2025 Legislature: What Bills Are Written by Representative Tim O’Brien

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TIM O'BRIEN

Here are the 2025 bills written by Tim O.Brien.

House Bill 1111 Indiana National Guard.
Authored by: Rep. Steve Bartels.
Co-Authored by: Rep. Timothy O’Brien, Rep. Ethan Lawson, Rep. Chuck Moseley.

Increases, from $8,800 to $20,000, the amount that shall be paid by the state if a member of the Indiana National Guard dies in the active service of the state. Provides that a spouse or dependent of a member of the Indiana National Guard is eligible for a state employee death benefit if the member dies while serving on state active duty. Provides that the adjutant general may procure a medical insurance plan for members of the Indiana National Guard who are ordered to state active duty. Adds awards and decorations that may be awarded by the Indiana National Guard. Provides that members of the Indiana National Guard, while serving on state active duty, shall be considered state employees for purposes of receiving worker’s compensation. Provides that a scholarship applicant of the National Guard tuition supplement program may use the scholarship for a credential-certifying program, licensing program, trade certification program, or apprenticeship program for an in-demand occupation as identified by the adjutant general and the department of workforce development, in consultation with the commission for higher education. Provides that if a scholarship applicant of the National Guard tuition supplement program receives a twenty-first century scholars program scholarship, the scholarship applicant may use a National Guard tuition supplement program scholarship awarded to pay for room and board for two years. Makes technical corrections. View less

House Bill 1113 Fire protection districts.
Authored by: Rep. Alex Zimmerman.
Co-Authored by: Rep. Timothy O’Brien, Rep. Steve Bartels.

Expands the purposes for which a fire protection district may be established.

House Bill 1132 Stadium and convention building authority.
Authored by: Rep. Doug Miller.
Co-Authored by: Rep. Timothy O’Brien, Rep. Steve Bartels.

Provides that the Indiana finance authority is required to provide staff support for the Indiana stadium and convention building authority board. (Current law provides that the Indiana stadium and convention building authority is required to provide staff support.)

House Bill 1136 School corporation reorganization.

Authored by: Rep. Jake Teshka. Co-Authored by: Rep. Jeffrey Thompson,
Rep. Timothy O’Brien.

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Provides that, if more than 50% of students who have legal settlement in a school corporation were enrolled in a school that is not operated by the school corporation on the 2024 fall average daily membership count date, the school corporation must be dissolved and all public schools of the school corporation must be transitioned to operating as charter schools. Establishes a new governing board, requirements, and procedures regarding the dissolution and reorganization of the applicable school corporations.

House Bill 1346
Maintenance of U.
Authored by: Rep. Matt Hostettler.
Co-Authored by: Rep. Cindy Ledbetter, Rep. Wendy McNamara, Rep. Timothy O’Brien,

41 right-of-way. Appropriates $500,000 from the state general fund to the Indiana department of transportation (department) to be used by the department for the purpose of providing roadside mowing on U.S. 41 from the Vanderburgh County – Gibson County line to the Knox County – Sullivan County line.

House Bill 1347 Real estate matters.
Authored by: Rep. Edward Clere.
Co-Authored by: Rep. Timothy O’Brien, Rep. Wendy Dant Chesser.

Requires a broker company to deposit funds belonging to others into a trust account that the broker company maintains. Requires that residential real estate sales disclosure forms include disclosures by an owner that a property is located within a locally designated historic district or is listed on or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Requires that residential real estate sales disclosure forms include disclosures by an owner of any restrictive covenants or other deed restrictions. Makes a technical correction.

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