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HB1027 - Fire department work schedule.
Matt Hostettler, Chris D. May, Bruce Alan Borders
Last updated 6 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Fire department work schedule. Provides that a fire department may deviate from the required maximum work hours for members of the fire department only if authorized by a collective bargaining agreement, memorandum of understanding, or other similar written mutual agreement with an exclusive recognized representative of employees of the fire department.
STATUS
Passed
SB0014 - Right of certain persons to carry a handgun in the statehouse and state capitol complex.
James Tomes, Mike Bohacek, Mark B. Messmer
Last updated 8 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Right of certain persons to carry a handgun in the statehouse and state capitol complex. Allows: (1) certain statewide elected officials; (2) members of the general assembly; (3) members of the Indiana lobby registration commission; (4) professional staff of the general assembly; and (5) employees of certain statewide elected offices; to carry a handgun in the statehouse or on the property of the state capitol complex under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB0052 - Prohibition on use of dedicated lanes.
Aaron Freeman, R. Michael Young, Mark B. Messmer
Last updated 8 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Prohibition on use of dedicated lanes. Prohibits, until July 1, 2025, a consolidated city from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, resolution, rule, policy, or other requirement concerning a public transportation project, including the blue line, that seeks to: (1) convert; (2) restrict; or (3) otherwise establish; a vehicular traffic lane for use as a dedicated lane. Specifies exclusions from the scope of the bill's temporary prohibition. Requires the driver of a passenger bus operating in a consolidated city that travels on a dedicated lane in the opposite direction of the flow of traffic to sound a horn or bell when approaching an intersection to alert pedestrians.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB0019 - License suspension.
Daniel E. Dernulc, Rick Niemeyer, James Tomes
Last updated 6 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
License suspension. Allows the BMV to add an additional compliance period for those seeking material error review regarding certain license suspensions.
STATUS
Passed
SCR0007 - Urging INDOT to rename the bridge over I-70 and North College Avenue the "John Leslie 'Wes' Montgomery Memorial Bridge".
Greg Taylor, Andrea Hunley, Scott Alexander
Last updated 7 months ago
55 Co-Sponsors
Urging INDOT to rename the bridge over I-70 and North College Avenue the "John Leslie 'Wes' Montgomery Memorial Bridge". A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename that portion of the I-65N bridge over I-70 and North College Avenue the "John Leslie 'Wes' Montgomery Memorial Bridge".
STATUS
Passed
SB0015 - Military benefits and services poster.
James Tomes, Susan C. Glick, R. Michael Young
Last updated 6 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Military benefits and services poster. Requires that the Indiana department of labor consult with the Indiana department of veterans' affairs to create and distribute a veterans' benefits and services poster. Provides that the veterans' benefits and services poster must contain certain information. Requires that Indiana employers with more than 50 full-time employees (or their equivalent) display the veterans' benefits and services poster in a conspicuous place.
STATUS
Passed
SB0049 - Catastrophically disabled veteran hunting.
Susan C. Glick, James Tomes, J.D. Ford
Last updated 6 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Catastrophically disabled veteran hunting. Provides that catastrophically disabled veterans may hunt on the same free hunting days as those designated for youth hunters by the director of the department of natural resources. Defines "catastrophically disabled".
STATUS
Passed
SB0048 - State educational institution information.
Blake Doriot, Jeff Raatz, Chris Garten
Last updated 6 months ago
36 Co-Sponsors
State educational institution information. Requires a state educational institution to prominently display hyperlinks to certain college scorecard information on the state educational institution's website and degree web pages.
STATUS
Passed
SB0032 - Tax and fiscal control over libraries.
James Tomes, Gary Byrne
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Tax and fiscal control over libraries. Eliminates the authority of public libraries to impose an ad valorem property tax as a "taxing unit". Requires a public library to prepare and submit an annual budget in the same manner as other departments of county or municipal government. Requires the fiscal body of a county or municipality in which the territory of the public library is located to provide the revenues necessary for the operation and maintenance of the public library by a special tax levy, a specific appropriation, or both. Provides that a special tax levy for public library purposes is included in the calculation of the maximum permissible property tax levy for the county or municipality. Prohibits public libraries from providing a function or service that is not a core public function of the library, unless the specific function or service is included as a line item request in the public library's budget and is approved and funded by the county or municipality to which the budget proposal is submitted. Defines "core public function" for purposes of the statute.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0017 - Age verification for material harmful to minors.
Mike Bohacek, Spencer R. Deery, Elizabeth M. Brown
Last updated 6 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Age verification for material harmful to minors. Requires an adult oriented website operator that displays material harmful to minors to use a reasonable age verification method to prevent a minor from accessing an adult oriented website. Creates a cause of action to permit: (1) the parent or guardian of a child harmed by a violation of the age verification requirement to obtain monetary damages, injunctive relief, and reasonable attorney's fees; and (2) any other person to bring an action to obtain injunctive relief and reasonable attorney's fees. Prohibits a person that conducts age verification from retaining the identifying information of an individual seeking to access an adult oriented website that displays material harmful to minors, and permits an individual whose identifying information is retained to bring an action to obtain monetary damages, injunctive relief, and reasonable attorney's fees. Requires adult oriented website operators to use commercially reasonable methods to secure all information collected and transmitted. Provides that the attorney general may bring an action to obtain an injunction, a civil penalty of not more than $250,000, or the attorney general's reasonable costs in investigating and maintaining the action. Provides that when the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe that any person has engaged in, is engaging in, or is about to engage in a violation, the attorney general is empowered to issue civil investigative demands under IC 4-6-3-3 to investigate the suspected violation. Requires verification information of minors to be kept confidential with certain exceptions. Adds verification information to the definition of "personal information". Adds a violation of IC 24-4-23 as a deceptive act.
STATUS
Passed
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Senator from Indiana district SD-049
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