HB 1001 – State Budget Authored by Rep. Tim Brown (R-Crawfordsville) The budget bill appropriates money for the operation of the state, K-12 and higher education, the delivery of Medicaid and other services, plus various other distributions and purposes. Chamber position: Support in part The latest: The Senate Appropriations Committee began hearings of the House-formed budget bill this week. The opening [...]
Last week officially marked the end to the first half of the 2021 legislative session with the deadline for bills having to clear their original house of origin. It’s a good time review where our top policy priorities stand for the Hoosier business community. Broadband expansion into rural Indiana Five pieces of much-needed broadband legislation moved on this week: [...]
HB 1001 – State Budget Authored by Rep. Tim Brown (R-Crawfordsville) Appropriates money for the operation of the state, K-12 and higher education, the delivery of Medicaid and other services, plus various other distributions and purposes. Chamber position: Support in Part The latest: The House Ways and Means Committee transformed the introduced budget bill, representing the budget devised and [...]
HB 1434 – Cigarette and Tobacco Products Tax Authored by Rep. Julie Olthoff (R-Crown Point) Increases the cigarette tax by $1 to $1.995 per pack of regular size cigarettes and makes a corresponding increase for larger cigarettes. Provides that revenue received from the increase in cigarette tax is deposited in the state general fund for the purpose of paying [...]
The Indiana Chamber is asking the state General Assembly to take steps in 2021 to reinforce Indiana’s status as an economic leader in order to help businesses and their workers emerge from the prolonged pandemic. We unveiled the specific policy actions that will have the most impact on Indiana’s economic recovery at our 2021 Indiana Legislative Preview on Monday: Enhanced legal [...]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — The Indiana Chamber of Commerce is asking the state General Assembly to take steps in 2021 to reinforce Indiana’s status as an economic leader in order to help businesses and their workers emerge from the prolonged pandemic. At its virtual legislative preview today, the organization unveiled the specific policy actions it believes will have the most impact [...]
By Kevin Brinegar, president and CEO * PDF version available for printing * As you read this 2019 Final Legislative Report, you will find a myriad of substantive victories recorded by the Indiana Chamber’s advocacy team in every key issue area but one. Despite continued public and private pressure, legislators again ignored common sense smoking reforms despite evidence of [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
(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 [...]
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