Officials predict change unlikely to Indiana’s cold beer law
Two leading voices on Indiana alcohol issues say there’s little chance lawmakers will take action allowing convenience and grocery stores to sell cold beer.
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Lawmakers, prosecutors square off in medical marijuana debate
Lawmakers such as Rep. Jim Lucas, a Republican, and Sen. Karen Tallian, a Democrat, vocally advocate for their colleagues in the statehouse to support legalizing medicial marijuana. Gov. Eric Holcomb, Attorney General Curtis Hill and the state’s prosecutors oppose such legislation.
Top Indiana lawmakers targeting opioid abuse, job training
Republican legislative leaders are casting the Indiana General Assembly’s upcoming session as one they want to focus on taking action toward fighting opioid abuse and improving job training opportunities.
Leading lawmakers leery of boosting Indiana smoking age
Legislative leaders are leery of a proposal backed by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce to raise the state’s legal age for buying cigarettes from 18 to 21.
Indiana prosecutors vehemently oppose medical marijuana
Indiana’s county prosecutors remain vehemently opposed to any form of marijuana legalization and insist the plant “is not medicine” amid a push by a conservative state lawmaker to have it recognized as such.
Panel backs banning local restrictions on Airbnb rentals
The Indiana Legislature could again consider prohibiting cities and towns from putting restrictions on short-term rental services such as Airbnb.
Probate bar proposes legislation to permit electronic signatures on wills
In an increasingly digital world, the legal ritual of a person signing a last will and testament before two witnesses who attest to the signer’s capacity may be evolving. Lawmakers next year will consider a proposal to allow electronic signatures on wills and other trust and estate documents.
Draft civil forfeiture reform bill gets committee endorsement, but with opposition
A preliminary draft of proposed legislation that would revamp Indiana’s civil forfeiture law has been endorsed by members of a summer study committee, but not without concerns raised by lawmakers.
New limits proposed for civil forfeiture
After a federal judge ruled part of Indiana’s civil forfeiture framework unconstitutional, state lawmakers are now reviewing proposed legislation to bring that framework in compliance with federal mandates and prosecutors’ suggestions.
Legislators begin discussions on constitutional carry in Indiana
Legislators heard testimony for five hours Tuesday on whether Indiana should do away with the requirement for people to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun in public.
Alcohol commission begins work, looks at retail permits
The Statehouse will again be talking liquor as the Indiana Alcohol Code Revision Commission holds its first hearing Tuesday.
Indiana Black Legislative Caucus calling for state hate crime law
The Indiana Black Legislative Caucus is renouncing the racial hatred and violence that erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend and renewing its push for hate crime legislation in the state.
Study committee to discuss civil forfeiture, indigent defense
Indiana lawmakers are preparing to return to the statehouse and consider legal issues such as civil forfeiture and indigent defense services when the Interim Study Committee on Courts and the Judiciary meets for the first time next week.
Lawmaker drops pay-hike push for governor, others
An Indiana lawmaker has decided to withdraw his proposal that would have given a big pay increase to the governor and other top elected state officeholders, calling instead for a study of those salaries compared with other states.
Forfeiture bill would restrict police, prosecutors
A bill scheduled for a hearing before the Indiana Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee Tuesday would require law enforcement to get a conviction before moving ahead with civil forfeiture.
Lawmakers to file plan for reducing youth suicide
Indiana lawmakers plan to file a plan in January aimed at reducing the number of children, teens and young adults who kill themselves.
Lawmakers push for DNA collection from felony arrestees
A bipartisan group of lawmakers Tuesday announced legislation that would require collection of DNA from people arrested for a felony. The proposed legislation will be introduced in the 2017 session of the Indiana General Assembly.
Conservative Indiana lawmaker proposes state abortion ban
An Indiana Republican lawmaker says he will propose legislation next year that would effectively ban abortion in the state, despite a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established a nationwide right to abortion.
Senate immigration committee to hold final meeting
For its final hearing scheduled Thursday, the Indiana Senate Select Committee on Immigration Issues has plans to discuss its work from previous meetings but will not be taking public testimony.
DNA-collection bills to be introduced in 2017 Legislature
After introducing DNA-collection legislation that failed to even get a committee hearing in the two previous General Assembly sessions, Rep. B. Patrick Bauer will be getting boost in the upcoming session from a Republican Senator offering a companion bill in the upper chamber.