Articles tagged as: 2024 Legislative Session
March 18, 2024
Holcomb signs law limiting state’s public access official
Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a bill Monday that limits how Indiana’s public access counselor and future counselors interpret public records and open meetings laws.
Read MoreMarch 18, 2024
A bill to secure industry use of toxic PFAS is dead – for now. How could it have harmed Hoosiers?
Indiana manufacturers pushed to change the state's definition of toxic PFAS to ensure they can continue using some of those chemicals. That effort failed at the Statehouse. But we'll likely see more legislation like this as manufacturers try to hold on to chemicals the federal government wants to limit.
Read MoreMarch 15, 2024
Holcomb signs bill that torpedoes Gary lawsuit against gun makers, sellers
A lawsuit by the city of Gary against gun makers and sellers is likely over after Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a bill into law Friday torpedoing the suit.
Read MoreMarch 15, 2024
Bill to address ambulance provider payments, establish mobile response grant program signed into law
Gov. Eric Holcomb signed legislation Wednesday that establishes requirements for how health plans pay out-of-network ambulance providers. The new law also includes a grant program that would support communities starting or expanding their mobile response programs.
Read MoreMarch 14, 2024
Holcomb mulling whether to sign few remaining bills from 2024 session
Gov. Eric Holcomb has signed all but a few bills lawmakers sent to him in the 2024 session. Two of the measures left in the balance include controversial provisions involving the states public access counselor and a Gary lawsuit against the gun industry.
Read MoreMarch 14, 2024
Happy hours return to Indiana beginning July 1 after governor signs bill lifting decades-old ban
Gov. Eric Holcomb said happy days are here again as of July 1, when Indiana establishments can offer happy hours for the first time in decades.
Read MoreMarch 14, 2024
Governor Holcomb weighing concerns about antisemitism bill as deadline to sign it approaches
Lawmakers last week believed they found a compromise on a controversial bill to define and ban antisemitism in public education institutions. Gov. Eric Holcomb said things have changed since then as he weighs whether to sign the measure into law.
Read MoreMarch 14, 2024
Indiana schools have new requirements when students are truant
Indiana schools will be required to intervene when elementary students are truant under a bill signed into law by Gov. Eric Holcomb.
Read MoreMarch 14, 2024
Governor signs legislation to require notification of health care mergers
Gov. Eric Holcomb signed legislation that is meant to address the over consolidation of health care in the state. The new law requires hospitals and other health care entities that have mergers and acquisitions that cross a $10 million threshold to notify the attorney general.
Read MoreMarch 13, 2024
Governor signs bill to expand school eligibility, funding use for robotics grants
Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a bill into law this week that will allow more students to participate in robotics competitions, by increasing the number of schools that can receive robotics grants and allowing them to spend that money on robot-building materials.
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