Articles tagged as: Indiana General Assembly
March 1, 2016
House Committee Revives Medical Malpractice Bill
The bill raises the amount someone can collect for a single malpractice incident, from $1.25 million to o$1.65 million. It hasn't been raised in 18 years.
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High-Fenced Deer Hunting Legislation Moves On To Governor's Desk
It establishes regulations that include minimum fence heights and acreage, and it mandates reporting disease and escape.
Read MoreMarch 1, 2016
Senate Advances Its Version Of Road Funding Compromise
The Senate's version of the road funding bill does not raise any taxes, unlike its House counterpart. Instead, it would spend down the state's surplus and give local governments more freedom to raise or create road funding taxes. It would also create a new task force compromised of lawmakers and state and local officials.
Read MoreMarch 1, 2016
Police Body Camera Bill Easily Clears Senate
A bill regulating when police body camera videos are released to the public cleared one of its last major legislative hurdles Tuesday with the Senate's near-unanimous passage of the measure.
Read MoreFebruary 29, 2016
House GOP Ties Road Funding Plan To Regional Cities And Pensioner Money
It's the GOP representatives' latest move to preserve a plan that is funded by contentious gas and cigarette tax increases.
Read MoreFebruary 29, 2016
Daily Fantasy Sports Bill Scaled Back In Indiana House Ways And Means Committee
The committee lowered fees and removed language requiring daily fantasy operators to withhold income tax from players' winnings.
Read MoreFebruary 29, 2016
Lawmakers Will Explore Resurrecting Medical Malpractice Legislation
In a last ditch effort to shore up concerns about the system's constitutionality, lawmakers will try again to reach an agreement on the last day this session for standing committee hearings.
Read MoreFebruary 26, 2016
Indiana Lawmakers Pass Shaving Issue Off To State Agency
At issue is a recent interpretation of state law that barred cosmetologists from shaving mustaches and beards.
Read MoreFebruary 26, 2016
Lawmakers Inch Closer To Agreement On Road Funding
But, there are still fundamental disagreements over whether the state should implement short or long term solutions this session.
Read MoreFebruary 24, 2016
Senate OKs Bill That Would Study ISTEP Replacement
The measure passed on a 38-10 vote Tuesday was dramatically different from a version of the bill approved by the House.
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