Indiana 2021 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 6 D · 4 R cosponsors

SB 257 — Employee misclassification.

Last action — Representative Olthoff added as cosponsor

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Requires the department of state revenue, the state department of labor, the worker's compensation board of Indiana, and the department of workforce development to report before November 1 of each year for three years, beginning November 1, 2021, to the interim study committee on employment and labor for the immediately preceding state fiscal year: (1) the number of employers that each department or the board determined during the immediately preceding state fiscal year improperly classified at least one worker as an independent contractor; (2) the total number of improperly classified workers employed by those employers; (3) the department's or board's calculation of actual revenue not collected or the additional costs to the state that the department or board attributes to the improperly classified workers; (4) the amount of the penalties and interest assessed against those employers by each department or the board, and the amount of the penalties and interest assessed that has been collected; and (5) the classification criteria used by the department to classify workers. Requires that the reports include only information in the form of aggregate statistics and not include information that can be used to identify specific employers or workers.

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Action History

  1. Representative Olthoff added as cosponsor

  2. First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures

  3. Referred to the House

  4. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 109: yeas 46, nays 0

  5. Senators Taylor G, Melton, Lanane, Yoder added as coauthors

  6. Senators Qaddoura, Tallian, Ford J.D. added as coauthors

  7. Cosponsors: Representatives Hatfield and Bauer M

  8. House sponsor: Representative Karickhoff

  9. Senator Bohacek added as third author

  10. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  11. Committee report: do pass, adopted

  12. Senator Holdman added as second author

  13. First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy

  14. Authored by Senator Niezgodski

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Co-sponsors (10)

Not signed on (136)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 257 do?
Requires the department of state revenue, the state department of labor, the worker's compensation board of Indiana, and the department of workforce development to report before November 1 of each year for three years, beginning November 1, 2021, to the interim study committee on employment and labor for the immediately preceding state fiscal year: (1) the number of employers that each department or the board determined during the immediately preceding state fiscal year improperly classified at least one worker as an independent contractor; (2) the total number of improperly classified workers employed by those employers; (3) the department's or board's calculation of actual revenue not collected or the additional costs to the state that the department or board attributes to the improperly classified workers; (4) the amount of the penalties and interest assessed against those employers by each department or the board, and the amount of the penalties and interest assessed that has been collected; and (5) the classification criteria used by the department to classify workers. Requires that the reports include only information in the form of aggregate statistics and not include information that can be used to identify specific employers or workers.
Who sponsors SB 257?
SB 257 is sponsored by David Niezgodski (Democrat), Travis Holdman (Republican), Mike Bohacek (Republican), Fady Qaddoura (Democrat), Karen Tallian, J.D. Ford (Democrat), Greg Taylor (Democrat), Eddie Melton, Timothy Lanane, Shelli Yoder (Democrat), Michael Karickhoff (Republican), Ryan Hatfield, Maureen Bauer (Democrat), and Julie Olthoff (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 257?
This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 257?
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