The special session kicked off Monday as lawmakers returned to consider issuing an additional taxpayer rebate and abortion probation legislation. Of the former, the initial number floated by Governor Holcomb was $225 to each taxpayer, totaling $1 billion. More and more legislators are noting that they are concerned that the rebates won’t go very far and won’t reach those [...]
On Monday, the Indiana General Assembly reconvenes to pass five bills; four had been through the entire process during the regular session that ended on March 14 and were ready for final passage. To use a basketball metaphor to describe the situation with these bills: The ball was still in the shooter’s hands when the shot clock went off. [...]
A couple significant pieces of tax legislation were left hanging when the regular session of the General Assembly ended in chaos on March 14. Both SB 242 and HB 1316 were deemed bills that “needed” to pass and are a large part of why the Governor called a special session to convene on May 14. Senate Bill 242 includes [...]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — Indiana Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Kevin Brinegar on why a special session is needed to complete the work of the 2018 General Assembly: “The Legislature failed to pass the bill (House Bill 1316) with the state’s response to the major federal tax reform changes that occurred in December. That’s a big problem to not have that reconciled [...]
