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Major Policy Wins in Federal Spending Bill – Age 21 for Tobacco Purchases, Trio of Onerous Health Care Taxes Repealed

Major Policy Wins in Federal Spending Bill – Age 21 for Tobacco Purchases, Trio of Onerous Health Care Taxes Repealed It’s official: A large, varied and expensive spending bill package, estimated at a whopping $1.4 trillion, will keep the government going through September of next year. The U.S. Senate passed the measure (71-23) and it’s now onto President Trump’s [...]

2019-12-20T10:26:24-05:00December 20th, 2019|

Chamber Announces Top Legislative Priorities for 2020; Caucus Leaders Weigh In

The Indiana Chamber continues to emphasize the need for state lawmakers to pass legislation to decrease the smoking rate of Hoosiers and get vaping products out of the hands of young people. We are also promoting talent attraction efforts and development of a state energy plan for the 2020 legislative session These priorities were among those unveiled earlier this [...]

2019-11-22T13:08:54-05:00November 22nd, 2019|

Chamber Encouraged by Sen. Young’s Efforts With Smoking Reforms

Recently, U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-Indiana) – along with Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) – introduced the Tobacco to 21 Act, which is bipartisan legislation that would prohibit the sale of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to anyone under the age of 21. “The nationwide epidemic of tobacco and electronic cigarette use among high [...]

2019-06-14T14:49:48-04:00June 14th, 2019|

Top Story: Smoking Age Increase Headed to House Floor; Military Exemption Slated for Removal

Senate Bill 425 – Minimum Age to Purchase Tobacco/E-Liquids Authored by Sen. Randy Head (R-Logansport) Raises from 18 to 21 years the age at which a person may: (1) sell or buy tobacco products or e-liquids and electronic cigarettes containing nicotine; and (2) enter designated smoking areas of a club or cigar specialty store. Allows someone who is 18 [...]

2019-02-08T11:22:35-05:00February 8th, 2019|

Disappointments Overshadow a Few Victories in Health Care and Labor Relations

By Mike Ripley, vice president of health care policy and employment law Simply put, it was one of the Chamber’s biggest disappointments of the session: The General Assembly failing to implement reforms to reduce smoking in Indiana. We knew the landscape going in but felt something positive could occur. Since 2018 was a non-budget year, that meant no one [...]

2018-03-30T11:49:04-04:00March 30th, 2018|