This is the final installment of the Legislative Update for the 2023 legislative session. This installment contains summaries of select bills of interest or portions of bills that were signed into law. Civil Physician noncompete agreements (S.E.A. 7, P.L. 165)Alcohol matters (S.E.A. 20, P.L. 167)Receivership for past due utility bills (S.E.A. 114, P.L. 5)Tax sales (S.E.A. 156, … [Read more...] about 2023 Legislative Session Digest
Judicial Administration
Behavioral health matters
S.E.A. 1, P.L. 162 Effective: §§4 & 10 effective on May 4, 2023, otherwise July 1, 2023 Read the bill at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/1 … [Read more...] about Behavioral health matters
Conviction data
S.E.A. 136, P.L. 23 Effective: July 1, 2023 Defines "prohibited person" as a person prohibited from possessing a firearm or carrying a handgun. Provides that the office of judicial administration may establish a system to transmit certain data to assist in determining whether a person is a prohibited person. Read the bill at: … [Read more...] about Conviction data
Address confidentiality
S.E.A. 314, P.L. 180 Effective: July 1, 2023 Replaces a "victim of domestic violence" with an individual who is an address confidentiality "program participant" in the definition of "covered person" for purposes of the statutes concerning restricted addresses. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the topic of studying certain … [Read more...] about Address confidentiality
Various tax matters
S.E.A. 417, P.L. 193 Effective: July 1, 2023 Authorizes a county to impose a local income tax (LIT) rate for county staff expenses of the state judicial system in the county. Provides that the expenses paid from the LIT revenue may not comprise more than 50% of the county's total budgeted operational staffing expenses related to the state judicial system in any given year. … [Read more...] about Various tax matters