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2025 Veteran Bills

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SB 41

Eliminates the assessed value cap that applies to the property tax deduction for a veteran who: (1) has a total disability; or (2) is at least 62 years of age and has at least a 10% disability.


SB 108

Provides that a qualified organization may use the net proceeds from an allowable activity for any lawful purpose.


SB 206

Requires the Indiana department of veterans' affairs to establish and administer a hyperbaric oxygen treatment program (program) to make grants to certain providers to provide diagnostic testing and hyperbaric oxygen treatment to qualified service members. Establishes program requirements. Requires the Indiana department of health to: (1) issue a request for proposals to offer treatment under the program; and (2) adopt rules to implement these provisions, including rules concerning program eligibility, treatment plan requirements, criteria for approving payments for treatment, and confidentiality. Provides that funding for the program is paid from the military family relief fund. Makes conforming amendments related to the sunset of the hyperbaric oxygen treatment pilot program.


SB 209

Allows for the use of electronic pull tab games, electronic pull tab devices, and electronic pull tab systems in charity gaming. Provides for a maximum number of electronic pull tab devices that may be present, for purposes of charity gaming, in a facility or location.


SB 334

Provides that a child of a disabled veteran may be eligible for a tuition exemption if the person's mother or father served in the armed forces of the United States. (Current law requires the person's mother or father to serve in the armed forces of the United States during a war or perform duty equally hazardous that was recognized by the award of a service or campaign medal of the United States.) Changes the residency requirement, from five years to one year, for a mother or father who served in the armed forces in determining the eligibility requirements for the child of a Purple Heart recipient tuition exemption and child of a disabled veteran tuition exemption. Repeals a provision that reduces a child of a disabled veteran tuition exemption if the individual's father or mother suffered a disability as determined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs with a rating of less than 80%.


SB 344

Defines "qualified part-time service officer". Establishes the county service officer grant fund to provide grants to counties for salaries for county service officers, including qualified part-time service officers. Requires the Indiana department of veterans' affairs commission (commission) to adopt rules establishing minimum annual salaries that a county must pay for county service officers, including qualified part-time service officers, in order for the county to receive a grant. Provides that the Indiana department of veterans' affairs (department) shall administer the fund. Requires a county or city service officer appointed or employed after June 30, 2025, to be accredited by the National Association of County Service Officers. Requires each county to appoint a county service officer. (Current law provides that a county may appoint a county service officer.) Requires a county that does not contain a consolidated city to employ: (1) a full-time service officer or two qualified part-time service officers if the county has at least 5,000 veterans residing in the county; and (2) an additional qualified part-time service officer for each additional 2,500 veterans. Requires a county containing a consolidated city to hire at least one full-time service officer or two qualified part-time service officers for each 10,000 veterans residing in the county. Requires that a county or city service officer appointed or employed before July 1, 2025, must be accredited by the National Association of County Service Officers before July 1, 2027. Makes an appropriation.


SB 392

Makes certain changes to the qualification requirements and credit amount for the over 65 circuit breaker credit. Makes certain changes to the qualification requirements and deduction amount for the property tax deduction for disabled veterans who are either totally disabled or at least 62 years of age with a partial disability.


SB 407

Establishes a tax credit for a taxpayer that employs a member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the Indiana National Guard. Requires the taxpayer to submit certain information to the department of state revenue to claim the credit.


SB 433

Makes changes to the duties of the Indiana department of veterans' affairs commission (commission). Eliminates the requirements relating to a county's appointment of a county service officer or assistant service officer. Requires, on or before July 1, 2027, the department of veterans' affairs (department) to appoint county service officers. Provides that the department may appoint a city service officer at the request of the city. Provides that the director of the department may appoint a county or city service

officer with the approval of the county or city executive. Provides that county or city service officers are considered employees of the department. Requires each county or participating city to provide a working location for a service officer. Requires each county or participating city to enter into a service agreement with the department to pay the salaries of service officers. Requires the department to establish certain key performance indicators to monitor performance of regional and assistant regional service officers. Establishes notification requirements for a state, county, or if applicable, city service officer who commits a substantial error or fails to timely submit a veteran's claim. Provides that all state, county, or city service officers shall annually undergo one or more courses of training approved by the commission to adequately address problems of discharged veterans in the service officer's region or city. (Current law provides that all state, county, or city service officers shall annually undergo a course of training to adequately address problems of discharged veterans in the service officer's county or city.) Expires a provision relating to the appointment of county or city service officers by the county or city.


HB 1111

Increases, from $8,800 to $20,000, the amount that shall be paid by the state if a member of the Indiana National Guard dies in the active service of the state. Provides that a spouse or dependent of a member of the Indiana National Guard is eligible for a state employee death benefit if the member dies while serving on state active duty. Provides that the adjutant general may procure a medical insurance plan for members of the Indiana National Guard who are ordered to state active duty. Adds awards and decorations that may be awarded by the Indiana National Guard. Provides that members of the Indiana National Guard, while serving on state active duty, shall be considered state employees for purposes of receiving worker's compensation. Provides that a scholarship applicant of the National Guard tuition supplement program may use the scholarship for a credential-certifying program, licensing program, trade certification program, or apprenticeship program for an in-demand occupation as identified by the adjutant general and the department of workforce development, in consultation with the commission for higher education. Provides that if a scholarship applicant of the National Guard tuition supplement program receives a twenty-first century scholars program scholarship, the scholarship applicant may use a National Guard tuition supplement program scholarship awarded to pay for room and board for two years. Makes technical corrections.


HB 1120

Extends the Indiana department of veterans' affairs (department) hyperbaric oxygen treatment pilot program (program) to June 30, 2027. Provides that, upon exhaustion of

funding provided by the department to the Indiana department of health prior to January 1, 2025, funding for the program is paid from the military family relief fund. Provides that the funding from the military family relief fund ceases in the event the United States Department of Veterans Affairs expands its coverage of hyperbaric oxygen treatment to include providers located in Indiana.


HB 1130

Requires the department of local government finance (department), in a manner determined by the department, to include on every real property tax statement educational information regarding the eligibility and procedures for the over 65 property tax deduction and for various property tax deductions available to veterans.


HB 1146

Provides that, for purposes of receiving a grant from the military relief fund, eligibility criteria shall be based on the financial need of the applicant regardless of the applicant's income or assets.


HB 1159

Allows a disabled veteran who rents a dwelling as a principal place of residence to claim an additional renter's deduction of up to $3,000 from the disabled veteran's adjusted gross income.


HB 1180

Establishes the returning Hoosier warrior mental health wellness pilot program (pilot program). Provides that the Indiana department of veterans' affairs shall administer the pilot program. Provides that a qualified service member may receive certain financial assistance from the military family relief fund (fund) for treatment of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Provides that the pilot program is funded by the fund. Requires, for the state fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2025, and ending before July 1, 2026, that the department of insurance deposit $10,000,000 of insurance premiums tax collected into the fund.


HB 1203

Establishes the reservist tuition supplement program fund (fund). Requires the commission for higher education to administer the fund and use money in the fund to award scholarships to eligible applicants.


HB 1228

Creates a new disabled veteran hunting license bundle that includes a discounted yearly deer hunting license and turkey hunting license.


HB 1235

Expands the eligibility requirements for admission to the Indiana Veterans' Home. Adds a definition of an "eligible person" for purposes of administering grants for veteran services (GVS). Provides that a qualified entity may receive a GVS to provide certain services to support an eligible person. Makes changes to the qualifications to receive a veteran's burial allowance. Establishes the Medal of Honor license plate. Restores a provision of current law concerning certain disability ratings, as determined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and educational cost exemptions. Provides that the disability ratings and educational cost exemptions apply to an individual whose parent enlisted in the armed forces after June 30, 2017 (instead of June 30, 2011). Updates references throughout the Indiana Code relating to the armed forces of the United States or uniformed services to include the United States Space Force. Replaces references to an honorable discharge with references to a discharge under conditions other than dishonorable. Makes technical changes to various references relating to the components of the armed forces of the United States. Makes technical corrections.


HB 1255

Provides a property tax deduction for an individual, or the surviving spouse of an individual, who has been rated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs as individually unemployable.


HB 1280

Exempts military pay for members of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps from the individual income tax. Exempts military pay earned by members of an active component of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps from the individual income tax. Adds members of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps for purposes of eligibility for the income tax deduction for income from military retirement or survivor's benefits.


HB 1396

Establishes a tax credit for a taxpayer that employs a member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the Indiana National Guard. Requires the taxpayer to submit certain information to the department of state revenue to claim the credit.

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