Indiana Legislative Update – Cell Phones, the Constitution, and Committees
In a lesson that was part civics class and part constitutional law primer, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a robust discussion on HJR 3 on Wednesday. Read More
In a lesson that was part civics class and part constitutional law primer, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a robust discussion on HJR 3 on Wednesday. Read More
Indiana lawmakers finished the first week of the second half of the 2024 legislative session. Opposing chambers are taking a close look at the bills that found success across the hallway. Read More
We’ve hit the “halfway” point of the legislative session, which means that bills have either passed their “house of origin” or they are considered dead. Read More
Lawmakers wrapped up their fourth week of the 2024 legislative session, pushing the majority of priority bills through with committee approval before deadlines tolled. Read More
Lawmakers continue to be hard at work this week with Education dominating the Statehouse headlines. Read More
Each legislative session seems to have a theme; 2024 seems to be all about education, and particularly, about finding solutions for the “literacy crisis.” Read More
It was a busy first week, with committee hearings right out of the gate. Governor Eric Holcomb and all four legislative caucuses unveiled their 2024 agendas. Read More
E-REP shared their 2024 Public Policy and Legislative priorities at the Legislative Preview. Legislators shared issues they will be working on in the upcoming session. Get a sneak peek of Governor Holcomb's legislative agenda to be delivered next week. Approximately 250 Bills - of the 700+ that we anticipate - have been filed and released to the public. Read More
The 2024 legislative session is scheduled to begin January 8th with House and Senate leadership consistently stating the session will be fast and lean. Many are eager to get started on campaigning as early in the spring as possible; including the multiple candidates for governor. Read More
Tension between the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches is as old as the republic itself. Legislators adopt what they think is best, an agency implements the statute, and courts interpret the outcome in what is usually a “balancing of the equities.” This age-old disagreement was recently on display as the Interim Committee on Government Reform Task Force met last week. Read More