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Statehouse Bills on Sanctuary Cities, Religious Education, Adult Web Sites, Tenure, and Ambulance Deserts

Statehouse Bills on Sanctuary Cities, Religious Education, Adult Web Sites, Tenure, and Ambulance Deserts

February 23, 2024

Republicans want to make Indiana’s law banning sanctuary cities enforceable with a bill headed to the House floor. Indiana schools would be required to release students for religious education if requested regardless of the student’s academics. Adult websites will need stronger age verification measures under a bill headed to the Indiana House floor. A bill that university faculty say would functionally remove tenure passed the House Committee on Education on a party-line vote. The Senate passed a bill that would establish requirements for how health plans pay out-of-network ambulance providers.

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