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Legislator > Gregory Porter
State Representative
Gregory Porter
(D) - Indiana
Indiana House District 096
In Office - Started: 11/04/1992
contact info
Capitol Office
200 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 800-382-9842
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB1689 | Human services matters. | Human services matters. Provides that provisions of law concerning the statewide waiver ombudsman apply to an individual who has a disability and receives services administered by the bureau of disabilities services. (Current law specifies that these provisions apply to an individual who has a developmental disability and receives services under the federal home and community based services program.) Specifies that these provisions do not apply to an individual served by the long term care ombudsman program. Changes references from "statewide waiver ombudsman" to "statewide bureau of disabilities services ombudsman". Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (office of the secretary) to prepare an annual report on the provision of Medicaid home and community based waiver services. Specifies the information that must be included in the report. Requires the division of disability and rehabilitative services advisory council to provide recommendations to the division of disability and rehabilitative services to ensure the delivery of appropriate high quality services to recipients. Requires the office of the secretary to provide to the division of disability and rehabilitative services advisory council reports on the office of the secretary's plans to provide services to individuals who require extraordinary care and specifies the timing of the reports. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1001 | State budget. | State budget. Appropriates money for capital expenditures, the operation of the state, K-12 and higher education, the delivery of Medicaid and other services, and various other distributions and purposes. Provides that the annual salary of the members of the general assembly shall not be increased during the biennium beginning July 1, 2025. Extends the review, analysis, and evaluation of tax incentives by the legislative services agency through 2030. Requires the legislative services agency to perform a fiscal impact analysis for each executive order issued by the governor under the emergency management and disaster law. Requires state officials to report to the budget committee expenses and funding used for trips taken in their official capacity. Provides that if the budget director determines at any time that a state agency can perform the agency's statutory obligations with less than the amount appropriated, the budget director shall, with the approval of the governor, and after notice to the state agency, reduce the amount or amounts allotted or to be allotted. Requires the budget director to withhold not less than 5% of any appropriation to a state agency to be used for salaries or other wages for state agency employees or general operating expenses of the state agency. Repeals the governor's workforce cabinet. Makes conforming changes. Requires the department of natural resources (not the Indiana department of veterans' affairs under current law) to provide staff support to the Indiana semiquincentennial commission and repeals provisions requiring certain meetings and events of the commission to be held at the World War Memorial in Indianapolis. Removes a requirement to include certain services in a lease between the Indiana department of administration and the Indiana historical society for use of a building. Makes an appropriation from the Pokagon Band Tribal-state compact fund to the Midwest continental divide commission fund. Establishes the Indiana local government investment pool board for the purpose of establishing policies governing the investment of funds contributed to the local government investment pool. Removes political affiliation requirements that apply to members appointed by the governor to the board for depositories. Allows the Indiana finance authority to begin a project related to the Learning and Training Center in Boone County beginning July 1, 2027 if certain conditions are met. Provides that a price preference for certain businesses applies to any proposal, contract, project, or agreement of the Indiana department of transportation, including state highway contracts, to the extent that the bid does not exceed the estimated cost of the project. Provides that the Indiana department of administration has sole control and jurisdiction over the policies governing and the usage of the Beth Bowen Meditation Room in the state capitol building. Exempts the Indiana board of tax review from requirements concerning live transmissions of meetings. Removes the statewide innovation development district fund as a funding source for an agreement between the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) and a taxpayer to receive payment in lieu of claiming an economic development for a growing economy tax credit. Amends the cap on the aggregate amount of tax credits the IEDC may certify each year. Requires the department of state revenue to establish an amnesty program for taxpayers who have an unpaid tax liability for a listed tax that was due and payable before January 1, 2023. Increases the cigarette tax by $2 per pack on cigarettes weighing not more than three pounds per 1,000 and by a proportionate amount on cigarettes weighing more than three pounds per 1,000. Increases the tax rate imposed on the sale of closed system cartridges, open system electronic cigarettes, moist snuff, alternative tobacco products, other tobacco products, and cigars. Specifies penalties for the underpayment of certain estimated taxes for pass through entities. Increases the amount of the public utility fee from 0.15% to 0.175% of the public utility's annual gross intrastate operating revenue and transfers the public utility fee revenue and certain payments to the state general fund (not the public utility fund under current law). Requires termination of the compact related to the establishment of the Chicago-Gary Regional Airport Authority. Requires that the salary matrix for state police, capitol police officers, and department of natural resources law enforcement officers be adjusted each time an adjustment is made to a pay plan for state employees in the executive branch. Adds purposes related to the Stop the Bleed program and the purchase of bleeding control kits to the allowable purposes for which a secured school fund matching grant may be used. Provides that a managed care organization that participates in the risk based managed care program that fails to pay a claim submitted by a nursing facility provider within a specified period shall pay a penalty of $500 per calendar day per claim. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (office of the secretary) to determine rebate eligibility for outpatient prescription drugs prescribed to Medicaid recipients from certain entities. Adds a member from the mental health Medicaid quality advisory committee to the therapeutics committee. Removes the prohibition on prior authorization for mental health drugs. Allows the office of the secretary to establish a prior authorization program. Specifies provider payment requirements that apply to any managed care organization that participates in the risk based managed care program. Establishes the health care engineering fund for the purpose of funding plan reviews for certain health facilities. Imposes a fee for each plan review, which is deposited in the fund. Repeals the provisions requiring the office of the secretary of family and social services to transfer $38,000,000 each year to the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County. Makes certain eligibility changes for the On My Way Pre-k program and the CCDF program. Adds therapeutic ibogaine research to the research that is currently funded under the therapeutic psilocybin research fund. Provides that a community mental health center that provides compensation to any individual employee in an amount that is $400,000 or more per year is not eligible to receive funding from local property taxes or state programs or grants, but excluding the Medicaid program. Requires the department of natural resources to provide free admission to state parks to a Gold Star family member. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to update the Gold Star family member license plate form. Provides that funding to a local board of health from the local public health fund may only be used for Indiana residents who are legal citizens of the United States. Extends the sunset of the collection of health facility quality assessment fees from June 30, 2025, to June 30, 2027. Specifies that a company that seeks to construct, operate, and maintain a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline in Indiana must apply to the department of natural resources (DNR) for a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline certificate of authority (certificate). Amends provisions in existing law that provide an exemption from the requirement to obtain a certificate under certain circumstances to specify that the exemption does not apply in circumstances in which the proposed pipeline crosses a parcel for which the pipeline company would be required to obtain a right-of-way or easement for the pipeline. Establishes the carbon sequestration project program administrative fund (fund) for the purpose of defraying the administrative costs of the DNR in managing and operating the carbon sequestration project program (program). Requires the DNR to deposit the following in the fund (instead of in the state general fund, under current law): (1) Filing fees for applications for carbon dioxide transmission pipeline certificates of authority. (2) Filing fees for applications for permits for carbon sequestration projects. (3) The fee paid by a storage operator based on the amount of carbon dioxide injected into a storage facility. (4) The cash bond and permit fee required to be paid by a person that applies for a permit for drilling, converting, or operating a nonproduction well for use in carbon dioxide investigations. Requires the DNR to deposit certain fees and penalties in the carbon dioxide storage facility trust fund (instead of in the state general fund, under current law): Amends the Indiana Code section requiring the payment of a fee that is based on the amount of carbon dioxide injected into a storage facility by a storage operator, to provide that the fee is to be: (1) paid annually (instead of one time after the storage operator begins injecting carbon dioxide into the storage facility); and (2) based on the number of metric tons of carbon dioxide injected into the storage facility during the immediately preceding calendar year (instead of based on the metric tons of carbon dioxide proposed to be injected during the first 10 years of the carbon sequestration project). Requires the secretary of education to provide a report and recommendation to the general assembly concerning aligning state funding for dual credit and the advanced placement program with the new high school diploma and expanding access to dual credit course work to all Indiana students. Prohibits a school employer from bargaining collectively with the exclusive school employee representative regarding contract costs for curricular materials. Establishes a teacher appreciation grant program to provide grants to school corporations and charter schools to attract, reward, and retain teachers who significantly impact student outcomes. Repeals the chapter establishing the curricular materials fund and certain provisions related to procedures for reimbursement of costs of providing curricular materials. Removes the annual income maximum for choice scholarship eligibility beginning June 29, 2026. Specifies the maximum tuition or fee amount that may be charged to enroll a career scholarship student enrolled in the career scholarship account (CSA) program, or an approved intermediary acting on behalf of a career scholarship student, in a career and technical education program, course, or class. Changes the administration of the education scholarship program and the CSA program from the treasurer of state to the department of education, and in certain instances, the responsibilities related to the CSA program from the commission for higher education to the department. Requires the state board of education to meet at least one time per year (instead of one time per month). Requires the commission for higher education to annually prepare and submit to the legislative council and to the budget committee a report that examines the utilization of physical facilities for instruction at each state educational institution. Amends the membership appointments and requirements for the board of trustees of Indiana University. Requires a state educational institution (institution) to plan and conduct degree program reviews. Provides that if: (1) the average number of students graduating in a degree program is below a certain threshold; and (2) the institution would like to continue the degree program; the institution must request approval from the commission. Requires the board of trustees of each institution to establish a post tenure review process for tenured faculty that measures productivity and a review process regarding department level promotions and tenure expectations. Requires a faculty member to post syllabi on an institution's website. Provides that: (1) certain faculty governance organization meetings must be open to the public; (2) faculty governance organization actions are advisory only; and (3) members of faculty governance organizations must be employees of the institution to vote. Repeals provisions regarding the election of members to the board of trustees of Indiana University by the alumni of Indiana University. Repeals the nonreverting provisions for the higher education award fund and the freedom of choice grant fund. Authorizes the department of child services to enter into a written agreement with the department of state revenue to transfer the administration of the child support bureau to the department of state revenue. Requires a clerk to collect a small claims service fee of $26 in each action filed in a Marion County small claims court. Establishes the small claims fund. Requires the court to distribute certain fees to the county auditor for distribution to the small claims fund. Provides that the fees in the small claims fund are to be distributed equally among the townships and the fees must fund the operation of the small claims court located within the township. Amends provisions concerning the designation of an innovation development district (district) to add certain qualification requirements. Provides for the determination of the: (1) base assessed value; (2) gross retail base period amount; and (3) income tax base period amount; in a district. Requires the executive of a city, county, or town, or, if applicable, executives, and the IEDC to enter into an agreement establishing the terms and conditions governing any district (instead of only certain districts). Repeals the statewide innovation development district fund. Establishes the economic development reserve account. Increases the maximum amount of covered taxes that may be captured in the Evansville professional sports and convention development area (PSCD) from $10 per resident to $2,000,000 and expands the PSCD area. Provides that unexpended and unencumbered amounts appropriated from the federal economic stimulus fund in P.L.165-2021 do not revert to the state general fund. Requires the state comptroller to transfer: (1) $15,000,000 from the addiction services fund; and (2) $25,000,000 from the department of insurance fund; to the tobacco master settlement agreement fund on July 1, 2025. Requires the budget agency to transfer to the state general fund the balance in the freedom of choice grant fund (IC 21-12-4-5) and the higher education award fund (IC 21-12-3-19) that is not needed for the payment of scholarship awards in the state fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. Requires the office of management and budget to submit a report to the budget committee with options for reforming: (1) a certain funding model in the Indiana office of technology; and (2) the management performance hub. Requires the northwest Indiana regional development authority to transfer certain money received from wagering revenues to the northern Indiana commuter transportation district for operation and maintenance costs of the South Shore line that are attributable to the operations of the part of the South Shore line located in Lake County. Provides that: (1) an appropriation to the legislative council and the legislative services agency for a state fiscal year ending before July 1, 2027, reverts to the state general fund as directed by the personnel subcommittee of the legislative council; and (2) an employee in an entity in the legislative or judicial branch of state government is eligible to participate in a pilot program for converting unused excess accrued leave to a monetary contribution for the employee in the employee's 401(a) matching account with Hoosier START. Changes the effective dates of the provisions of HEA 1601-2025 to January 1, 2026. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee during the 2025 legislative interim the task of studying the impact of removing caseload limitations for the department of child services. Makes conforming changes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1024 | Medicaid reimbursement for children's hospitals. | Medicaid reimbursement for children's hospitals. Extends the expiration date of language specifying Medicaid reimbursement for certain out-of-state children's hospitals from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2027. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1221 | Pension matters. | Pension matters. Amends provisions regarding the surcharge rates established by the Indiana public retirement system to actuarially prefund certain postretirement benefits. Adds provisions requiring the treasurer of state to determine a surcharge amount that is to be paid into the supplemental reserve account for the state police pre-1987 and 1987 benefit systems. Provides for a thirteenth check in calendar year 2025 for certain members, participants, or beneficiaries of the: (1) Indiana state teachers' retirement fund; (2) Indiana public employees' retirement fund; (3) state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan; (4) state police pre-1987 benefit system; and (5) state police 1987 benefit system. Makes conforming changes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0453 | Various tax matters. | Various tax matters. Amends estimated quarterly tax payment provisions. Restructures tax collection requirements for kerosene to eliminate specialized tax filing. Streamlines the filing requirements for gasoline use tax to eliminate multiple filing requirements. Specifies the liability and remittance requirements for the gross retail tax, gasoline use tax, and other listed taxes in certain circumstances. Amends provisions that apply to passenger and household goods carriers. Amends the college savings tax credit. Replaces the term "college choice 529 education savings plan" with "Indiana529 plan". Makes a clarifying change to the closed system cartridge tax. Extends the renewal period from one year to two years for businesses licensed to collect the electronic cigarettes tax, closed systems cartridge tax, and other tobacco products tax. Specifies that the fiscal officer of an entity that has adopted an innkeeper's tax, a food and beverage tax, or an admissions tax must enter into an agreement with the department of state revenue (department) before the department provides certain information to the fiscal officer as required under current law. Specifies when certain tax information may be disclosed by the department. Provides for the transfer of certain funds from the bureau of motor vehicles commission fund to the motor carrier regulation fund. Provides that a person who commits a violation involving a consumer transaction entailing the transportation of passengers or household goods commits a deceptive act that is actionable by the attorney general and is subject to certain remedies and penalties. Specifies remittance procedures for the gasoline use tax. Specifies recapture procedures for certain reduced estimated tax payments. Makes corresponding changes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0473 | Various health care matters. | Various health care matters. Specifies the process for a managed care organization to follow concerning home modification services. Requires a patient of an opioid treatment program (program) who has tested positive on a drug test to be given a random drug test monthly until the patient passes the test. (Current law requires the patient to be tested weekly.) Allows a program to close on Sundays and federal holidays. Prohibits the division of mental health and addiction from: (1) requiring a program's medical director to have admitting privileges at a hospital; and (2) establishing rules or guidelines concerning program admission and medication that are more stringent than federal regulations. Allows specified health care providers to perform the initial assessment, examination, and evaluation of a patient being admitted to a program. Allows the medical staff of an ambulatory outpatient surgical center to make recommendations on the granting of clinical privileges or the appointment or reappointment of an applicant to the governing board of the ambulatory outpatient surgical center for a period not to exceed 36 months. (Current law allows medical staff of hospitals to make recommendations.) Establishes the certified health care professions commission (commission). Sets forth the requirements for the: (1) certification of nurse aides and qualified medication aides; and (2) registration of home health aides. Specifies the duties of the Indiana department of health and the commission in regulating these professions. Relocates provisions concerning training for home health aides and requires the commission to approve the training. Sets forth requirements on facilities in employing nurse aides. Specifies the definition of "nurse aide" for purposes of an administrative rule. Makes changes to the release of medical information statute. Modifies the duties of the center for deaf and hard of hearing education. Adds provisions regarding "family navigators" and specifies the role of family navigators in the provisions of the bill regarding the center for deaf and hard of hearing education. Allows a prescriber to prescribe certain agonist opioids through telehealth services for the treatment or management of opioid dependence. (Current law allows only a partial agonist to be prescribed through telehealth.) Allows certain residential care administrators an exemption from taking continuing education during the initial licensing period. Allows for the provision of certain anesthesia in a physician's office or a podiatrist's office without the office being accredited. (Current law allows for this in dental offices.) Requires adverse events concerning anesthesia in an office based setting to be reported to the medical licensing board of Indiana (board). Requires the board to: (1) determine the types of adverse events to be reported; (2) establish a procedure for reporting; and (3) post the adverse events on the board's website. Creates a process for certain individuals who do not have a Social Security number and who are seeking licensure by examination as a registered nurse or practical nurse to obtain a provisional license. Requires a nursing program to offer a clinical experience for clinical hours in a hospital and a health facility setting. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0516 | Economic development. | Economic development. Establishes the office of entrepreneurship and innovation (office). Specifies the duties of the office. Transfers oversight responsibilities of certified technology parks from the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) to the office. Provides for the submission of an annual report of the activities of an innovation development district as to financial information pertaining to tax increment financing districts in an innovation development district to the: (1) fiscal body of the county, city, or town; and (2) department of local government finance. Provides that before the IEDC may purchase land in a county that in total exceeds 100 acres whether acquired in one transaction or a series of transactions, the IEDC must first give notice, in writing, to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the land is located (and to the mayor of a city if the land is located within a city) not later than 30 days before the closing date for the purchase or purchases. Requires the IEDC to provide to the budget committee a copy of the notice being provided to the local unit in which certain land is being purchased. Provides that if the IEDC extends an offer to one or more voting or nonvoting members of the budget committee to tour a potential economic development site that may receive state assistance in undertaking the project, the IEDC shall simultaneously extend the same offer to all voting and nonvoting members of the budget committee. Requires the governor to appoint the president of the IEDC, who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and report to the secretary of commerce. (Under current law, the secretary of commerce is the president of the IEDC.) Repeals the statute that expires the central Indiana regional development authority. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR0036 | Honoring the Marion County Bar Association on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. | Honoring the Marion County Bar Association on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the Marion County Bar Association on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| SCR0036 | Honoring the Indiana Mental Health Roundtable. | Honoring the Indiana Mental Health Roundtable. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the Indiana Mental Health Roundtable. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR0033 | Honoring Trinity Christian Methodist Episcopal Church for 100 years of community service. | Honoring Trinity Christian Methodist Episcopal Church for 100 years of community service. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Trinity Christian Methodist Episcopal Church for 100 years of community service. | 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 |
| HCR0035 | Raising awareness for sickle cell disease. | Raising awareness for sickle cell disease. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION raising awareness for sickle cell disease. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1065 | Cancer clinical trial program. | Cancer clinical trial program. Allows an organization or entity to establish and administer a cancer clinical trial participation program for the purpose of providing payments to a participant for certain costs incurred by the participant while participating in a cancer clinical trial. Sets forth program requirements and participant eligibility. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1148 | Confidentiality of birth and stillbirth records. | Confidentiality of birth and stillbirth records. Provides that a registration or certificate of a birth or stillbirth is open to public inspection and copying upon the request of any person that occurs 99 years (instead of 75 years) after the record is created. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0314 | Tax exemption for eligible events. | Tax exemption for eligible events. Provides various tax exemptions for the Women's National Basketball Association All-Star Game, including ancillary events, when held in Indiana. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR0031 | Recognizing May as Lupus Awareness Month. | Recognizing May as Lupus Awareness Month. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing May as Lupus Awareness Month. | 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 |
| HR0033 | Recognizing March 25, 2025, as Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Day at the Indiana Statehouse. | Recognizing March 25, 2025, as Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Day at the Indiana Statehouse. Recognizing March 25, 2025, as Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Day at the Indiana Statehouse. | 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 |
| HCR0027 | Recognizing March 18, 2025, as Indiana Senior Day at the Indiana Statehouse. | Recognizing March 18, 2025, as Indiana Senior Day at the Indiana Statehouse. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing March 18, 2025, as Indiana Senior Day at the Indiana Statehouse. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR0012 | Honoring the late State Senator Earline Rogers. | Honoring the late State Senator Earline Rogers. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the late State Senator Earline Rogers. | 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 |
| 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 |
| HR0015 | Honoring Leon Tailoring Company, Inc. | Honoring Leon Tailoring Company, Inc. Honoring Leon Tailoring Company, Inc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR0019 | Honoring the late State Senator Jean Breaux. | Honoring the late State Senator Jean Breaux. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the late State Senator Jean Breaux. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| HCR0014 | Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. | Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. | 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 |
| HCR0013 | Affirming that the American Dream belongs to all of us. | Affirming that the American Dream belongs to all of us. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION affirming that the American Dream belongs to all of us. | Dead |
| HR0009 | Recognizing Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc. and the 50th Annual Area V Leadership Conference. | Recognizing Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc. and the 50th Annual Area V Leadership Conference. Recognizing Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc. and the 50th Annual Area V Leadership Conference. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR0011 | Honoring Dr. Nikki Woodson upon her retirement from Superintendent for Washington Township Schools. | Honoring Dr. Nikki Woodson upon her retirement from Superintendent for Washington Township Schools. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Dr. Nikki Woodson upon her retirement from Superintendent for Washington Township Schools. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1469 | Local income tax supplemental distributions. | Local income tax supplemental distributions. Changes the local income tax threshold percentages of a county trust account for purposes of determining whether a county shall receive a supplemental distribution. | Dead |
| HB1470 | Medicaid coverage for incarcerated individuals. | Medicaid coverage for incarcerated individuals. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to, not later than October 1, 2025, apply for approval of a Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver to provide prerelease services to certain incarcerated individuals beginning 90 days before the individual is released. | Dead |
| HB1550 | Personal exemptions. | Personal exemptions. Increases the personal exemption to $1,500 in the definition of "adjusted gross income" for a taxpayer, or, in the case of a joint return, for each spouse. Increases the exemption for dependents to $1,500. Increases the exemption to $1,500 for the spouse of the taxpayer if a separate return is made by the taxpayer and the spouse and if the spouse had no gross income for the calendar year. | Dead |
| HR0001 | Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. | Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1357 | Supplemental structured family care distribution. | Supplemental structured family care distribution. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to distribute $6,000 to an individual if the individual's child or dependent received structured family caregiving services for at least three months during the 2024 calendar year. Makes an appropriation. | Dead |
| HB1358 | Coverage of prescription pain medications. | Coverage of prescription pain medications. Provides that the office of the secretary of family and social services may not place greater coverage restrictions on a non-opioid drug prescribed for the treatment or management of pain than the coverage restrictions placed on an opioid drug prescribed to treat or manage pain with respect to the Medicaid program or the children's health insurance program. Provides that a policy of accident and sickness insurance and a health maintenance organization contract may not place greater coverage restrictions on a non-opioid drug prescribed for the treatment or management of pain than the coverage restrictions placed on an opioid drug prescribed to treat or manage pain. | Dead |
| HB1359 | Bed bug remediation in rental units. | Bed bug remediation in rental units. Requires the tenant of a dwelling unit to notify the tenant's landlord if the tenant knows or reasonably suspects that the tenant's dwelling unit contains bed bugs. Requires the landlord, upon receiving the tenant's notice, to have the dwelling unit inspected by a qualified inspector. Requires the landlord, after receiving the inspection report, to provide to the tenant written notice indicating whether the dwelling unit contains bed bugs. Requires the landlord to begin taking reasonable measures to treat the bed bug presence if an inspection indicates the presence of bed bugs. Establishes responsibilities for the tenant and landlord concerning: (1) notice; (2) access to the dwelling unit; and (3) the payment of costs; associated with the inspection for, and treatment of, bed bugs. Authorizes the state chemist to adopt rules to implement these provisions. Requires the state chemist to establish requirements for the certification of a bed bug inspector. | Dead |
| HB1360 | Medicaid coverage for health related social needs. | Medicaid coverage for health related social needs. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to apply, not later than October 1, 2025, for approval of a Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver to provide coverage for health related social needs. | Dead |
| HB1361 | Exclusion of discharged student loans as income. | Exclusion of discharged student loans as income. Provides that the Indiana adjusted gross income add back of forgiven federal student loan debt that is excluded under the Internal Revenue Code applies only to the 2021 taxable year and does not apply to forgiven federal student loan debt forgiven in subsequent taxable years. | Dead |
| HB1076 | Alzheimer's disease and dementia education. | Alzheimer's disease and dementia education. Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) to: (1) collaborate with a national Alzheimer's disease and dementia organization in educating the public about Alzheimer's disease and dementia; and (2) identify and collaborate with additional partners in the education. Requires the state department to partner for outreach in the education and publish certain educational materials on the state department's website. Allows the state department to accept grants, services, and property from public and private entities for the education. | Dead |
| HB1077 | Sale of bureau of motor vehicles information. | Sale of bureau of motor vehicles information. Prohibits the bureau of motor vehicles (BMV) from selling the personal information of an individual who: (1) is less than 21 years of age; (2) is 65 years of age or older; or (3) opts out of the sale of the individual's personal information. Prohibits a person to which the BMV provides such information from selling or disclosing the information (sales prohibition). Requires the BMV to provide an easily understandable and easily accessible means by which an individual may opt out of the sale of the individual's personal information. Permits the state board of finance, upon approval by the governor, to transfer funds to the BMV to offset a shortfall in funding for the BMV that occurs in a state fiscal year beginning before July 1, 2027, as a result of the sales prohibition. | Dead |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB1001 | State budget. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/25/2025 | Nay |
| HB1014 | Public safety. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 2 | 04/24/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| HB1003 | Health matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Absent |
| 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 | Absent |
| HB1460 | Drainage systems. | House - | 04/21/2025 | Nay |
| HB1601 | Quantum research tax incentives. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/21/2025 | Absent |
| HB1037 | Storm water management. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Nay |
| HB1605 | Juvenile law matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| HB1114 | Driving without a license. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Nay |
| HB1115 | Emergency possessory orders. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Nay |
| HB1134 | Executive sessions. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Absent |
| HB1403 | Juvenile justice matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Absent |
| HB1412 | Reporting of child abuse or neglect. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Absent |
| HB1468 | Alcoholic beverages and tobacco. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Absent |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | Indiana House Insurance Committee | 3 | |
| Detail | Indiana House Public Health Committee | 4 | |
| Detail | Indiana House Ways and Means Committee | Ranking Democratic Member | 1 |
| Detail | Indiana Joint Fiscal Policy Interim Study Committee | 6 | |
| Detail | Indiana Joint Medicaid Oversight Committee | 1 | |
| Detail | Indiana Joint State Fair Advisory Committee | 4 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN | District 96 | House | Democrat | In Office | 11/04/1992 |