Statehouse roundup: IndyGo fight is back, school bus safety bill is dead
Indianapolis Star (IN)
Eric Holcomb s desk and others have died as deadlines have passed.
Lawmakers are poised to finish up their regular business this week, but they will have to come back to handle redistricting once census numbers are released.
Here s where notable bills stand and what you may have missed at the
Statehouse last week:
Senate voted on
Monday, April 12, to add an amendment to a utilities bill requiring IndyGo to reimburse utility companies for the relocation of utilities related to projects.
House Bill 1191, which passed out of the
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AUBURN â State Rep. Ben Smaltz, R-Auburn, is puzzling over the failure of his gun-rights bill in the Indiana Senate this week.
Smaltzâs âlawful carryâ bill sought to allow law-abiding Hoosier adults to carry handguns without the need to obtain state permits.
It passed the Indiana House of Representatives by a 65-31 vote on Feb. 22.
Twenty-one of the 50 state senators had signed as co-sponsors of the bill, including both state senators who represent DeKalb County, Sue Glick, R-LaGrange, and Dennis Kruse, R-Auburn.
His bill almost certainly would have passed in the Senate if it had been allowed to come to a vote, Smaltz said Friday.
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Police around the state likely were breathing a little easier Tuesday morning.
That s because controversial legislation that leaders of many Indiana law enforcement agencies argued would make them less safe died without discussion in the Senate on Monday.
House Bill 1369 would have eliminated permits to carry guns. It was an unnecessary measure groups including the Indiana State Police, the Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Association and the Indiana Association of Chiefs of Police said would leave officers without access to information about whether potentially dangerous people have access to firearms.
Allen County Sheriff David Gladieux, Fort Wayne Police Chief Steve Reed and Allen County Prosecutor Karen Richards also were against the bill, which drew widespread support among Republican members of the General Assembly. It easily passed the House on a 65-31 vote in February and had 21 Senate co-sponsors, including Sens. Dennis Kruse, R-Auburn, and Andy Zay, R-Huntington.