Our Advocacy Committee continues to meet and discuss relevant bills to our local businesses and constituents. We encourage everyone to see upcoming deadlines. Below, read more information about the bills and updates.
- Tuesday, April 15, 2025: Last day for House adoption of conference committee reports without Rules Committee approval
- Tuesday, April 15, 2025: Last day for Senate adoption of conference committee reports without Rules Committee approval.
- Tuesday, April 15, 2025: Last day for 3rd reading of House bills in the Senate.
- Tuesday, April 15, 2025: Last day for 3rd reading of Senate bills in House.
- Tuesday, April 29, 2025: Last day for adjournment for both houses.
Thank you to everyone who attended the 2025 Regional Leadership Luncheon. We heard from seven Southern Indiana governmental leaders about subjects such as grants, infrastructure, and challenges. If you would like a high-level overview of what was discussed, you can read SoIN leaders discuss improvements, challenges at 1si event by Andrew Harp with News and Tribune.
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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:
- 4/10/2025- Motion to concur filed
- 4/10/2025- Returned to Senate with amendments
- 4/9/2025- Third reading: passed; Roll Call 412
- Yeas: 94
- Nays: 0
- 4/8/2025- Amendment #6 (Gross-Reaves) prevailed; voice vote
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:
- 4/10/2025- Motion to concur filed
- 4/10/2025- Committee report: Pursuant to Senate Rule 82(e); approved by Rules Committee as amended by the House on Ways and Means
- 4/10/2025- Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure
- 4/10/2025- Returned to the Senate with amendments
- 4/10/2025- Third reading: passed; Roll Call 433
- Yeas: 65
- Nays: 29
SB-423: Small modular nuclear reactor pilot program
- Status:
- 4/10/2025- Second reading: order engrossed
- 4/8/2025- Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
- 3/3/2025- First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
- 2/4/2025- Referred to House
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:
- 4/10/2025- Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
- 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 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:
- 4/10/2025- Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
- 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
HB-1214: Workers’ compensation
- Status:
- 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
- 4/3/2025- Motion to concur filed
- 3/28/2025- Returned to the House with amendments
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:
- 3/19/2025- Returned to the House with amendments
- 3/18/2025- Third reading: passed
- Yeas: 49
- Nays: 0
- 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.
