Advocacy Update | 01.23.24

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It is the third week of the Indiana General Assembly. Here are some deadlines to keep in mind as the session moves forward. 

  • Thursday, February 20, 2025: Last day for third reading of House bills in House. 
  • Thursday, February 20, 2025: Latest day session must reconvene (IC 2-2.1-1-2) 

This week, Lance Allison (1si President), John Launius (1si Vice President and Director of Economic Development), and Melissa Spigler (1si Director of Investor Relations) went to the Statehouse Wednesday to hand deliver our advocacy agenda. We look forward to seeing the impact 1si and its constituents will make by advocating for policies that benefit local communities and businesses. 

 

The following bills have been discussed, but there is no stance taken at the time of this release.  

Senate Bills: 

SB-20: Economic development and foreign trade 

  • Current Status: 
  • 1/8/2025- Referred to Senate Homeland Security and Transportation 

SB-93: Common Construction wage 

  • Current Status: 
  • 1/8/2025- Read first time and referred to committee on Pensions and Labor 

SB-347: Indiana economic development corporation 

  • Current Status: 
  • 1/13/2025- Referred to Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy 

SB-392: Property tax relief for seniors and veterans 

  • Current Status: 
  • 1/13/2025- Read first time and referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy 

SB-443: Business personal property tax 

  • Current Status: 
  • 1/13/2025- Referred to Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy 

SB-463:  Childcare Matters

  • Current Status:
  • 1/13/2025 – Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services

SB-488: Skills training pilot program 

  • Current Status: 
  • 1/13/2025- Read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career Development 

House Bills 

HB-1021: Training in human trafficking 

  • Current Status: 
  • 1/8/2025- Read first time and referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code 

HB-1106:  Medicaid Buy-in

  • Current Status:
  • 1/8/2025 – Read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health

HB-1151: Advanced practice registered nurses 

  • Current Status: 
  • 1/8/2025- Read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health 

HB-1154: Behavioral health preceptorship tax credit 

  • Current Status: 
  • 1/8/2025- Referred to Committee on Ways and Means 

HB-1172: Office of entrepreneurship and innovation 

  • Current Status: 
  • 1/29/2025-House Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing) 
  • 1/8/2025-Referred to House Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development 

HB-1180: Mental health care for veterans with PTSD 

  • Current Status: 
  • 1/8/2025- Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety 

HB-1214: Worker’s compensation 

  • Current Status: 
  • 1/8/2025- Read first time and referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions 

HB-1223: Tourism development projects 

  • Current Status: 
  • 1/23/2025- House Government and Regulatory Reform, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing) 
  • 1/9/2025- Referred to House Government and Regulatory Reform 

HB-1226: Medicare supplement insurance 

  • Current Status: 
  • 1/9/2025- Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance 

HB-1247: Prohibited food ingredients 

  • Current Status: 
  • 1/9/2025- Read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health 

HB-1248: Child Care and Development Fund 

  • Current Status: 
  • 1/22/2025- House Family, children and Human Affairs, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing) 
  • 1/9/2025- Referred to House Family, Children and Human Affairs 

HB-1296: Artificial intelligence and policies 

  • Current Status: 
  • 1/13/2025- Read first time and referred to Committee on Education 

HB-1347: Real estate matters 

  • Current Status: 
  • 1/21/2025- Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions 
  • 1/13/2025- Amended, reported – Do Pass. 

HB-1402: Local government finance 

  • Current Status: 
  • 1/13/2025- Referred to House Ways and Means 

HB-1408: Regional innovation development 

  • Current Status: 
  • 1/13/2025- Referred to House Ways and Means 

 You can find a copy of the 1si 2024 Advocacy Agenda by visiting https://1si.org/advocacy/ or downloading a PDF copy here. 

 

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