Indiana legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Indiana HB1374: Requirements for incentive recipient employers.
Status: In committee, January 8, 2026
Specifies additional conditions pertaining to the use of secret ballot elections in unionization efforts and employee personal contact information that an employer must comply with to be eligible to receive a tax credit, tax deduction, grant, loan, or loan guarantee (job creation incentive) from the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC). Requires the IEDC to enter into a separate agreement with a recipient of a job creation incentive to recover the value of the job creation incentive if the recipient does not comply with the conditions added by the bill. Specifies the term of the separate agreement in relation to the value of the job creation incentive. Requires the IEDC to investigate reports of noncompliance with the conditions added by the bill during the period when the separate agreement is in effect and to provide those findings to the office of the attorney general for the initiation of proceedings for recovery of job creation incentives.
What the bill says
A bill FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning economic development.
From the introduced text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning economic development. SECTION 1. IC 5-28-6.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026]: Chapter 6.5. Additional Conditions for the Provision of Job Creation Incentives Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter: (1) "Contract" means: (A) an agreement (including any memoranda of understanding) between an employer and the corporation; and (B) an agreement between an employer and a labor organization. (2) "Employee" means an individual who performs services for an employer for wages that are subject to withholding requirements under Section 3402 of the Internal Revenue Code. (3) "Employer" means a business entity that voluntarily 2026 IN 1374--LS 6766/DI pursues job creation incentives or enters into an agreement with the corporation to receive a job creation incentive. (4) "Job creation incentive" has the meaning set forth in IC 5-28-2-5.5. (5) "Labor organization" has the meaning set forth in U.S.C. 152. (6) "Neutrality agreement" means an agreement signed with a union in which the employer agrees to conditions including committing not to speak to employees about union issues. (7) "Personal contact information" means an employee's home address, home or personal cellular telephone number, or personal electronic mail address. (8) "Secret ballot election" means a process conducted by the …
Sponsors
- Heath VanNatter (R, HD-038) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Authored by Representative VanNatter
- : First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions
Subjects: FINANCIAL SERVICES; Loans and Mortgages, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; Unions, STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS; Attorney General, AGENCIES; Economic Development Corporation (IEDC)
Common questions
- What is HB1374?
- HB1374 is a bill in the Indiana Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Requirements for incentive recipient employers.
- What does HB1374 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning economic development.
- What is the status of HB1374?
- In committee as of January 8, 2026. Latest action: Authored by Representative VanNatter (January 8, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB1374?
- Heath VanNatter (R, HD-038).
- Where is the official record for HB1374?
- On the Indiana Legislature website: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/house/1374
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