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HB1404 • 2026

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning labor and safety.

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning labor and safety.

Labor
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Representative Wendy Dant Chesser
Last action
2026-01-08
Official status
Introduced House Bill (H)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on enforcement mechanisms or scenarios involving both personal and union-related disputes.

Workplace Violence Restraining Orders

This bill changes Indiana law to allow restraining orders for workplace violence or threats that are between two employees and do not involve labor unions' agreements.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the rules about when a court can issue an order to protect someone from violence at work.
  • Allows courts to give restraining orders if one employee is threatened by another over personal issues, as long as it's not part of a bigger labor dispute with union rules.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Employees who face threats or violence from other employees at work.
  • Courts that handle workplace disputes and safety issues.

Terms To Know

collective bargaining agreement
An agreement between a union and an employer about working conditions, wages, and benefits for workers in the union.
restraining order
A court order that tells someone to stay away from or stop contacting another person.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if a workplace violence case involves both personal issues and union rules.
  • It is unclear how this law will be enforced in practice.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-08 House

    Authored by Representative Dant Chesser

  2. 2026-01-08 House

    Coauthored by Representative Clere

  3. 2026-01-08 House

    First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning labor and safety.
Workplace violence restraining orders.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning labor and safety.

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.