Indiana § 4-1-8-1 - Prohibition against state agencies requiring individual Social Security numbers; exemptions

§ 4-1-8-1. Prohibition against state agencies requiring individual Social Security numbers; exemptions

Sec. 1. (a) No individual may be compelled by any state agency, board, commission, department, bureau, or other entity of state government (referred to as "state agency" in this chapter) to provide the individual's Social Security number to the state agency against the individual's will, absent federal requirements to the contrary. However, the provisions of this chapter do not apply to the following:

(1) Department of state revenue.

(2) Department of workforce development.

(3) The programs administered by:

(A) the division of family resources;

(B) the division of mental health and addiction;

(C) the division of disability, aging, and rehabilitative services; and

(D) the office of Medicaid policy and planning;

of the office of the secretary of family and social services.

(4) State comptroller.

(5) State personnel department.

(6) Secretary of state, with respect to the registration of broker-dealers, agents, and investment advisors.

(7) The lobby registration commission, with respect to the registration of lobbyists.

(8) Indiana department of administration, with respect to bidders on contracts.

(9) Indiana department of transportation, with respect to bidders on contracts.

(10) Indiana professional licensing agency.

(11) Department of insurance, with respect to licensing of insurance producers.

(12) The department of child services.

(13) A pension fund administered by the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system.

(14) The state police benefit system.

(15) The alcohol and tobacco commission.

(16) The Indiana department of health, for purposes of licensing radiologic technologists under IC 16-41-35-29(c).

(b) The bureau of motor vehicles may, notwithstanding this chapter, require the following:

(1) That an individual include the individual's Social Security number in an application for an official certificate of title for any vehicle required to be titled under IC 9-17.

(2) That an individual include the individual's Social Security number on an application for registration.

(3) That a corporation, limited liability company, firm, partnership, or other business entity include its federal tax identification number on an application for registration.

(4) That an individual include the individual's Social Security number on an application for a license, a permit, or an identification card.

(c) The Indiana department of administration, the Indiana department of transportation, and the Indiana professional licensing agency may require an employer to provide its federal employer identification number.

(d) The department of correction may require a committed offender to provide the offender's Social Security number for purposes of matching data with the Social Security Administration to determine benefit eligibility.

(e) The Indiana gaming commission may, notwithstanding this chapter, require the following:

(1) That an individual include the individual's Social Security number:

(A) in any application for a riverboat owner's license, supplier's license, or occupational license; or

(B) in any document submitted to the commission in the course of an investigation necessary to ensure that gaming under IC 4-32.3, IC 4-33, and IC 4-35 is conducted with credibility and integrity.

(2) That a sole proprietorship, a partnership, an association, a fiduciary, a corporation, a limited liability company, or any other business entity include its federal tax identification number on an application for a riverboat owner's license or supplier's license.

(f) Notwithstanding this chapter, the department of education established by IC 20-19-3-1 may require an individual who applies to the department for a license or an endorsement to provide the individual's Social Security number. The Social Security number may be used by the department only for conducting a background investigation, if the department is authorized by statute to conduct a background investigation of an individual for issuance of the license or endorsement.

As added by Acts 1978, P.L.8, SEC.3. Amended by Acts 1979, P.L.16, SEC.1; Acts 1981, P.L.23, SEC.1; P.L.6-1987, SEC.3; P.L.18-1987, SEC.1; P.L.14-1989, SEC.1; P.L.335-1989(ss), SEC.1; P.L.1-1990, SEC.10; P.L.2-1991, SEC.19; P.L.2-1992, SEC.28; P.L.1-1993, SEC.15; P.L.21-1993, SEC.1; P.L.22-1993, SEC.1; P.L.8-1993, SEC.6; P.L.1-1994, SEC.7; P.L.20-1995, SEC.1; P.L.21-1995, SEC.1; P.L.215-2001, SEC.1; P.L.261-2003, SEC.2; P.L.178-2003, SEC.1; P.L.72-2004, SEC.1; P.L.1-2005, SEC.55; P.L.246-2005, SEC.37; P.L.1-2006, SEC.6; P.L.141-2006, SEC.3; P.L.145-2006, SEC.3; P.L.157-2006, SEC.1; P.L.1-2007, SEC.2; P.L.142-2009, SEC.1; P.L.35-2012, SEC.13; P.L.85-2013, SEC.1; P.L.86-2018, SEC.4; P.L.58-2019, SEC.1; P.L.56-2023, SEC.6; P.L.9-2024, SEC.28; P.L.122-2026, SEC.2.