House increases homeowner relief in property tax compromise with Braun
The governor and legislative leaders have for weeks gone back and forth on the key components of Senate Bill 1.
The governor and legislative leaders have for weeks gone back and forth on the key components of Senate Bill 1.
To achieve immediate tax relief, the plan would create a credit worth up to $200 on all homeowners’ property tax bills beginning in 2026.
A bill that would tweak language from a 2022 law establishing a filmmaking tax credit might make the languishing credit more likely to attract productions and generate economic activity.
The Trump administration is considering cuts or changes to spending on Medicaid, education and other programs that could impact the state budget.
Several of the session’s most important pieces of legislation—including bills affecting the budget, property tax relief and health care transparency—will be heard, amended and passed out of committee next week.
Data center construction has been met with some apprehension, including the low number of jobs produced for the large tax incentives and utility burden these developments require.
Legislative leaders have made clear that they intend to act on Gov. Mike Braun’s central campaign promise to provide property tax relief. However, with less than a month left to pass a solution, leaders have yet to announce agreement on an approach.
And the first bills are hitting Gov. Braun’s desk for approval.
Critics of the Indiana Economic Development Corp., which receives hundreds of millions in tax dollars each year, have wondered whether the agency has been transparent and fiscally responsible enough.
Senate Bill 314 expands an existing exemption that applies to an NFL Super Bowl, NCAA Final Fours and NBA All-Star Weekend.
Lawmakers tackled two thorny health care bills that garnered hours of testimony.
Members of the Indiana Senate Committee on Health and Provider Services agreed with the need to address the high cost of health care. But they often disagreed with the approach of House Bill 1004.
The legislation would add a new permitting process for utility developers looking to move large amounts of water to support their projects.
Many of those in the crowd, whose chants could heard throughout the Statehouse, wore green to symbolize the money they say is lost through property taxes.
From property taxes to child care, here’s the status of some of the bills we’re watching this legislative session, which is expected to adjourn at the end of April.
Key elements of House Bill 1033 would establish a maximum amount of retainage—the portion of payment withheld from a contractor until a project reaches completion—for certain state and local projects.
Wednesday’s amendment to Senate Bill 1 marked the bill’s third major iteration this session, signaling that legislative leaders have not yet settled on the approach to lower property taxes.
Indiana lawmakers have been feeling the heat to restore more significant cuts to the Legislature’s primary property-tax relief bill.
Committee dockets weren’t too packed during the largely slow week, but the House Ways and Means Committee heard Senate Bill 1, which drew hours of testimony.
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun said Tuesday that he will continue to fight for broader property-tax relief after a Senate fiscal committee scaled back his plan for ambitious tax cuts.