The Indiana General Assembly recently reached the halfway point in the 2019 legislative session, meaning the Senate and House of Representatives will now consider legislation passed by the opposite chamber.
Of the 636 bills introduced in the Senate, 218, or 34 percent, passed. Of the number of bills passed, 125, or 57 percent, passed with unanimous support, and 195, or 89 percent, passed with bipartisan support.
Senator Randy Head said, “Since the start of the 2019 session, the Senate Republican Caucus has been working on a number of important issues including improving the foster care system, fighting our state’s opioid epidemic, expanding the supply tax credit for Hoosier teachers, providing a local option for school-safety funding, and improving school bus safety. My colleagues and I passed bills to address each of these topics, which the House will now consider.”
During the second half of session, 201 House bills will come to the Senate.
Head said, “Several of the major topics we will discuss include Indiana’s state budget, workforce development reforms and school spending.”
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