The Legislative Council met Tuesday to discuss Interim Study Committee topics and assign members. Additionally, they confirmed that there were no significant statutory conflicts in legislation passed this year, so there is no need for a Technical Corrections Day originally considered for June 4th. In approving the topics for study, Council members noted that there …
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On Wednesday, May 8, Governor Holcomb signed the last three bills awaiting his action, including HB 1015, the Gaming Bill that will have an impact on Tropicana and the City of Evansville. This was the last bill he signed just moments before 5:00 on the deadline day for him to take action. This is the …
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The 121st General Assembly finished five days early this year with first term Senate President Pro Tempore Rodrick Bray (R-Martinsville) announcing at 10:26 p.m. on April 24th for the Senate, and retiring Representative David Frizzell (R-Indianapolis) announcing sine die for the House shortly thereafter at 11:10 p.m. Sine Die is Latin for “without a day” …
The House and Senate face a looming deadline to reach an agreement on the biennial State budget (and all other bills). On Monday, Democrats attempted 31 amendments to the bill. Notably, Senators made a last-ditch effort to get hate crimes language passed this legislative session. “My amendment is what I want in the law. But …
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With the end in sight, Indiana lawmakers raced this week to get their bills to the finish line and on their way to Governor Eric Holcomb’s desk. The deadline for the House bills to pass Second Reading was Thursday. That morning, House members – and Statehouse watchers – were greeted by a whopping 109 amendments …
On Tuesday the controversial, newly minted “bias crimes bill” SB198, received a 34-14 concurrence vote in the Senate. This was the last procedural step before the bill went to the Governor. Governor Eric Holcomb received the brunt of the anger from those opposed to the bill, Senator Jean Breaux (D-Indianapolis), who called SB198 a “transphobic …
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With a month left in Session, legislators are starting to have to deal with some of the more difficult issues. This week, that means Indiana House members voting 57-39 on Tuesday to approve SB 198 after amending the bill just the day before to include bias crimes language that some lawmakers believe leaves some Hoosiers …
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As Indiana lawmakers prepared to enter the final 30 days of the 2019 session, momentum increased this week as more bills were heard in committee and bills reached second and third readings in their respective chambers. Lawmakers were busy this week monitoring the progress of their bills at the Statehouse, with a variety of issues …
The second half of session will continue to ramp up next week with more committee hearings and bills moving to second and third reading. Steady progress is being made as lawmakers work to persuade those in the opposite house to move their bills along the path toward final passage. It was great to have so …
The legislative process reset this week as lawmakers entered the second phase of the 2019 Indiana General Assembly Session. It was a transition week as each house begins to truly pay attention to and assign to Committee the bills passed by the opposite house. Overall, Senators initially filed 636 pieces of legislation this year. Of …
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