HB 1404

                                                              Introduced Version
               HOUSE BILL No. 1404
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                  DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 22-6-1-0.5.
Synopsis: Workplace violence restraining orders. Provides that the
chapter regarding the limitation on the issuance of injunctions for labor
disputes does not apply to a case to obtain a workplace violence
restraining order to protect an employee from unlawful violence or a
credible threat of violence solely related to a dispute arising between
two employees over their own personal controversy if the dispute does
not involve claims governed by a collective bargaining agreement.
Effective: July 1, 2026.
                   Dant Chesser, Clere
   January 8, 2026, read first time and referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and
Pensions.
2026  IN 1404—LS 7055/DI 141
                                                                                          Introduced
               Second Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2026)
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                      HOUSE BILL No. 1404
       A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning labor
    and safety.
        Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1      SECTION 1. IC 22-6-1-0.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
2   AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
3   1, 2026]: Sec. 0.5. This chapter does not apply to a case that is
4   brought under IC 34-26-6 to protect an employee from unlawful
5   violence or a credible threat of violence solely related to a dispute
6   arising between two (2) employees over their own personal
7   controversy if the dispute does not involve claims governed by a
8   collective bargaining agreement.
    2026  IN 1404—LS 7055/DI 141