legislative session 2024

From reading skills to happy hour, all or parts of nearly 150 laws will take effect July 1 in Indiana. Other key topics include wetlands, higher education oversight and more.

The Black caucus’s focus on housing issues included bills to create a down payment assistance fund, prohibit foreclosures based on medical debt, and ban discrimination in housing appraisals.

In his statement after signing, Holcomb said he took into account concerns raised about the counselor’s office but believes that the changes are less concerning because the court has the final say over the law

Non-stick cooking pans, parchment paper, dental floss, rain boots and carpet are all products that could contain toxic PFAS.

Gov. Eric Holcomb signed into law a bill that bans local governments from suing anyone in the gun industry, with limited exceptions, even if they do something illegal.

Indiana governors can take one of three actions on legislation sent to them. They can sign bills into law, let them become law without their signature or veto them.

As he signed the bill lifting that ban into law at a local Indianapolis bar, Holcomb said the measure “empowers” businesses to serve responsibly.

Lawmakers last week believed they found a compromise on a controversial bill to define and ban antisemitism in public education institutions. Gov. Eric Holcomb said things have changed since then as he weighs whether to sign the measure into law.

Nearly one in five Indiana students missed more than 10 percent of school in 2023-24, a substantial increase from before the pandemic.

The new law requires hospitals and other “health care entities” that have mergers and acquisitions that cross a $10 million threshold to notify the attorney general.