An ultra-conservative faction of the state's anti-abortion movement pushed for a total ban on abortion the last few legislative sessions. Those bills did not get a hearing or a vote.

House Minority Leader Terry Goodin (D-Austin) sent a letter to House Speaker Brian Bosma (R-Indianapolis) this week, asking the legislative council to create a summer study committee on school safety that would meet every year.

House Speaker Brian Bosma is the latest GOP leader who doesn't want to change the state party's platform that favors "marriage between a man and a woman."

Four of the bills are measures lawmakers couldn't pass in time before the end of session last month.

Indiana lawmakers will aim to complete the work in one day. They will consider five bills in their May 14 special session - without public testimony or amendments.

House Speaker Brian Bosma (R-Indianapolis) says he's confident legislators will only need one day of to conclude their work.

State law set the session's deadline at midnight. But with a few bills still unsettled lawmakers pushed things to the limit.

Legislation this session could eliminate nearly a third of all Indiana townships - potentially getting rid of more than 1,200 elected officials.

Speaker of the House Brian Bosma addressed the chamber to suggest the course he wants the General Assembly to chart in the upcoming year.

Bosma says judges can already consider a criminal's motivation during sentencing. But he says the state needs a specific hate crimes bill.