2025 Regular SessionIndiana Legislature

HB1429: Ethics training for local officials.

Legislative Summary

Ethics training for local officials. 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.

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Medium Confidence

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Bill History

1/21/2025
Coauthored by Representatives Hamilton and Clere
House of Representatives
1/21/2025
Authored by Representative Dant Chesser
House of Representatives
1/21/2025
First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
House of Representatives

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/21/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Local Government(House of Representatives)

Sponsors

Democrat: 2
Republican: 1

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/14/2025124.4 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note1/14/202568.5 KB