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How Indiana created the blueprint for implementing Trump’s policy vision
With the state legislatures wrapping up spring sessions, Indiana emerged as a clear front-runner in successfully implementing President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda. As policymakers across the country consider their own priorities, they should follow Indiana’s lead to deliver real results for their constituents.
Last year, Trump signed into law the most transformative tax and welfare reform bill in recent history. But some of the most important parts of the bill require states to take action to carry it out. These include ensuring that people on welfare are truly eligible, providing meaningful tax relief, opting into a new federal school choice program to send federal dollars directly to families, and partnering with federal immigration enforcement. The idea is simple: less money for illegal immigrants and fraudsters and more money for hardworking American families.
Indiana lawmakers moved quickly to get these reforms up and running, with Senate Republicans introducing Senate Bill 1 as their top priority.
With Gov. Mike Braun’s (R-IN) signature on March 4, SB 1 codified the new federal work requirements for able-bodied adults on Medicaid and food stamps who don’t have small children. This will encourage independence and dignity while boosting the state’s declining labor force participation rate. SB 1 also requires the state to count the income of illegal immigrants in determining total household income for welfare eligibility. This ends the existing unfair practice that currently disadvantages households with only American citizens. SB 1 will protect Hoosier tax dollars by ensuring welfare is reserved only for truly needy American citizens.