Highlights of Bills for this house session
Here are some of the highlights:
EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION: Senate Bill 283 would authorize a city, town or county to establish a “reverse 911" system to warn people by telephone in the event of weather emergencies like tornadoes, as well as utility outages, boil orders for drinking water contamination, evacuation notices, fires, floods, bomb threats and other disastrous situations.
EDUCATION: SB 324 requires the State Board of Education to annually study those statutes, rules and policies that restrict school corporations from allocating resources on student instruction.
CHILD SERVICES: SB 112 would move the First Steps program under the state’s new Bureau of Child Services. First Steps is designed to give infants and toddlers with developmental disabilities access to early intervention services close to their homes.
DISRUPTING FUNERALS: SB 5 makes disorderly conduct a Class D Felony if it takes place within 500 feet of a funeral, burial or memorial service or visitation and disrupts those services. Violators could face up to three years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.
RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT: SB 83 imposes a mandatory minimum sentence on any person who resists law enforcement by fleeing in a motor vehicle that causes bodily injury or death to someone else.
JURY SERVICE: SB 232 protects a person from losing a job, salary or benefits if called to jury duty. The bill also prohibits employers from requiring workers to use vacation or sick leave for jury service, and eliminates automatic exemptions from serving on a jury.
LICENSE ISSUES: SB 208 will enable a person with a specific medical condition to have that information included on his or her driver’s license, learner’s permit or identification. SB 269 will require the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to issue personalized license plates every year. SB 297 increases the penalties for people who knowingly provide false information when applying for a license, permit or ID card.
Indiana House Toll Free 1-800-382-9842
EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION: Senate Bill 283 would authorize a city, town or county to establish a “reverse 911" system to warn people by telephone in the event of weather emergencies like tornadoes, as well as utility outages, boil orders for drinking water contamination, evacuation notices, fires, floods, bomb threats and other disastrous situations.
EDUCATION: SB 324 requires the State Board of Education to annually study those statutes, rules and policies that restrict school corporations from allocating resources on student instruction.
CHILD SERVICES: SB 112 would move the First Steps program under the state’s new Bureau of Child Services. First Steps is designed to give infants and toddlers with developmental disabilities access to early intervention services close to their homes.
DISRUPTING FUNERALS: SB 5 makes disorderly conduct a Class D Felony if it takes place within 500 feet of a funeral, burial or memorial service or visitation and disrupts those services. Violators could face up to three years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.
RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT: SB 83 imposes a mandatory minimum sentence on any person who resists law enforcement by fleeing in a motor vehicle that causes bodily injury or death to someone else.
JURY SERVICE: SB 232 protects a person from losing a job, salary or benefits if called to jury duty. The bill also prohibits employers from requiring workers to use vacation or sick leave for jury service, and eliminates automatic exemptions from serving on a jury.
LICENSE ISSUES: SB 208 will enable a person with a specific medical condition to have that information included on his or her driver’s license, learner’s permit or identification. SB 269 will require the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to issue personalized license plates every year. SB 297 increases the penalties for people who knowingly provide false information when applying for a license, permit or ID card.
Indiana House Toll Free 1-800-382-9842
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