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Every long Indiana legislative session revolves around writing the new, two-year state budget. But 2023’s session focused on it more than most. That’s because many of the top priorities this year centered not just on policy, but a dollar amount.
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A bill that would fund specialized, optional firearm safety training for teachers in certain districts has been sent to the governor’s desk.
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People who track others electronically without their consent will be committing a crime in Indiana under legislation headed to the governor’s desk.
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A bill that would limit discussions of human sexuality in pre-kindergarten through third grade classrooms passed in a concurrence vote on Monday.
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Their legal arguments rest on constitutional violations and equal protections for transgender Americans.
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Gov. Eric Holcomb signed Senate Enrolled Act 480 into law Wednesday, along with 10 other bills that were waiting for his signature. The ban on medicinal and surgical gender-affirming care for transgender youth takes effect July 1.
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Gov. Eric Holcomb has until Wednesday, April 5 to sign, veto or let a gender-affirming care ban for transgender youth become law without his signature. The governor says the issue is “clear as mud” but he would take action by deadline.
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Bills banning gender-affirming care for minors and criminalizing bystanders around police head to the governor. And a constitutional amendment expanding bail denial advances.
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On-duty police can get a 25-foot bubble around them that the public can’t cross under legislation headed to the governor’s desk.
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Senate sends bill to simplify unemployment pay deductions, allow overpayment debt relief to governorState officials say some of the tight rules on unemployment benefits end up clogging up the system, preventing people from quickly getting paid and costing the state a lot of money – especially during economic downturns. A bill to alleviate some of DWD’s administrative burden and expedite the process of getting more money to beneficiaries heads to the governor’s desk after passing the Senate Tuesday.