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2025 Legislative Session

The 2025 session of the Indiana General Assembly begins Jan. 8 and must conclude by April 29.

The 100 representatives and 50 senators look to tackle a multitude of issues for 2025, with education being a top priority. Indiana ranked seventh in the U.S for Pre-K through 12 grade. However, lawmakers look to increase pay to help fill teacher shortages, fund summer schools and improve services for students with disabilities. 

Lawmakers also will have to pass a new budget to run the state for the next two years. That will include discussions on Indiana’s Medicaid program, which is second only to education in percentage of the state’s budget. 

The two-year budget passed in 2023 was for $44.5 billion.

Like it has for the past decade, the GOP will have a super-majority in both chambers of the statehouse. But, for the first time in eight years, they’ll be sending legislation to a new governor’s desk. Republican Mike Braun will be sworn in on Jan. 13 to succeed Eric Holcomb.

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Dec 20, 2024

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How do I follow Indiana’s legislative session? Here’s your guide to demystify the process

Indiana’s legislative session begins on Jan. 8. And this year, lawmakers are writing the state’s next two-year budget.

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Jan 7, 2025

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Indiana's 2025 budget-writing session begins Jan. 8. Here's how the process works

The 2025 session of the Indiana General Assembly begins Jan. 8 and must conclude by April 29.

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Jan 17, 2025

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Weekly Statehouse update: Braun budget proposal, House GOP and Black Caucus agendas

The 2025 session of the General Assembly must finish no later than April 29.

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January 17, 2025

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Jonathan Ingram speaks in front of the Senate Appropriations Committee. He is a White man with dark hair, wearing a suit with a purple shirt.

Senate committee hears testimony on Medicaid, HIP overhaul measure

Senate Bill 2 includes a cap on enrollment, a lifetime limit on eligibility and Indiana's previously halted work requirements.

January 17, 2025

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A-to-F letter grades likely returning for Indiana schools. What to know

The A-to-F accountability system was initially designed to force failing schools to improve. In 2021, a state law ended the state takeover of underperforming public schools.

January 17, 2025

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Senator Rodney Pol gestures and speaks into a microphone. Senator Sue Glick watches with her hand against her mouth.

Minor social media bill advances out of committee amid lawmaker concerns

SB 11 would require social media companies to get a parent’s permission before allowing users 15 or younger to create accounts.

January 17, 2025

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Family and Social Services Administration Secretary Mitch Roob testifying in front of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Braun administration quick to make Medicaid changes related to eligibility checks, advertisements

The most significant change involves how often the Family and Social Services Administration checks whether people are still eligible.

January 17, 2025

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There is a man wearing a grey blazer and white dress shirt while he is standing at a podium. There are people behind him standing beside each other looking at him speak.

Lawmakers advocate for newborn tax credit, paid family medical leave this session

More than 2.5 million Hoosiers lack access to paid family medical leave and some lawmakers are advocating to change that this session through proposed legislation.

January 17, 2025

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 In the foreground, Mike Braun is seen on the screen of a cell phone that's taking a photo of him. In the background is Braun himself, out of focus. Braun is a White man with graying hair. He is wearing glasses and a dark blazer over a white shirt.

Braun's budget proposal includes tax relief, universal vouchers, $700 million in spending cuts

Gov. Mike Braun's initial state budget proposal includes nearly $700 million in tax relief, inflationary funding increases for K-12 schools and enough money to eliminate child care waitlists. It's built in part on Braun's pledge to cut $700 million in government spending.

January 17, 2025

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Senator Eric Koch stands at a lectern in the Indiana Senate. He is a White man with brown hair and wears a three-piece dark grey suit.

Bill aims to ensure long water pipelines don't threaten supply, exempts part of LEAP project

A Senate bill, SB 4, aims to address concerns over large water transfers like those planned to serve the controversial LEAP industrial district in Lebanon. But the legislation could exempt one of those transfers for the project — which makes some environmental advocates uneasy.

January 16, 2025

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Cosmetology educators, students tell lawmakers not to cut hours required for license

Indiana is one of 43 states that requires at least 1,500 hours of education prior to taking a cosmetology licensing exam.

January 16, 2025

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Ellettsville makes case to lawmakers for cut of Monroe County Food and Beverage tax

Ellettsville Town Council member William Ellis told state lawmakers in a hearing Wednesday that the town is being unfairly cut out from money collected for the Monroe County Food and Beverage tax.

January 16, 2025

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Indiana lawmakers contemplate slashing unemployment insurance timespan

The committee also discussed bills on the engineering profession and pension benefit hikes, but took no votes.

January 16, 2025

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Care, Not Cuffs: Advocates call for harm reduction support, defeat of several housing bills

Advocates gathered at the Indiana Statehouse to rally support for a group of harm reduction bills. One of their priorities — this year's testing strips bill — was heard in a House committee.

January 16, 2025

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Joel Hand testified on House Bill 1002 on behalf of the American Federation of Teachers Indiana and the Indiana Coalition for Public Education Wednesday.

Deregulation bill would trim licensure, education requirements for Indiana Secretary of Education

Indiana lawmakers are considering a wide-reaching bill that aims to free schools from what they consider irrelevant or excessive regulatory burdens.

January 15, 2025

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House Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, introduces his caucus’ priorities on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.

House GOP reveals Illinois secession, school deregulation priorities

The caucus is also aiming for a balanced budget, a health care costs crackdown and investments in housing and criminal justice.

January 15, 2025

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Indiana lawmakers seek to increase penalties for ‘street takeovers,’ ban use of radio jammers

The Senate corrections committee additionally advanced a bill Tuesday to expand Indiana’s Lifeline Law.

January 15, 2025

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Should Indiana suspend students for missing school? This bill would ban that

Indiana schools suspended students for attendance violations more than 3,800 times in the 2022-23 school year, according to data from the Indiana Department of Education. There were about 140 expulsions for attendance.

January 15, 2025

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Licensed practical nursing programs in Indiana could train high school students under new proposal

Students would still need to receive a high school diploma to become licensed by the state, but Senate Bill 176 would allow them to begin an educational program while still in high school.

January 15, 2025

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A poster on an easel reads "70 percent of Hoosiers support legalization." Heath VanNatter is in the foreground of the image, out of focus.

State lawmakers help push cannabis legalization initiative in 2025 session

A cannabis legalization coalition said moving Indiana directly to full adult legal use is the best way to ensure a regulated market that also addresses public safety concerns.

January 15, 2025

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Tim Yocum stands in front of a truck with a sign standing in the truck bed that reads "Tim Yocum For Indiana House Dist. 42". Yocum is a White man with dark hair. He is wearing a white shirt and black pants.

GOP caucus selects Vermillion County Commissioner Tim Yocum to join state House

He replaces Alan Morrison, who left the General Assembly this week to become the new head of the state Department of Natural Resources.

January 15, 2025

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Representative Bob Behning speaks at a microphone. He is a White man with white hair and stubble. He wears a suit with a dark red tie.

House Republicans unveil substantial school deregulation bill, aim to send decisions to districts

Among other things, the 138-page HB 1002 would slash requirements for staff training, certain advisory committees and some school programs.

January 15, 2025

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Beckwith, other Kinsey Institute foes press IU but walk back ‘defunding’ university

Lawmakers and the lieutenant governor joined critics of Indiana University and the Kinsey Institute on Wednesday at a press conference in Indianapolis calling for more transparency from IU over the institute’s funding. 

January 15, 2025

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School districts, coalitions punch back at bill that would close their doors

House Bill 1136, authored by Rep. Jake Teshka (R-North Liberty), proposes closing districts where more than 50% of students who live in the boundaries attend private, charter, or other district schools.

January 14, 2025

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A billboard advertising Caresource and the Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP, that reads "So much more than Health Insurance."

Indiana Senate Republicans want to make big changes to HIP, Medicaid. What do those changes mean?

A potential overhaul of the state’s Medicaid expansion program would include changes such as caps on enrollment and limits on lifetime eligibility.

January 14, 2025

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Earl Harris Jr. speaks at a lectern with other members of the Black Caucus standing on either side of him. Harris is a Black man with black hair and goatee. He is wearing a suit and tie.

Indiana Black Legislative Caucus's 2025 agenda centered on physical, mental health care

Black caucus priority bills include more coverage for obesity treatments; funding for first responders’ mental health care; enhanced coverage for maternal health programs; and education on water safety, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.

January 14, 2025

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Rep. Martin Carbaugh (R-Fort Wayne) addresses the media during the unveiling of the Indiana House Republican 2025 agenda on Jan. 14, 2025. Rep. Brad Barrett (R-Richmond) stands in the background.

Indiana House Republicans look to build on housing, health care costs efforts in 2025 agenda

The Indiana House GOP’s 2025 legislative priorities hope to build on previous initiatives that aimed to bring down health care and housing costs.

January 14, 2025

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Sen. Mike Gaskill, R-Pendleton, speaks in committee on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. His poll watcher proposal has been hailed as an election security measure.

Proposal would ease primary election candidates’ path to landing poll watchers

State senators additionally took up bills addressing the state comptroller and congressional term limits.

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January 14, 2025

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Indiana lawmaker targets ‘destructive’ minnow fishing

Other bills heard by the Senate Natural Resources Committee address invasive plant species and chronic wasting disease in deer.

January 13, 2025

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Mike Braun sworn in as governor; Micah Beckwith, Todd Rokita also take oaths of office

Braun was sworn in Monday as Indiana’s 52nd governor.

January 13, 2025

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Rep. Earl Harris, Jr. (D-East Chicago)

Tuition cap bill would freeze cost for in-state undergrad college students

A proposed law could help Hoosiers avoid rising costs at in-state universities. House Bill 1069, introduced by Rep. Earl Harris, Jr., would give the Commission for Higher Education power to cap tuition rates and mandatory fees for Indiana residents while they earn a bachelor’s degree.

January 10, 2025

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Bill would prevent public universities from offering race-based scholarships

State universities continue to offer scholarships with preference toward students from minority backgrounds. Although written to eliminate race-conscious scholarships, it’s not clear how the bill would affect them if passed. 

January 9, 2025

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Mike Bohacek stands behind a podium with one hand outstretched. He wears a black and yellow tie with a white button down shirt.

Indiana lawmakers consider bill to limit social media for children under 16

SB 11 requires social media companies to authenticate parental permission when users indicate they’re 15 or younger.

January 9, 2025

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Indiana Senate Democrats' agenda focused on health care, housing and public education

Indiana Senate Democrats said their 2025 legislative agenda is focused on ensuring Hoosier families have support and children have opportunity.

January 9, 2025

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Proposal would outlaw use of abortion pills and tighten rape exception

Indianapolis Sen. Mike Young filed the bill. He has clashed with caucus leadership over Indiana’s abortion ban.

January 8, 2025

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Indiana House Democrats' focus for 2025 session is 'helping working Hoosiers get ahead'

Caucus leader Phil GiaQuinta (R-Fort Wayne) said a major part of that will be addressing the rising cost of living — from housing to health care to utilities.

January 8, 2025

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New dementia outreach specialists connect people to treatment, care, education in their communities

All 16 of Indiana’s designated senior care organizations — known as Area Agencies on Aging — are now required to have a dementia outreach specialist.

January 8, 2025

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A line of lawmakers look on as one of their colleagues speaks at a lectern on the Indiana Senate floor.

Indiana Senate Republican agenda includes property tax reform, major Medicaid overhaul

Indiana Senate Republicans say one of their top priorities in 2025 will be a major overhaul of the state’s Medicaid expansion program.

January 7, 2025

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House Democrats want more funding to support child care access in Indiana

There are currently 780 licensed child care centers in Indiana and more than 2,000 licensed home care providers.

January 7, 2025

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New bill would return certain tax revenue to Ellettsville

Revenue generated in the town of Ellettsville from the Monroe County Food and Beverage Tax would go back to the town under a new bill proposed for this legislative session.

January 7, 2025

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Health leaders flag Medicaid, public health as major policy concerns ahead of session

Lawmakers will revisit Indiana’s historic public health funding program as they develop a new state budget during this year’s legislative session.

January 7, 2025

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Some Indiana lawmakers advocate for pre-K, early learning expansion

Experts say Indiana’s early learning programs can only serve about 61 percent of children who are eligible.

January 6, 2025

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Legislation would dissolve IPS, four other school districts. Then charters take over

Sixty-one percent of students who live in the Indianapolis Public Schools district boundaries attend other districts, public charter schools or private schools.

January 3, 2025

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State representatives preview upcoming budget session

The Indiana General Assembly will convene on Jan. 8 into late April to craft new laws and set various budget items for the next few years.

January 3, 2025

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Noon Edition | The 2025 Indiana legislative session begins January 8

This is the first session in nearly a decade without Eric Holcomb as governor.

January 2, 2025

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Dan Hardesty speaks into a microphone on a podium. He wears a suit with a yellow tie and glasses and has a beard.

Rural health leaders want lawmakers to address Medicaid reimbursement rates, lack of access in 2025

The Rural Health Association’s priorities include topics the organization has advocated for before: expanding residency programs in rural areas, improving telehealth practices and increasing the cigarette tax.

December 31, 2024

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School Boards Association wants lawmakers to prioritize school safety, student support this session

ISBA wants lawmakers to fully fund public schools and safety initiatives.

December 31, 2024

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Lawmakers seek road-funding changes, hope to avoid fiscal cliff

Lawmakers are considering many different approaches to fund road and bridge repairs.

December 27, 2024

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Republican legislative leaders deliver warning to local governments ahead of 2025 session

Republican legislators are sending a message to local leaders about what they should do before coming to the Statehouse with requests.

December 26, 2024

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Lawmakers list education funding as priority. But Republicans, Democrats split on vouchers

Republicans want to expand Indiana’s voucher program to implement universal school choice. That would remove any income limits on the program and expand it to all Hoosier families.

December 20, 2024

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Bill to repeal Indiana death penalty filed after rare state execution

The bill, authored by state Rep. Robert Morris (R-Fort Wayne), would repeal the existing death penalty statute and commute the sentences of seven men currently on death row to life imprisonment without parole.

December 19, 2024

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Five people sit on chairs at the front of a stage in front of a purple banner that says "Dentons Legislative Conference."

Lawmakers to prioritize relief for bullied students, vouchers during legislative session

A panel of lawmakers discussed their fiscal plans for session at the Dentons Legislative Conference Wendesday.

December 19, 2024

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Sen. Yoder to lead Democratic Senate colleagues in the upcoming legislative session

Senator Shelli Yoder, who represents large portions of Bloomington and Monroe County in the Indiana Statehouse, will lead her Democratic Senate colleagues in the upcoming legislative session.  

December 11, 2024

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Jennifer Smith Margraf

Indiana State Teachers Association asks lawmakers to address educator working conditions

The Indiana State Teachers Association shared its policy priorities ahead of the 2025 legislative session.

November 19, 2024

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The Indiana House Chamber, as seen from its balcony.

Lawmakers gather for ceremonial start of new legislative session, a 'new time' at Statehouse

Organization Day is the ceremonial start to the legislative session. After elections, it's also when newly-elected lawmakers are sworn in.

October 2, 2024

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Sen. Mike Crider (R-Greenfield), Rep. Cindy Ledbetter (R-Newburgh), Rep. Victoria Garcia Wilburn (D-Fishers), Sen. Andrea Hunley (D-Indianapolis) and Indiana Behavioral Commission Chair Jay Chaudhary presented on the commission's legislative recommen

Commission makes nearly 20 legislative recommendations to address Indiana's behavioral health needs

Indiana Behavioral Health Commission recommends expanding on previous investment, building Indiana's workforce and addressing care for vulnerable populations.

January 15, 2025

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Beckwith, other Kinsey Institute foes press IU but walk back ‘defunding’ university

Lawmakers and the lieutenant governor joined critics of Indiana University and the Kinsey Institute on Wednesday at a press conference in Indianapolis calling for more transparency from IU over the institute’s funding. 

January 9, 2025

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Rep. Pierce discusses the potential impact of HB1245

State park entrance fees could increase under new bill

Entrance fees for certain state parks and recreation areas could increase by no more than $1 under a new bill introduced during this legislative session.

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