tourism development projects in the form of a sales tax rebate available to businesses that are able to satisfy the requirements needed to enter into an agreement with the IDDC with respect to specified tourism development projects. Sets forth the: (1) types of tourism development projects that may qualify for the incentive; (2) approval process to receive the incentive; and (3) required elements of the agreement between the board of the IDDC and a business approved for the incentive. Specifies the manner in which a business may claim the incentive. Requires the board of the IDDC, in negotiating the approved costs in a tourism development project agreement with an approved company, to collaborate with the executive of a county, city, or town to establish a maximum amount of approved costs. Provides that a person may circulate a petition to create a tourism improvement district (district) within the territory of a county, city, or town. Specifies the contents of the tourism improvement district plan that must be filed with a petition to establish a district. Provides that the legislative body of the county, city, or town may require in the district plan of a tourism development district that the boundaries of the district be drawn to: (1) exclude businesses; or (2) prevent overlap of the district with another area or district in which a special assessment is imposed. Excludes from inclusion within a district: (1) property that receives a homestead standard deduction; (2) property used for single family residential housing; and (3) property used for multi-unit residential housing. Provides that owners of businesses located within a district may be charged a special assessment to fund improvements and other district activities. Provides that, after a hearing on a petition to establish a district, a county, city, or town legislative body may adopt the ordinance establishing the district only if it determines that the petition has been signed by: (1) at least 50% of the owners of businesses within the proposed district; or (2) the owners of businesses within the proposed district that constitute more than 50% of the revenue to be collected from the assessments. Specifies the contents of the ordinance establishing a district and the length of time for which a district may exist. Allows a district to issue bonds. Requires the county, city, or town legislative body to contract with a nonprofit district management association to administer and implement the district's activities and improvements. 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
HB1026 Marijuana advertising. Marijuana advertising. Provides that a person may not advertise: (1) a product containing marijuana; or (2) a marijuana business; on a sign within 1,000 feet of certain places. Provides that the attorney general may seek civil penalties, an injunction, and other costs for violations. Provides that civil penalties shall be deposited in the state general fund. Dead
HB1247 Prohibited food ingredients. Prohibited food ingredients. Prohibits the use of various food additives in Indiana. Dead
HB1455 Chemical castration for certain sex offenders. Chemical castration for certain sex offenders. Allows a court to order that a sex offender, whose victim was under 14 years of age, may only be eligible for parole, probation, or community corrections if the sex offender consents to chemical castration treatment. Makes it a Level 4 felony if a person who consents to chemical castration treatment knowingly or intentionally stops receiving the chemical castration treatment. Requires the department of correction to administer, or contract with a provider to administer, chemical castration treatments. Dead
HB1639 Stillbirths. Stillbirths. Amends the definition of "stillbirth" to mean a birth after 12 weeks of gestation that is not a live birth, or if the gender of the child can be visually determined, a birth after 10 weeks of gestation that is not a live birth. Dead
HB1029 Closed primaries. Closed primaries. Provides that a voter may vote at a primary election: (1) only if the voter has properly and timely affiliated with a political party; and (2) held by the political party with which the voter affiliates. Allows an individual, not later than December 31 before the date of a primary election, to affiliate with a political party at the time of voter registration or by submitting a party affiliation form. Requires each county voter registration office to mail a party affiliation form to particular voters not later than September 1, 2025. Specifies a notice that must be sent to certain voters who register to vote but do not list a political party affiliation. Makes conforming amendments. Dead
HB1251 Cigarette taxes. Cigarette taxes. Increases the cigarette tax by $1 to $1.995 per pack of regular size cigarettes and makes a corresponding increase for larger cigarettes. Dead
HB1150 529 college savings distributions. 529 college savings distributions. Excludes from Indiana adjusted gross income distributions made from a 529 college choice education savings plan (529 account) that are not used to pay qualified higher education expenses but that satisfy each of the requirements under Section 126 of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022. Provides that such distributions are not subject to the: (1) penalty provisions established by the board of directors of the Indiana education savings authority; or (2) repayment provisions for the income tax credit for contributions to an individual's 529 account. Dead
HB1218 Ban on e-liquids and vapor products. Ban on e-liquids and vapor products. Prohibits a person from distributing, selling, offering to sell, making a delivery sale of, or offering for barter or exchange an e-liquid or vapor product in Indiana after June 30, 2025. Dead
HB1216 Land banks. Land banks. Allows a county to adopt an ordinance requiring a person who wishes to participate in a tax sale as a bidder to pay a neighborhood investment fee of not more than $150 and specifies the manner in which neighborhood investment fees collected are to be distributed to land banks. Allows a county to adopt an ordinance to impose, in addition to the 5% penalty for delinquent real property taxes, an additional penalty of not more than 3% for a total penalty that may not exceed 8% of the amount of delinquent real property taxes (additional penalty ordinance). Specifies the manner in which the amounts collected attributable to an additional penalty ordinance are to be distributed to land banks. Allows a county to adopt an ordinance imposing a $15 fee for each document recorded on a tract located in the territory of a land bank and specifies the manner in which the fee shall be distributed to land banks. Makes various changes to the statutes governing land banks that concern certain land bank powers, objectives, and duties. Provides that a majority of the directors of a land bank's board must have demonstrated competency in an occupation or discipline that is relevant to the primary purpose of a land bank. Allows a land bank to establish advisory committees composed of specified community members to consult with and advise the land bank on: (1) properties within the territory of the land bank that are imposing the greatest harm on residents and neighborhoods; (2) resident and neighborhood priorities for new uses of land bank properties; and (3) options for potential transferees of land bank properties. Provides, subject to certain limitations, that a land bank may use an interlocal agreement to establish processes to improve the quality of title and marketability of property the land bank owns by extinguishing any liens that exist on the property. Provides that, if a land bank enters into an interlocal agreement, any employees of an eligible unit who may be contracted to provide staffing services to the land bank pursuant to the interlocal agreement retain their status as public employees of the eligible unit. Requires a county executive to provide a land bank in the county with a list of tracts located in the territory of the land bank that: (1) are delinquent on property taxes; and (2) have been offered for public sale at least two times and remain unsold; on an annual basis. Specifies that list must be provided to the land bank within 60 days after the end of the last tax sale for which the tracts went unsold. Allows the county executive to transfer its interest in a tract on the list to a land bank if requested by the land bank not later than 90 days after it receives the list. Dead
HB1210 Student behavior. Student behavior. Establishes the behavioral health fund (fund) for the purpose of improving funding for individualized education programs that have a behavioral intervention plan component for certain schools. Provides that the department of education, in coordination with the behavioral health commission, shall administer the fund. Creates an application and review process for the disbursement of a grant from the fund. Defines certain terms. Provides a procedure for a principal to place an aggressive student, who has been removed from a class, into the aggressive student's original class, another appropriate class or placement, or in-school suspension. Dead
HB1217 Prosecuting attorneys. Prosecuting attorneys. Provides that the prosecuting attorney of a county in which is located an institution operated by the department of correction that houses between 100 and 1,500 offenders may appoint one additional deputy prosecuting attorney. Repeals a provision that allows the prosecuting attorney of Cass County to appoint one additional deputy prosecuting attorney. 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 Yea
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 Nay
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 Yea
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 Yea
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 Nay
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 Nay
SB0026 Signal jamming. House - Conference Committee Report 1 04/21/2025 Yea
HB1253 Child care. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/21/2025 Absent
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 Yea
HB1052 Onsite sewage systems. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/17/2025 Yea
HB1064 School transfers. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/17/2025 Yea
HB1113 Fire protection districts. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/17/2025 Yea
HB1197 Election matters. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/17/2025 Yea
HB1275 Alcohol and tobacco commission matters. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/17/2025 Nay
HB1276 Various alcoholic beverage matters. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/17/2025 Nay
HB1453 Cancer research and treatment grants. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/17/2025 Yea
HB1008 Indiana-Illinois boundary adjustment commission. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/17/2025 Yea
HB1461 Road funding. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/17/2025 Yea
HB1489 Indiana-Ireland trade commission. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/17/2025 Yea
HB1006 Prosecutors. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/17/2025 Yea
HB1457 Indiana department of health. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/17/2025 Yea
HB1477 Mobile home communities and manufactured homes. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/17/2025 Yea
HB1474 FSSA matters. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/17/2025 Yea
HB1616 Department of natural resources. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/17/2025 Yea
HB1634 Math education. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/17/2025 Yea
HB1641 County government matters. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/17/2025 Yea
HB1557 Prescribed burning. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/17/2025 Yea
HB1605 Juvenile law matters. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/17/2025 Yea
HB1031 Dental matters. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/16/2025 Yea
HB1073 Boxing and martial arts. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/16/2025 Yea
HB1079 Property matters. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/16/2025 Yea
HB1114 Driving without a license. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/16/2025 Yea
HB1115 Emergency possessory orders. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/16/2025 Yea
HB1134 Executive sessions. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/16/2025 Yea
HB1232 IDACS. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/16/2025 Yea
HB1272 Commission, committee, and board administration. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/16/2025 Yea
HB1273 Child welfare task force. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/16/2025 Yea
HB1292 Professional sports development commission. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/16/2025 Yea
HB1347 Real estate matters. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/16/2025 Yea
HB1392 State comptroller matters. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/16/2025 Yea
HB1393 Immigration notice. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/16/2025 Yea
HB1403 Juvenile justice matters. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/16/2025 Yea
HB1412 Reporting of child abuse or neglect. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/16/2025 Yea
HB1468 Alcoholic beverages and tobacco. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/16/2025 Nay
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Detail Indiana House Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development Committee 8
Detail Indiana House Family, Children and Human Affairs Committee 8
Detail Indiana House Ways and Means Committee 15
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
IN Indiana House District 035 House Republican In Office 11/04/2020