Articles tagged as: 2023 legislative session
March 21, 2023
Senate sends bill to simplify unemployment pay deductions, allow overpayment debt relief to governor
State officials say some of the tight rules on unemployment benefits end up clogging up the system, preventing people from quickly getting paid and costing the state a lot of money especially during economic downturns. A bill to alleviate some of DWDs administrative burden and expedite the process of getting more money to beneficiaries heads to the governors desk after passing the Senate Tuesday.
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Bill encouraging 'advanced recycling' heads to Holcomb's desk
The bills author has said it could help Indiana to reach its goal of recycling half its waste. But a University of Pittsburgh professor questions whether some of these chemical processes should be considered recycling at all.
Read MoreMarch 21, 2023
Lawsuit likely if ban on gender-affirming surgery for people in state prisons becomes law
Its likely Indiana will be sued if a bill banning gender-affirming surgery for people in prison becomes law.
Read MoreMarch 21, 2023
Indiana bill allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control goes to Senate committee
House Bill 1568 would allow pharmacists to prescribe hormonal birth control to people 18 and older without having to see a health care provider first.
Read MoreMarch 21, 2023
Indiana lawmakers back making machine gun switches illegal
Indiana lawmakers have endorsed a bill making it illegal for anyone to possess devices for adapting a firearm into a machine gun.
Read MoreMarch 20, 2023
More than 200 health care workers sign letter to halt gender-affirming care ban for minors
More than 200 health care professionals signed on to a letter asking for the chair of the House Public Health Committee to halt a bill banning medicinal and surgical gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
Read MoreMarch 20, 2023
Bill creating statewide energy plan passes unanimously in Indiana Senate
It now goes back to the state House to consider changes made to the bill.
Read MoreMarch 20, 2023
Republicans reject effort to expand vote-by-mail to all Hoosiers
A Senate committee rejected an effort Monday to allow anyone to vote absentee by mail in Indiana.
Read MoreMarch 17, 2023
Indiana lacks affordable, quality child care. So why aren’t the child care bills moving forward?
Families across Indiana lack access to child care. Several bills were introduced this legislative session that aim to make child care more affordable and widespread. Yet all seven bills failed to advance in the Statehouse despite broad support from employer and welfare groups as well as lawmakers of both parties.
Read MoreMarch 17, 2023
Weekly Statehouse update: National Guard matters, highway speed cameras pilot
No answers from the National Guard about a lack of courts-martial. Highway work zone speed cameras near the finish line. And closing a loophole in the states child seduction law.
Heres what you might have missed this week at the Statehouse.
Read MoreHeres what you might have missed this week at the Statehouse.