Holcomb's predecessor, former governor Mike Pence, vetoed a similar bill in 2015.

A federal funding measure approved last year will expire Friday. Without anything to replace it, a partial shutdown of federal agencies will begin Saturday.

It allows people protected by restraining orders to carry handguns without a license for up to 60 days.

The bill passed the House, 69 to 29, and the Senate 37 to 12.

The 2017 session was defined largely by a single issue: road funding. Though other issues surfaced, lawmakers kept their eyes on a long-term roads plan.

Lawmakers completed a temporary rewrite of the state's alcohol carryout laws to address a convenience store that found a legal work-around.

Legislation is headed to the governor that eliminates many of the state's monopoly-creating, vaping regulations.

The Republican-led Indiana General Assembly crafted a two-year state budget that spends about $32 billion.

Lawmakers sent a bill to Gov. Eric Holcomb that would replace the much derided ISTEP test with a new standarized exam in 2019.

Indiana schools will receive more money per student as part of the 2017-19 state budget plan. Funding was also increased for private school vouchers.