Various public safety matters.

Indiana · 2026 session · house

HB 1363Various public safety matters.

Status: In committee
Latest action: 2026-01-22 — Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
Primary sponsor: Steve Bartels (Republican)
Deadline: Adjourned sine die

BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COUNCILS; Generally
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COUNCILS; Newly Created
CHILDREN AND MINORS; Children in Need of Services (CHINS)
CORRECTIONS; Generally
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Creation of New Offenses
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Firearms and Weapons Offenses
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Sex Offenses
HOMELAND SECURITY; Fire and Public Safety Training and Certification
LAW ENFORCEMENT; Academy and Training

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This bill comprehensively revises Indiana's public safety framework, with the most significant changes eliminating employment protections and due process rights for law enforcement training staff, substantially expanding sex offender registry requirements, and increasing healthcare costs for jail inmates. The legislation removes longstanding protections against politically-motivated termination of training employees and eliminates their right to hearings before termination. It restructures sex offender registration with new lifetime registration triggers based on victim age (under 12), victim injury, or multiple violations, while also establishing tolling provisions during incarceration. The bill doubles the maximum healthcare copayment for county jail inmates from $15 to $30, though it extends the payment grace period from 60 to 180 days. Additional changes establish new procurement procedures requiring budget agency approval and competitive scoring rubrics for certain public safety contracts, and add multiple conditions under which inmates may be exempt from medical copayments.

Eliminates employment protections and hearing rights for law enforcement training staff, removing protections against politically-motivated termination and the right to board hearings within 15 days of discipline

Creates new lifetime sex offender registration requirements for offenses involving victims under age 12, use of force causing serious injury, or two or more registry violations

Doubles maximum healthcare copayment for county jail inmates from $15 to $30 per service while extending payment grace period from 60 to 180 days

Requires budget agency approval for public safety procurement contracts and mandates competitive scoring rubrics that override standard state procurement rules

Establishes tolling of sex offender registration periods during incarceration and requires department notification when registration obligations expire

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HB 1363Various public safety matters.

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