Senate Bill 131 – Sales Tax on Recreational Vehicles Authored by Sen. Blake Doriot (R-Syracuse) Repeals the provision that provides that the sales tax rate on certain cargo trailers or recreational vehicles is the rate of the other state or other country in which the cargo trailer or recreational vehicle will be titled or registered. (This provision is also [...]
House Bill 1405 – Taxation of Data Centers Authored by Rep. Ed Soliday (R-Valparaiso) Co-Authored by Reps. Jim Pressel (R-Rolling Prairie) and Matt Lehman (R-Berne) Provides that a county or municipal fiscal body may designate an area in which a property tax exemption will be provided for certain enterprise information technology equipment. Provides a state sales and use tax [...]
House Bill 1404 – School Accountability; authored by Rep. Tony Cook (R-Cicero) House Bill 1476 – Post Graduation Outcome Funding Metrics; authored by Rep. Todd Huston (R-Fishers) Bills seek to align high school performance measures and incentives with more meaningful post-high school outcomes, including student completion of industry-recognized credentials, enrollment in postsecondary education/training and military enlistment. Chamber Position: Support The [...]
SB 496 – Voluntary Family Leave Insurance Program Authored by Sen. Karen Tallian D (Portage) Co-Authored by Sen. John Ruckelshaus (R-Indianapolis) Requires the Department of Insurance to develop a proposal for a voluntary family leave program. Provides for certain provisions when developing the proposed program. Provides that the department shall study and make fiscal estimates about the costs of [...]
House Bill 1650 – Elimination of Township Boards Authored by Rep. Cindy Ziemke (R-Batesville) Provides that on January 1, 2020, in all counties (except Marion County): (1) township boards are dissolved; (2) the duties and responsibilities of the township board are transferred to the township trustee; (3) the township trustee has the legislative and fiscal powers and duties of [...]
Senate Bill 425 – Minimum Age to Purchase Tobacco/E-Liquids Authored by Sen. Randy Head (R-Logansport) Raises from 18 to 21 years the age at which a person may: (1) sell or buy tobacco products or e-liquids and electronic cigarettes containing nicotine; and (2) enter designated smoking areas of a club or cigar specialty store. Allows someone who is 18 [...]
Senate Bill 471 – Offenses Involving Critical Infrastructure Authored by Sen. Eric Koch (R-Bedford) This bill is designed to protect utility infrastructure, certain business assets, water infrastructure and other important infrastructure from trespassing and damages. It defines critical infrastructure to include energy infrastructure, pipelines, water infrastructure, certain business property, as well as protected categories as identified by federal law. [...]
House Bill 1002 (Career and Technical Education Matters), authored by Rep. Holli Sullivan (R-Evansville), cleared the full House unanimously 99-0 on Tuesday. This Chamber priority bill takes various approaches aimed at educating more Hoosiers in the jobs demanded by today’s employers. House Bill 1062 (Unemployment Matters), authored by Rep. Dan Leonard (R-Huntington), passed the House Employment, Pensions and Labor [...]
The Indiana Workforce Recovery initiative has a series of free strategy events taking place throughout the state over the next few months in its efforts to combat substance use disorder in the workplace. Indiana Workforce Recovery is a joint partnership among the Wellness Council of Indiana, the Indiana Chamber of and Gov. Eric Holcomb’s administration; it was established one [...]
House Bill 1352 – Marketplace Facilitator Authored by Rep. Greg Porter (D-Indianapolis) This bill provides that a marketplace facilitator is required to collect and remit state sales and use taxes as a retail merchant when it facilitates a retail sale for a marketplace seller on the marketplace facilitator's marketplace. Provides that a marketplace seller is not required to collect [...]
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