Republican legislators have selected State Rep. Todd Huston as their pick to become the next leader of the Indiana House.

The proposed first steps would cover less than half of the state's needs.

The heart of the BMV bill reduces or eliminates 163 fees and cuts the number of ways to register a vehicle from 191 to 23, but that's not what caused the fireworks on the House floor.

The House sent a bill Wednesday to the governor that bans abortions performed solely because of a fetus' sex, race or disability.

The House killed a bill Thursday that would have allowed superintendents to increase pay for teachers outside of the traditional collective bargaining process with a teacher's union.

The bill increases the cap on a medical malpractice award to $1.8 million by 2019 - up from its current limit of $1.25 million.

Just about one year ago, Gov. Mike Pence, after months of negotiations with the federal government, announced the creation of HIP 2.0. Using money from the Affordable Care Act, it provides health insurance to low-income Hoosiers while allowing them to make payments into health savings accounts.

Indiana's medical malpractice cap hasn't increased in nearly two decades.

The House approved the measure 82-12, sending it back to the Senate. The Senate author of the bill says he hopes his chamber will agree to the House's changes and send the legislation to the governor.

The amendment would allow local governments to get back property tax incentives granted to a company, if the company moves out of the state.