Indiana House of Representatives Update

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Notice: This confidential material is for the exclusive use of ISNA members and subscribers. DO NOT electronically distribute or photocopy this information under penalty of federal law. © 2006 Indiana State Nurses Association Indiana House of Representatives March 25, 2006 Latest updates in RED HB1023 Addiction treatment facilities. Allows certain addiction treatment facilities to be located in a county that is contiguous to a county with an existing facility. Author: Ralph Donald Ayres 01/10/2006 H: Committee Sched 10:30 a.m. Room 156-B Public Health 01/10/2006 H: Committee Action Pass(11-0) Public Health 01/10/2006 H: Committee Report do pass, adopted 01/17/2006 H: 2nd Reading Pass 01/19/2006 H: 3rd Reading Pass (93-0) 01/19/2006 H: Sponsor Added Victor Heinold 01/26/2006 S: 1st Reading Assigned Health And Provider Services 02/15/2006 S: Committee Sched 9:00 a.m. Room Senate Chambers Health And Provider Services 02/15/2006 S: Committee Action Pass(9-1) 02/16/2006 S: Committee Report do pass, adopted 02/20/2006 S: 2nd Reading Pass 02/21/2006 S: 3rd Reading Pass (49-1) 02/21/2006 S: Ret 1st House No Amendments 03/02/2006 H Signed by the Speaker 03/07/2006 S Signed by the President Pro Tempore 03/13/2006 Signed by the Governor HB1097 Discount medical card programs. Provides for registration of discount medical card program organizations. Specifies requirements for registration and conduct of a discount medical card program organization. Author: David Nason Frizzell 01/05/2006 H: Author Added David Nason Frizzell 01/05/2006 H: 1st Reading Assigned Public Health 01/24/2006 H: Committee Sched 10:30 a.m. Room House Chambers Public Health 01/24/2006 H: Committee Action Pass Amend(10-0) Public Health 01/24/2006 H: Co Author Added Mary Kay Budak 01/25/2006 H: Committee Report amend do pass, adopted 01/31/2006 H: 2nd Reading Pass Amend 01/31/2006 H: Amendment #3 (Frizzell), prevailed; Voice Vote 02/01/2006 H: 3rd Reading Pass (92-0) 02/01/2006 H: Sponsor Added Patricia L. Miller 02/01/2006 H: Sponsor Added Patricia L. Miller 02/06/2006 S: 1st Reading Assigned Insurance And Financial Institutions 02/16/2006 S: Committee Sched 10:00 a.m. Room 130 Insurance And Financial Institutions 02/16/2006 S: Committee Action Pass Amend(8-1) Insurance And Financial Institutions 02/16/2006 S: Committee Report amend do pass, adopted 02/21/2006 S: 2nd Sponsor Added James A. Lewis 02/21/2006 S: Co Sponsor Added Connie W. Sipes 02/21/2006 S: 2nd Reading Pass Amend 02/21/2006 S: Amendment #2 (Miller), prevailed; Voice Vote 02/27/2006 S Senators Paul and Landske added as cosponsors 02/27/2006 S Third reading: passed; Roll Call 239: Yeas 50 and Nays 0 02/27/2006 S Returned to the House with amendments 03/06/2006 H House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 381: Yeas 95, Nays 0 03/09/2006 H Signed by the Speaker 03/13/2006 S Signed by the President Pro Tempore 03/17/2006 Signed by the Governor HB1106 Automatic external defibrillators. Removes the requirements that a person or entity that acquires a defibrillator ensure that the users have completed certain courses and have enlisted a physician for medical direction. Author: Suzanne Crouch 01/10/2006 H: Committee Sched 10:30 a.m. Room 156-B Public Health 01/10/2006 H: Committee Action Pass(12-0) Public Health 01/10/2006 H: Committee Report do pass, adopted 01/17/2006 H: 2nd Reading Pass 01/19/2006 H: 3rd Reading Pass (96-0) 01/19/2006 H: Sponsor Added Vaneta Becker 01/19/2006 H: 2nd Sponsor Added Billie J. Breaux 01/19/2006 H: Co Sponsor Added Gary Dillon 01/19/2006 H: Co Author Added Charlie Brown 01/19/2006 H: Co Author Added Gregory W. Porter 01/19/2006 H: Co Author Added Tim Brown 01/26/2006 S: 1st Reading Assigned Health And Provider Services 02/15/2006 S: Committee Action Pass(10-0) Health And Provider Services 02/16/2006 S: Committee Report do pass, adopted 02/20/2006 S: 2nd Reading Pass Amend 02/20/2006 S: Amendment #1 (Dillon), prevailed; Voice Vote 02/21/2006 S: 3rd Reading Pass (50-0) 02/21/2006 S: Ret 1st House Amendments 03/06/2006 H House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 382: Yeas 94, Nays 0 03/09/2006 H Signed by the Speaker 03/13/2006 S Signed by the President Pro Tempore 03/17/2006 Signed by the Governor HB1112 Communications of sympathy. Prohibits a court from admitting a communication of sympathy into evidence. Provides that a court may admit a statement of fault into evidence, including a statement of fault that is part of a communication of sympathy, if otherwise admissible under the Indiana Rules of Evidence. 01/04/2006 H: Author Added Ralph M. Foley 01/04/2006 H: 1st Reading Assigned Judiciary 01/23/2006 H: Committee Sched 10:00 a.m. Room 319 Judiciary 01/23/2006 H: Committee Action Pass Amend(8-2) Judiciary 01/23/2006 H: Co Author Added Robert D. Kuzman 01/23/2006 H: Co Author Added Phyllis J. Pond 01/23/2006 H: Co Author Added Andy Thomas 01/23/2006 H: Committee Report amend do pass, adopted 01/26/2006 H: 2nd Reading Pass 02/01/2006 H: 3rd Reading Pass (93-0) 02/01/2006 H: Sponsor Added Howard 'Luke' Kenley 02/01/2006 H: 2nd Sponsor Added Richard D. Bray 02/06/2006 S: 1st Reading Assigned Judiciary 02/15/2006 S: Committee Sched 9:00 a.m. Room 130 Judiciary 02/16/2006 S: Committee Report amend do pass, adopted 02/20/2006 S: 2nd Reading Pass 02/21/2006 S: 3rd Reading Pass (50-0) 02/21/2006 S: Ret 1st House Amendments 02/21/2006 S: Co Sponsor Added David C. Long 03/06/2006 H House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 383: Yeas 91, Nays 2 03/09/2006 H Signed by the Speaker 03/13/2006 S Signed by the President Pro Tempore 03/17/2006 Signed by the Governor HB1113 Liability connected with consumption of food. Grants immunity from civil liability for certain persons in the food and beverage industry, including advertisers, marketers, and advertising media, as to a claim concerning weight gain, obesity, a health condition associated with weight gain or obesity, or a generally known condition allegedly caused by or allegedly likely to result from the long term consumption of food or beverages. Provides that the immunity does not apply if the weight gain is related to a pregnancy, or if it relates to certain types of misbranding, adulteration, or knowing and willful violations of state or federal law. Author: Ralph M. Foley 01/05/2006 H: 1st Reading Assigned Judiciary 01/17/2006 H: Reassigned Insurance 01/26/2006 H: Committee Action Pass Amend(7-4) Insurance 01/26/2006 H: Co Author Added Michael Allen Ripley 01/26/2006 H: Committee Report amend do pass, adopted 01/30/2006 H: 2nd Reading Pass 02/01/2006 H: 3rd Reading Pass (76-21) 02/01/2006 H: Sponsor Added Richard D. Bray 02/06/2006 S: 1st Reading referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters 02/14/2006 S: Committee Sched 9:00 a.m. Room 130 Corrections, Criminal and Civil Matters 02/16/2006 S: Committee Report amend do pass, adopted 02/20/2006 S: 2nd Reading Pass 02/20/2006 S: Amendment #1 (Broden), failed; Voice Vote 02/21/2006 S: 3rd Reading Pass (41-9) 02/21/2006 S: Ret 1st House Amendments 03/06/2006 H House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 384: Yeas 75, Nays 20 03/09/2006 H Signed by the Speaker 03/13/2006 S Signed by the President Pro Tempore 03/17/2006 Signed by the Governor HB1123 Sexual assault standards and certification board. Creates the sexual assault standards and certification board (board) to certify sexual assault victim advocates. Transfers control of the sexual assault victims account from the state department of health to the board. Repeals the sexual assault victims assistance fund and replaces it with the sexual assault victims account. Author: Mary Kay Budak 01/05/2006 H: 1st Reading referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs 01/11/2006 H: Committee Sched 10:30 a.m. Room 156-B Family, Children And Human Affairs 01/25/2006 H: Committee Sched 10:30 a.m. Room 156-B Family, Children And Human Affairs (Vote only). 01/25/2006 H: Committee Action Pass Amend(8-0) Family, Children And Human Affairs 01/25/2006 H: Committee Report amend do pass, adopted 01/31/2006 H: 2nd Reading Pass Amend 01/31/2006 H: Amendment #1 (Koch), ruled out of order 01/31/2006 H: Amendment #2 (Budak), prevailed; Voice Vote 02/01/2006 H: 3rd Reading Pass (98-0) 02/01/2006 H: Sponsor Added Vaneta Becker 02/01/2006 H: 2nd Sponsor Added Connie Lawson 02/01/2006 H: Co Sponsor Added Vi Simpson 02/06/2006 S: 1st Reading referred to Committee on Homeland Security, Utilities, and Public Policy 02/21/2006 S: Committee Sched 9:30 a.m. Room 233 Homeland Security, Utilities and Public Policy 02/21/2006 S: Committee Action Pass Amend(8-0) 02/21/2006 S: Co Sponsor Added Allie V. Craycraft, Jr. 02/21/2006 S: Co Sponsor Added Earline S. Rogers 02/21/2006 S: Co Sponsor Added Connie W. Sipes 02/21/2006 S: Co Sponsor Added Thomas J. Wyss 02/23/2006 S: Committee Report amend do pass, adopted 02/23/2006 S Committee report: amend do pass, adopted 03/01/2006 S Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed 03/01/2006 S Amendment 2 (M. Young), prevailed; Voice Vote 03/02/2006 S Senator R. Young added as cosponsor 03/02/2006 S Third reading: passed; Roll Call 284: Yeas 49 and Nays 0 03/02/2006 S Returned to the House with amendments 03/06/2006 H House conferees appointed: Budak and L. Lawson 03/06/2006 H House advisor appointed: Crouch 03/06/2006 H House dissented from Senate amendments 03/07/2006 S Senate conferees appointed: Becker and Simpson 03/07/2006 S Senate advisors appointed: Lawson and Craycraft 03/08/2006 H House reconsidered and concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 407: Yeas 94, Nays 0 03/13/2006 H Signed by the Speaker 03/14/2006 S Signed by the President Pro Tempore HB1235 Isolation and quarantine. This conference committee report does the following: (1) Adds language concerning the exemption of certain organizations, including religious, nonreligious, and educational organizations, from the state food sanitary laws under certain circumstances until January 1, 2008. (2) Adds references to law defining dangerous communicable diseases. (3) Removes language concerning the procedure to follow for quarantine after the public health authority has taken other steps. (4) Removes language that required the distribution of certain information concerning the risks and benefits of immunizations to each person who receives an immunization and allows the state department to post the information. (5) Removes language that stated that a person may not be subjected to civil penalty, criminal liability, or workplace discrimination for not receiving an immunization. (6) Adds language specifying that the absence of adopted rules by the state department does not preclude implementation of the law.) 03/14/2006 S Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the Senate Roll Call 399: Yeas 50, Nays 0 03/14/2006 H Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the House; Roll Call 457: Yeas 78, Nays 7 03/21/2006 H Signed by the Speaker HB1238 Emergency management mobile support. Specifies the types of individuals who and the time frame in which an individual can be called to duty with a mobile support unit. Specifies: (1) liability provisions concerning the individual; and (2) compensation and reimbursement available to a member's employer or a member of a mobile support unit who is not an employee of the state or a political subdivision. Author: Peggy Welch 01/10/2006 H: 1st Reading Assigned Public Safety And Homeland Security 01/17/2006 H: Committee Sched Upon Adjournment Room 156-C Public Safety And Homeland Security 01/17/2006 H: Committee Action Pass(8-0) Public Safety And Homeland Security 01/19/2006 H: Committee Report do pass, adopted 01/23/2006 H: 2nd Reading Pass 01/26/2006 H: 3rd Reading Pass (97-0) 01/26/2006 H: Sponsor Added Thomas J. Wyss 01/26/2006 H: 2nd Sponsor Added Allie V. Craycraft, Jr. 01/26/2006 H: Co Sponsor Added Vaneta Becker 01/26/2006 H: Co Sponsor Added Connie W. Sipes 02/01/2006 S: 1st Reading referred to Committee on Homeland Security, Utilities, and Public Policy 02/07/2006 S: Committee Sched 10:00 a.m. Room 233 Homeland Security, Utilities and Public Policy 02/07/2006 S: Committee Action Pass Amend(10-0) Homeland Security, Utilities and Public Policy 02/07/2006 S: Committee Report amend do pass, adopted 02/13/2006 S: 2nd Reading Pass 02/14/2006 S: 3rd Reading Pass (50-0) 02/14/2006 S: Ret 1st House Amendments 02/14/2006 S: Co Sponsor Added Glenn L. Howard 03/06/2006 H House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 391: Yeas 94, Nays 0 03/09/2006 H Signed by the Speaker 03/13/2006 S Signed by the President Pro Tempore 03/17/2006 Signed by the Governor HB1249 County drug free community fund. Provides that the criminal justice institute may deobligate funds to a local government entity if the entity fails to comply with the fund requirements. Provides a process to reinstate the funds. Provides that a local coordinating council (council) shall be appointed and approved by the commission for a drug free Indiana (commission). Requires a council to submit a comprehensive drug free communities plan (plan) for the approval of the commission before a county fiscal body appropriates county drug free community funds. Requires a council to determine the amount of funds that a county fiscal body shall appropriate to implement the objectives set forth in the plan. Provides that if a plan is not approved by the commission, the county fiscal body may not appropriate funds as set forth in the plan. Provides that if a county legislative body allocates funds without the approval of the plan by the commission, the commission may: (1) appoint a new council; (2) freeze funds allocated by the county legislative body; or (3) reevaluate the plan. Author: Luke Messer 01/10/2006 H: 1st Reading Assigned Local Government 01/18/2006 H: Committee Action Pass(9-0) Local Government 01/19/2006 H: Committee Report do pass, adopted 01/23/2006 H: 2nd Reading Pass 01/23/2006 H: Co Author Added Phillip D. Hinkle 01/23/2006 H: Co Author Added George Philip Hoy 01/23/2006 H: Co Author Added Winfield C. Moses, Jr. 01/26/2006 H: 3rd Reading Pass (95-0) 01/26/2006 H: Sponsor Added Dennis K. Kruse 02/01/2006 S: 1st Reading Assigned Governmental Affairs and Interstate Cooperation 02/08/2006 S: Committee Sched 1:30 p.m. Room 130 Governmental Affairs and Interstate Cooperation 02/08/2006 S: Committee Action Pass(9-0) Governmental Affairs and Interstate Cooperation 02/09/2006 S: Committee Report do pass, adopted 02/09/2006 S: Co Sponsor Added Earline S. Rogers 02/13/2006 S: 2nd Reading Pass 02/13/2006 S: Co Sponsor Added John M. Waterman 02/14/2006 S: 3rd Reading Pass (50-0) 02/14/2006 S: Ret 1st House No Amendments 03/02/2006 H Signed by the Speaker 03/07/2006 S Signed by the President Pro Tempore 03/14/2006 Signed by the Governor HB1314 Substance and alcohol use during pregnancy. Requires the state department of health to study the use of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco by pregnant women. Requires the study to be completed and a report to be submitted to the legislative council and the health finance commission before October 1, 2006. Author: Sheila Johnston Klinker 01/10/2006 H: 1st Reading Assigned Public Health 01/17/2006 H: Committee Report do pass, adopted 01/19/2006 H: Co Author Added Terry A. Goodin 01/19/2006 H: Co Author Added Dennis Tyler 01/23/2006 H: 2nd Reading Pass 01/26/2006 H: 3rd Reading Pass (98-0) 01/26/2006 H: Sponsor Added Connie Lawson 01/26/2006 H: 2nd Sponsor Added Vi Simpson 01/26/2006 H: Co Sponsor Added Gary Dillon 01/26/2006 H: Co Sponsor Added Earline S. Rogers 02/01/2006 S: 1st Reading Assigned Health And Provider Services 02/22/2006 S: Committee Sched 9:00 a.m. Room Senate Chambers 02/22/2006 S: Committee Action Pass(11-0) Health And Provider Services 02/23/2006 S: Committee Report do pass, adopted 02/23/2006 S: Co Sponsor Added Billie J. Breaux 02/23/2006 S: Co Sponsor Added Connie W. Sipes 02/27/2006 S Second reading: ordered engrossed 03/02/2006 S Third reading: passed; Roll Call 304: Yeas 49 and Nays 0 03/02/2006 S Returned to the House without amendments 03/07/2006 H Signed by the Speaker 03/08/2006 S Signed by the President Pro Tempore 03/17/2006 Signed by the Governor HB1397 State ethics standards. Changes the definition of "business relationship" in the executive branch ethics statute to include the relationship an executive branch lobbyist has with an executive branch agency. Gives the state ethics commission (commission) certain jurisdiction over executive branch lobbyists. Provides that the inspector general may seek an advisory opinion from the commission. Changes the evidentiary standard applicable to commission findings from "competent and substantial" to a preponderance of the evidence. Shifts certain responsibilities from the commission to the inspector general. Authorizes a member of the commission to participate in commission meetings from a remote location under certain circumstances. Requires certain persons who have final purchasing authority for an agency to file an annual financial disclosure statement. Authorizes the commission to require revocation of licenses, permits, or registrations issued by an agency for violations of the ethics statutes or rules. Requires registration of executive branch lobbyists with the department of administration. Authorizes the department to adopt rules to establish registration fees and to impose civil penalties and revoke registrations if an executive branch lobbyist violates the registration requirements. Imposes initial registration fees. Makes other technical changes. Repeals the current statute authorizing registration of executive branch lobbyists. Author: Matthew D. Whetstone 01/12/2006 H: 1st Reading Assigned Government And Regulatory Reform 01/26/2006 H: Committee Sched 8:30 a.m. Room 156-B Government And Regulatory Reform 01/26/2006 H: Committee Action Pass Amend(9-0) Government And Regulatory Reform 01/26/2006 H: Committee Report amend do pass, adopted 01/30/2006 H: Co Author Added Robert D. Kuzman 01/30/2006 H: 2nd Reading Pass Amend 01/30/2006 H: Amendment #3 (Whetstone), prevailed; Voice Vote 02/02/2006 H: 3rd Reading Pass (96-0) 02/02/2006 H: 3rd Reading Pass (96-0) 02/02/2006 H: Sponsor Added Connie Lawson 02/07/2006 S: 1st Reading Assigned Ethics 02/20/2006 S: Committee Sched 11:00 a.m. Room 130 Ethics 02/21/2006 S: Committee Report amend do pass, adopted 02/28/2006 S Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed 02/28/2006 S Amendment 1 (Hume), failed; Division of the Senate: Yeas 16, Nays 30 02/28/2006 S Amendment 3 (Lawson), prevailed; Voice Vote 03/01/2006 S Senator Hume added as cosponsor 03/02/2006 S Third reading: passed; Roll Call 310: Yeas 49 and Nays 0 03/02/2006 S Returned to the House with amendments 03/06/2006 H House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 394: Yeas 96, Nays 0 03/09/2006 H Signed by the Speaker 03/13/2006 S Signed by the President Pro Tempore 03/17/2006 Signed by the Governor


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