Constitutional carry since 2022. No AWB, no mag limit, strong preemption. Stand-your-ground codified. Suppressors legal. Red-flag law (2005, original) — main deduction. No waiting period.

No medical cannabis, no decriminalization, no recreational. CBD legal but tightly restricted. Possession can mean up to 6 months jail. No psychedelic reform; minimal harm reduction.

State minimum wage $7.25/hr (state matches federal). MIT living wage for 1 adult: $14.85/hr. Ratio 0.49 — minimum-wage workers earn 49% of what's needed to live there alone.

Below-median per-pupil spending but Indiana ranked 6th in 4th grade reading nationally on NAEP 2024 — strong efficiency. Moderate tax burden, decent infrastructure. Education investment punching above its weight.

IJ grades IN D+ (low burden, profit incentive). No QI reform. No-knock allowed; HB 1006 (2021) made minor procedural reforms only. No body cam mandate. Limited privacy law. SB 1 (2017) mandates ICE cooperation. Moderate whistleblower law for state employees.

Excuse required for absentee voting (one of few states still requiring). Early voting 28 days (positive). No same-day registration; registration deadline 29 days before election. Strict photo ID law. Polls close at 6pm (earliest in nation). Felons vote after release. Republican-drawn maps with very high partisan bias. SEA 334 (2023) tightened mail ballot ID.

Medicaid expansion adopted 2015 (Healthy Indiana Plan with conservative modifications). Near-total abortion ban (limited exceptions). Trans youth gender-affirming care ban. Maternal mortality high. Religious refusal laws broad.

No qualified immunity reform. No statewide BWC mandate. Disciplinary records largely confidential. ILEA decertification limited. No no-knock ban. Use-of-force 'reasonable' standard. Local DAs prosecute. Chokeholds restricted in HEA 1006 (2021) for non-lethal-force situations.

Near-total abortion ban with narrow exceptions. 'Don't Say Gay' law (2023). Gender-affirming care ban for minors. RFRA (Indiana's 2015 law was a national flashpoint). No statewide LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination. Anti-trans school sports/bathroom laws. Active Christian-nationalist trend.

Right-to-work state (2012). No paid family leave. No paid sick leave. State OSHA plan (IOSHA). Prevailing wage repealed (2015). Weak wage theft enforcement. Above-median fatal injury rate. No heat-illness, domestic worker, or scheduling protections.