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HCR0021 - Recognizing the seven Black mayors in Indiana.
Earl L. Harris, Robin Shackleford, Cherrish S. Pryor
Last updated 8 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Recognizing the seven Black mayors in Indiana. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the seven Black mayors in Indiana.
STATUS
Passed
HB1018 - Designation of Juneteenth as state holiday.
Vernon G. Smith
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Designation of Juneteenth as state holiday. Establishes Juneteenth as a state holiday. Makes conforming changes.
STATUS
Introduced
HR0001 - Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Vernon G. Smith, Becky Cash, Craig Haggard
Last updated 9 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
STATUS
Passed
HB1261 - Deferred retirement option plan.
Vernon G. Smith
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Deferred retirement option plan. Allows a member of the 1925 police pension fund, 1937 firefighters' pension fund, 1953 police pension fund (Indianapolis), or 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund to withdraw from the deferred retirement option plan (DROP) and make an election to enter the DROP for a second time not earlier than three years after the date the member withdrew from the DROP. Provides that a member may make an election to enter the DROP only twice in the member's lifetime.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1017 - K-12 curriculum.
Vernon G. Smith
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
K-12 curriculum. Prohibits certain instruction on various historical figures.
STATUS
Introduced
HR0002 - Recognizing Omega Phi Psi.
Vernon G. Smith
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Recognizing Omega Phi Psi. Recognizing Omega Phi Psi.
STATUS
Passed
HB1262 - Behavioral issues in schools.
Vernon G. Smith, Robert W. Behning, Michelle Davis
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Behavioral issues in schools. Permits a governing body of a school corporation to establish a disruption policy concerning student removal from and reentry to a classroom. Provides that a principal, teacher, or school staff member may immediately remove a disruptive student for a violation of school policy. Provides that a principal must determine a disruptive student's placement. Provides that a disruptive student who is removed from a classroom at least three times during a 30 day period shall be considered chronically disruptive and may be suspended. Requires that a disruption policy must be included in certain written regulations.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1263 - Elimination of money bail.
Vernon G. Smith
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Elimination of money bail. Abolishes money bail and repeals the Indiana bail law (regulating bail agents). Makes conforming amendments.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1004 - Pension matters.
Robert W. Cherry, Gregory W. Porter, Michael Karickhoff
Last updated 6 months ago
104 Co-Sponsors
Pension matters. Provides that a state employee may affirmatively elect to enroll in the deferred compensation plan prior to the auto enroll date on day 31 of the state employee's employment. Removes a provision that sets a maximum employer surcharge for the legislators' defined benefit plan, state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan, public employees' retirement fund, and Indiana state teachers' retirement fund (fund). Requires the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system (board) to develop the technological and administrative capabilities sufficient to categorize fund members into separate groups in which: (1) certain members receive a service based thirteenth check; and (2) certain members receive a cost of living adjustment. Requires the board to set the surcharge rates at a level to actuarially prefund: (1) annual indexed thirteenth checks for all current retired members and beneficiaries retired before July 1, 2025; and (2) 1% annual cost of living adjustments to future in-payment members and beneficiaries retired on or after July 1, 2025. Provides that the board shall not reduce the surcharge rates from the prior year. Allows the board to increase the surcharge rates by not more than 0.1% of payroll from the prior year. Requires certain political subdivisions to present to the interim study committee on pension management oversight regarding a delinquent employee retirement plan offered by the political subdivision. Requires, effective July 1, 2025, the trustee of the state police pension trust to maintain two supplemental allowance reserve accounts for the purpose of paying postretirement benefit adjustments. Increases the maximum date that a member or participant of certain retirement funds can participate in the deferred retirement option plan from 36 to 60 months. Requires the member or participant to notify their employer if the member or participant elects to enter or extend the deferred retirement option plan. Provides for a thirteenth check in 2024 for certain members, participants, or beneficiaries of the: (1) Indiana state teachers' retirement fund; (2) Indiana public employees' retirement fund; (3) state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan; (4) state police pre-1987 benefit system; and (5) state police 1987 benefit system.
STATUS
Passed
HR0041 - Recognizing the month of February as Turner Syndrome Awareness Month.
Ryan Michael Dvorak, David Abbott, Mike Andrade
Last updated 7 months ago
37 Co-Sponsors
Recognizing the month of February as Turner Syndrome Awareness Month. Recognizing the month of February as Turner Syndrome Awareness Month.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Indiana district HD-014
COMMITTEES
Indiana House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Vernon G. Smith was born in Wahoo, NE in 1927. He graduated from the University of Nebraska and then taught economics at multiple institutions including CalTech. In 2002, Smith was awarded the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, for work in experimental economics, and in particular on the use of laboratory experiments in economics. His research transformed the way economists look at and study economic reality by pioneering the use of laboratory experiments in economics.read less
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