iGaming legislation for Hoosier Lottery, casinos dead for session
A push to legalize online lottery and casino games won’t move forward this legislative session, Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston confirmed Thursday.
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Bill aimed at reducing state’s attorney shortage passes out of Indiana House committee
The Indiana House Ways and Means Committee has approved a bill that would establish a county deputy prosecuting attorney/public defender scholarship program and fund.
Lawmakers move THC test threshold for impaired driving
Marijuana, and the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) levels that make someone feel high, is legal for recreational purposes in three of Indiana’s four neighboring states. But figuring out when someone is too high to drive has proven to be a difficult task.
Panel seeks to block charities from operating like true casinos
Less than three months after Hoosier regulators busted a northern Indiana charity casino, lawmakers added anti-fraud measures to legislation loosening spending rules for charity gambling revenue.
Proposed bills on courts, rape kit backlogs advance out of IN House
The Indiana General Assembly is making its way to the halfway point of the 2025 legislative session, with lawmakers attempting to move proposed bills before Feb. 20.
Indiana Senate approves education measures, narrowly OKs carbon storage measure
Indiana’s Senate on Tuesday approved a trio of education measures – on supplemental teacher pay, sexual education materials and chaplain-counselors – largely along party lines. Then, the chamber nearly split on bulked-up carbon storage regulations.
Weaver: Fix for Indiana’s police buffer law needs clearer standards
The need to protect an officer’s safety should be balanced against the rights of citizens and the media to document police work and bring attention to police abuses when they occur.
Students want to extend ‘lifeline law’ to peers experiencing alcohol-related emergency
Teens and young adults calling for help for a friend in need of medical assistance in an alcohol-related emergency already are eligible for immunity for underage drinking crimes.
Senate lawmakers scale back Braun’s ambitious property tax proposal in heavily amended bill
The Indiana Legislature’s fiscal policy leaders heavily cut down a bill carrying Gov. Mike Braun’s ambitious property tax plan Tuesday morning.
Bill for Marion County small claims fund passes IN Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee
A proposed bill that would establish a fund for Marion County’s nine small claims courts unanimously passed the Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee Tuesday.
Indiana lawmakers consider public camping ban
Indiana lawmakers are considering a ban on street camping, a move opponents say would criminalize homelessness and create additional barriers for those living unsheltered.
Bill to establish family recovery court fund advances out of IN House judiciary committee
A bill that would establish a state family recovery court fund is heading to the floor of the Indiana House of Representatives after unanimously passing through committee Monday.
Almost $30M spent lobbying Indiana General Assembly last year
Multi-national corporations, home-grown companies, industry groups, advocacy organizations, local government, lobbying firms and others collectively spent nearly $30 million attempting to influence Hoosier lawmakers, their family members and legislative employees last year.
Bill to add judges in a few counties advances, but plan to cut elsewhere still unclear
The bill would add judicial officers in Elkhart, Hamilton and Vigo counties. A plan is being developed to cut judge positions in shrinking counties.
Despite pushback, lawmakers advance bill to double inspections of Indiana’s confined animal farms
A bill to increase inspections of confined livestock farms advanced Monday despite pushback from multiple Indiana farming groups who argued that additional oversight requirements will come at a cost to producers.
Fort Wayne legislator makes case for hearing, passage of his anti-death penalty bill
A Republican legislator made a public plea Monday for his bill to abolish Indiana’s death penalty, arguing that the state’s execution process was flawed and didn’t serve as a deterrent for “heinous crimes.”
Legislative leaders talk post-moratorium gambling expansions, more bills reach halfway point
Just six months after a former Indiana lawmaker was sentenced to a year in federal prison for gambling-related corruption, industry expansion proposals are moving through the Legislature.
IPS board takes stand against bills that threaten district’s survival
The Indianapolis Public Schools board took a stand against bills at the Indiana Statehouse that could dismantle the district in a statement at its Thursday meeting, calling on the public to share their concerns with lawmakers.
Indiana casino relocation nixed without a vote
After two hours of testimony from roughly three dozen people, a committee chair opted not to advance a proposal to move a casino license from a southeastern Indiana community to a city 160 miles north—an idea that pitted neighbor against neighbor in the casino’s potential new home.
A-F grades set to return for Indiana schools as lawmakers consider new accountability system
After a multi-year hiatus, A-F grades are likely to be used again to measure the quality of Indiana’s schools. The return to a statewide letter grade system is outlined in Republican Rep. Bob Behning’s House Bill 1498, which unanimously passed out of the House Education Committee on Wednesday.