In return to pre-COVID rules, Legislature tackles controversial topics

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After the 2021 session of the Indiana General Assembly was spent with lawmakers spread out across multiple buildings and with members of the public restricted in their ability to attend legislative meetings, the 2022 session marked a return to the Statehouse and in-person testimony. Indiana legislators addressed issues ranging from taxpayer refunds to crime reduction to LGBTQ student-athletes and more.

Following is the complete list of legislation enacted during the 2022 legislative session. Bills take effect July 1 unless otherwise noted.

Indiana Senate

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SEA 1 (PL 2)

Automatic taxpayer refund, March 7, 2022

SEA 2 (PL 148)

Various education matters, Sections 1-2 March 18, 2022; Sections 3-4 July 1, 2021

SEA 5 (PL 149)

Reciprocity and audiology compact, Sections 1-2, 4, 6, 8, 11-13, 16-17 March 18, 2022

SEA 7 (PL 103)

Marion County crime reduction pilot

SEA 9 (PL 84)

Electronic monitoring standards, Section 4 March 11, 2022

SEA 11 (PL 39)

Display of historical documents

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SEA 12 (PL 3)

Semiquincentennial commission

SEA 19 (PL 4)

Sentence enhancement for use of firearm

SEA 37 (PL 104)

Population parameters, April 1, 2022

SEA 62 (PL 123)

Sale of tax sale properties
to nonprofits

SEA 66 (PL 150)

Solvent supervised estates

SEA 67 (PL 151)

Small estates

SEA 70 (PL 5)

Obstruction of justice

SEA 74 (PL 50)

Preferences in public works and public purchasing

SEA 76 (PL 6)

Meet and confer for public safety employees

SEA 78 (PL 85)

1977 pension and disability fund

SEA 80 (PL 105)

Code publication amendments, Sections 36-37 April 1, 2022; Section 41 Jan. 1, 2024

SEA 82 (PL 51)

Free Application for Federal
Student Aid

SEA 83 (PL 124)

Open meetings

SEA 84 (PL 40)

Suicide and drug overdose death reporting, March 8, 2022

SEA 85 (PL 7)

Drainage task force, March 7, 2022

SEA 89 (PL 52)

Higher education scholarships

SEA 91 (PL 41)

Teacher preparation programs

SEA 115 (PL 125)

School employee misconduct

SEA 117 (PL 86)

Police log information

SEA 119 (PL 8)

Taxation of farm property

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SEA 123 (PL 126)

Dyslexia screening and intervention

SEA 125 (PL 9)

Technical corrections, Section 9 July 1,
2023; Sections 82-83 March 7, 2022

SEA 129 (PL 10)

Seed tests

SEA 131 (PL 11)

Uniform electronic legal material act

SEA 134 (PL 87)

Appropriation of donated money, March 11, 2022

SEA 136 (PL 42)

Dental plans

SEA 139 (PL 53)

Manufactured housing in mobile home community, Sections 1, 3-4 March 10, 2022

SEA 145 (PL 54)

Property tax matters, Jan. 1, 2023

SEA 147 (PL 152)

Underground pumped
storage hydropower

SEA 148 (PL 55)

Prosecuting attorneys

SEA 149 (PL 106)

Various court matters

SEA 155 (PL 153)

Human trafficking

SEA 156 (PL 88)

Motor vehicle crash investigations

SEA 157 (PL 12)

Disposition of real property by INDOT

SEA 158 (PL 13)

Public safety telecommunicators, March 7, 2022

SEA 163 (PL 56)

Town fiscal management

SEA 166 (PL 57)

Public-private agreements, Section 11 Jan. 1, 2023

SEA 182 (PL 14)

Court procedures

SEA 185 (PL 107)

Newborn safety device, March 14, 2022

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SEA 186 (PL 127)

Department of Natural Resources

SEA 193 (PL 154)

Probate code study commission

SEA 239 (PL 128)

Practitioner advertising

SEA 245 (PL 58)

Statewide sports and tourism
bid fund

SEA 246 (PL 59)

Motor vehicle insurance for
foster children

SEA 247 (PL 15)

Report on 911 and regionalized trauma systems

SEA 251 (PL 60)

Interstate medical licensure compact

SEA 260 (PL 16)

Licensed professionals organ
donor registration

SEA 263 (PL 89)

Evidence preservation requirements

SEA 264 (PL 17)

Administrative rules review task force, March 7, 2022

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SEA 266 (PL 173)

Department of Child Services matters, Sections 1-3 March 21, 2022

SEA 269 (PL 129)

Regulation of dams

SEA 271 (PL 155)

Small modular nuclear reactors

SEA 272 (PL 18)

Wastewater infrastructure, Section 5 March 7, 2022

SEA 273 (PL 61)

Financing of water and wastewater utility assets

SEA 277 (PL 19)

Travel insurance

SEA 278 (PL 108)

Indiana geological and water survey advisory council

SEA 284 (PL 109)

Telehealth matters

SEA 290 (PL 130)

Various education matters, Section 2 March 15, 2022; Section 10 July 1, 2021

SEA 293 (PL 20)

Manufactured home dealers, Sections 3-5, 8, 11, 16 July 1, 2023

SEA 294 (PL 21)

Law enforcement training board

SEA 297 (PL 22)

School employee dues deductions

SEA 298 (PL 62)

Certificates of public advantage, March 10, 2022

SEA 299 (PL 23)

Annexation of fire protection district territory, Section 2 Jan. 1, 2021

SEA 301 (PL 43)

Wastewater holding tanks in
RV campgrounds

SEA 304 (PL 24)

Township trustees and budgets

SEA 328 (PL 131)

Elections, Section 1 Dec. 1, 2021; Sections 2, 4-5 March 15, 2022

SEA 331 (PL 132)

Education matters, Sections 3-8 March 15, 2022

SEA 336 (PL 25)

Racketeering and fraud

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SEA 342 (PL 133)

Flood plain management,
March 15, 2022

SEA 343 (PL 63)

Agritourism activities

SEA 347 (PL 64)

Tribal law enforcement

SEA 351 (PL 110)

Controllable electronic records

SEA 353 (PL 44)

Home health aide
training requirements

SEA 356 (PL 134)

Education matters, Section 1 March 15, 2022

SEA 357 (PL 26)

Acceptance of electronic conveyance documents

SEA 361 (PL 135)

Economic development, Section 10 Jan. 1, 2023; Sections 29-30 March 15, 2022

SEA 365 (PL 65)

Psychology interjurisdictional compact

SEA 366 (PL 66)

Higher education funding, Section 5 July 1, 2023

SEA 371 (PL 67)

Replacement of the London Interbank Offered Rate, March 10, 2022

SEA 374 (PL 27)

Regional water or sewer district service areas, March 7, 2022

SEA 376 (PL 136)

Gaming matters

SEA 381 (PL 28)

Regulation of radioactive materials

SEA 382 (PL 137)

Various tax matters, Sections 1-2, 7, 9, 101, 103 March 15, 2022; Sections 11, 35-37, 55-56, 76, 82, 85-86, 88 Jan. 1, 2023; Section 33 Jan. 1, 2021; Sections 41-51 July 1, 2021; Sections 52, 60, 62-64, 66-67, 70-72, 77-80 July 1, 2023; Section 83 Jan. 1, 2020

SEA 383 (PL 29)

Financial institutions and consumer credit, Sections 4, 6, 9, 14-21
March 7, 2022

SEA 388 (PL 156)

Foreign gifts and ownership of agricultural land

SEA 398 (PL 30)

Bone marrow donor
recruitment program

SEA 408 (PL 31)

Community investments
by financial institutions

SEA 410 (PL 68)

Unlicensed caregiver intervention in juvenile court proceeding

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SEA 411 (PL 90)

Commercial solar and wind energy

SEA 418 (PL 178)

Conflict resolution and technical corrections, Section 2 April 1, 2022; Section 4 July 1, 2023; Section 6 March 8, 2022; Sections 19-20 March 13, 2020; Section 23 Jan. 1, 2023

Indiana House of Representatives

HEA 1001 (PL 1)

Administrative authority, COVID-19 immunizations, March 3, 2022

HEA 1002 (PL 138)

Various tax matters, Section 1, March 15, 2022; Sections 2-4 July 1, 2022

HEA 1003 (PL 69)

Nursing programs and licensing matters, March 10, 2022

HEA 1004 (PL 45)

Department of Correction

HEA 1011 (PL 157)

Sale of capital asset, March 18, 2022

HEA 1013 (PL 32)

State fossil

HEA 1021 (PL 111)

Horse racing veterinarians

HEA 1034 (PL 46)

Tax increment financing

HEA 1041 (PL 177)

Participating in school sports

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HEA 1045 (PL 47)

529 college savings accounts

HEA 1048 (Pl 112)

Sheriff’s sale in mortgage foreclosure action

HEA 1062 (PL 113)

Regulation of cemeteries

HEA 1073 (PL 91)

Converted motor vehicle protection

HEA 1075 (PL 114)

Commissions and committees, Sections 1, 17-19 March 14, 2022; Sections 2-16, 20-33 July 1, 2022

HEA 1079 (PL 92)

Elements of rape

HEA 1092 (PL 158)

Business association matters

HEA 1093 (PL 139)

Education matters Sections 3-4 April 1, 2022; Sections 1-2, 5-21 July 1, 2022

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HEA 1094 (PL 140)

Education matters

HEA 1103 (PL 141)

Department of Natural Resources

HEA 1110 (PL 70)

Annexation of
residential development

HEA 1111 (PL 71)

Utility Regulatory Commission
reporting and rules, Section 11 March 10, 2022; Sections 1-10 July 1, 2022

HEA 1112 (PL 142)

Medicaid reimbursement rates,
Sections 2-3 March 15, 2022; Section 1 July 1, 2022

HEA 1116 (PL 115)

Electronic voting machines

HEA 1130 (PL 116)

Open meetings

HEA 1137 (PL 159)

Protective orders

HEA 1140 (PL 117)

Medicaid coverage for pregnant women, March 14, 2022

HEA 1147 (PL 33)

Seed tests

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HEA 1148 (PL 48)

Veterinary medicine

HEA 1149 (PL 49)

Home-based vendors

HEA 1153 (PL 160)

Worker’s compensation, Section 1 July 1, 2022; Sections 2, 5, 6, 8, 10 Jan. 1, 2023; Sections 3, 4, 7, 9
July 1, 2023

HEA 1167 (PL 118)

Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Section 6 March 14, 2022; Sections 1-5, 7-33 July 1, 2022

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HEA 1169 (PL 143)

Health matters, Sections 43-45, 50, 55, 79 March 15, 2022;
Sections 1-42, 46-49, 51-54, 56-78 July 1, 2022

HEA 1174 (PL 119)

Special death benefit

HEA 1181 (PL 34)

Youth offender boot camps and inmate calling services

HEA 1183 (Pl 144)

Natural resources matters, Section 4 March 15, 2022; Sections 1-3
July 1, 2022

HEA 1190 (PL 145)

Free speech at state
educational institutions

HEA 1192 (PL 35)

Qualified providers and Medicaid school services

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HEA 1193 (PL 72)

Opioid litigation, Sections 1-4 March 10, 2022

HEA 1196 (PL 73)

Homeowners associations and solar power, Section 1 March 10, 2022

HEA 1205 (PL 161)

Uniform trust decanting act and trustee duties

HEA 1208 (PL 162)

Various probate and trust matters

HEA 1209 (PL 163)

Carbon sequestration projects

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HEA 1214 (PL 164)

Residential eviction actions, Sections 1-2 March 18, 2022; Section 3 July 1, 2022

HEA 1217 (PL 93)

Coerced abortion

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HEA 1221 (PL 94)

Electric vehicles and electricity pricing, Sections 1-4 March 11, 2022

HEA 1222 (PL 74)

Various FSSA matters

HEA 1223 (PL 75)

Education matters

HEA 1226 (PL 120)

Solid waste matters, Section 1 3-8, March 14, 2022; Section 2
July 1, 2022

HEA 1238 (PL 165)

Insurance matters, Section 6 March 18, 2022; Sections 1-5, 7-12
July 1, 2022

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HEA 1242 (PL 166)

State purchasing, March 18, 2022

HEA 1245 (PL 167)

Connections to water and sewer systems, Sections 2, 15 March 18, 2022; Sections 1, 3-14, 16 July 1, 2022

HEA 1246 (PL 95)

Fire protection territories and local income taxation, Section 1 March 11, 2022; Sections 2, 4-5, 7-9 July 1, 2022; Section 3, 6 Jan. 1, 2022

HEA 1247 (PL 76)

Child fatality reporting

HEA 1248 (PL 96)

Direct contact with specific animals

HEA 1251 (PL 168)

Various education matters, Sections 1, 6, 18-20, 22-23 March 18, 2022

HEA 1254 (PL 77)

Newborn screening requirements

HEA 1255 (PL 36)

Health matters, Sections 1, 5-7, 10 March 7, 2022

HEA 1260 (PL 174)

Department of Local Government Finance, Sections 5, 7, 11, 29, 31-34 March 21, 2022; Sections 6, 12-18, 21-25, 46, 67 Jan. 1, 2023; Sections 57-58 March 3, 2022; Section 79 Jan. 1, 2020

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HEA 1262 (PL 97)

Outdoor advertising signs

HEA 1283 (PL 146)

Exoneration payments

HEA 1285 (PL 169)

Redistricting local election districts, March 18, 2022

HEA 1286 (PL 37)

Request for proposals for solid waste contracts

HEA 1291 (PL 38)

Department of Health name change

HEA 1292 (PL 98)

Compensation for victims of
violent crimes

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HEA 1294 (PL 78)

Restraint of pregnant inmates; pregnancy from certain sex offenses

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HEA 1296 (PL 175)

Firearms matters

HEA 1298 (PL 121)

Alcoholic beverages

HEA 1299 (PL 79)

Permit transfers and tax
hold extensions

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HEA 1300 (PL 147)

Bail, Sections 3, 5 March 15, 2022

HEA 1303 (PL 122)

Tax credit for ABLE account contributions, Jan. 1, 2024

HEA 1306 (PL 99)

Housing task force, March 11, 2022

HEA 1313 (PL 80)

Screening children for lead poisoning, Jan. 1, 2023

HEA 1314 (PL 170)

Public safety matters, Sections 13-14, 26 March 18, 2022

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HEA 1318 (PL 81)

Child care provided by a
school corporation

HEA 1320 (PL 82)

Purchases from youth
agricultural programs

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HEA 1351 (PL 171)

Disclosure or notification
of data breach

HEA 1354 (PL 100)

Requirements for SNAP participants, March 11, 2022

HEA 1359 (PL 101)

Juvenile law matters, Section 1 March 11, 2022; Sections 3, 11, 13-28, 30-32, 35-36 July 1, 2023

HEA 1361 (PL 83)

TANF and child care
assistance eligibility

HEA 1363 (PL 172)

Department of
Child Services matters

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HEA 1410 (PL 102)

Mandatory job search for TANF eligibility, July 1, 2023•

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