Articles tagged as: 2017 legislative session
March 28, 2017
House Committee Wrestles With Vaping Regulations
Legislation regulating e-liquids has gotten complicated as a House committee struggles to impose rules on the industry while avoiding constitutionality issues.
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Bill Would Track When Officers Restrain, Seclude Kids At School
Indiana lawmakers call for schools to provide more information about the controversial practice.
Read MoreMarch 27, 2017
Senate Committee Approves Watered-Down BMV Voter Registration Bill
The Bureau of Motor Vehicles would be required to offer Hoosiers the chance to register to vote more often under legislation approved by a Senate committee.
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Bill Aimed At Preventing 'Faithless' Presidential Electors
A Senate committee approved legislation to ensure Indiana's presidential electors don't go rogue.
Read MoreMarch 17, 2017
Statehouse Update: Holcomb Defends HIP 2.0, Airbnb Bill Advances
Gov. Eric Holcomb argues for Indiana's Medicaid expansion funding, the Senate holds its road funding hearing and a committee advances the Airbnb bill.
Read MoreMarch 15, 2017
Senate Committee Slashes House PreK Funding Bill, Nixes Voucher Link
A Senate Committee slashed funding Wednesday from a House bill that sought to double the state's preschool pilot program.
Read MoreMarch 15, 2017
House Committee Hears Testimony On Guns In Statehouse Bill
The bill expands the list of those allowed to carry inside the state's capitol building, as judges, police and legislators are already able to do.
Read MoreMarch 15, 2017
Bill Would Lift Savings Limit For Food Stamp Recipients
The federal government-which pays for SNAP benefits, sometimes called food stamps-says such assistance can only go to households that have less than $2,250 in assets, but states can opt out of that requirement.
Read MoreMarch 15, 2017
Bill Protecting Short-Term Rentals, Airbnb Advances To Full Senate
Some local communities regulate or prohibit short-term rentals. But the proposed legislation would bar them from that, while establishing some guidelines.
Read MoreMarch 14, 2017
Senate Road Funding Testimony Echoes House Testimony
Members of the public - mostly lobbyists and trade organizations - testified before Senate lawmakers on the comprehensive road funding bill.
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