SB 257 IN

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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.

• David Niezgodski Democratic · author
• Travis Holdman Republican · author
• Mike Bohacek Republican · author
• Michael Karickhoff Republican · sponsor

1. Jan 11, 2021 Authored by Senator Niezgodski · upper
2. Jan 11, 2021 First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy · upper
3. Jan 28, 2021 Senator Holdman added as second author · upper
4. Feb 9, 2021 Committee report: do pass, adopted · upper
5. Feb 11, 2021 Second reading: ordered engrossed · upper
6. Feb 15, 2021 Senator Bohacek added as third author · upper
7. Feb 15, 2021 House sponsor: Representative Karickhoff · upper
8. Feb 15, 2021 Cosponsors: Representatives Hatfield and Bauer M · upper
9. Feb 15, 2021 Senators Qaddoura, Tallian, Ford J.D. added as coauthors · upper
10. Feb 15, 2021 Senators Taylor G, Melton, Lanane, Yoder added as coauthors · upper
11. Feb 15, 2021 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 109: yeas 46, nays 0 · upper
12. Feb 16, 2021 Referred to the House · upper
13. Mar 4, 2021 First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures · lower
14. Mar 16, 2021 Representative Olthoff added as cosponsor · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Senate Bill (S) · Feb 9, 2021 · PDF
• Introduced Senate Bill (S) · Jan 11, 2021 · PDF