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Wendy Dant Chesser
(D) - Indiana
Indiana House District 071
In Office - Started: 06/04/2024

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200 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 317-234-9048

Bill Bill Name Summary Progress
HB1347 Real estate matters. Real estate matters. Requires a broker company to deposit funds belonging to others into a trust account that the broker company maintains. Requires that residential real estate sales disclosure forms include disclosures by an owner that a property is located within a locally designated historic district. Requires that residential real estate sales disclosure forms include disclosures by an owner of any conservation easement. Requires the Indiana professional licensing agency in consultation with the Indiana real estate commission to perform annual and random audits for compliance of more than one percent (1%) but less than ten percent (10%) of the practitioners who hold a broker's license required to take continuing education courses. Provides that to become a managing broker, an individual, among other things, must: (1) hold an active broker's license for at least three years; and (2) pass a written examination. Amends provisions relating to real estate agreements. Makes a technical correction. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1376 Emergency medication. Emergency medication. Amends the definition of "emergency medication". Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1441 Bank accounts for foster and emancipated youths. Bank accounts for foster and emancipated youths. Provides that a foster youth or emancipated youth is legally competent to enter into a contract with a depository financial institution to open a savings or checking account in the youth's name with the consent of a juvenile court with jurisdiction over the youth. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1385 Health care facility employees. Health care facility employees. Provides an exception to one of the disqualifying conditions for a nurse aide or other unlicensed employee. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HR0060 Recognizing the first full week of May 2025 as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week. Recognizing the first full week of May 2025 as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week. Recognizing the first full week of May 2025 as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SCR0008 Condemning religious persecution worldwide. Condemning religious persecution worldwide. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION condemning religious persecution worldwide. Dead
HR0049 Recognizing International Women's Day and recognizing the essential role of women in history during Women's History Month. Recognizing International Women's Day and recognizing the essential role of women in history during Women's History Month. Recognizing International Women's Day and recognizing the essential role of women in history during Women's History Month. Dead
HB1226 Medicare supplement insurance. Medicare supplement insurance. Prohibits an issuer of a Medicare supplement policy or certificate from denying, conditioning the issuance or effectiveness of, or discriminating in the pricing of a Medicare supplement policy or certificate because of the health status, claims experience, receipt of health care, or medical condition of an applicant who meets certain conditions. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1509 Appointed officials. Appointed officials. Requires disclosure of the appointing authority and term of an appointed public officer: (1) in the meeting notice and agenda of the board on which the public officer is appointed to serve; and (2) on the board's website or appointing authority's website, if any. Provides that if the appointing authority or board does not have a website, the information must be published on the Internet through the computer gateway administered by the office of technology. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HR0043 Congratulating the Jeffersonville High School boys basketball team on winning the 2025 Indiana High School Athletic Association Class 4A state championship title. Congratulating the Jeffersonville High School boys basketball team on winning the 2025 Indiana High School Athletic Association Class 4A state championship title. Congratulating the Jeffersonville High School boys basketball team on winning the 2025 Indiana High School Athletic Association Class 4A state championship title. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HCR0034 Recognizing Guardian Ad Litems and Court Appointed Special Advocates. Recognizing Guardian Ad Litems and Court Appointed Special Advocates. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Guardian Ad Litems and Court Appointed Special Advocates. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
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
HCR0028 Recognizing March 21, 2025, as World Down Syndrome Day. Recognizing March 21, 2025, as World Down Syndrome Day. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing March 21, 2025, as World Down Syndrome Day. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HR0032 Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Keep Indianapolis Beautiful's Adopt-A-Block program. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Keep Indianapolis Beautiful's Adopt-A-Block program. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Keep Indianapolis Beautiful's Adopt-A-Block program. 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
SB0307 Environmental waste inventory and grant program. Environmental waste inventory and grant program. Allows the Indiana brownfields fund to be used to pay for: (1) studies conducted under the Indiana brownfields program; and (2) the creation of an inventory of brownfields in Indiana (inventory). Authorizes the Indiana finance authority (authority) to create and maintain the inventory. Authorizes the authority to: (1) contract with one or more state supported colleges or universities for assistance in creating and maintaining the inventory; and (2) pay costs arising from the creation and maintenance of the inventory with funds appropriated to the Indiana brownfields fund. Provides that, if the inventory is created, the authority shall report the contents of the inventory to the interim study committee on environmental affairs in 2026 and in each even-numbered calendar year thereafter. Provides for confidentiality regarding documents and information submitted to the authority. Dead
HB1608 E-sports industry development study. E-sports industry development study. Requires the Indiana economic development corporation to study methods and strategies to allow Indiana to become a leader in the development of the e-sports industry and to submit a report on the results of the study to the governor and the general assembly. Dead
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
HCR0025 Recognizing April as Parkinson's Awareness Month and April 11, 2025, as World Parkinson's Day. Recognizing April as Parkinson's Awareness Month and April 11, 2025, as World Parkinson's Day. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing April as Parkinson's Awareness Month and April 11, 2025, as World Parkinson's Day. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1561 Tax increment financing. Tax increment financing. Provides that a redevelopment commission may use money from certain funds for the purpose of paying more toward debt service obligations, in order to retire debt service earlier, regardless of whether that use is listed in the redevelopment commission's annual spending plan. Provides that a redevelopment commission making accelerated debt payments may retain the assessed value associated with the original debt service schedule. Provides that early debt retirement applies only if the early defeasance of debt is allowed according to the bond issuance documents. Provides that allocated property tax proceeds that are otherwise authorized to be expended for purposes related to a redevelopment project that is located outside the boundaries of the allocation area may be expended for those purposes only if the redevelopment commission immediately at the conclusion of a public hearing adopts a declaratory resolution, and the applicable legislative body votes to approve the declaratory resolution that finds that it has been clearly demonstrated that the expenditure: (1) will directly benefit the allocation area; or (2) will result in the creation or retention of jobs in the private sector and provide an estimate of how many jobs will be created or retained over a specified time period. Provides that the expenditure allowance does not apply to any transfer of property tax proceeds to a school corporation, an accredited or nonaccredited public or private school, or a charter school. Prohibits a redevelopment commission from adopting an amendment to a declaratory resolution that contains an allocation area provision that extends the expiration date of the allocation area provision. Provides that after the expiration of a previous allocation area provision, a redevelopment commission may adopt a declaratory resolution, or an amendment to a declaratory resolution, that contains a new allocation area provision with a new expiration date, and for which the county auditor in which the unit is located shall compute the base assessed value for the allocation area using the assessment date immediately preceding the effective date of the new allocation provision of the declaratory resolution or amendment. Allows a redevelopment commission to, pursuant to the approval of the local legislative body, create an account for a specific infrastructure purpose. Requires a redevelopment commission to provide to the unit's executive and fiscal body an analysis of revenues and expenditures on a per allocation basis and correlate the analysis with the required spending plan. Provides that in jurisdictions where a redevelopment commission has not returned any amount of assessed value in the preceding three years, the redevelopment commission must identify relief measures that could be implemented to alleviate taxpayer burdens. Exempts jurisdictions where the excess assessed value determined by a redevelopment commission is expected to generate less than 200% of the amount of allocated tax proceeds necessary to make, when due, principal and interest payments on certain bonds plus the amount for certain other purposes. Requires a redevelopment commission to report its findings in its annual report. Requires a redevelopment commission to include an invitation to overlapping taxing units to participate in the hearing regarding the redevelopment project. Requires the redevelopment commission to include a record of overlapping taxing unit attendance in its annual report to the department of local government finance. Provides that the adoption of a declaratory resolution and subsequent legislative body approval are not required if the expenditures for purposes related to a redevelopment project that is located outside the boundaries of the allocation area are for: (1) infrastructure; (2) utilities; (3) drainage; or (4) environmental remediation. Enumerates permissible infrastructure maintenance expenditures. Provides that a redevelopment commission may use its discretion, where excess assessed value amounts are not already explicitly set aside for use within the current calendar year for a purpose under a current development plan, to allocate excess assessed value amounts to the respective taxing units rather than reserving those excess assessed value amounts for future or indefinite purposes. Provides that, with regard to the prohibition of a redevelopment commission adopting an amendment to a declaratory judgment that contains an allocation area provision that extends the expiration date of the allocation area provision, a redevelopment commission is not prevented from removing parcels from an existing allocation area before its expiration date or adding parcels to a new allocation area. Dead
HCR0019 Honoring the late State Senator Jean Breaux. Honoring the late State Senator Jean Breaux. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the late State Senator Jean Breaux. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
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
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
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
HB1431 Campaign finance reports. Campaign finance reports. Requires the circuit court clerk of each county to place a copy of each campaign finance report, notice, or other instrument filed with the county election board on the circuit court clerk's or county election board's website in portable document format. Dead
HB1430 Employee child care assistance partnership program. Employee child care assistance partnership program. Establishes the employee child care assistance partnership program. Makes an appropriation. Dead
HB1429 Ethics training for local officials. Ethics training for local officials. Requires an elected county, city, town, or township officer (officer) to complete a two hour ethics training course (training course) every two years. Specifies training course requirements. Requires the office of the attorney general, in coordination with the state board of accounts (SBOA) and the public access counselor, to develop an online training course not later than February 1, 2026. Requires the training course to be made available for viewing on the SBOA website. Allows a third party to provide a training course, if the course is approved by the office of the attorney general. Requires an officer to certify to the SBOA that the officer has completed a training course. Requires the SBOA to publish on its website: (1) a list of all officers who have submitted a training certification; and (2) lists of all training certifications submitted for previous years. Dead
HB1560 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. Dead
HB1290 Election division software updates. Election division software updates. Requires the election division to gather information necessary to consider the purchase of an upgraded campaign finance computer system. Dead
HB1228 Hunting licenses for disabled veterans. Hunting licenses for disabled veterans. Creates a new disabled veteran hunting license bundle that includes a discounted yearly deer hunting license and turkey hunting license. Dead
HB1225 Pension garnishment for restitution. Pension garnishment for restitution. Provides that when a court issues a restitution order against an employee beneficiary of the state police benefit system (system), the prosecuting attorney must bring an action requesting garnishment of amounts that the employee beneficiary is entitled to receive under the system. Requires the court to order the trustee to take certain actions if the court finds that the restitution order has been issued and has not been fully satisfied or discharged. Dead
HB1227 Jail commissary fund reporting. Jail commissary fund reporting. Requires a sheriff to provide a copy of a jail commissary fund's receipts and disbursements to the county fiscal body on a monthly basis, due not later than the fifth day of the following month. (Under current law, a copy must be provided on a semiannual basis, due on July 1 and December 31 of each year.) Requires a sheriff to appear in person before the county fiscal body once each year to present an annual report on a jail commissary fund's receipts and disbursements. Makes a technical correction. 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 Nay
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 Nay
HB1389 Local regulation. House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 04/24/2025 Nay
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 Nay
HB1416 Awareness of human trafficking. House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 04/24/2025 Yea
SB0425 Energy production zones. House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 04/24/2025 Yea
SB0453 Various tax matters. House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 04/24/2025 Yea
SB0464 Financial institutions and consumer credit. House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 2 04/24/2025 Yea
SB0475 Physician noncompete agreements. House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 04/24/2025 Nay
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 Nay
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 Nay
HB1679 Various elections matters. House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 04/24/2025 Nay
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 Nay
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 Nay
HB1689 Human services matters. House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 04/23/2025 Yea
HB1666 Ownership of health care providers. House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 04/23/2025 Yea
HB1577 Mobile retail food establishment licenses. House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 04/23/2025 Yea
HB1604 Cost sharing; out-of-pocket expense credit. House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 04/23/2025 Yea
HB1024 Medicaid reimbursement for children's hospitals. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0073 Sale of utility trailers. House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1081 Distributions to charitable beneficiaries. House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1098 Youth, family, and caregiver engagement initiative. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0331 Amended registration. House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1007 Energy generation resources. House - Rules Suspended. House concurred with Senate amendments 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0433 Veteran service officers. House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1499 Education matters. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1555 Licensure of foreign trained physicians. House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1053 Gaming and alcohol matters. House - Conference Committee Report 1 04/21/2025 Yea
SB0026 Signal jamming. House - Conference Committee Report 1 04/21/2025 Yea
HB1253 Child care. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/21/2025 Yea
HB1391 Services for the aged and disabled. House - 04/21/2025 Yea
HB1460 Drainage systems. House - 04/21/2025 Nay
HB1601 Quantum research tax incentives. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/21/2025 Nay
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 Nay
HB1064 School transfers. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/17/2025 Nay
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 Yea
HB1276 Various alcoholic beverage matters. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/17/2025 Yea
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 Nay
HB1461 Road funding. House - House concurred with Senate amendments 04/17/2025 Nay
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 Nay
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 Yea
  Committee Position Rank
Detail Indiana House Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development Committee 2
Detail Indiana House Financial Institutions Committee 2
Detail Indiana House Insurance Committee 2
Detail Indiana House Roads and Transportation Committee 3
Detail Indiana Joint Commerce and Economic Development Interim Study Committee 5
Detail Indiana Joint Government Reform Task Force 4
Detail Indiana Joint Roads and Transportation Interim Study Committee 6
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IN Indiana House District 071 House Democrat In Office 06/04/2024