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

(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 and rehabilitative services;
(D) the division of aging; and
(E) 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.