Advocacy Update | 03.07.24

We’re almost to the end of this session! If you want to see our earlier Advocacy updates, please click here.

As a reminder, this year’s Call to Action continued the conversation with talent attraction and retention, focusing mainly on housing development, availability and affordability of childcare and eldercare, incumbent worker training options, employability of people with disabilities, and eliminating worker shortages.

New this Week:

Bills continue to move throughout the Senate and House this week, as both are on their third readings for bills that are still active.

Two bills that 1si has been monitoring are now labeled as “inactive”; SB-61 and SB-295.

1si continues to monitor HB-1183 as it moves through the process, as additional amendments have been added.

Bills 1si is Monitoring:

• HB-1121 – Local Income Taxes
  • Passed third reading in the Senate on 3/4/2024 and returned to the House with amendments. The House dissented from those amendments on 3/5/2024.
• HB-1183 – Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land
  • Passed third reading in the Senate on 3/5/2024 and returned to the House with amendments. The House dissented from those amendments on 3/6/2024.
• HB-1199 – Repeal of Economic Enhancement District Law
  • Passed third reading in the Senate on 2/29/2024 and returned to the House with amendments on 3/1/2024.
• SB-61 – Tourism Improvement District
  • Currently labeled as “inactive”
• SB-295 – Indiana Economic Development Corporation
  • Currently labeled as “inactive”

Current List of Bills 1si Supports or Opposes:

Supports:

• SB-2 – Child care
  • Passed third reading in the House on 3/4/2024 and returned to the Senate with amendments on 3/5/2024. Motion to concur was filed same day, and the Senate concurred in House amendments on 3/6/2024.

Opposes:

• The one bill that 1si opposes, HB-1157 – Non-Disclosure Agreements in Economic Development, has been labeled as “inactive.”

We’ll keep you updated, but if you’d like more information on our 2024 Advocacy Agenda, or to download a copy of it, please visit www.1si.org/advocacy or download your PDF copy here.