The 2014 legislative session will largely be remembered for the outcome of one measure â HJR-3, the proposed constitutional amendment to define marriage as between a man and a woman. But the General Assembly also produced business tax cuts, the beginnings of state-funded preschool, and money for the state's major highways.
Here's a look at the top issues and what happened to them in this legislative session.
The State Department of Health will have to create new regulations banning minors of a certain age from using tanning beds. Currently 16 year olds with parental permission can tan, and legislative leaders wanted to get rid of that regulation.
Doctors who perform abortions would be required to have admitting privileges or have agreements with a doctor who has admitting privileges at hospitals.
Controversy over the issue was over the identity of the doctors being available to the public, and leaving them open to harassment.
The legislature removed the second sentence of the amendment that banned civil unions and restarted the amendment process. The measure must now be re-approved in 2015 or 2016 before it can go to the voters for a referendum.
One of the cornerstones of Gov. Mike Pence's agenda was a preschool pilot program.
The House approved a pilot program that would provide vouchers to one thousand low-income Hoosier children in five counties to attend high quality preschools.
The bill heads to the governor's desk where he is expected to sign it.
Hoosiers will soon see construction work on the state's major interstates as the legislature releases at least $200 million in transportation funds to INDOT.
Last year's budget included $400 million in a transportation fund for long-term, future projects, but the governor wants the money now, and the General Assembly delivered, sending him half the money.
The other $200 million will be released to INDOT after approval by the state budget committee.
Lawmakers also worked out a deal reforming the state's business personal property tax, a levy on business equipment that generates $1 billion a year statewide for local governments.
The House and Senate initially had two very different ideas of how to implement Pence's goal of phasing out the tax. The original House plan would have allowed local governments to eliminate the tax on new equipment purchases.
The original Senate plan eliminated the tax statewide on small businesses. The final product adopts the House plan and makes the Senate's small business cut a local decision as well.
Indiana producers could soon start growing hemp if it is for research. A bill the legislature has sent to the governor legalizes hemp production in Indiana, but federal laws still only allow it to be grown by universities or state departments of agriculture for research purposes.