STATEHOUSE (Aug. 5, 2025) – With the 2025 legislative session concluding in April, State Reps. Ben Smaltz (R-Auburn) and Tony Isa (R-Angola) are highlighting some of the new state laws taking effect this summer.
Smaltz said many new laws passed during session took effect in July, including a new law ensuring election integrity.
Senate Enrolled Act 10 ensures only valid government-issued IDs are accepted at election polls and that voter rolls are properly maintained to remove inactive and deceased voters. It specifies that student IDs, which cannot be used to register to vote, are not an acceptable form of identification at polling places.
"Senate Enrolled Act 10 is a significant step toward strengthening the integrity of our elections," Smaltz said. "This law simply treats college students the same as every other resident, requiring a government ID to vote."
Isa said lawmakers took action on a variety of issues impacting Hoosiers this year, including health care costs.
To reduce health care costs, Isa said a new law he co-authored prevents large nonprofit hospital systems from charging more for the same services billed at different facilities. It also requires more public posting of service prices to allow patients to compare costs and make informed decisions and it strengthens efforts to combat Medicaid fraud.
"Access to clear and accurate health care pricing is essential for informed decision making and financial accountability," Isa said. "This new law puts Hoosier patients first by increasing transparency, holding providers accountable and making care more affordable."
Local lawmakers also highlighted the following new laws:
Protecting Hoosier Taxpayers
Indiana's budget is balanced, maintains Indiana's AAA credit rating, funds critical priorities and continues state income tax cuts for Hoosiers. The budget provides the most ever funding for K-12 schools and expands school choice to all families next year. It boosts funding for public safety and housing access to support growing communities.
Increasingly, parents have raised concerns about government intrusion into personal parenting decisions. A new law safeguards parental rights by ensuring that government entities cannot interfere with a parent’s authority over their child’s upbringing, religious instruction, education or health care unless absolutely necessary.
Reducing Prescription Drug Prices
To increase affordability and access, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) must increase price transparency and include more rural pharmacies in their networks. PBMs are barred from certain anti-competitive practices that hurt consumers like preventing pharmacies from advising patients on lower-cost ways to obtain prescriptions.
Visit iga.in.gov to learn more about these and other new state laws.
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State Rep. Ben Smaltz (R-Auburn) represents House District 52, which
includes all of DeKalb County, and portions of Noble and Steuben counties.
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State Rep. Tony Isa (R-Angola) represents House District 51,
which includes all of LaGrange County and a portion of Steuben County.
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