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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowAfter the 2021 session of the Indiana General Assembly was spent with lawmakers spread out across multiple buildings and with members of the public restricted in their ability to attend legislative meetings, the 2022 session marked a return to the Statehouse and in-person testimony. Indiana legislators addressed issues ranging from taxpayer refunds to crime reduction to LGBTQ student-athletes and more.
Following is the complete list of legislation enacted during the 2022 legislative session. Bills take effect July 1 unless otherwise noted.
Indiana Senate
SEA 1 (PL 2)
Automatic taxpayer refund, March 7, 2022
SEA 2 (PL 148)
Various education matters, Sections 1-2 March 18, 2022; Sections 3-4 July 1, 2021
SEA 5 (PL 149)
Reciprocity and audiology compact, Sections 1-2, 4, 6, 8, 11-13, 16-17 March 18, 2022
SEA 7 (PL 103)
Marion County crime reduction pilot
SEA 9 (PL 84)
Electronic monitoring standards, Section 4 March 11, 2022
SEA 11 (PL 39)
Display of historical documents
SEA 12 (PL 3)
Semiquincentennial commission
SEA 19 (PL 4)
Sentence enhancement for use of firearm
SEA 37 (PL 104)
Population parameters, April 1, 2022
SEA 62 (PL 123)
Sale of tax sale properties
to nonprofits
SEA 66 (PL 150)
Solvent supervised estates
SEA 67 (PL 151)
Small estates
SEA 70 (PL 5)
Obstruction of justice
SEA 74 (PL 50)
Preferences in public works and public purchasing
SEA 76 (PL 6)
Meet and confer for public safety employees
SEA 78 (PL 85)
1977 pension and disability fund
SEA 80 (PL 105)
Code publication amendments, Sections 36-37 April 1, 2022; Section 41 Jan. 1, 2024
SEA 82 (PL 51)
Free Application for Federal
Student Aid
SEA 83 (PL 124)
Open meetings
SEA 84 (PL 40)
Suicide and drug overdose death reporting, March 8, 2022
SEA 85 (PL 7)
Drainage task force, March 7, 2022
SEA 89 (PL 52)
Higher education scholarships
SEA 91 (PL 41)
Teacher preparation programs
SEA 115 (PL 125)
School employee misconduct
SEA 117 (PL 86)
Police log information
SEA 119 (PL 8)
Taxation of farm property
SEA 123 (PL 126)
Dyslexia screening and intervention
SEA 125 (PL 9)
Technical corrections, Section 9 July 1,
2023; Sections 82-83 March 7, 2022
SEA 129 (PL 10)
Seed tests
SEA 131 (PL 11)
Uniform electronic legal material act
SEA 134 (PL 87)
Appropriation of donated money, March 11, 2022
SEA 136 (PL 42)
Dental plans
SEA 139 (PL 53)
Manufactured housing in mobile home community, Sections 1, 3-4 March 10, 2022
SEA 145 (PL 54)
Property tax matters, Jan. 1, 2023
SEA 147 (PL 152)
Underground pumped
storage hydropower
SEA 148 (PL 55)
Prosecuting attorneys
SEA 149 (PL 106)
Various court matters
SEA 155 (PL 153)
Human trafficking
SEA 156 (PL 88)
Motor vehicle crash investigations
SEA 157 (PL 12)
Disposition of real property by INDOT
SEA 158 (PL 13)
Public safety telecommunicators, March 7, 2022
SEA 163 (PL 56)
Town fiscal management
SEA 166 (PL 57)
Public-private agreements, Section 11 Jan. 1, 2023
SEA 182 (PL 14)
Court procedures
SEA 185 (PL 107)
Newborn safety device, March 14, 2022
SEA 186 (PL 127)
Department of Natural Resources
SEA 193 (PL 154)
Probate code study commission
SEA 239 (PL 128)
Practitioner advertising
SEA 245 (PL 58)
Statewide sports and tourism
bid fund
SEA 246 (PL 59)
Motor vehicle insurance for
foster children
SEA 247 (PL 15)
Report on 911 and regionalized trauma systems
SEA 251 (PL 60)
Interstate medical licensure compact
SEA 260 (PL 16)
Licensed professionals organ
donor registration
SEA 263 (PL 89)
Evidence preservation requirements
SEA 264 (PL 17)
Administrative rules review task force, March 7, 2022
SEA 266 (PL 173)
Department of Child Services matters, Sections 1-3 March 21, 2022
SEA 269 (PL 129)
Regulation of dams
SEA 271 (PL 155)
Small modular nuclear reactors
SEA 272 (PL 18)
Wastewater infrastructure, Section 5 March 7, 2022
SEA 273 (PL 61)
Financing of water and wastewater utility assets
SEA 277 (PL 19)
Travel insurance
SEA 278 (PL 108)
Indiana geological and water survey advisory council
SEA 284 (PL 109)
Telehealth matters
SEA 290 (PL 130)
Various education matters, Section 2 March 15, 2022; Section 10 July 1, 2021
SEA 293 (PL 20)
Manufactured home dealers, Sections 3-5, 8, 11, 16 July 1, 2023
SEA 294 (PL 21)
Law enforcement training board
SEA 297 (PL 22)
School employee dues deductions
SEA 298 (PL 62)
Certificates of public advantage, March 10, 2022
SEA 299 (PL 23)
Annexation of fire protection district territory, Section 2 Jan. 1, 2021
SEA 301 (PL 43)
Wastewater holding tanks in
RV campgrounds
SEA 304 (PL 24)
Township trustees and budgets
SEA 328 (PL 131)
Elections, Section 1 Dec. 1, 2021; Sections 2, 4-5 March 15, 2022
SEA 331 (PL 132)
Education matters, Sections 3-8 March 15, 2022
SEA 336 (PL 25)
Racketeering and fraud
SEA 342 (PL 133)
Flood plain management,
March 15, 2022
SEA 343 (PL 63)
Agritourism activities
SEA 347 (PL 64)
Tribal law enforcement
SEA 351 (PL 110)
Controllable electronic records
SEA 353 (PL 44)
Home health aide
training requirements
SEA 356 (PL 134)
Education matters, Section 1 March 15, 2022
SEA 357 (PL 26)
Acceptance of electronic conveyance documents
SEA 361 (PL 135)
Economic development, Section 10 Jan. 1, 2023; Sections 29-30 March 15, 2022
SEA 365 (PL 65)
Psychology interjurisdictional compact
SEA 366 (PL 66)
Higher education funding, Section 5 July 1, 2023
SEA 371 (PL 67)
Replacement of the London Interbank Offered Rate, March 10, 2022
SEA 374 (PL 27)
Regional water or sewer district service areas, March 7, 2022
SEA 376 (PL 136)
Gaming matters
SEA 381 (PL 28)
Regulation of radioactive materials
SEA 382 (PL 137)
Various tax matters, Sections 1-2, 7, 9, 101, 103 March 15, 2022; Sections 11, 35-37, 55-56, 76, 82, 85-86, 88 Jan. 1, 2023; Section 33 Jan. 1, 2021; Sections 41-51 July 1, 2021; Sections 52, 60, 62-64, 66-67, 70-72, 77-80 July 1, 2023; Section 83 Jan. 1, 2020
SEA 383 (PL 29)
Financial institutions and consumer credit, Sections 4, 6, 9, 14-21
March 7, 2022
SEA 388 (PL 156)
Foreign gifts and ownership of agricultural land
SEA 398 (PL 30)
Bone marrow donor
recruitment program
SEA 408 (PL 31)
Community investments
by financial institutions
SEA 410 (PL 68)
Unlicensed caregiver intervention in juvenile court proceeding
SEA 411 (PL 90)
Commercial solar and wind energy
SEA 418 (PL 178)
Conflict resolution and technical corrections, Section 2 April 1, 2022; Section 4 July 1, 2023; Section 6 March 8, 2022; Sections 19-20 March 13, 2020; Section 23 Jan. 1, 2023
Indiana House of Representatives
HEA 1001 (PL 1)
Administrative authority, COVID-19 immunizations, March 3, 2022
HEA 1002 (PL 138)
Various tax matters, Section 1, March 15, 2022; Sections 2-4 July 1, 2022
HEA 1003 (PL 69)
Nursing programs and licensing matters, March 10, 2022
HEA 1004 (PL 45)
Department of Correction
HEA 1011 (PL 157)
Sale of capital asset, March 18, 2022
HEA 1013 (PL 32)
State fossil
HEA 1021 (PL 111)
Horse racing veterinarians
HEA 1034 (PL 46)
Tax increment financing
HEA 1041 (PL 177)
Participating in school sports
HEA 1045 (PL 47)
529 college savings accounts
HEA 1048 (Pl 112)
Sheriff’s sale in mortgage foreclosure action
HEA 1062 (PL 113)
Regulation of cemeteries
HEA 1073 (PL 91)
Converted motor vehicle protection
HEA 1075 (PL 114)
Commissions and committees, Sections 1, 17-19 March 14, 2022; Sections 2-16, 20-33 July 1, 2022
HEA 1079 (PL 92)
Elements of rape
HEA 1092 (PL 158)
Business association matters
HEA 1093 (PL 139)
Education matters Sections 3-4 April 1, 2022; Sections 1-2, 5-21 July 1, 2022
HEA 1094 (PL 140)
Education matters
HEA 1103 (PL 141)
Department of Natural Resources
HEA 1110 (PL 70)
Annexation of
residential development
HEA 1111 (PL 71)
Utility Regulatory Commission
reporting and rules, Section 11 March 10, 2022; Sections 1-10 July 1, 2022
HEA 1112 (PL 142)
Medicaid reimbursement rates,
Sections 2-3 March 15, 2022; Section 1 July 1, 2022
HEA 1116 (PL 115)
Electronic voting machines
HEA 1130 (PL 116)
Open meetings
HEA 1137 (PL 159)
Protective orders
HEA 1140 (PL 117)
Medicaid coverage for pregnant women, March 14, 2022
HEA 1147 (PL 33)
Seed tests
HEA 1148 (PL 48)
Veterinary medicine
HEA 1149 (PL 49)
Home-based vendors
HEA 1153 (PL 160)
Worker’s compensation, Section 1 July 1, 2022; Sections 2, 5, 6, 8, 10 Jan. 1, 2023; Sections 3, 4, 7, 9
July 1, 2023
HEA 1167 (PL 118)
Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Section 6 March 14, 2022; Sections 1-5, 7-33 July 1, 2022
HEA 1169 (PL 143)
Health matters, Sections 43-45, 50, 55, 79 March 15, 2022;
Sections 1-42, 46-49, 51-54, 56-78 July 1, 2022
HEA 1174 (PL 119)
Special death benefit
HEA 1181 (PL 34)
Youth offender boot camps and inmate calling services
HEA 1183 (Pl 144)
Natural resources matters, Section 4 March 15, 2022; Sections 1-3
July 1, 2022
HEA 1190 (PL 145)
Free speech at state
educational institutions
HEA 1192 (PL 35)
Qualified providers and Medicaid school services
HEA 1193 (PL 72)
Opioid litigation, Sections 1-4 March 10, 2022
HEA 1196 (PL 73)
Homeowners associations and solar power, Section 1 March 10, 2022
HEA 1205 (PL 161)
Uniform trust decanting act and trustee duties
HEA 1208 (PL 162)
Various probate and trust matters
HEA 1209 (PL 163)
Carbon sequestration projects
HEA 1214 (PL 164)
Residential eviction actions, Sections 1-2 March 18, 2022; Section 3 July 1, 2022
HEA 1217 (PL 93)
Coerced abortion
HEA 1221 (PL 94)
Electric vehicles and electricity pricing, Sections 1-4 March 11, 2022
HEA 1222 (PL 74)
Various FSSA matters
HEA 1223 (PL 75)
Education matters
HEA 1226 (PL 120)
Solid waste matters, Section 1 3-8, March 14, 2022; Section 2
July 1, 2022
HEA 1238 (PL 165)
Insurance matters, Section 6 March 18, 2022; Sections 1-5, 7-12
July 1, 2022
HEA 1242 (PL 166)
State purchasing, March 18, 2022
HEA 1245 (PL 167)
Connections to water and sewer systems, Sections 2, 15 March 18, 2022; Sections 1, 3-14, 16 July 1, 2022
HEA 1246 (PL 95)
Fire protection territories and local income taxation, Section 1 March 11, 2022; Sections 2, 4-5, 7-9 July 1, 2022; Section 3, 6 Jan. 1, 2022
HEA 1247 (PL 76)
Child fatality reporting
HEA 1248 (PL 96)
Direct contact with specific animals
HEA 1251 (PL 168)
Various education matters, Sections 1, 6, 18-20, 22-23 March 18, 2022
HEA 1254 (PL 77)
Newborn screening requirements
HEA 1255 (PL 36)
Health matters, Sections 1, 5-7, 10 March 7, 2022
HEA 1260 (PL 174)
Department of Local Government Finance, Sections 5, 7, 11, 29, 31-34 March 21, 2022; Sections 6, 12-18, 21-25, 46, 67 Jan. 1, 2023; Sections 57-58 March 3, 2022; Section 79 Jan. 1, 2020
HEA 1262 (PL 97)
Outdoor advertising signs
HEA 1283 (PL 146)
Exoneration payments
HEA 1285 (PL 169)
Redistricting local election districts, March 18, 2022
HEA 1286 (PL 37)
Request for proposals for solid waste contracts
HEA 1291 (PL 38)
Department of Health name change
HEA 1292 (PL 98)
Compensation for victims of
violent crimes
HEA 1294 (PL 78)
Restraint of pregnant inmates; pregnancy from certain sex offenses
HEA 1296 (PL 175)
Firearms matters
HEA 1298 (PL 121)
Alcoholic beverages
HEA 1299 (PL 79)
Permit transfers and tax
hold extensions
HEA 1300 (PL 147)
Bail, Sections 3, 5 March 15, 2022
HEA 1303 (PL 122)
Tax credit for ABLE account contributions, Jan. 1, 2024
HEA 1306 (PL 99)
Housing task force, March 11, 2022
HEA 1313 (PL 80)
Screening children for lead poisoning, Jan. 1, 2023
HEA 1314 (PL 170)
Public safety matters, Sections 13-14, 26 March 18, 2022
HEA 1318 (PL 81)
Child care provided by a
school corporation
HEA 1320 (PL 82)
Purchases from youth
agricultural programs
HEA 1351 (PL 171)
Disclosure or notification
of data breach
HEA 1354 (PL 100)
Requirements for SNAP participants, March 11, 2022
HEA 1359 (PL 101)
Juvenile law matters, Section 1 March 11, 2022; Sections 3, 11, 13-28, 30-32, 35-36 July 1, 2023
HEA 1361 (PL 83)
TANF and child care
assistance eligibility
HEA 1363 (PL 172)
Department of
Child Services matters
HEA 1410 (PL 102)
Mandatory job search for TANF eligibility, July 1, 2023•
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