3/17/2023 Session Update

This St. Patrick’s Day, we’re hoping for some luck to come our way and get our priority bills to move to read in the committees. This week we have a few updates and changes presented below.

HB 1334, Absentee Voting, is a bill that creates additional barriers to voting by mail. It requires identification - through certain identification numbers or a photocopy of a valid government-issued ID - to request an absentee ballot. The bill, which made it through the first half of the session, had its first Senate hearing on Monday, March 3, but was not concluded. It is scheduled to be heard on Monday, March 20.

HB 1228, Child Seduction, is a bill that defines "coach,” "workplace supervisor," and "youth sports organization, "and provides that the coach of a youth sports organization or a workplace supervisor commits child seduction if the person engages in sexual activity with a child less than 18 years of age and certain other conditions are met. Haley Bougher submitted testimony on behalf of Women4Change for this bill, and the Amended bill passed 8-0.

Bill Tracker

  • SB 252: Allows for LARCS to be transferred between Medicaid recipients. The aim of this bill is to eliminate medical waste for LARCs that were prescribed for one patient but never actually used (IUDs and arm implants). Missouri, which has less Medicaid recipients than Indiana, has saved $1.8 million from a similar bill. 

    • First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services on 01/11

    • Adopted and passed by Health Provider Services Committee on 02/02

    • Second reading; ordered engrossed on 02/06

    • Third reading; passed unanimously on 02/07

    • Referred to the House on 02/09

    • 02/28: First Reading: Referred to Committee on Public Health

  • SB 376: Provides Medicaid eligibility for certain individuals who have immigrated and are lawfully residing in the United States and meet other Medicaid eligibility requirements. Specifies eligibility for the children’s health insurance program (CHIP) for lawfully residing individuals under 19 years of age. 

    • First Reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services on 01/19

    • Passed and Adopted by Committee on 02/06; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations

    • Passed & Adopted by Committee on Appropriations 02/23

    • Second Reading: ordered engrossed 02/28

    • Third Reading: Passed 02/28

    • Referred to House: 03/01

  • HB 1009: Court-Ordered Pregnancy and Childbirth Expenses: Specifies what a court shall order a father to pay for pregnancy and childbirth expenses.

    • First Reading, assigned to committee on 01/12

    • Passed & Amended by committee on 02/09

    • Second Reading, ordered engrossed on 02/13

    • Third Reading: Passed on 02/14

    • Referred to Senate on 02/15

    • First Reading, Referred to Committee on Judiciary on 02/27

    • Amended and passed by Senate Judiciary Committee on 03/8

  • HB 1228: Child seduction: Defines "coach", "workplace supervisor", and "youth sports organization", and provides that the coach of a youth sports organization or a workplace supervisor commits child seduction if the person engages in sexual activity with a child less than 18 years of age and certain other conditions are met. Reduces the age difference from five years to four years for child seduction committed by a law enforcement officer. Makes conforming amendments.

    • First Reading : Referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law on 03/01

    • Amended and Passed by Committee on 03/14

  • HB 1334: Absentee Voting: Provides that an agency of the state or a political subdivision may not provide an individual with an application for an absentee ballot unless requested by the individual or member of the individual’s family. Provides that an absentee ballot must include: (1) certain identification numbers, or (2) a photocopy of: (A) the applicant’s Indiana’s driver’s license , (B) the applicant’s Indiana identification card number for nondrivers, or (C) other specified proof of identification. 

    • First Reading: Referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment on 01/12

    • Amended and Passed by Committee on 02/16

    • Second Reading: Amended, Ordered Engrossed on 02/21

    • Third Reading: Passed 02/22

    • Referred to Senate on 02/23

    • In Committee 03/06, TBC

  • HB 1568: Allows pharmacists to prescribe and dispense oral and patch hormonal contraceptives. Provides that pharmacists who oppose contraceptives on moral or religious grounds are exempt from prescribing them.

    • First Reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services on 01/19

    • The Committee hearing for this bill began on 02/07 but did not close with a decision until the hearing continued on 02/14.

    • It passed its hearing on 02/14, but with an amendment that prohibited pharmacists from prescribing abortion-inducing drugs.

    • Second Reading: Amended, ordered engrossed 02/16

    • Third Reading : Passed, 02/20

    • Referred to the Senate on 02/21

    • 02/16: Second reading: ordered engrossed

    • 02/21: Third Reading, passed, referred to Senate

    • 03/01: First Reading, referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services

    • First reading, referred to committee on elections 03/06

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