Women gathered at the Indiana Statehouse Thursday to rally support for gender equality legislation on issues like wage discrimination and hostile work environments for pregnant women.

More districts are hiring law enforcement to increase security in schools and can use state funding to do so, but lawmakers are debating what sort of training officers need before working around students.

Democrats have sharply criticized the bill. But Republicans say using the extra money to pay cash for the capital projects -- instead of bonding -- is sound fiscal policy.

A bill discussed Tuesday by the Indiana House public safety committee would give police officers the option to issue tickets with maximum $25 fines to violators under age 18 or impound the riding device until the child is shown to have a proper helmet.

A bill to ban drivers from holding cell phones while driving unanimously passed a House committee Wednesday.

A bill going to the Senate floor would create a program for high schoolers to try out careers while performing community service, called the Indiana Youth Service Program.

The Indiana House easily approved legislation Tuesday raising the legal age to smoke and vape to 21.

The proposed bill would only allow Indiana State Police to issue tickets if a driver is caught on camera going at least 11 miles per hour over the speed limit in a highway work zone, while workers are present.

Legislation changed and approved by an Indiana Senate committee Tuesday makes an incremental step to give more time to prosecute child sex crimes.

Here's what you might have missed this week at the Statehouse.