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2 | 3/17: Consideration by Senate, 1:30pm | SCR 24 | Recognizing pregnancy care centers. | This concurrent resolution is not the same as a bill to become law, but it indicates widespread support for the issue within the legislature. This resolution seeks to recognize "pregnancy care centers." But crisis pregnancy centers, as they're really known, are highly problematic: they manipulate vulnerable women by promoting forced birth rhetoric to exert control over women's reproductive decisions. They are not required to employ actual healthcare providers, and the information they provide is not scientifically accurate. Even the ultrasounds they provide are not interpreted by healthcare professionals, which has led to tragic deaths from misdiagnosed ectopic pregnancies. Simply put, CPCs are "pro-life" propaganda centers masquerading as healthcare, that promote disinformation and religious ideology while being publicly funded - all while Indiana's maternal mortality rate is 3rd highest in the country. Indiana should fund actual maternal healthcare programs, not this pseudoscience designed to promote "pro-life" agendas. Plus, the funding of religious entities using public tax dollars is a blatant violation of the separation of church and state. Yet Indiana has funneled millions of dollars away fom actual maternal healthcare and to CPCs. And mothers and babies are paying the price for elevating ideological agendas over common-sense and science. * Read more from Indiana Capital Chronicle. * View Call to Action. | Oppose | 1. Passed Committee | As a concurrent resolution, this item will only be presented to its originating chamber - the Senate - and will not cross over. | View our Call to Action and Contact your State Senator | Authored by: Sen. Jeff Raatz. | Healthcare | kmr 3/14 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | 3/17: Senate School Funding Budget Subcommittee Hearing | HB 1001 | State budget. | The budget appropriates money for state expenses and operations, K-12 and higher education, Medicaid, transportation, and more. Our Concerns: Defunds Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library book program, which provides books to Hoosier kids aged 0-5. Removes income limit for school voucher eligibility, putting taxpayers on the hook for the richest Hoosiers’ private religious education. Gives more money to Secretary of State - despite him using taxpayer dollars to hire family members, awarding no-bid contracts to campaign donors, and deliberately obscuring his spending. Does not provide tax relief to working Hoosiers through increased income tax deductions or renter’s deductions. Does not eliminate Medicaid waiver waitlist for elderly Hoosiers or disabled kids. Decreases funding for Health First Indiana for public health initiatives. * Read more: "House Republicans reject all Democratic floor amendments to budget bill." * End Period Tax Letter to the Editor * End Period Tax Legislator Email. * ICPE Budget Analysis for public schools. * View Call to Action. | Watching | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | House vote: yeas 66, nays 28 | View our Call to Action and Contact Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Sen. Mishler | Authored by: Rep. Jeff Thompson (R) Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan Mishler, Sen. Chris Garten (R) | Economics | kmr 3/14 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | 3/18: committee hearing @ 9am, room 130 | HB 1167 | Exceptions to paraphernalia statutes. | Provides that test strips designed to test the strength, effectiveness, or purity of a controlled substance are not illegal to possess. Test strips allow people to test for the presence of fentanyl or other potentially dangerous additives, which could help reduce overdoses. * View Call to Action. | Support | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | House vote: yeas 91, nays 2 | View our Call to Action and Contact Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee Chairman Sen. Aaron Freeman | Authors: Rep. Jennifer Meltzer (R), Rep. Victoria Garcia Wilburn, Rep. Robin Shackleford (D), Rep. Alex Zimmerman (R) Sponsors: Sen. Brett Clark, Sen. Tyler Johnson (R) | Community | kmr 3/14 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | 3/18: committee hearing @ 9am, room 130 | HB 1393 | Immigration notice. | Requires a law enforcement officer to provide the name, address, and other identifying information to ICE after arresting or issuing a summons to an individual suspected of not being lawfully present in the United States. Will lead to increased racial profiling. * View Call to Action | Oppose | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | House vote: yeas 67, nays 26 | View our Call to Action and Contact Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee Chairman Sen. Aaron Freeman | Rep. Garrett Bascom | Community | kmr 3/14 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | 3/18: committee hearing @ 9am, room 130, amend and vote only | HB 1413 | Rape kits. HIGH PRIORITY. | Creates a fund to help law enforcement and testing labs reduce the backlog of untested rape kits. Indiana has the nation's 2nd highest number of untested rape kits; data collected per this bill would inform on best practices to address the backlog, and empower and support victims as they seek justice. * View Call to Action. | Support | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | House vote: yeas 90, nays 0 | View our Call to Action and Contact Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Commitee Chairman Sen. Aaron Freeman | Rep. Becky Cash (R) | Community | kmr 3/14 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | 3/18: Committee hearing at 8:30, room 156A | SB 002 | Medicaid matters. | SB 2 threatens healthcare coverage for more than 750,000 low-income Hoosiers by making extreme changes to Indiana's Medicaid programs, including massive cuts to the Healthy Indiana Plan, limiting HIP enrollment, and adding burdensome new paperwork requirements to the program. Plus, it prevents advertising the program, keeping eligible Hoosiers in the dark about their healthcare options. * Read more: Experts, advocates challenge misinformation from lawmakers on Medicaid, HIP overhaul bill * View Call to Action. * Letter to the Editor Template * Legislator Email Template * Sign Hoosier Action's Petition | Oppose | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | Senate vote: yeas 40, nays 9 | View our Call to Action and Contact House Public Health Committee Chairman Rep. Brad Barrett | Authors: Sen. Ryan Mishler, Sen. Chris Garten, Sen. Ed Charbonneau (R) Sponsors: Rep. Jeff Thompson, Rep. Brad Barrett | Healthcare | kmr 3/14 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | 3/19: committee hearing @ 10:30am, room 156B, amend and vote only | SB 010 | Voter registration. | Makes changes to voting process: School IDs will no longer be accepted for voting ID purposes - even when they meet all requirements. This unduly burdens college students’ ability to vote. * Read More. * View Call to Action. | Oppose | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | Senate vote: yeas 39, nays 11 | View our Call to Action and Contact House Elections & Apportionment Committee Chairman Rep. Timothy Wesco | Authored by: Sen. Blake Doriot, Sen. Chris Garten, Sen. Mike Gaskill (R) Sponsored by: Rep. Kendell Culp, Rep. Timothy Wesco, Rep. Doug Miller (R) | Democracy | kmr 3/14 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | SB 001 | Property tax relief. | SB 1 claims to provide property tax relief by allowing homeowners to defer property taxes and capping property tax growth. But, this could lead to future financial burdens. SB 1 will cost local communities $1.4 billion in lost revenue. The plan does not offer a replacement revenue stream. Plus, it does not offer relief for renters, who have also experienced increases in housing costs. And, it restricts schools to referendums every two years. * View school district impact. * View Call to Action. | Oppose | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | Senate vote: yeas 37, nays 10 | View our Call to Action and contact House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Jeff Thompson | Original Authors: Sen. Travis Holdman, Sen. Garten, Sen. Holdman (R) Sponsors: Rep. Snow, Thompson, Jordan (R) | Economics | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | SB 120 | DNA samples at time of arrest | Requires a sheriff to take a DNA sample of a person taken into custody for a felony, and makes it a Class C misdemeanor if a person refuses to provide. This seems to violate a person's right to due process and privacy by compelling them to give their DNA. * View Call to Action. | Oppose | 4B. Passed Committee (opposite) | Senate vote: yeas 40, nays 9 Committee anended and passed | View our Call to Action and Contact your State Representative. | Author: Sen. Michael Crider, Sen. Mike Bohacek, Sen. Brett Clark (R) Sponsor: Rep. McNamara (R) | Democracy | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | SB 287 | School board matters. | Makes school board elections partisan. School boards govern public schools, and selection of these offices should be based on relevant experience and commitment to the good of the school, its students, and its teachers, not partisan affiliation that is largely irrelevant to the responsibilities of this particular office. That's why 75% of Hoosiers oppose making school races partisan. Doing so would also allow big money campaign dollars to influence our elections, and distract from the real responsibilities of governing a school district. Plus, many Hoosiers would be ineligible to serve on school board because of the HATCH Act. *View Call to Action. * Letter to the Editor Template * Legislator Email Template | Oppose | 4B. Passed Committee (opposite) | Senate vote: yeas 26, nays 20 Committee amended & passed 8-5. | View our Call to Action and Contact your State Representative. | Author: Sen. Gary Byrne, Sen. Blake Doriot, Sen. Chris Garten (R) Sponsor: Rep. J.D. Prescott, Rep. Timothy Wesco, Rep. Michelle Davis, Rep. Robert Heaton (R) | Education | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | SB 486 | Family and social services matters. | Requires county law enforcement to help incarcerated individuals eligible for Medicaid to apply for Medicaid before their release. Mandates insurers to respond within 60 days to Medicaid claims. Prohibits denying claims just because of lack of prior authorization. Requires child care workers to be trained in pediatric first aid and CPR. * View Call to Action | Support | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | Senate vote: yeas 49, nays 0 | View our Call to Action and Contact House Public Health Committee Chairman Rep. Brad Barrett | Authored by: Sen. Ed Charbonneau, Sen. Michael Crider (R) Sponsored by: Rep. Julie McGuire (R) | Healthcare | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | SB 430 | Grants for participation in the 287(g) program. | Establishes the 287(g) agreement grant program, turning local law enforcement into federal immigration agents. Funds would be distributed from the state budget. This creates a culture of fear towards law enforcement and will discourage immigrant communities from seeking support from law enforcement. * View Call to Action. | Oppose | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | Senate vote: yeas 39, nays 9 Had committee testimony 3/11. | View our Call to Action and Contact House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Steve Bartels | Authored by: Sen. Eric Koch, Sen. Michael Crider (R) Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Jeter, Rep. Ryan Lauer (R) | Community | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | HB 1002 | Educational matters. | The bill is over 130 pages long! In sum, it provides a pathway to eliminate many public school programs, services, and requirements: Removes requirement that IN Secretary of Education have educational experience, live in Indiana, or have a college degree. Guts rights and responsibilities delegated to both State Board of Education and local elected school boards, and removes required offices on the board. Allows a public school district to be completely “charterized” - that is, public school districts governed by locally-controlled, elected school boards could be completely dissolved and replaced with charter schools governed by non-elected, appointed boards instead. Exempts charter school board members from submitting a statement of economic interest, reduces oversight of charters, and repeals language prohibiting discrimination. Removes consideration of cultural competency in developing school environment. Allows students to drop out at 16 without a qualifying reason. Allows schools to cut transportation services with just one year’s notice. Amended from original bill. * ICPE's Notes. * View Call to Action. | Oppose | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | House vote: yeas 75, nays 16 Committee hearing 3/5 w/ testimony only. | View our Call to Action and Contact Senate Education and Career Development Committee Chairman Sen. Jeff Raatz | Authors: Rep. Bob Behning (R) Sponsors: Sen. Jeff Raatz (R) Sen. Linda Rogers (R) | Education | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | HB 1007 | Energy generation resources | From Citizens Action Coalition: "Forces Indiana electric utility customers to foot the bill for SMR [small modular reactor] design, engineering, planning, and permitting costs before the utility seeks approval to build the SMR, and even if they never seek approval and cancel the project. Gives hundreds of millions of dollars in lost tax revenue for the State of Indiana in the form of tax credits to the manufacturers of SMRs in Indiana. Reduces regulatory oversight of the monopoly utilities by fast tracking approval of new generation resources to serve Big Tech and their data centers, plus a tracker to charge customers for these resources before they are generating any electricity. Makes it more difficult for Indiana utilities to retire coal-fired power plants. There are ZERO small modular reactors operating in the entire United States. The one SMR that had gotten the furthest along in the U.S. was the NuScale SMR in Idaho, which was proposed in 2015 and cancelled in late 2023 without ever beginning any construction," years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget. *View Call To Action. | Oppose | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | House vote: yeas 67, nays 25 | View our Call to Action and Contact Senate Utilities Committee Chairman Sen. Eric Koch | Authored by: Rep. Edmond Soliday (R), Sponsored by: Sen. Eric Koch (R) | Economics | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | HB 1041 | Student eligibility in interscholastic sports. | Requires colleges and universities to expressly designate sports teams as male, female, or co-ed; and prohibits trans women from participating in women's sports at the collegiate level. This bill targets trans women and is written with the intention to exclude and demean, rather than resolve widespread problems. It also oversteps the purview of the NCAA, which currently is headquartered in Indiana and is a significant economic contributor. * View Call to Action. | Oppose | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | House Vote yeas 71, nays 25 | View our Call to Action and Contact Senate Education and Career Development Committee Chairman Sen. Jeff Raatz | Author: Rep. Michelle Davis (R) Sponsor: Sen. Stacey Donato (R) | Culture Wars | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | HB 1174 | Charges for supervised loans. | Expands Predatory Lending - which targets vulnerable Hoosiers and extends the cycle of poverty. This bill would permit payday lenders to loan up to $5,000 at APRs of nearly 150% - double the rate of what is currently defined as felony loansharking. * Read more: "Payday lenders could charge 'loan shark' rates under Indiana bill" *View Call to Action. | Oppose | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | House vote: yeas 51, nays 46 | View our Call to Action and Contact Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions Committee Chairman Sen. Scott Baldwin | Authored by: Rep. Jake Teshka. Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Baldwin. | Economics | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | HB 1241 | Trauma informed care. | Establishes the trauma informed care commission to study and make recommendations for use by health, educational, and other social service providers on best practices with respect to children, youth, and families who have experienced trauma. Adverse experiences have a huge economic impact as well as a personal impact, and improving awareness of and care for trauma can help individuals as well as our communities. * View Call to Action. | Support | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | House vote: yeas 71, nays 15 | View our Call to Action and Contact Senate Family and Children's Services Committee Chairman Sen. Greg Walker | Authored by: Rep. Vanessa Summers (D) Sponsored by: Sen. Ed Charbonneau (R), Sen. Stacey Donato (R), Sen. Mark Spencer (D) | Community | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | HB 1348 | Nonaccredited nonpublic schools. | Makes no distinction between diplomas issued by accredited schools and homeschools. Homeschools are exempt from all accountability requirements required of public schools; permitting them to issue the same diploma as accredited schools would make accreditation meaningless, and could lower the bar for quality education. * View Call to Action. | Oppose | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | House vote: yeas 62, nays 29 | View our Call to Action and Contact Senate Education and Career Development Committee chairman Sen. Jeff Raatz | Author: Rep. Tim Wesco (R); Sen. Jeff Raatz (R) Sponsor: Sen. Aaron Freeman (R) | Education | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | HB 1515 | Education and higher education matters. | "“HB 1515 strips away local control over zoning decisions for charter schools in 92 counties, allowing them to open without regulation on how many can cluster near traditional public schools. A charter authorizer hours away from Indianapolis could approve unlimited charters in the city—without any supply and demand analysis" - Sen. Fady Qaddoura * View Call to Action | Oppose | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | House vote: yeas 57, nays 28 | View our Call to Action and Contact Senate Education and Career Development Committee Chairman Sen. Jeff Raatz | Authored by: Rep. Robert Behning. Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Buchanan. | Education | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | HB 1531 | Various immigration matters. | Clarifies that the enforcement of federal immigration laws may be carried out by federal, state, or local law enforcement. Removes the mens rea standard in the statute concerning governmental entities or postsecondary institutions violating the citizenship and immigration status information and enforcement of federal laws chapter. Per Indiana Latino Caucus, HB 1531: * Coerces local law enforcement agencies into holding people on ICE detainers, facilitating a pipeline for deportations — a system ripe for due process violations. * Creates Reporting Requirements for School Districts of Students Who Are “Unlawfully Present,” “Non-English Dominant,” and/or Non-US citizens. * Creates Reporting Requirements by School Districts on Employees who Provide Bilingual Instruction. * Creates strict reporting requirements for schools employers and parole sponsors and Creates Numerous Penalties. * View Call to Action. | Oppose | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | House vote: yeas 64, nays 26 | View our Call to Action and Contact Senate Judiciary Committee Chairwoman Sen. Liz Brown | Authored by: Rep. J.D. Prescott (R) Sponsored by: Sen. Eric Koch, Sen. Chris Garten (R) | Community | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | HB 1679 | Various elections matters. | Outlines several changes to election and voting laws - one that would require a county voter registration office to conduct a "voter list maintenance program" at least once every 30 days. These programs can be unreliable and will flag and purge actual eligible voters, in addition to failing to protect data privacy. * Read more. * View Call to Action. | Oppose | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | House vote: yeas 87, nays 8 | View our Call to Action and Contact Senate Elections Committee Chairman Sen. Mike Gaskill | Rep. Tim Wesco (R) | Democracy | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | SB 119 | Repeals the certificate of public advantage concerning hospital mergers. | Removes the COPA (which approves hospital mergers) requirement. "Indiana is one of 19 states that have COPA laws, which allow hospital mergers that the Federal Trade Commission otherwise considers illegal because they reduce competition and often create monopolies." * Learn more. * View Call to Action. | Support | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | Senate vote: yeas 49, nays 0 | View our Call to Action and Contact House Public Health Committee Chairman Rep. Brad Barrett | Authored by: Sen. Ed Charbonneau, Sen. Tyler Johnson (R) Sponsored by: Rep. Brad Barrett, Rep. Robert Heaton (R) | Healthcare | |||||||||||||||||||
24 | SB 142 | Eviction issues. | Automatically orders an eviction expungement (rather than requiring the tenant to request expungement) once the tenant has satisfied a money judgment. Indiana has one of the highest eviction rates in the country, and eviction records impact the ability to acquire housing in the future. * View Call to Action: | Support | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | Senate vote: yeas 49, nays 0 | View our Call to Action and Contact House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Chris Jeter | Authored by: Sen. Liz Brown (R), Sen. Greg Taylor (D), Sen. Mike Bohacek (R) Sponsored by: Rep. Alex Zimmerman (R), Rep. Cherrish Pryor (D) | Economics | |||||||||||||||||||
25 | SB 143 | Parental rights. | Prohibits a governmental entity from: (1) advising, directing, or coercing a child to withhold certain information from the child's parent; or (2) denying a child's parent access to certain information. This bill could risk children's safety and prioritizes parental control over a child's health and wellness, in addition to being an overly broad bill at risk of government overreach. * View Call to Action | Oppose | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | Senate vote: yeas 44, nays 5 | View our Call to Action and Contact House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Chris Jeter | Author: Sen. Liz Brown, Sen. Scott Alexander, Sen. Brett Clark (R); Sponsor: Rep. Shane Lindauer (R) | Community | |||||||||||||||||||
26 | SB 289 | Nondiscrimination in employment and education. HIGH ALERT! | Prohibits the funding of DEI programs, officers, and initiatives at state agencies, state universities, and health professional licensing boards. Requires Indiana's school corporations, charter schools, state agencies, and political subdivisions to publicly post all training and curricular materials related to topics such as diversity, equity, inclusion, race, ethnicity, sex, and bias on their websites, with specific details about the materials' origins and accessibility. This would restrict or even eliminate training, activities, policies, and curriculum that explore allyship, antiracism, intersectionality, social justice, privilege, bias, race, diversity, and gender. * View Call to Action. * Letter to the Editor Template * Legislator Email Template | Oppose | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | Assigned to Judiciary | View our Call to Action and Contact House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Chris Jeter | Author: Sen. Gary Byrne (R), Sen. Tyler Johnson (R) Sponsor: Rep. Chris Jeter (R) Rep. Wendy McNamara (R) | Education | |||||||||||||||||||
27 | SB 312 | Exceptions to paraphernalia statutes. | Would mean that test strips designed to test the strength, effectiveness, or purity of a controlled substance are not illegal to possess. Test strips allow people to test for the presence of fentanyl or other potentially dangerous additives, which could help reduce overdoses. * View Call to Action. | Support | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | Senate vote: yeas 49, nays 0 | View our Call to Action and Contact Courts & Criminal Code Committee Chairman Rep. Wendy McNamara | Author: Sen. Brett Clark (R), Sen. Scott Baldwin (R), Sen. Sue Glick (R), Sen. Rodney Pol (D), Sen. Shelli Yoder (D), Sen. La Keisha Jackson (D), Sen. J.D. Ford (D), Sen. Greg Taylor (D) Sen. James Buck (R) Sponsor: Rep. Jennifer Meltzer, Rep. Wendy McNamara, Rep. Gregory Steuerwald (R) | Community | |||||||||||||||||||
28 | SB 403 | Charter school requirements. | Holds charter schools accountable to the access to financial data requirements required of local schools, and requires that at least one member of the charter school board be appointed by the fiscal body of the county in which the charter school is located. Charter schools lack oversight, accountability, and local control, and this bill would help correct that. * View Call to Action. | Support | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | Senate vote: yeas 49, nays 0 | View our Call to Action and Contact House Education Committee Chairman Rep. Robert Behning | Authored by: Sen. Greg Taylor (D), Sen. Linda Rogers (R) Sponsored by: Rep. Vernon Smith, Rep. Cherrish Pryor (D) | Education | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | SB 405 | Labor organization membership | Prevents a government entity (like a city, state, or local government) from requiring a business or asset they own to require workers to join a labor union as a condition for doing business - essentially imposing right to work policies within the government sector, and overruling local control. * View Call to Action. | Oppose | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | Senate vote: yeas 35, nays 13 | View our Call to Action and Contact House Employment, Labor & Pension Committee Chairman Rep. Heath VanNatter | Authored by: Sen. Linda Rogers, Sen. Blake Doriot, Sen. Randy Maxwell (R) Sponsored by: Rep. Heath VanNatter, Rep. Jake Teshka, Rep. Doug Miller (R) | Economics | |||||||||||||||||||
30 | SB 442 | Instruction concerning human sexuality. | Requires schools to publicly post curriculum involving “human sexuality instruction,” and to obtain written consent prior to teaching it. Prohibits a school from using learning materials that concern human sexuality unless approved by the school board. “Human sexuality instruction" is a very broad concept, so this bill will create a chilling effect on any mention of or reference to LGBTQ+ people or topics. Plus, the bill facilitates targeting of schools and teachers. * View Call to Action. | Oppose | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | Senate vote: yeas 39, nays 9 | View our Call to Action and Contact House Education Committee Chairman Rep. Robert Behning | Author: Sen. Gary Byrne, Sen. Michael Young, Sen Jeff Raatz (R) Sponsor: Rep. Michelle Davis, Rep Joanna King (R) | Education | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | SB 518 | School property taxes. | Requires school corporations to share revenue from property tax levies, operations fund levies, and debt service levies with charter schools. This means property taxpayers would go from paying for 290 school districts to paying for 432 school entities - taking on their debt and operational costs, and increasing property tax bills. Unlike traditional public schools, which are governed by locally-elected boards, charter schools are managed by charter companies, which can be out of state, and governed by an appointed, private board. This makes them less accountable to local taxpayers. Charter schools are also not held to the same staffing or transportation requirements of public schools, making them inaccessible to some students. In IPS alone, this bill would lead to the closure of 20-25 IPS schools, cut transportation for 6000 IPS students, and take away 57% of IPS operational funding. * View Call to Action. * Read More from Black Indy Live/Wildstyle Paschall * Letter to the Editor template * Legislator Email template | Oppose | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | Senate vote: yeas 28, nays 21 | View our Call to Action and Contact House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Jeff Thompson | Authored by: Sen. Linda Rogers, Sen. Jeff Raatz, Sen. Mike Gaskill (R) Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffrey Thompson, Rep. Robert Behning, Rep. Jake Teshka, Rep. Andrew Ireland (R). | Education | |||||||||||||||||||
32 | SB 523 | School chaplains. HIGH ALERT! | Permits chaplains to work or volunteer in public schools, offering both secular and nonsecular advice and guidance. Public schools are not Sunday schools. Students shouldn't feel pressured or evangelized at school. * View Call to Action. | Oppose | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | Senate vote: yeas 32, nays 16 | View our Call to Action and Contact House Education Committee Chairman Rep. Robert Behning | Author: Sen. Stacey Donato, Sen. Jeff Raatz (R) Sponsor: Rep. Doug Miller, Rep. Julie McGuire, Rep. Michelle Davis, Rep. Jake Teshka (R) | Education | |||||||||||||||||||
33 | SB 424 | Small modular nuclear reactor development costs. | From Citizens Action Coalition: "Forces customers to assume all of the financial risk and foot the bill for SMR [small modular reactor] development costs before the utility has even sought approval from the IURC to construct an SMR, and even if the utility never seeks approval to construct an SMR and cancels the project." *View Call To Action. | Oppose | 4A. In Committee (opposite) | Senate vote: yeas 34, nays 14 | View our Call to Action and Contact House Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Soliday | Authored by: Sen. Eric Koch, Sen. Brian Buchanan, Sen. Jean Leising. Sponsored by: Rep. Edmond Soliday. | Economics | |||||||||||||||||||
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