The bill increases the cap on a medical malpractice award to $1.8 million by 2019 - up from its current limit of $1.25 million.

The House killed a bill Thursday that would have allowed superintendents to increase pay for teachers outside of the traditional collective bargaining process with a teacher's union.

Just about one year ago, Gov. Mike Pence, after months of negotiations with the federal government, announced the creation of HIP 2.0. Using money from the Affordable Care Act, it provides health insurance to low-income Hoosiers while allowing them to make payments into health savings accounts.

Indiana's medical malpractice cap hasn't increased in nearly two decades.

The House approved the measure 82-12, sending it back to the Senate. The Senate author of the bill says he hopes his chamber will agree to the House's changes and send the legislation to the governor.

The amendment would allow local governments to get back property tax incentives granted to a company, if the company moves out of the state.

A bill placing restrictions on abortions passed through the Senate with opposition from Democrats and three Republicans.

The rejected bill was tabled nearly a week before vandals painted vulgar graffiti on a wall of the Islamic Society of North America in Plainfield. It would allow for tougher sentences by taking into account a victim's perceived or actual race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, disability, national origin, ancestry or sexual orientation.

The bill raises the amount someone can collect for a single malpractice incident, from $1.25 million to o$1.65 million. It hasn't been raised in 18 years.

It establishes regulations that include minimum fence heights and acreage, and it mandates reporting disease and escape.