INDIANAPOLIS — State Senator Fady Qaddoura (D-Indianapolis) unveiled his bills for the 2026 legislative session, a Hoosier-centered package focused on tackling Indiana’s affordability crisis, strengthening public education and improving public safety. Sen. Qaddoura released the following statement:

“Hoosiers have been crushed under the burden of high inflation and rising cost of living. Every bill I filed this session is rooted in the real stories and struggles my constituents share with me,” said Qaddoura. “This agenda is about delivering immediate, meaningful savings for families who are doing everything right but still falling behind.”

Affordability Package

  • Medical debt relief bill that prohibits using medical debt from being used by collection agencies or courts to garnish wages from low-income families or place liens on their primary residences; and requires hospitals to offer meaningful payment plans and financial assistance to low-income patients who need medically necessary procedures.
  • Restore eligibility and funding for childcare (CCDF) and On My Way Pre-K families and providers.
  • Cut property taxes for low-income families, veterans and senior citizens. Incentivize first-time homebuyers and support tenants via tax credits.
  • Lower monthly utility bills by eliminating utility taxes, freezing utility rate increases for three years and revoking the 50-year Republican sales tax exemption to data centers.
  • Tax reforms to reverse the financial damage caused to local governments and schools by SEA 1 (2025) to ensure proper funding for essential local services.

Public Safety

  • Allows Marion County City-County Council to adopt constitutional firearms regulations that are stricter than what is allowed by state law if proposed by local Marion County’s Law Enforcement agencies, in coordination with community and faith-based violence reduction advocacy groups, to reduce violent crimes and protect Hoosiers.

Public Education

  • Comprehensive charter schools’ accountability bill that prohibits diverting state and local funds from traditional schools to charters, revokes the $1 building sale law and prohibits state funding to inefficient charters with less than 100 students.

“This affordability agenda puts Hoosiers first,” Qaddoura concluded. “It puts affordability, stability and fairness back at the center of state government.”