Friday marks the date on which most of the legislation approved this past session by the General Assembly takes effect.

Most of the legislation passed by the General Assembly last session goes into affect July 1. Here is a list of this year's new laws.

Rep. Ed DeLaney said Tuesday that he wants background checks for all gun purchases, more resources for probation officers and a state ban on assault weapons.

A state Senate fiscal analysis estimates illegal immigration costs the state up to $130 million a year.

Senate Republicans said they hoped to study LGBT issues further after last session's failed legislation.

The committee created by lawmakers to rewrite Indiana's standardized assessment, the ISTEP, met for the first time Tuesday. No decisions were made, yet it became clear to the educators, policymakers and lawmakers gathered that a vast amount of work lies ahead before their deadline just six months away.

The groups filed a lawsuit last year to gain access to emails between a House Republican lawmaker and utility companies, but the Indiana Supreme Court ruled the emails were not covered by the state's open records law.

As a follow-up to a lawsuit the state attorney general filed last month, the Legislature passed a bill aiming to protect homeowners from tax sale fraud.

New legislation extends more privacy rights to sexual assault and domestic abuse victims on college campuses. It also closes a legal loophole that didn't protect personal information given to victims' advocates.

The 2016 General Assembly Thursday voted to get rid of the current ISTEP.