republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1451.md

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Bill	Unemployment compensation.	Amends the definition of "deductible income" for purposes of the unemployment compensation laws. Provides that, subject to certain exceptions, the department of workforce development may accept an offer in compromise from an employer or claimant to reduce past due debts arising from contributions or benefit overpayments. Provides that an individual is ineligible for benefits for any week that the individual receives payments equal to or exceeding the individual's weekly benefit amount in pension, retirement, or annuity payments under any plan of an employer where the employer contributes all of the money. (Under current law, the disqualification provision applies under any plan of an employer where the employer contributes a portion or all of the money.) Provides that the state of Indiana is not required to participate in or precluded from ceasing to participate in any offered or enacted voluntary, optional, special, or emergency federal program. Makes corresponding changes.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2023	HB 1451	Indiana HB 1451 (2023)	bill	INCOME TAXES Deductions LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT State Department and Agencies LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT Unemployment Compensation PENSIONS	enacted	Greg Walker Linda Rogers Martin Carbaugh	4	19	1	2023-01-17	2023-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/ab567e14-f3b0-4e96-bcdf-7f632e8855be	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1451	880a2e9a931253df00f8f9a08971f613fcdf32e8a7aac9aa390d8b76117b7473	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1451 (2023) — Unemployment compensation.

Amends the definition of "deductible income" for purposes of the unemployment compensation laws. Provides that, subject to certain exceptions, the department of workforce development may accept an offer in compromise from an employer or claimant to reduce past due debts arising from contributions or benefit overpayments. Provides that an individual is ineligible for benefits for any week that the individual receives payments equal to or exceeding the individual's weekly benefit amount in pension, retirement, or annuity payments under any plan of an employer where the employer contributes all of the money. (Under current law, the disqualification provision applies under any plan of an employer where the employer contributes a portion or all of the money.) Provides that the state of Indiana is not required to participate in or precluded from ceasing to participate in any offered or enacted voluntary, optional, special, or emergency federal program. Makes corresponding changes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
3. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1451 - Walker G - 3rd Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Greg Walker — primary (person)
• Linda Rogers — primary (person)
• Martin Carbaugh — primary (person)
• Heath VanNatter — coauthor (person)
• Ryan Hatfield — coauthor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2023-01-17 Authored by Representative Carbaugh
• 2023-01-17 First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-02-06 Representatives VanNatter and Hatfield added as coauthors
• 2023-02-13 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-02-16 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-02-21 Senate sponsor: Senator Walker G
• 2023-02-21 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 183: yeas 89, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-02-22 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2023-02-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-03-16 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-03-20 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-03-20 Senator Rogers added as second sponsor
• 2023-03-21 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 245: yeas 42, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-03-22 Returned to the House without amendments receipt
• 2023-04-03 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2023-04-04 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2023-04-17 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2023-04-20 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2023-04-20 Public Law 85 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ab567e14-f3b0-4e96-bcdf-7f632e8855be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).