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SB 146: Teacher compensation.
2025 · Authored (listed 3rd) · enacted: signed by the Governor
Requires the department of education (department) to submit a report to the general assembly before November 1, 2025, that provides an analysis of the feasibility and cost of increasing school corporation employee health plan options.
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SB 382: County transfers or gifts to school corporations.
2025 · Authored (listed 2nd) · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)
Provides that, if a county transfers or gifts any unencumbered funds to a school corporation, the county executive may establish a local board to have oversight and manage the use of the funds.
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SB 469: Assessment of land used for solar power generation.
2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee
Amends provisions that require the department of local government finance to annually determine a solar land base rate to divide the current south region into two regions (southeast and southwest regions) for which a separate solar land base rate must be determined by the department.
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SB 498: Child services.
2025 · Authored (listed 2nd) · enacted: signed by the Governor
Allows the Indiana board of pharmacy to release confidential information received by the INSPECT program to a supervisor of the department of child services (department) who is engaged in an investigation or adjudication of child abuse or neglect.
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SB 10: Voter registration.
2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Specifies that proof of identification may not include a document issued by an educational institution.
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SB 11: Minor access and use of social media.
2025 · Co-authored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)
Requires a social media operator to restrict a minor user's viewing of social media without first obtaining verifiable parental consent for the minor user.
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SB 14: Vegetable gardens and livestock.
2025 · Co-authored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)
Prohibits a county, city, or town (unit) from adopting or enforcing an ordinance that prevents a person from cultivating a vegetable garden on certain property.
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SB 151: Statute of limitations.
2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Specifies that a prosecution for rape as a Level 3 felony that is barred by the statute of limitations may still be brought within 10 years from the discovery of DNA evidence.
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SB 209: Electronic pull tabs in charity gaming.
2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Allows for the use of electronic pull tab games, electronic pull tab devices, and electronic pull tab systems in charity gaming by certain organizations.
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SB 233: Statute of limitations.
2025 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee
Allows for the prosecution of: (1) child molesting to be commenced before the date the alleged victim reaches 51 years of age; and (2) rape to be commenced within 15 years after the commission of the offense.
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SB 28: Ground water emergencies.
2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Allows the owner or operator of a significant ground water withdrawal facility to file a complaint with the director of the department of natural resources (director) that a water well on the property of the owner of the significant ground water withdrawal facility failed to furnish the well's normal supply of water or failed to furnish potable water.
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SB 282: Leaves of absence for local officeholders.
2025 · Co-authored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)
Allows a local officeholder to take a leave of absence from office when the local officeholder: (1) is caring for a child after the birth of the child or placement of the child with the local officeholder for adoption or foster care; (2) is caring for a spouse, child, or parent who has a serious health condition; (3) has a serious health condition and is unable to perform the duties of the office;
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SB 284: Early voting.
2025 · Co-authored · reported from Senate committee; no Senate third-reading vote
Reduces the period during which in person absentee voting may occur at the office of the circuit court clerk or a satellite office established by the county election board to a 14 day period ending at noon on the day before election day.
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SB 324: Criminal procedures.
2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Increases the penalty levels of crimes related to fentanyl.
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SB 331: Amended registration.
2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Provides that if a person changes the exterior color or appearance of their passenger vehicle from the color listed in the vehicle's registration through certain methods, the person must apply to amend their vehicle registration, and that a law enforcement officer shall issue a warning to a person who does not update the person's registration to reflect the color changes.
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SB 346: Rural business growth.
2025 · Co-authored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)
Establishes a state tax credit (credit) for certain capital investments made in rural funds.
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SB 4: Water matters.
2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Prohibits a water utility from constructing a long haul water pipeline unless the water utility first obtains a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) from the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC).
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SB 403: Charter school requirements.
2025 · Co-authored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)
Provides that access to financial data for local schools requirements apply to charter schools.
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SB 419: Crimes against health care providers.
2025 · Co-authored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)
Defines "health care provider".
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SB 421: IURC matters.
2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Amends within the Indiana Code chapter governing publication procedures for political subdivisions the provision governing the publication of a notice of a hearing by the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) to reference the publication procedures for hearings set forth in the Indiana Code chapter governing the IURC.
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SB 422: Advanced transmission technologies.
2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Defines "advanced transmission technologies" as software or hardware technologies that increase the capacity, efficiency, reliability, or safety of an existing or new electric transmission facility.
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SB 423: Small modular nuclear reactor pilot program.
2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Establishes the small modular nuclear reactor partnership pilot program (program).
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SB 424: Small modular nuclear reactor development costs.
2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Amends as follows the Indiana Code section concerning certificates of public convenience and necessity (certificates) for small modular nuclear reactors: (1) Authorizes a public utility to petition the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) for approval to incur, before obtaining a certificate, project development costs for the development of one or more small modular nuclear reactors.
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SB 428: Immigration matters.
2025 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee
Clarifies that the enforcement of federal immigration laws may be carried out by federal, state, or local law enforcement.
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SB 429: Public safety and noncitizen crimes.
2025 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee
Increases the penalty for operating a motor vehicle without having ever received a driver's license to: (1) a Level 6 felony if the crime results in serious bodily injury to another person; and (2) a Level 5 felony if the crime results in catastrophic injury or death to another person.
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SB 430: Grants for participation in the 287(g) program.
2025 · Co-authored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House
Establishes the 287(g) agreement grant program.
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SB 431: Construction of data center by foreign adversary.
2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Provides that after June 30, 2025, a foreign company may not construct or cause to be constructed a data center in Indiana unless the Indiana utility regulatory commission and the Indiana economic development corporation conduct a joint study of the anticipated electricity use of the prospective data center and certify to the governor and the general assembly that the electricity estimated to be u
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SB 480: Prior authorization.
2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Sets forth requirements for a utilization review entity that requires prior authorization of a health care service.
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SB 5: State fiscal and contracting matters.
2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Allows a state agency to use artificial intelligence software to prepare information and projections for the state budget.
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SB 523: School chaplains.
2025 · Co-authored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)
Allows a principal or superintendent of a public school, including a charter school, to employ, or approve as a volunteer, a school chaplain if certain requirements are met.
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SB 529: Eligibility for SNAP benefits.
2025 · Co-authored · reported from Senate committee; no Senate third-reading vote
Eliminates the countable asset limitation for resources with respect to expanded categorical eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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SB 95: Law enforcement training cost reimbursement.
2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Allows the state, a state agency, or a political subdivision (public employer) to be reimbursed for the costs of employing and training a law enforcement officer by a public employer that subsequently employs the officer.
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HB 1285: Education matters.
2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Prohibits a school corporation from doing the following: (1) Removing a student's property without providing the student's parent with the opportunity to collect the student's property if the student has died, transferred, dropped out, or otherwise withdrawn from enrollment in the school corporation for any reason.
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HB 1453: Cancer research and treatment grants.
2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Provides that a program may be established to provide grants to cancer centers in Indiana to increase breast cancer research projects or breast cancer clinical trials.
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HB 1602: Various food matters.
2025 · Sponsored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate (not reported from Senate committee)
Provides that a recipient may appeal to the legislative body an enforcement action issued or taken by a local health officer under IC 16-20-1 in response to a food establishment inspection.
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HB 1007: Energy generation resources.
2025 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Provides a credit against state tax liability for expenses incurred in the manufacture of a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) in Indiana.
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HB 1008: Indiana-Illinois boundary adjustment commission.
2025 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Establishes the Indiana-Illinois boundary adjustment commission, including six members appointed by the governor and five members appointed under Illinois law, to discuss and recommend whether it is advisable to adjust the boundaries between the two states.
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HB 1012: Notice to owner of the site of an accident.
2025 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Provides that, on or before July 1, 2026, each law enforcement agency shall adopt and implement protocols for the law enforcement agency to notify a real property owner of: (1) damage to the owner's real property, crops, or a building, structure, or fixture attached to the owner's real property that is reported to a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency; and (2) debris identified by a
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HB 1118: Critical incident stress management debriefings.
2025 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Provides that a first responder recipient of critical incident stress management (CISM) services may not be compelled to testify or otherwise disclose a communication made to a CISM services provider or peer support team member relating to the first responder recipient's CISM services in a civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding.
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HB 1149: Agricultural online portal.
2025 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Requires the Indiana state department of agriculture (department) to establish and maintain an online portal on its website for the purposes of: (1) assisting users in the successful navigation of agricultural or related topics among various federal and state agencies; (2) providing a single source for users to access agricultural or related funding opportunities; (3) providing a searchable data b
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HB 1208: Administration of sheriff's commissary fund.
2025 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Requires the state board of accounts to establish annual or biennial training requirements for a sheriff and the sheriff's designee responsible for the oversight or administration of a jail commissary fund (fund).
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HB 1467: Campaign finance.
2025 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Prohibits a foreign national from making a contribution in connection with a public question.
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HB 1687: Probation transfers for sex or violent offenders.
2025 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Prohibits the transfer of a sex or violent offender's probation jurisdiction to another county in Indiana while the offender is required to register as an offender unless certain conditions are met.
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SB 112: Candidacy documents.
2026 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Provides that when an individual files a notice of withdrawal listing an address different from the address on the individual's voter registration record, the individual's signature on the notice of withdrawal constitutes a request to the county voter registration office that the address on the individual's voter registration record be the same as the address on the notice of withdrawal.
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SB 113: Elections matters.
2026 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Requires each county election board to provide to the election division through a module of the computerized list, not later than 14 days after each election, the votes cast for each candidate and on each public question in each precinct at the last election.
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SB 233: Powers and duties of the election commission.
2026 · Authored (listed 2nd) · enacted: signed by the Governor
Separates out the procedures for how a county election board and the Indiana election commission (commission) may administratively disband certain committees into two different sections of the Indiana Code.
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SB 59: Notice of annexation outreach meetings.
2026 · Authored (listed 3rd) · enacted: signed by the Governor
Requires a municipality to mail notice of the date, time, and location of annexation outreach meetings to: (1) the county executive of each county; (2) the township executive of each township; and (3) any plan commission; in which the annexation territory is located.
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SB 6: Extension of water or wastewater mains.
2026 · Authored (listed 3rd) · enacted: signed by the Governor
Provides that before a municipally owned utility (utility) may condemn land for the extension of a water main or a wastewater main that is located outside: (1) the corporate boundaries of the municipality; or (2) the existing service territory of the utility; the utility must provide, by mail, written notice to each landowner whose land is needed for the extension and to the county plan commission
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SB 1: Human services matters.
2026 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Establishes the Indiana rural health transformation fund and makes allotments and expenditures from the fund subject to budget committee review before the allotment and expenditure may occur.
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SB 144: Tobacco, e-liquid, and vapor devices.
2026 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Increases the penalty for a person who: (1) makes a delivery sale of an e-liquid to an individual less than 21 years of age; (2) sells or distributes a tobacco product to a person less than 21 years of age; and (3) purchases a tobacco product for a person less than 21 years of age; from a Class C infraction to a Class B infraction.
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SB 210: Article V convention of the states compact.
2026 · Co-authored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)
Adopts the compact for a safe and equal convention of the states.
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SB 227: Counter action against unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
2026 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Provides that the state police department is the statewide coordinating agency for counter-UAS activities authorized under federal law.
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SB 240: Surplus interconnection service.
2026 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Defines "surplus interconnection service" (SIS), with respect to established interconnection service connecting an electric generating facility with an electric transmission system, as any portion of that service that: (1) has not been used; and (2) is not reasonably expected to be needed; the use of which would result in the total amount of interconnection service at the point of interconnection
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SB 256: Foreign agent registration, foreign terrorist organizations, and foreign adversaries.
2026 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Provides that contracts entered into, amended, or renewed by a qualified entity for the provision of a technological product or service must contain a provision requiring the contractor to confirm that the contractor and any subcontractors working under the contract for the contractor are not prohibited persons.
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SB 271: Telecommunications wire and valuable metal dealers.
2026 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Adds telecommunications network wire to the definition of "valuable metal" for purposes of Indiana law governing valuable metal dealers.
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SB 291: Court security.
2026 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Establishes a procedure to prevent certain personal information of a protected judicial individual from being publically available by a public agency.
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SB 56: Veterinary licensing.
2026 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Provides that the board of veterinary medicine may issue a license or registration to a qualified applicant without an examination if the qualified applicant: (1) satisfies the requirements for reciprocity of health care professionals; and (2) otherwise meets the requirements to become a licensed veterinarian or a registered veterinary technician.
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SB 8: Library budgets.
2026 · Co-authored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)
Amends the percentage increase in a public library's proposed budget that determines whether the public library's proposed budget is subject to binding review by the applicable county, city, or town, fiscal body.
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HB 1226: Public purchasing from Indiana businesses.
2026 · Sponsored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate (not reported from Senate committee)
Provides a price preference to a business that is not an Indiana business but offers to provide supplies manufactured, assembled, or produced in Indiana.
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HB 1268: Indiana defense matters.
2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Adds one voting member to the Indiana defense task force (task force) appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate and one voting member to the task force appointed by the speaker of the house.
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HB 1355: Confined feeding operations.
2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Creates a preapplication process for the approval of confined feeding operations.
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HB 1002: Electric utility affordability.
2026 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Requires an electricity supplier, other than a municipally owned utility, that is under the jurisdiction of the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) to do the following: (1) Beginning with the first monthly billing cycle that begins after June 30, 2026, apply a levelized billing plan (plan) to all active residential customer accounts: (A) for service provided under the electricity supplier
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HB 1036: Children in need of services.
2026 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Requires the department of child services, subject to certain procedural safeguards, to have in-person contact with an alleged victim of child abuse or neglect: (1) before concluding an assessment; and (2) before dismissing or terminating a pending child in need of services case with the juvenile court.
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HB 1048: VFD clothing and automobile allowances.
2026 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Increases, from $100 to $250, the clothing and automobile allowance for an active member of a volunteer fire department (department).
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HB 1204: Natural resource entrance fees.
2026 · Co-sponsored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate
Allows counties that meet certain criteria to adopt an ordinance to impose a surcharge of not more than $1 in addition to the fees charged by the department of natural resources (department) for entry into certain state parks and recreation areas.
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HB 1250: Public safety procedures.
2026 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Requires the department of correction to electronically notify, at least seven days in advance, the: (1) county sheriff; (2) prosecuting attorney; and (3) chief of police; of the county or municipality into which the department will release a serious violent felon, including a juvenile adjudicated for an act that would be a serious violent felony, and of the county or municipality where the seriou
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HB 1257: Child services matters.
2026 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Adds four members to the statewide child fatality review committee, one of whom is appointed by each of the following: (1) The speaker of the house of representatives.
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HB 1296: Mental health services.
2026 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor
Requires the secretary of family and social services to certify integrated reentry and correctional support programs.