Senate Bill 99 – Wage Assignments for Clothing and Tools Authored by Sen. Phi Boots (Crawfordsville) Provides that a wage assignment for the purchase, rental or use of uniforms, shirts, pants and other job-related clothing may not be an amount that exceeds the direct cost paid by the employer to an external vendor for those items. Provides that a [...]
House Bill 1444 – Taxation of E-Liquids Authored by Rep. Tim Brown (R-Crawfordsville) This bill imposes a tax on e-liquids that contain nicotine at a rate of $0.08 per milliliter of consumable product, with the revenue going to the state’s general fund. Chamber Position: Support The Latest: Held by the House Ways and Means Committee for a later vote. [...]
House Bill 1406 – Water Infrastructure Assistance Fund and Program Authored by Rep. Ed Soliday (R-Valparaiso) This bill annually appropriates $20 million to the Water Infrastructure Assistance Fund from the state general fund and promotes sustainability of water resources and attempts to keep costs as low as possible. Chamber Position: Support The Latest: Heard by the House Utilities, Energy [...]
House Bill 1005 – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Authored by Rep. Brian Bosma (R-Indianapolis) Under this legislation, Indiana’s next superintendent of public instruction would now be appointed by the Governor in January 2021 instead of four years later. Chamber Position: Support The Latest: Heard and passed by the full House 70-29 on Thursday. Chamber Action/Commentary: Legislation that signaled [...]
Senate Bill 99 – Wage Assignments for Clothing and Tools Authored by Sen. Phil Boots (R-Crawfordsville) Provides that a wage assignment may be made to pay for the rental or use of uniforms, shirts, pants, other job-related clothing, equipment or tools necessary to fulfill the duties of employment. Chamber Position: Support The Latest: Heard this week in the Senate Pensions and [...]
A new statewide poll of Hoosier voters shows strong support for two of the Indiana Chamber’s leading policy priorities for the 2019 Indiana General Assembly session. The Indiana Chamber and allies are advocating for improving health outcomes for smokers through increasing the cigarette tax by $2 a pack and raising the legal smoking age to 21. In the new [...]
Senate Bill 233 – Business Personal Property Tax Exemption Authored by Sen. Aaron Freeman (R-Indianapolis) This bill increases, from $20,000 to $40,000, the acquisition cost threshold for the business personal property tax exemption. Chamber Position: Support The Latest: Amended and passed by the Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee 12-0 on Tuesday. Chamber Action/Commentary: The Indiana Chamber played a key [...]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — A new statewide poll of Hoosier voters shows strong support for two of the Indiana Chamber’s leading policy priorities for the 2019 Indiana General Assembly session. The Indiana Chamber and allies are advocating for improving health outcomes for smokers through increasing the cigarette tax by $2 a pack and raising the legal smoking age to 21. In the [...]
House Bill 1181 – Asbestos Litigation Authored by Rep. Matt Lehman (R-Berne) This bill is a streamlined version of what was presented at the onset of session last year. Gone is the provision regarding the statute of repose for the Indiana Product Liability Statute. It now focuses solely on having individuals disclose during legal proceedings what trusts they have [...]
Senate Bill 4 – Water and Wastewater Utilities and Runoff Authored by: Rep. Ed Charbonneau (R-Valparaiso) This bill will establish study areas and require the Indiana Finance Authority to conduct annual meetings in the study areas with water utilities. The goal is to set priorities and needs for investment in infrastructure as well as the prudent management of water [...]
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