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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1429: Ethics training for local officials.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1429 is a bill introduced in the Indiana House on January 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Ethics training for local officials. Primary sponsor: Wendy Dant Chesser (Democratic). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 21, 2025): First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires an elected county, city, town, or township officer (officer) to complete a two hour ethics training course (training course) every two years. Specifies training course requirements. Requires the office of the attorney general, in coordination with the state board of accounts (SBOA) and the public access counselor, to develop an online training course not later than February 1, 2026. Requires the training course to be made available for viewing on the SBOA website. Allows a third party to provide a training course, if the course is approved by the office of the attorney general. Requires an officer to certify to the SBOA that the officer has completed a training course. Requires the SBOA to publish on its website: (1) a list of all officers who have submitted a training certification; and (2) lists of all training certifications submitted for previous years.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Independent 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Wendy Dant ChesserPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Ed ClereCo-sponsorIndependentHouse72
Carey HamiltonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
  2. Authored by Representative Dant Chesser
  3. Coauthored by Representatives Hamilton and Clere

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source