Articles tagged as: 2022 legislative session
March 10, 2022
Indiana lawmakers halt online lottery expansion
The Hoosier Lottery wont be adding online games anytime soon as lawmakers added new language to state law that stops expansion into i-lottery without their authorization.
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Indiana lawmakers seek possible special session on abortion
The vast majority of Indiana's Republican state legislators have signed a letter asking the governor to call them back into special session later this year if the U.S. Supreme Court rolls back the limits states can place on abortion.
Read MoreMarch 9, 2022
Several bills targeting crime in Marion County sent to governor
The bills aim to address multiple areas of the criminal justice system including bail, electronic monitoring and violent crime reduction.
Read MoreMarch 7, 2022
Bill would require IDOH to provide annual report on overdose deaths, suicides
State Sen. Jean Leising (R-Oldenburg) said she had heard anecdotes about drug deaths and suicides increasing in her largely rural district during the pandemic but had trouble getting county-by-county data from the State Department of Health.
Read MoreMarch 4, 2022
Republican leaders say school curriculum bill language 'highly unlikely' to return
Republican leaders in the Indiana General Assembly don't see eye to eye on the future of a controversial school curriculum bill. Some lawmakers at the Statehouse want to resurrect parts of the bill, while others say it's all or nothing.
Read MoreMarch 4, 2022
Weekly Statehouse update: Handgun permits, school curriculum bill dies in the Senate
Lawmakers head toward the finish line of the 2022 session. A school curriculum bill dies. A gun bill is revived. And the vaccine mandate debate is over. Here's what you might have missed this week at the Statehouse.
Read MoreMarch 3, 2022
House gives final approval to less restrictive COVID-19 vaccine employer mandate bill
The debate in the General Assembly over how and whether to restrict businesses from enforcing COVID-19 vaccine mandates is over.
Read MoreMarch 3, 2022
Indiana lawmakers send campus free speech bill to governor
A bill that doubles down on free speech rights at Indiana’s public colleges and universities is headed to the governor's desk after lawmakers gave their final vote of approval Thursday.
Read MoreMarch 3, 2022
Indiana governor endorses big cuts in income, business taxes
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb threw his full support Thursday behind major state tax cuts, saying tax collections were strong enough to overcome his previous reluctance.
Read MoreMarch 3, 2022
Juvenile justice reform bill sent to governor for approval
House Bill 1359 has passed through both chambers of the Indiana General Assembly and has nearly completed the process to become law.
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