NATIONAL
HOW DID YOUR MOCs VOTE LAST WEEK?
H.R. 943: Never Again Education Act
VISCLOSKY: YEA
WALORSKI: YEA
BAIRD: YEA
H.R. 3621: Comprehensive CREDIT Act of 2020
VISCLOSKY: YEA
WALORSKI: NAY
BAIRD: NAY
H.R. 550: No War Against Iran Act
HOUSE: Passed by voice vote
SENATE: Amended and passed by unanimous consent (sent back to House)
UPCOMING ISSUES
The House will consider a huge pile of conservation bills on Wednesday under the suspension of the rules. See them all at the link below, but here’s an especially relevant one:
H.R. 4031: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2019
Amendment to HR 550 would repeal a 2002 resolution that authorized the use of military force against Iraq, and it goes back to the House this week for consideration of the Senate’s amendments to it.
House: Full Week’s Schedule
Wednesday and Thursday will also see committee meetings:
House Committee Schedule
While the full Senate continues the impeachment process, several committees will have hearings:
Senate Committee Schedule
STATE OF INDIANA
An Indiana legislator is dropping his push for a new law requiring all youths to wear protective helmets while riding a bicycle, skateboard or skates on public property. (Tribune Star)
A Northwest Indiana lawmaker who led the effort to make an innovative school safety program used in Porter County available statewide is being hailed by Hoosier law enforcement officials. (Times of Northwest Indiana)
A bill that would pause the phasing out of Indiana’s coal industry advanced in the House Thursday, but without amendments that addressed campaign contributions and whale oil. (The Statehouse File
Legislation advancing in the Senate would require teachers who carry guns in school to undergo training, including specialized weapons training and behavioral assessments. (WFIU)
The state of Indiana is urging a federal court to dismiss the latest lawsuit seeking to limit public access to Lake Michigan beaches. (Times of Northwest Indiana)
Things got a little tense this week between Indiana House Republicans and Democrats as they wrapped up the fourth week of the legislative session. During their weekly media avails, both sides said the other wasn’t being completely honest about legislation concerning marriage and health care costs. (Indy Politics)
A bill clamping down on teenage marriage in Indiana is in limbo after a missed deadline to bring it to the House floor. (WIBC)
A Senate committee easily approved legislation Wednesday that requires medical facilities to develop policies for burying and cremating fetal remains. (WFIU)
On Wednesday afternoon, a bill addressing distracted driving took one step closer to becoming law in Indiana. (Indy Star)
A Senate committee took hours of contentious testimony on a measure that would lower the age at which children are sent to the Department of Correction. (WFIU)
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb has signed off on a plan for spending $291 million in unexpected state tax revenue on college campus construction projects after legislative Republicans rebuffed Democratic attempts to direct at least some of that money toward school funding. (IBJ)
Legislation is moving through the Indiana General Assembly that would limit a prosecutor’s ability to decline to file charges in a criminal case. (Indy Politics)
