Advocacy Update | 04.09.25

Current List of Bills 1si Supports:  

 SB-463: Child Care Matters  

Explanation: Adds additional qualified childcare for purposes of the employer childcare expenditure tax credit and extends the credit availability through July 1, 2027. The bill will help support adequate funding and staffing for Indiana childcare centers. The bill strongly ties to 1si’s call to action which emphasizes the affordability and quality of childcare.  

• Status:  
• 4/03/2025-Committee report: amend do pass, adopted 
• 3/27/2025-Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means Pursuant to House Rule 126.3 
• 3/27/2025-Committee report: amend do pass, adopted 
• 3/3/2025-First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children, and Human Affairs 
• Referred to the House 

SB-443: Business personal property tax  

Explanation: The bill proposed to increase business tax exemption by $20,000. This change should help reduce the administrative burden on small businesses, especially those with few fixed assets. However, the impact of the increase is expected to be minor, as it is a relatively small adjustment.  

• Status:   
• 3/13/2025-Representative Judy added as cosponsor 
• 3/3/2025- First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means 
• 2/14/2025- Referred to the House  
• 2/13/2025- House sponsor: Representative Snow  

HB-1172: Office of entrepreneurship and innovation  

• Status:  
• 4/3/2025-Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations 
• 2/20/2025- First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology 
• 2/12/2025- Referred to the Senate  
• 2/11/2025- Senate sponsor: Senator Buchanan  

HB-1248: Child Care and Development Fund  

Explanation: The bill will help prioritize foster parents to gain assistance through the Childcare Development Fund. The bill strongly connects to 1si’s call to action to increase the availability and affordability of childcare.  

• Status:   
• 4/3/2025-Signed by the President of the Senate 
• 3/27/2025-Signed by the Speaker 
• 3/24/2025-House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 304 
  • Yeas: 95 
  • Nays: 0 
• 3/20/2025- Motion to concur filed 

Current List of Bills 1si is Monitoring:  

Senate Bills:  

SB-1: Property Tax Relief  

Explanation: We are closely monitoring this bill because the changes to residential and personal taxes significantly impact infrastructure, municipal funding, and workforce education. Based on the reports from the Association of Indiana Counties, you can see the impact of SB-1 here. In light of the bill, we are strongly advocating for the clarity of the expected impacts of this bill on businesses and individuals from our local government officials and elected state officials. We strongly advise our members to understand the bill’s effect within our communities. 

• Status:  
• 3/3/2025- First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means 
• 2/19/2025- Representatives Snow and Jordan added as cosponsors 
• 2/18/2025- Referred to the House 

SB-314: Pass-through entity tax  

• Status:  
• 4/1/2025-Signed by the Governor 
• 3/27/2025-Signed by the President of the Senate 
• 3/26/2025-Signed by the Speaker 
• 3/26/2025-Signed by the President Pro Tempore 

SB-423: Small modular nuclear reactor pilot program 

•   Status:  
• 3/3/2025- First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications 
• 2/4/2025- Referred to House  
• 2/3/2025- House sponsor: Representative Soliday  
• 2/3/2025- Third reading passed; Roll Call 60  
  • Yeas 41  
  • Nays:7   

SB-426: Water utilities 

• Status:  
• 4/1/2025-Signed by the Governor 
• 3/27/2025-Signed by the President of the Senate 
• 3/24/2025-Signed by the Speaker 
• 3/24/2025-Signed by the President Pro Tempore 
• 3/21/20- Returned to the Senate without amendments 

SB-488: Skills training pilot program  

• Status:  
• Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3 
• 3/20/2025- Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3 
• 3/20/2025- Committee report: do pass, adopted 
• 3/3/2025- First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions 

SB-518: School property taxes 

• Status: 
• 3/3/2025- First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means 
• 2/21/2025- Referred to the House 
• 2/20/2025- Third reading: passed; Roll Call 210 
  • Yeas: 28 
  • Nays: 21 

House Bills:

HB-1003: Health matters

Explanation: Addresses site-neutral payment requirements, burdensome 340B requirements, the extension of site-neutral payments to nonprofit hospital settings, and hospital billing requirements.  

• Status: 
• 4/3/2025- Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations 
• 3/3/2025- Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Health and Provider Services 
• 3/3/2025- First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial Institutions 
• 2/19/2025- Referred to the Senate 

HB-1004: Nonprofit Hospitals  

Education: Loss of non-profit status is any charge item is in excess of 300% of Medicare and includes an excise tax to be imposed upon a hospital each time the hospital charges a patient a facility fee that exceeds 265% of Medicare. 

• Status: 
• 3/20/2025- Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations 
• 3/3/2025- First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services 
• 2/21/2025- Referred to the Senate 
• 2/20/2025- Third reading: passed; Roll Call 239 
  • Yeas: 68 
  • Nays: 26 

HB-1214: Workers’ compensation  

• Status:  
• 4/3/2025-House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 363 
  • Yeas: 90 
  • Nays: 0 
• 4/3/2025-Motion to concur filed 
• 3/28/2025-Returned to the House with amendments 
• 3/27/2025-Third reading: passed; Roll Call 299 
  • Yeas: 48 
  • Nays: 0 

HB-1226: Medicare supplement insurance  

• Status:  
• 4/3/2025-Signed by the President Pro Tempore 
• 3/27/2025-Signed by Speaker 
• 3/26/2025-Returned to the House without amendments 
• 3/25/2025-Third reading: passed; Roll Call 283 
  • Yeas: 45 
  • Nays: 2 

HB-1347: Real estate matters 

• Status:  
• 3/19/2025- Returned to the House with amendments 
• 3/18/2025- Third reading: ordered engrossed 
• 3/17/2025- Second reading: ordered engrossed 
• 3/13/2025- Committee report: amend do pass, adopted 

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