Friday, April 14, 2017
This week:
Governor
Holcomb signed SEA 253 this week! This
bill urges the legislature to assign the topic of paid family and medical leave
to an interim study committee. The Institute will be urging Legislative Council
to indeed assign this topic to a summer study committee. You can find other
bills signed by the governor here.
Conference
committees began this week. For a recap, as bills return to their original
chambers, they are eligible for concurrence. If there have been no changes to the
bill or the bill’s author does not disagree with changes made in the second
house, he or she concurs. If the author chooses to dissent, whether because they did not like
the amendments the other chamber added or there is additional language they
want to try to get in, the bill goes to conference committee. One member from
each party from both the House and the Senate are chosen to debate the bill,
along with advisors from both chambers and parties, to get the bill in a form
that is satisfactory to both houses. The conference committee report must be
signed by all four conferees and be voted on favorably in both houses before it
can be sent to the governor for his signature. If no agreement can be found,
the bill dies.
In conference
committee:
SB 59
Professional licensing (Head)
SB 515 Various
tax matters (Hershman)
HB 1001 State
biennial budget (Brown)
HB 1002
Transportation infrastructure funding (Soliday)
HB 1004
Prekindergarten education (Behning)
HB 1008
Workforce development (Huston)
HB 1154
Unemployment insurance (Leonard)
HB 1384 Various
education matters (Behning)
HB 1391
Behavioral health and human services licensing (Frizzell)
HB 1394 Waiver
of local occupational license fees (Frizzell)
HB 1450
Property tax matters (Leonard)
HB 1470
Government information (Ober)
Returned with no
amendments:
HB 1308 Various
professional licensing matters (Zent) was signed by the Speaker and President
Pro Tempore.
SB 42 Pro bono
legal service fee (Grooms) was signed by the Speaker and President Pro Tempore.
SB 242 Indiana
housing first program (Merritt) was signed by the President Pro Tempore.
SB 307 Veteran
preference for employment and training (Hershman) was signed by the Speaker.
SB 312 Use of
criminal history information in hiring (Boots) was signed by the Speaker and
President Pro Tempore.
SB 412 529
education savings plan matters (Koch) was signed by the Speaker.
Returned with
amendments awaiting concurrence or dissent:
SB 198 Career
and technical education (Long)
Concurrences
eligible for action:
SB 154 Asset
limitation for SNAP eligibility (Merritt)
SB 507 Economic
development (Head)
The Senate
concurred on:
SB 108
Education matters (Kruse) with a 34-3 vote.
SB 114
Professional licensing (Kruse) with a 47-0 vote and was signed by Speaker
SB 283 Pyramid
promotional schemes (Messmer) with a 49-0 vote and was signed by the President
Pro Tempore.
SB 346 Donation
of certain local funds to a foundation (Grooms) with a 49-0 vote.
SB 440 Various
tax matters (Holdman) with a 47-0.
SB 558 Leases
and sales of real property (Holdman) with a narrow 28-20 vote.
The House
concurred on:
HB 1178 Voter
registration opportunity for all motor vehicle transactions (Kersey) with a
76-0 vote.
HB 1281 Various
higher education matters (Sullivan) with a 90-0 vote.
HB 1337
Telemedicine matters (Kirkhhofer) with an 84-7 vote.
HB 1439 FSSA matters
(Kirchhofer) with a 95-0 vote.
HB 1523 Search
fee for public records request (Richardson) with a 63-27.
HB 1539
Financial institutions and consumer credit (Burton) with a 75-18 vote.
Signed by
Governor:
SB 253 Study of
voluntary paid family and medical leave (Tallian)
HB 1074
Homeowners Association Proxies (Macer)
HB 1268 Traffic
amnesty program (Shackleford)
HB 1626 Study
of universal service for telecommunication (Negele)
Next week:
HB 1384 Various
education matters (Behning) conference committee will be at 3pm in 156-C on Monday
4/17.
The
Senate will meet at 1:30pm on Monday 4/17
The
House will meet at 1:30pm on Monday 4/17
