New laws for 2019

The Indiana General Assembly this year passed laws on topics ranging from school bus safety to the further legalization of hemp. Below is the list of enrolled acts signed into law by Gov. Eric Holcomb.

The following enrolled acts, followed in parentheses by their corresponding public law numbers, take effect July 1 unless otherwise noted below. For more information on these new laws, go to iga.in.gov.

Senate Enrolled Acts

SEA 1 (PL210) Department of Child Services

SEA 2 (PL144) School bus safety (Section 16 effective May 1, 2019)

SEA 4 (PL15) Water and wastewater utilities and runoff (Section 1 April 10, 2019)

SEA 7 (PL109) Marion County capital improvement board (Sections 1-7, 9-21 April 29, 2019)

SEA 22 (PL27) Pension matters (Sections 20-23, 28-29 April 18, 2019)

SEA 29 (PL94) School materials for juvenile detainees

SEA 33 (PL145) Comprehensive addiction recovery centers

SEA 41 (PL1) Newborn screenings for health disorders

SEA 57 (PL95) Revised uniform athlete agents act

SEA 79 (PL271) Rights of police officers

SEA 80 (PL211) Code revision corrections (Section 9 July 1, 2021; Sections 1-3, 50 May 5, 2019; Section 26 Jan. 1, 2019)

SEA 85 (PL146) 1977 fund retirement and surviving spouse benefits

SEA 94 (PL212) Interim study committee on municipal annexation

SEA 99 (PL147) Wage assignments for clothing and tools (May 1, 2019)

SEA 110 (PL182) Drug dealing

SEA 111 (PL96) Substance abuse prevention grant programs

SEA 112 (PL2) Anatomical gifts and individuals with disabilities

SEA 119 (PL183) Machine guns

SEA 127 (PL272) Referendum for school safety levy

SEA 130 (PL63) Unemployment insurance matters

SEA 132 (PL97) Civics education

SEA 133 (PL148) Prescription drug label

SEA 141 (PL213) Office based opioid treatment providers

SEA 142 (PL3) Building permits

SEA 144 (PL110) Vehicle weight (Sections 2-3 April 29, 2019)

SEA 156 (PL4) Fire protection district per diems

SEA 162 (PL149) Chronic pain management

SEA 170 (PL98) Child fatality report information

SEA 171 (PL214) State and local administration (Sections 2-3, 12-15, 17, 19-20, 23-28, 31 Jan. 1, 2020)

SEA 172 (PL111) Survivor health coverage

SEA 174 (PL215) Fertility fraud and deception.

SEA 176 (PL28) Prescriptions (Section 18 April 18, 2019)

SEA 179 (PL216) Alcohol regulation

SEA 186 (PL184) Traffic crimes

SEA 189 (PL64) Emergency communication disorder permits (April 24, 2019)

SEA 191 (PL16) Historic preservation and rehabilitation grants

SEA 192 (PL29) Nonconsensual pornography

SEA 193 (PL150) Sewer and water connections (May 1, 2019)

SEA 197 (PL217) Copies of identifying adoption information

SEA 198 (PL5) Sentencing

SEA 201 (PL72) Health provider ethical exemption

SEA 206 (PL99) Child support modification

SEA 208 (PL6) Electronic filing and notice

SEA 216 (PL112) Educational costs exemptions

SEA 220 (PL113) Going upon the premises of another

SEA 223 (PL151) Accounting by attorney in fact

SEA 228 (PL218) Department of Health matters

SEA 230 (PL65) Unlawful indemnity agreements

SEA 231 (PL7) Direct sales

SEA 233 (PL273) Business personal property tax exemption

SEA 235 (PL219) Expungements

SEA 238 (PL30) Indiana Criminal Justice Institute

SEA 240 (PL66) Terrorism

SEA 243 (PL185) Nonconsensual pornography

SEA 258 (PL220) Sex offender employment and residence

SEA 265 (PL221) Various trust matters

SEA 271 (PL17) E-liquid container labeling

SEA 276 (PL222) Opioid treatment pilot program

SEA 278 (PL31) Local fetal-infant mortality review teams

SEA 280 (PL114) Over 65 property tax deduction

SEA 281 (PL152) School administrator contracts

SEA 292 (PL186) Notice and hearings on child relocation

SEA 293 (PL115) Allen County substance abuse pilot program (April 29, 2019)

SEA 323 (PL223) Parenting time

SEA 324 (PL18) Disabled veterans parking placards

SEA 325 (PL153) Student mental health (Section 4 May 1, 2019)

SEA 333 (PL224) Body cavity searches and blood draws

SEA 336 (PL32) Misdemeanor penalties

SEA 350 (PL67) Loss insurance

SEA 359 (PL225) Individualized mental health safety plans

SEA 363 (PL154) Department of Natural Resources matters

SEA 365 (PL187) Funding for child welfare programming

SEA 373 (PL226) Academic credits for religious instruction

SEA 375 (PL19) Collecting solid waste management district fees

SEA 380 (PL68) Supported decision making

SEA 381 (PL33) Cemetery perpetual care fund distributions

SEA 390 (PL274) Education matters

SEA 392 (PL227) Medicare supplement and Medicaid study

SEA 393 (PL188) Charity gaming

SEA 405 (PL34) Election audits (Jan. 1, 2020)

SEA 416 (PL35) Medicaid coverage for doula services

SEA 424 (PL36) Privacy and tracking of rape kits

SEA 438 (PL275) Various education matters (Section 8 May 6, 2019)

SEA 442 (PL291) Underground storage of carbon dioxide (Section 17 May 8, 2019)

SEA 459 (PL228) Indiana defense task force

SEA 460 (PL189) Broadband development (Sections 1-7 May 2, 2019; Section 9 Jan. 1, 2019)

SEA 464 (PL155) Homeless children and youths

SEA 471 (PL276) Offenses involving critical infrastructure

SEA 472 (PL229) Utility matters (May 5, 2019)

SEA 474 (PL37) Probation and parole for animal abusers

SEA 480 (PL116) Medicaid nonemergency medical transport

SEA 485 (PL230) Building standards

SEA 488 (PL69) Public defenders

SEA 491 (PL156) Funding for veterans programs (May 1, 2019)

SEA 498 (PL100) Mobile integration health care

SEA 512 (PL38) Exemption from overtime pay (April 18, 2019)

SEA 513 (PL70) Grants from state disaster relief fund (April 24, 2019)

SEA 516 (PL190) Regulation of hemp (Sections 1-19, 21-22, 25, 33 May 2, 2019.)

SEA 518 (PL231) Probate matters (Section 3 May 5, 2019)

SEA 519 (PL191) Criminal law issues (Section 2 May 2, 2019)

SEA 527 (PL192) Licensed professionals and child service agencies

SEA 529 (PL193) Agricultural matters

SEA 533 (PL39) Importation of domestic animals from abroad

SEA 535 (PL277) Extraterritorial powers of municipalities (Section 18 Jan. 1, 2019)

SEA 545 (PL20) Reports on stress tests and risk assessments

SEA 546 (PL232) Interim study committee on the State Board of Education, education matters (May 5, 2019)

SEA 549 (PL 101) School financial matters (Section 3 April 25, 2019)

SEA 551 (PL40) Victims of criminal acts (Sections 2, 15 April 18, 2019)

SEA 554 (PL194) Economic development

SEA 558 (PL157) Election security (Sections 5, 7-8, 15, 20, 24, 31, 40 May 1, 2019)

SEA 560 (PL278) Various election law matters (Sections 13, 24-27, 29, 34, 37, 70, 101, 103, 107-111, 114, 118, 123, 129, 131, 136, 140, 150, 157, 162, 175 May 6, 2019; Sections 124-126 May 1, 2019)

SEA 561 (PL102) Forensic medicine

SEA 562 (PL233) Education matters

SEA 563 (PL158) Economic development (Sections 14-15, 30-31, 33-34 July 1, 2020; Sections 1-2, 12, 29, 32 Jan. 1, 2020; Section 35 May 1, 2019; Sections 4-8, 18, 36 Jan. 1, 2019)

SEA 565 (PL234) Various tax matters (Section 2 July 1, 2020; Section 14 Jan. 1, 2020; Section 40, May 5, 2019; Sections 7-10, 13, 16-17, 41 Jan. 1, 2019; Sections 22-23 July 1, 2018; Sections 11-12, Jan. 1, 2018)

SEA 566 (PL235) Residential tax increment financing

SEA 567 (PL159) Education matters (Section 20 May 1, 2019)

SEA 570 (PL71) Election cybersecurity (Sections 6, 13,19, 24-25, 27, 29-31 April 24, 2019)

SEA 575 (PL117) Hospitals (Section 3 April 29, 2019)

SEA 582 (PL195) Claims concerning user fees (Sections 3-6, May 2, 2019; Section 1, July 1, 2017; Section 2, Dec. 1, 2015)

SEA 586 (PL160) Regulation of physical therapists

SEA 596 (PL41) Voluntary preventative programs for juveniles

SEA 603 (PL236) Annexation

SEA 604 (PL196) Voiding and releasing claims in land interests

SEA 606 (PL118) Teacher salaries

SEA 607 (PL237) Workforce diploma reimbursement program

SEA 609 (PL279) Alcohol matters

SEA 621 (PL42) Nonprofit property tax exemption (Jan. 1, 2018)

SEA 631 (PL119) Drug classifications and drug schedules

SEA 632 (PL21) Radon in schools

House Enrolled Acts

HEA 1001 (PL108) State budget (Sections 128, 132 Jan. 1, 2020; Sections 203-204, 207-208, 210-234, 249 June 29, 2019; Sections 32, 41-42, 56-57, 82, 99, 135, 146-151, 153-154, 156-157, 195-197, 202, 246, 250-253, 255-257, 265, April 29, 2019; Sections 120-121, 266 Jan. 1, 2019; Section 155 Sept. 1, 2018; Sections 198, 254 July 1, 2018)

HEA 1002 (PL143) Career and technical education (Sections 16, 29 April 30, 2019; Sections 19, 39 Jan. 1, 2019; Section 26 July 1, 2018)

HEA 1003 (PL161) School corporation expenditure targets (Sections 3-8 Jan. 1, 2020)

HEA 1004 (PL197) School safety (Sections 1-5, 7 May 2, 2019)

HEA 1005 (PL8) State superintendent of public instruction

HEA 1006 (PL198) Department of Child Services

HEA 1007 (PL292) Perinatal care

HEA 1008 (PL73) Teacher career ladders

HEA 1009 (PL74) Teacher residency grant pilot program

HEA 1010 (PL162) Income tax deductions (Jan. 1, 2019)

HEA 1014 (PL163) Unauthorized adoption advertising (May 1, 2019)

HEA 1015 (PL293) Various gaming matters

HEA 1018 (PL75) County park boards

HEA 1019 (PL43) Public construction

HEA 1021 (PL238) Education finance (Sections 9, 14-15 Jan. 1, 2020; Sections 1-7, 10-13, 16-19, 21-22 Jan. 1, 2019)

HEA 1025 (PL120) County highway engineer’s salary

HEA 1029 (PL22) Prescription drug pricing study committee (April 10, 2019)

HEA 1051 (PL23) Study of reckless homicide (April 10, 2019)

HEA 1053 (PL24) Disabled Hoosier veteran license plate (Jan. 1, 2020)

HEA 1056 (PL121) Property tax appeals (Sections 1-12, 14-15 Jan. 1, 2020)

HEA 1057 (PL25) Vanderburgh County magistrates

HEA 1059 (PL199) Survivor benefits

HEA 1060 (PL76) School corporation operations fund levy

HEA 1062 (PL122) Unemployment matters (Section 27 July 1, 2015)

HEA 1063 (PL44) School safety equipment (April 18, 2019)

HEA 1065 (PL239) Regional holding facility (May 5, 2019)

HEA 1075 (PL103) Children’s commission report and DCS human trafficking coordinator

HEA 1078 (PL240) Commitment of Level 6 offenders to DOC

HEA 1080 (PL26) Community corrections and credit time (April 10, 2019)

HEA 1084 (PL45) Identification through surgical implants

HEA 1086 (PL123) Local licensing and permitting

HEA 1087 (PL77) Payment of court costs

HEA 1089 (PL241) Education matters (Sections 2-3 July 1, 2020)

HEA 1094 (PL46) Ambulance service program membership

HEA 1100 (PL47) Funeral licensee, life insurance and human remain

HEA 1113 (PL200) Telecoil and beacon positioning systems

HEA 1114 (PL201) Criminal matters

HEA 1115 (PL78) Tourism development

HEA 1116 (PL164) Various local government matters

HEA 1118 (PL48) Howard County magistrate

HEA 1123 (PL242) Telephone solicitation (Section 12 May 5, 2019)

HEA 1125 (PL124) Cumulative capital improvement fund

HEA 1128 (PL125) Construction permits

HEA 1136 (PL280) Uniform Consumer Credit Code (Section 7 May 6, 2019)

HEA 1141 (PL202) Traffic amnesty program

HEA 1150 (PL165) Monetary awards for exonerated prisoners (Nov. 1, 2019)

HEA 1165 (PL166) Study of farmland preservation (May 1, 2019)

HEA 1170 (PL126) Public safety officer contract negotiations

HEA 1171 (PL127) Apprentice plumbers

HEA 1173 (PL9) Tippecanoe County Superior Court

HEA 1175 (PL128) Behavioral health professionals

HEA 1177 (PL129) Township government issues

HEA 1182 (PL167) Worker’s compensation

HEA 1183 (PL281) Towing services

HEA 1185 (PL79) Bunkhouse safety requirements

HEA 1186 (PL80) Crimes involving synthetic drugs

HEA 1187 (PL10) Technical corrections (Sections 143-144 April 3, 2019; Section 142 July 1, 2018)

HEA 1192 (PL203) Theft by public servants (May 2, 2019)

HEA 1196 (PL168) Indiana Horse Racing Commission

HEA 1198 (PL243) Department of Child Services matters

HEA 1199 (PL49) Mental health professionals

HEA 1200 (PL130) Telepsychology

HEA 1208 (PL244) Prohibited name change

HEA 1209 (PL169) Discipline of coaches

HEA 1211 (PL93) Abortion matters

HEA 1214 (PL204) Construction managers as constructors (Jan. 1, 2019)

HEA 1216 (PL131) First Steps program

HEA 1217 (PL170) Porter County election board

HEA 1223 (PL205) Administrative law judges (Section 14 Jan. 1, 2020; Sections 1-4 May 2, 2019)

HEA 1224 (PL104) School intergenerational safety pilot project

HEA 1225 (PL50) Safe schools

HEA 1236 (PL206) Electric bicycles

HEA 1237 (PL245) Subscription auto sales (Section 3 May 5, 2019; Sections 1-2, 4 July 1, 2013)

HEA 1245 (PL81) Various higher education matters

HEA 1246 (PL246) Health matters (Section 18 June 1, 2019; Sections 4-5, 20, 24 May 5, 2019; Section 22 April 18, 2019)

HEA 1248 (PL247) Pharmacists; physician assistants

HEA 1257 (PL132) Military family relief fund

HEA 1258 (PL171) Department of Homeland Security

HEA 1266 (PL248) Sediment and erosion control in construction

HEA 1268 (PL82) Veteran status information database (Jan. 1, 2020)

HEA 1269 (PL249) Administrative boards

HEA 1270 (PL282) Kankakee River basin and Yellow River basin development

HEA 1275 (PL133) Sepsis treatment guidelines

HEA 1278 (PL250) Environmental matters (Sections 1-2, 7-21, 24-25, 27, 35 May 5, 2019)

HEA 1279 (PL251) Natural resources matters (Section 3 Jan. 1, 2020)

HEA 1280 (PL11) Coroner access to emergency contact database

HEA 1284 (PL107) Self-defense, defense of others and firearms matters (Sections 6-7 April 26, 2019)

HEA 1294 (PL51) INSPECT program (April 18, 2019)

HEA 1295 (PL12) Veterinary prescriptions

HEA 1296 (PL52) Medicaid waiver priority status for military child (April 18, 2019)

HEA 1299 (PL207) Veterans affairs (Jan. 1, 2020)

HEA 1305 (PL83) Gas and oil well assessment

HEA 1308 (PL134) Medicaid recovery audits

HEA 1311 (PL283) Absentee ballots

HEA 1330 (PL172) Disposal of abandoned or derelict aircraft

HEA 1332 (PL53) Marion County magistrates

HEA 1341 (PL84) Occupational safety and health

HEA 1342 (PL54) Telephone CPR instruction training

HEA 1343 (PL252) Libraries

HEA 1344 (PL135) Nurse licensure compact

HEA 1345 (PL85) Property tax matters (Section 1 Jan. 1, 2020; Section 3 April 24, 2019; Sections 2, 4 Jan. 1, 2018)

HEA 1347 (PL105) Municipally owned utilities (April 25, 2019)

HEA 1349 (PL86) State police supplementary death benefit

HEA 1354 (PL55) Sickle cell disease grant program (Section 4 April 18, 2019)

HEA 1358 (PL136) Use of unmanned aerial vehicles

HEA 1362 (PL253) Peer-to-peer vehicle sharing (Jan. 1, 2020)

HEA 1367 (PL173) Health facility requirements concerning residents.

HEA 1374 (PL208) Performance and payment bonds

HEA 1375 (PL209) State Board of Accounts

HEA 1394 (PL87) Women’s suffrage centennial commission (Section 1 April 24, 2019.)

HEA 1397 (PL254) School corporations

HEA 1398 (PL255) Information concerning threats to school safety

HEA 1400 (PL174) Education studies (May 1, 2019)

HEA 1402 (PL290) Innkeeper’s taxes and other local taxes (Sections 11, 14-15 May 6, 2019)

HEA 1405 (PL256) Taxation of data centers (Section 2 Jan. 1, 2019)

HEA 1406 (PL56) Water infrastructure assistance fund and program

HEA 1411 (PL88) Eminent domain for nonpublic uses

HEA 1427 (PL257) Local government matters (Section 13, 27, 66 Jan. 1, 2020; Section 116 June 30, 2019; Sections 7, 12, 17, 50-52, 55, 134, 147, 155, 172 May 5, 2019; Sections 10, 71-73, 82, 95-98, 101-102, 170-171 Jan. 1, 2019; Section 24 July 1, 2017; Section 169 Jan. 1, 2017)

HEA 1432 (PL258) Parental incarceration

HEA 1440 (PL175) Loan brokers

HEA 1443 (PL137) Task force to study schools for the deaf and blind (April 29, 2019)

HEA 1447 (PL176) Financial institutions and consumer credit

HEA 1465 (PL57) Professional development in accounting

HEA 1470 (PL89) Utility transmission improvements and costs

HEA 1473 (PL259) Indiana bond bank (Section 1 Jan. 1, 2020; Sections 1, 3-6, 13-14, 16-18 May 5, 2019; Section 10 Jan. 1, 2019)

HEA 1482 (PL284) Dealer services (Sections 22, 24, 26 July 1, 2020)

HEA 1484 (PL260) Language development for children who are deaf or hard of hearing

HEA 1486 (PL261) New septic system technology

HEA 1487 (PL177) Business services of the secretary of state (Section 17 Oct. 1, 2019; Sections 6-8, 10-12, 16, June 1, 2019; Sections 1-4, 9, 13-15, 18, 20-21, 23, 25-26; 34-36 May 1, 2019)

HEA 1488 (PL262) Rehabilitation and community-based services (Sections 1, 3 May 5, 2019)

HEA 1492 (PL13) Noxious weed control

HEA 1500 (PL106) Kinship care navigator report

HEA 1506 (PL178) Bureau of Motor Vehicles (Sections 32-34, 36-37, 48-51, 53-55 July 1, 2021; Sections 1-31, 35, 38-43, 46, 52, 56-66 Jan. 1, 2020)

HEA 1517 (PL58) Charity gaming

HEA 1518 (PL285) Alcoholic matters and tobacco certificates (Sections 11-12, 15, 38, 40-41, 55-56, 63 May 6, 2019)

HEA 1520 (PL263) Child support

HEA 1542 (PL264) Human services matters (Sections 9, 13 May 5, 2019; Section 11 April 18, 2019)

HEA 1543 (PL179) Inpatient addiction treatment

HEA 1545 (PL138) Public health matters

HEA 1546 (PL265) Prior authorization and Medicaid

HEA 1547 (PL139) Consent to pregnancy services of a minor

HEA 1548 (PL140) Medicaid advisory committee

HEA 1552 (PL59) Reserve police officer continuing education

HEA 1569 (PL90) Professional licensing matters

HEA 1588 (PL286) Insurance matters

HEA 1597 (PL91) Campaign finance reports

HEA 1600 (PL60) Study committee on protection of senior citizens (April 18, 2019)

HEA 1605 (PL14) Department of Transportation matters

HEA 1607 (PL266) Harassment and orders for protection

HEA 1613 (PL61) Transfer of state real property. (April 18, 2019)

HEA 1615 (PL141) Animal cruelty

HEA 1627 (PL267) Curriculum matters

HEA 1628 (PL268) Pre-kindergarten pilot program (Sections 3-6, 9-12, 14 Jan. 1, 2020; Sections 1-2, 7-8, 13, 17 May 5, 2019)

HEA 1629 (PL287) Various education matters (Sections 3, 10-11 May 6, 2019)

HEA 1630 (PL269) Various education matters (May 5, 2019)

HEA 1631 (PL288) Short term insurance plans

HEA 1638 (PL92) State fair

HEA 1641 (PL270) Charter school matters (Sections 1, 5-10, 12-13, 22, 25 May 5, 2019)

HEA 1649 (PL142) Electric foot scooters

HEA 1651 (PL289) Judicial evaluation of dangerous individuals and firearms (Sections 2, 6, 11 May 6, 2019)

HEA 1652 (PL180) Insulin administered by medication aides

HEA 1664 (PL62) Water or sewer service for condominiums (April 18, 2019)

HEA 1668 (PL181) Use of Social Security numbers in credit files (May 1, 2019)•