Articles tagged as: 2022 legislative session
January 28, 2022
Weekly Statehouse update: Transgender girl athletes ban, new vote-by-mail restrictions
House Republicans ban transgender girls from girls high school sports. A House committee restricts absentee mail-in voting. And the House makes changes to a controversial school curriculum bill before sending it to the Senate. Here's what you might have missed this week at the Statehouse.
Read MoreJanuary 27, 2022
Senate bill would limit legal defense for libraries over access to harmful material
State lawmakers are considering a bill to limit the legal defense for libraries if they're prosecuted for giving children access to harmful materials.
Read MoreJanuary 27, 2022
House restores 2024 deadline for counties to install paper backups on voting machines
The Indiana House has reversed course, restoring language in a bill that will move up the deadline for counties to install a vital election security measure.
Read MoreJanuary 27, 2022
Public school referendum sharing requirement passes House, heads to Indiana Senate
Public school districts would be required to share referendum funding with charter schools under a bill approved by the Indiana House Thursday.
Read MoreJanuary 27, 2022
Indiana House approves ban on transgender girls' participation in girls school sports
The Indiana House approved a bill that would ban transgender girls from participating in girls school sports Thursday.
Read MoreJanuary 26, 2022
State environmental agencies' facts given less weight in court under state House bill
An Indiana bill could change the way trial court judges look at the facts when they review decisions by state agencies. HB 1063 already passed the House and is now being considered in the Senate.
Read MoreJanuary 26, 2022
Most bills to protect renters in Indiana will not advance after missing hearing deadline
A handful of bills authored in the Indiana General Assembly to address renters’ rights failed to receive hearings by this week’s deadline and will not advance.
Read MoreJanuary 26, 2022
Senate bill that would allow state attorney general to intervene at county level advances
A senate bill that would give the Indiana Attorney General power to intervene with a county prosecutor’s decision advanced Wednesday.
Read MoreJanuary 26, 2022
Indiana House approves controversial school curriculum bill, sends it to the Senate
The Indiana House approved a controversial school content and curriculum bill Wednesday, after more than an hour and a half of discussion on the House floor and making some changes to the bill earlier this week.
Read MoreJanuary 21, 2022
House advances bill aimed at sealing eviction filings from tenant records in some instances
Tenant advocates have long argued that eviction filings can serve as a permanent "scarlet E" that harms a renter's chances of getting housing in the future.
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