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Just 9 more days remain in the 2023 legislative session second half. The Committee Report Deadline is Tuesday April 11th. The committee report deadline is where any bill not passed through a committee by the end of the day on April 11th is dead. These bills will join bill which died in the first half of session due to not receiving a hearing. Today there are 18 bills on second reading and 11 bills on third reading. Committees are continuing to wind down as the floor gets busy. The Senate will pass the budget bill HB1001 before the end of the second half of session. The budget forecast for the second quarter of 2023 is set to be announced the third week of April.
SB290. Author Tomms Sponsor Frye
Summary of Legislation: (Amended) This bill requires the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) to disclose to the Indiana Department of Veterans’ Affairs (IDVA) certain personal information included on an application form for a disabled Hoosier veteran license plate, a Purple Heart license plate, a Hoosier veteran license plate, a support our troops license plate, and an Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal license plate unless the applicant makes an affirmative statement against the disclosure. The bill also sets forth the purposes for which the personal information may be used by the IDVA.
The bill also requires the BMV to annually provide a report to the State Budget Committee that includes: (1) the amount of revenue received in the calendar year in exchange for the disclosure of personal information or data to any person or entity; and (2) detailed, specific information on the BMV’s use, or intended use, of the revenue.
SB369 Sponsored by Representative Jim Pressel. Summary of Legislation: This bill requires school coaches, assistant coaches, marching band leaders, drama and musical leaders, and extracurricular activity leaders to ensure that an operational automated external defibrillator (AED) is present at each event in which students have an increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest (event) for which the individual is providing coaching or leadership. The bill requires the AED to be:
(1) Deployed in accordance with the venue specific emergency action plan; (2) Located on the premises where the event occurs; and
(3) Present for the duration of the event.
SB35 Sponsored by Representative Joanna King. Provisions in this bill require that the State Board of Education (State Board) adopts a curriculum which ensures personal financial responsibility is taught to Indiana public high school students, beginning with the 2027 graduation cohort. [The 2027 graduation cohort consists of Indiana high school students who enter grade 9 beginning with the 2023-2024 school year. These students are expected to graduate at the end of the 2026-2027 school year.] If the personal financial responsibility course is taught as a separate subject, the course will qualify as a mathematics credit for an alternative diploma.
The bill also provides that public schools will certify to the Department of Education (DOE) that students beginning with the 2027 graduation cohort have completed the personal financial responsibility requirements as described within this bill before these students may graduate.
State Representative Randy Frye