Legislative Update

(ITEMS IN RED – Closely Tracked)

Items underlined – Still Active

By mid-session a bill should have been passed out of one chamber to the other in order to be considered.  This does not mean that a bill passed out will not have something tacked onto it at the last minute.  It appears by the information we have that HB 1027, 1047, 1083, 1092, 1132, 1196, & 1488 along with SB 0018, 0276, 0372, & 0537 were passed on to the opposite chamber of the Assembly and are still under consideration.

2007 Regular Session Pertinent Bill Status as of March 5, 2007

House

HB1023 – Public School Collective Bargaining – Torr
HB1024 – Employee’s right to work (anti-union) – Torr
HB1025 – Allows for not complying with Health Benefit Mandates – Torr
HB1027 -- Minimum Wage Increase – Multiple – STATUS – Passed – (Ref Senate)
HB1032 – Allows absence from work to file a protection order/attend hearing – Hoy
HB1040 – Minimum Wage – Withdrawn
HB1043 – Public Pension Payments to former spouse – Cheney
HB1047 – Disclosure of Employer Health Care Spending – Dickinson – Passed and referred to Senate
HB1064 – Minimum Wage – Micon
HB1083 – Health Benefit Plan Income Tax Credit – Orenticher – Passed and referred to Senate
HB1090 – Sale of Handguns; 1 gun purchase allowed within 30 days – Orentlicher
HB1092 – Military Family Leave – Avery – STATUS – Passed – (Ref Senate) –in the Pension & Labor Committee
HB1118 – GUN BILL – Prohibit Employer from Enforcing Rule/Policy prohibiting
                  firearms locked in a person vehicle on employer property – Denbo – 1/8
                  in Rules and Legislature Procedures Committee.
HB1132 – Notice of Plant Closings – Errington – STATUS Passed House and referred to Senate  - in Pension and Labor Committee
HB1196 – Investment Management of Pension Funds – Crawford – Passed and referred to Senate
HB1200 – Sale of Handguns – Remove state police forwarding info rqmt – Reske
HB1253 – Employment of Illegal Aliens – Tucker – Moved to Rules & Legislative
                  Procedures Committee 1/23
HB1336 – Assignment of Health Benefit Payments – Brown
HB1375 – Local Government Health Care coverage use state plans – Fry
HB 1397 – Prevent Employers from prohibiting firearms in a locked motor vehicle on company property. (Ruppel, Tincher, Koch, Bischoff)
HB1488 – Workers Comp Increases – Cheney – Passed referred to Senate
HB1491 – Collective Bargaining Public Employees – Cheney
HB1493 – Unemployment Compensation – Duncan
HB1537 – Indiana Health Care Program – Tax credits for certain small employers –
                 Reske
HB1542 – New Health Mandates - Insurance Coverage Hearing Aids – State Employee Health Plans and HMO’s to provide – Goodwin
HB1569 – Health Coverage for Children until 26 – Fry
HB1589 – Health Insurance Premium Individual Tax Deduction – Espich
HB1627 – New Health Mandate – Health Insurance Coverage for Chronic
                  Conditions – Tyler
HB1727 – Police enforcement of Federal Immigration and Customs Laws – Lehe
HB1837 – LAST REVIEWED

Senate
SB0011 – Use of False Academic Credentials – Steele
SB0018 – Handgun sales – eliminates requirement to forward purchase record to State Police – Steele – Passed Referred to House
SB0025 – Minimum Wage Increase – Bowser
SB0052 – Minimum Wage Increase – Multiple
SB0130 – Notice of Plant Closings – Mrvan
SB0152 – Assignment of Benefits (Health Payments) – Lawson
SB0167 – Collective Bargaining Public Employers – Lanane
SB0178 – Equivalent Jobs and Wage Discriminate – Provides for Employer
                 Damages – no name
SB0210 – Health Benefit Plan Credit (Employer Tax Credit) Dillon
SB0227 – Unemployment Insurance – Alternative Method for Determining Base
                 Period – Simpson
SB0230 – Family Military Leave – Simpson
SB0237 – Employee Training Tax Credits – no name
SB0249 – Minimum Wage – Mrvan
SB0276 – Wage Payments (timing) Mishler – Passed – referred to House – Committee on Labor and Employment
SB0277 – Unemployment Benefits for Education Employees – Boots
SB0306 – Limited Criminal History Checks include arrests – Hershman/Miller
SB0349 – Workers Compensation Increases – Tallian
SB0362 – Equivalent Jobs and wage Discrimination
SB0363 – Self-Sufficiency Standard for Employment – Howard
SB0372 – Health Insurance – pre-authorization – Simpson – Passed – referred to House
SB0373 – Health Security – State Department of Health – Errington
SB0405 – Workers Comp increases – Mran
SB0422 – Employment of unauthorized aliens – Simpson
SB0507 – Employer Tax Credits For Training – Delph/Kenley
SB0537 – Workers Compensation – Fees for Services – Work Comp Board – Lewis – Passed – Referred to House
SB0583 – Last Reviewed

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To see updated information go back to the opening legislative page and hit on
Your Legislators – It will take you to a page with various links to a calendar, current activity on bills, and various other legislative and executive resources on the state and federal level.

You may also go to the following Federal Links:

http://www.shrm.org/government/federal/

http://www.shrm.org/government/factsheets_published/

Any questions or need for closer tracking of a bill – contact Rob or Steve