Plenty of bills – including ones regulating synthetic plastic microbeads and making Indiana a “right-to-try” state – have moved through the Indiana General Assembly with bipartisan support this session.
Others have sparked rallies that drew thousands of people and highlighted deep partisan divides.
As more legislation starts to hit the governor’s desk and lawmakers go into conference committees to hash out compromises, here’s a look at bills that have caused lengthy discussion, controversy and even outrage this session.
Legislators often continue budget discussions until the last possible second, and it doesn’t seem they’ll buck that trend this year, as the conversation about the state’s next biennial budget heads to a joint House-Senate conference committee.
The latest version of the budget, which passed the Indiana Senate on Wednesday, calls for spending $31.5 million over the next two-year budget cycle and includes more money for K-12 schools, technical programs and state universities.
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