We are approaching the end of the 2025 Session, and next Tuesday will be the last day for adjournment of both houses. We encourage everyone to see upcoming deadlines. Below, read more information about the bills and updates.
- Tuesday, April 29, 2025: Last day for adjournment of both houses.
As we continue to wait for updates, check out 1si News and see all of our advocacy updates. Stay up to date and informed. Check out our news page here.
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:
- 4/17/2025- Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 473:
- Yeas: 35
- Nays: 6
- 4/10/2025- Motion to concur filed
- 4/10/2025- Returned to Senate with amendments
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:
- 4/10/2025- Signed by the Governor
- 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
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:
- 4/15/2025- Signed by the Governor
- 4/15/2025- Signed by the President of the Senate
- 4/15/2025- Signed by the Speaker
- 4/15/2025- Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- 4/15/2025- Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 417:
- Yeas: 27
- Nays: 22
SB-423: Small modular nuclear reactor pilot program
- Status:
- 4/17/2025- Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 471:
- Yeas: 34
- Nays: 12
- 4/16/2025- Motion to concur filed
- 4/15/2025- Third reading: passed; Roll Call 449:
- Yeas: 67
- Nays: 29
SB-426: Water utilities
- Status:
- 4/3/2025- Public Law 24
- 4/3/2025- 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:
- 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
- 4/21/2025- House dissent from Senate amendments
- 4/17/2025- Motion to dissent filed
- 4/16/2025- Returned to the House with amendments
- 4/15/2025- Committee report: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 421:
- Yeas: 48
- Nays: 1
HB-1004: Nonprofit Hospitals
Explanation: Loss of non-profit status if any change item that 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:
- 4/21/2025- House dissented from Senate amendments
- 4/17/2025- Motion to dissent filed
- 4/16/2025- Returned to the House with amendments
- 4/10/2025- Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
HB-1214: Workers’ compensation
- Status:
- 4/16/2025- Signed by the Governor
- 4/9/2025- Signed by the President of the Senate
- 4/8/2025- Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- 4/7/2025- Signed by the Speaker
- 4/3/2025- House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 363
- Yeas: 90
- Nays: 0
HB-1226: Medicare supplement insurance
- Status:
- 4/10/2025- Signed by the Governor
- 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:
- 4/21/2025- Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- 4/17/2025- Signed by the Speaker
- 4/16/2025- House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 470:
- Yeas: 82
- Nays: 0
- 4/15/2025 – Motion to concur filed
- 3/19/2025- Returned to the House with amendments
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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