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| SB0002 -Display of the Ten Commandments on Public Property |
| SB0003 -Standards for Abortion Facilities |
| SB0006 -Disabled from Trade Compensations |
| SB0011 -Public School Scholarship Program |
| SB0030 -Tobacco Settlement Endowment Fund |
| SB0032 -Insurer Practices and Victims of Abuse |
| SB0034 -Possession of Firearms by Minors |
| SB0035 -School Safety |
| SB0036 -Notice of Teachers Convicted of Certain Crimes |
| SB0037 -Firearms and Weapons in Schools |
| SB0050 -Obscenity and Matter Harmful to Minors |
| SB0052 -Makes Numerous Changes Regarding Worker's Compensation |
| SB0066 -Kindergarten Enrollment Date |
| SB0067 -Unemployment Insurance Computations |
| SB0068 -State Textbook Funding for School Corporations |
| SB0072 - No Sales Soliciting Listing |
| SB0074 -Public Indecency |
| SB0079 -Medicaid Definition of Disability |
| SB0080 -Address Confidentiality Program |
| SB0084 -Publication of School Corporation Reports |
| SB0085 -Voting Absentee Ballots |
| SB0089 -Indianapolis Public Schools Vouchers |
| SB0091 -Licensing of Nonprofit Child Care Providers |
| SB0092 -Elimination of School General Fund Property Taxes |
| SB0097 -Juvenile Court Jurisdiction |
| SB0108 -Disposition of Tobacco Settlement Funds |
| SB0121 -Child Care Facility Inspectors |
| SB0122 -Residential Tenant's Security Deposits |
| SB0123 -Students with Weapons on School Property |
| SB0124 -Early Childhood Development Institute |
| SB0128 -Golden Hoosier Passport for Disabled Veterans |
| SB0131 -Nonreversion of Funds for Developmental Disability |
| SB0135 -Legislative Study Committees |
| SB0142 -Rape |
| SB0144 -Unemployment Compensation |
| SB0145 -Mobile Home Lot Rental Agreements |
| SB0149 -Indiana Learning and Family Center |
| SB0150 - Party Status of a Foster Parent |
| SB0151 -Parental Notice of Student Surveys |
| SB0157 -Blocking School Bus Aisles |
| SB0159 -Suspension or Expulsion of Students |
| SB0160 -Increase of PERF Pension Benefits |
| SB0161 -ISTEP Graduation Examination |
| SB0173 -Group Homes for the Developmentally Disabled Complaint Toll Free Number |
| SB0174 -Pharmacists' Conscience Clause |
| SB0175 -Developmentally Disabled and Criminal Justice System Study |
| SB0189 -Absence from Employment on Veteran's Day |
| SB0192 -Juvenile Court Jurisdiction |
| SB0193 -Family College Savings Plan Credit |
| SB0196 -Temporary Support Orders in Paternity Cases |
| SB0197 -Grandparent Visitation Jurisdiction |
| SB0199 -Youthful Offender System Program |
| SB0213 -School Programs for High Ability Students |
| SB0214 -Minority Contractors, Indiana Farm Products |
| SB0219 -Welfare Funding |
| SB0221 -Disruptive School Behavior |
| SB0223 -Deduction for Long Term Home Care |
| SB0224 -Military Access to Student Information |
| SB0246 -Academic Honors Diploma Awards |
| SB0249 -ISTEP Test Subjects and Time Duration |
| SB0250 -Full Day Kindergarten and School Readiness |
| SB0251 -Repeals ISTEP Examination |
| SB0252 -Child Protection |
| SB0254 -Disannexation from School District |
| SB0265 -School Instructional Days |
| SB0277 -Duty to Warn About AIDS and Related Matters |
| SB0284 -Textbook Funding |
| SB0285 -Age Requirement for Fireworks |
| SB0306 -Employee Lunch and Rest Breaks |
| SB0308 -Accounting for Child Support |
| SB0323 -Health Care Services Violating Religious Beliefs |
| SB0330 -Long Term Foster Parent Party Status |
| SB0331 -Fishing License Exemption |
| SB0340 - Tobacco Use by Minors |
| SB0341 -Increase in TANF Cash Assistance |
| SB0344 -Economic Development |
| SB0346 -Small Claims Court Jurisdiction |
| SB0347 -Neighborhood Impact Statements |
| SB0348 -Methamphetamine |
| SB0349 -Methamphetamine and Neighborhood Impact |
| SB0352 -Teacher Instruction in the Teaching of Reading |
| SB0354 -Textbook Funding |
| SB0360 -Family College Savings Plan Tax Credit |
| SB0361 -Support for Postsecondary Educational Expenses |
| SB0363 -Worker's Compensation Assigned Risk Plan and Rating Bureau |
| SB0366 -Death by Shaking a Child |
| SB0370 -Community Residential Facilities Council |
| SB0371 -Worker's Compensation Benefits and Tax Credit |
| SB0373 -Save Indiana Program |
| SB0375 -HIV Testing with Right of Refusal |
| SB0377 -Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Orders |
| SB0383 -Various Family Law Issues |
| SB0388 -Hiring Practices Study Committee |
| SB0391 -Tuition Exemptions for Relatives of Veterans |
| SB0392 -Substance Abuse Parity |
| SB0396 -School Corporation Retirement Plan Conversion |
| SB0399 -Scholarships for Academic Honors |
| SB0400 -Appropriation for CHOICE In-Home Services |
| SB0402 -Funding for Elementary School Counselors |
| SB0409 -Teacher Alternative Certification |
| SB0411 -Poor Relief |
| SB0414 -Indigent Parties in Civil Actions |
| SB0420 -Tobacco Settlement Money for Rural Communities |
| SB0421 -Distribution of Tobacco Settlement Funds |
| SB0422 -Tobacco Settlement Money for Agricultural Enterprises |
| SB0423 -Tobacco Settlement Money for Rural Health |
| SB0424 -Abandoned Infants |
| SB0425 -Various Adoption Law Changes |
| SB0426 -Adoption and Abandoned Infants |
| SB0434 -Alternative Teacher Education |
| SB0441 -Health Insurance Waivers |
| SB0443 -Child Care Development Vouchers |
| SB0451 -Sale of Municipally Owned Utility |
| SB0452 -Decreases Certain Fees Charged by the Secretary of State |
| SB0453 -School Funding Shortfalls from Assessment Appeals |
| SB0454 -School Resource Officer Program |
| SB0459 -Child Support Emancipation Age |
| SB0460 -Child Support Guidelines |
| SB0461 -Insurance Coverage for Social Anxiety Disorder |
| SB0467 -Incarcerated Children |
| SB0471 -Possession of Child Pornography |
| SB0484 -Moment of Silence in Public Schools |
| SB0487 -Study of Traffic Violation Stop Patterns |
| SB0492 -Notice of Release of Juvenile Sex Offender |
| SB0496 -Sex Offenses and Minors |
| SB0500 -Riverboat Gaming and Horse Racing |
| SB0504 -Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program |
| SB0520 -Excessive Education Grants |
| DISPLAY OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY Authorizes the display of the Ten Commandments on real property owned by the state of a political subdivision as part of an exhibit displaying other documents of historical significance that formed and influenced the United States legal system . Last Action |
| PUBLIC SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Establishes a public elementary and secondary school scholarship program. Last Action |
| MAKES NUMEROUS CHANGES REGARDING WORKER'S COMPENSATION Makes numerous changes regarding worker's compensation, including the following: (1) Bars (2) Limits the attorney's fee required to be paid by the employer in connection with a third party action to a percentage of the amount of benefits actually repaid, rather than of the amount of reimbursements. (3) Makes changes regarding compromise settlements. (4) Provides that no compensation or expenses shall be paid until notice of injury is given to the employer or the employer obtains knowledge of. Last Action |
| KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT DATE Provides that a child must be at least five years of age on the following dates to officially enroll in a kindergarten program offered by a school corporation: (1) July 1 of the 2001-1002 school year, (2) August 1 of the 2002-2003 school year, September 1 of the 2003-2004 school year or any subsequent school year. Last Action |
| PUBLIC INDECENCY Increases the penalty for public indecency from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony if the person commits the offense in, on, or within 1,000 feet of school property or a public park. Last Action |
| MEDICAID DEFINITION OF DISABILITY Amends the definition of a disabled person for purposes of determining eligibility under the Medicaid program and the supplemental assistance for persons with disabilities program, to include a person who has a physical or mental impairment, disease, or loss that appears reasonably certain to result in death or that has lasted or appears reasonably certain to last for a continuous period of at least 12 months without significant improvement. Last Action |
| DISPOSITION OF TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUNDS Establishes the Indiana tobacco master settlement agreement fund and provides that all money received by the state under the agreement shall be deposited in the fund. Establishes a tobacco use prevention and cessation authority and trust fund to provide grants for a long range state plan to reduce the use of tobacco and tobacco products as well as five other health care related trust funds. Provides for expenditure allowances and prohibitions. Last Action |
| PARENTAL NOTICE OF STUDENT SURVEYS Requires a school to give notice to the parent or guardian of a student each time the student is asked to participate in a personal analysis, an evaluation, or a survey that is not directly related to academic instruction and that attempts to affect the student's attitudes, habits, traits, opinions, beliefs, or feelings concerning several areas. Last Action |
| BLOCKING SCHOOL BUS AISLES Requires the maintenance of a school bus emergency escape passages so that exits are not inhibited, obstructed or rendered hazardous. Last Action |
| DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM STUDY Requires the department of correction, in cooperation with the office of the secretary of family and social services, to conduct a study regarding persons with developmental disabilities who are incarcerated or otherwise involved with the criminal justice system as defendants, victims or witnesses. Last Action |
| MINORITY CONTRACTORS, INDIANA FARM PRODUCTS Requires the Indiana horse racing commission to develop a strategic assessment and recommend targeted priorities for the use of Indiana produced agricultural commodities, goods, products, and services within the equine industry. Requires a person issued a riverboat owner's license to establish goals of expending at least 12% of the dollar value of the licensee's contracts for goods and services with minority business enterprises and at least 7% of the dollar value of the licensee's contracts for goods and services with women's business enterprises. Last Action |
| MILITARY ACCESS TO STUDENT INFORMATION Information Requires a high school to provide access to the high school campus and student directory information to official recruiting representatives of the armed forces, the Indiana Air and Army National Guards and the service academies of the armed forces of the United States. Provides for exceptions. Allows high schools to charge official recruiting representatives a fee to cove copying and mailing costs. Last Action |
| LONG TERM FOSTER PARENT PARTY STATUS Defines "long term foster parent" as a person who has been a child's foster parent for at least 12 consecutive months or 15 of the most recent 22 months. Provides that a long-term foster parent is a party to a child in need of services proceeding. Requires the office of family and children to notify the court when an individual becomes a party as a long-term foster parent. Last Action |
| ACADEMIC HONORS DIPLOMA AWARDS Removes a provision that allows a school corporation to give the money received by the corporation as an academic honors diploma award to eligible pupils in the corporation who have successfully completed an academic honors diploma program. Last Action |
| FISHING LICENSE EXEMPTION Exempts a developmentally disabled person from the requirement to have a fishing license if the person: (1) is a resident of Indiana; and (2) is fishing with a person who holds a fishing license. Last Action |
| TEACHER INSTRUCTION IN THE TEACHING OF READING Requires 12 semester hours of academic preparation in the teaching of reading and in reading techniques including phonemic awareness and explicit systematic phonic awareness, for a person to qualify for an elementary teacher license. Last Action |
| COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES COUNCIL Makes changes to the membership and meeting procedure of the community residential facilities council. Requires council approval of an entity providing supported living services. Allows the council to issue a provisional license or provisional approval for up to six months to a supervised group living facility or an entity that provides supported living services. Requires the state department of health to establish and maintain a registry of certain unlicensed employees of (1)community based r. Last Action |
| SAVE INDIANA PROGRAM Repeals the save Indiana program of the Indiana education savings authority and makes conforming changes. Extends from July 1, 2000, to July 2001, the expiration date of a noncode provision that requires the treasurer of state, the board for depositories, the commission for higher education, and the state student assistance commission to provide certain administrative and financial support to the Indiana education savings authority. Last Action |
| POOR RELIEF SB0411 Poor relief. Requires a township trustee to process only completed applications for poor relief. Provides circumstances under which a township trustee may authorize the payment of delinquent bills for certain utility services. Allows a township trustee to require individuals needing insulin to make a regular application for poor relief assistance before receiving free insulin a second time. Provides options to a court when the court finds an individual in contempt for violating a child support order. Requires certain individuals to contribute financial support for a parent's burial if a township trustee paid for the parent's burial. Last Action |
| TOBACCO SETTLEMENT MONEY FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES Provides that a portion of the money received by the state under the tobacco settlement agreement shall be transferred from the tobacco settlement fund to the rural Indiana tobacco settlement fund each year. Provides for the distribution of this portion of the tobacco settlement money for offsetting the impact to rural communities where tobacco is no longer a commodity. Last Action |
| DISTRIBUTION OF TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUNDS Provides that $8,000,000 of the money received by the state under the tobacco settlement agreement between the state and tobacco companies shall be transferred from the tobacco settlement fund to the Indiana tobacco settlement rural health fund each year. Provides for the distribution of $8,000,000 per year of tobacco settlement money for rural health programs. Provides that $16,000,000 of the money received by the state under the settlement agreement shall be transferred from the tobacco settlement fund to the rural Indiana tobacco settlement fund each year. Provides for the distribution of $16,000,000 per year of tobacco settlement money for former tobacco producers, development of other agricultural enterprises, and offsetting the impact to communities where tobacco will no longer be a commodity. Last Action |
| TOBACCO SETTLEMENT MONEY FOR AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES Provides that a portion of the money received by the state under the tobacco settlement agreement shall be transferred from the tobacco settlement fund to the rural Indiana tobacco settlement fund each year. Provides for the distribution of this portion of the tobacco settlement money for development of other agricultural enterprises Last Action |
| TOBACCO SETTLEMENT MONEY FOR RURAL HEALTH Provides that $8,000,000 of the money received by the state under the tobacco settlement agreement between the state and tobacco companies shall be transferred from the tobacco settlement fund to the Indiana tobacco settlement rural health fund each year. Provides for the distribution of $8,000,000 per year of tobacco settlement money for rural health programs. Last Action |
| VARIOUS ADOPTION LAW CHANGES Expands the general assembly's public policy statement on paternity. Requires that whenever an adoption petition is filed concerning a child who is at least one year of age, notice of the adoption must be given to the child's putative father if the putative father has exercised any visitation with and provided any support for the child within a certain period. Applies even if the putative father has not registered with the putative father registry. Provides that if the putative father of a child who is at least one year of age wishes to contest the child's adoption, the court may not dismiss the adoption petition unless: (1) the adoption court determines the putative father has not failed without justifiable cause to significantly communicate with and support the child for at least one year; and (2) the putative father subsequently establishes paternity of the child within a certain period. Specifies that payment for certain adoption related expenses may not exceed an aggregate of $3,000. Expands the offense of adoption deception to include circumstances in which a person who benefits from adoption related payments does not intend to make an adoptive placement with the prospective adoptive parent from whom the payments are received. Last Action |
| ALTERNATIVE TEACHER CERTIFICATION Establishes the transition to teaching program, and requires the professional standards board to administer the program to facilitate the entry into the teaching profession of competent professionals who have not obtained a teacher license by traditional means. Requires each accredited teacher training school and department to establish a course of study that constitutes the higher education component of the program. Requires a program applicant to successfully participate in the higher education component and a teacher internship program before being issued an initial standard teacher license. Last Action |
| SALE OF MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITY Last Action |
| INCARCERATED CHILDREN Provides that whenever a child is committed to an adult correctional facility or program, the department of correction shall restrict the child to an area of the facility or program where the child at all times has complete sight and sound separation from adults who are charged with, imprisoned for, or incarcerated for offenses. Applies regardless of whether the child is a criminal or a delinquent offender. Requires the department of correction to enroll each: (1) criminal offender who is less than 18 years of age; and (2) delinquent offender who is committed to or a ward of the department of correction; in an appropriate educational program. Makes an exception if the criminal offender received a sentence of death or life imprisonment without parole. Last Action |
| POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Raises the penalty for child pornography from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony. Last Action |
| MEDICAID AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM Defines &emergency"for purposes of the children's health insurance program (CHIP). Prohibits cost sharing under CHIP for emergency services provided within a hospital emergency department. Provides that a request to repay an overpayment made to a provider under the Medicaid program or CHIP must be made not later than 12 months after the provider receives the overpayment. Last Action |
| STANDARDS FOR ABORTION FACILITIES Requires that if a first trimester abortion is performed in a facility where the primary purpose is performance of surgical procedures and services, the facility must be licensed as an ambulatory outpatient surgical center. Last Action |
| DISABLED FROM TRADE COMPENSATIONS Creates disabled from trade compensation for an employee who (1) has an injury that results in a temporary total disability or permanent partial impairment; (2) is capable of performing work with limitations or restrictions that prevent the employee from returning to the position the employee held before the employee's injury; and (3) returns to work, may receive compensation for the difference in average weekly earnings lost. Last Action |
| TOBACCO SETTLEMENT ENDOWMENT FUND Provides that money received from the tobacco manufacturers under the master settlement agreement shall be placed in an endowment fund and interest from that fund may be used to provide grants for specific tobacco related health care and prevention purposes. Last Action |
| INSURER PRACTICES AND VICTIMS OF ABUSE Prohibits an insurer from: (1) refusing to issue or renew; (2) restricting or terminating; (3) adding a surcharge or rating factor to the premium, or; (4) excluding or limiting coverage or denying a claim under automobile or homeowners insurance coverage because an individual is, has been, or may be a victim of abuse. Last Action |
| POSSESSION OF FIREARMS BY MINORS Increases the penalty for dangerous possession of a firearm from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony and provides for a non-suspendable period of incarceration. Makes dangerous possession of a firearm by a child less than 16 years of age a delinquent act under the exclusive jurisdiction of the juvenile court. Last Action |
| SCHOOL SAFETY Requires a school superintendent to immediately notify law enforcement authorities when a student brings a firearm onto school property or is in possession of a firearm on school property and permits similar notice if a deadly weapon other than a firearm is involved. Last Action |
| NOTICE OF TEACHERS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN CRIMES Requires the superintendent of a school corporation or equivalent authority of an accredited non-public school to notify the state superintendent of public instruction when the administrator know that a current or former employee with a teacher's license has been convicted of an offense for which a teacher loses a license. Last Action |
| FIREARMS AND WEAPONS IN SCHOOL Requires a school superintendent to immediately notify law enforcement authorities when a student brings a firearm onto school property or is in possession of a firearm on school property and permits similar notice if a deadly weapon other than a firearm is involved Last Action |
| OBSCENITY AND MATTER HARMFUL TO MINORS Makes numerous changes to penalty provisions for crimes involving obscenity and matter harmful to minors. Last Action |
| UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE COMPUTATIONS Makes various changes to unemployment insurance computations. Last Action |
| STATE TEXTBOOK FUNDING FOR SCHOOL CORPORATIONS Provides an annual state textbook grant to school corporations of $85.00 per ADM for providing textbooks to students. Last Action |
| NO SALES SOLICITING LISTING Requires the consumer protection division of the office of the attorney general to publish a listing of telephone numbers of persons who do not wish to be solicited by telephone. Last Action |
| ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM Establishes an address confidentiality program in the office of the attorney general available to individuals (including minors and incapacitated persons represented by a parent or guardian) who are victims of domestic violence and wish to keep their addresses confidential from their abusers. of local government to comply with the office of the state building commissioner's written interpretations. Last Action |
| PUBLICATION OF SCHOOL CORPORATION REPORTS Allows the governing body of a school corporation to publish the school corporation's annual financial report and annual performance report at the same time. Last Action |
| VOTING ABSENTEE BALLOTS Provides that an absentee voter board must make at least one additional visit to the residence or place of confinement of a confined voter, including disabled voters whose precincts are not accessible, if the voter was unavailable at the time of the board's first visit. Last Action |
| INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS VOUCHERS Establishes a voucher program for student shaving legal settlement in the area served by Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS). Last Action |
| LICENSING OF NONPROFIT CHILD CARE PROVIDERS Requires a nonprofit childcare provider to be licensed. Last Action |
| ELIMINATION OF SCHOOL GENERAL FUND PROPERTY TAXES Eliminates the authority of a school corporation to impose a general fund property tax levy for the general operation and maintenance of the school corporation beginning in 2004. Last Action |
| JUVENILE COURT JURISDICTION Specifies that a juvenile court does not have jurisdiction over an individual for allegedly attempting to violate the statute creating the crime of: (1) murder; (2) kidnapping; (3) rape; (4) criminal deviate conduct; (5) robbery if it was committed while armed with a deadly weapon or results in bodily injury or serious bodily injury; (6) carjacking; (7) criminal gang activity; (8) criminal gang intimidation; (9) carrying a handgun without a license; (10) children and firearms; (11) dealing in a sawed-off shotgun; (12) dealing in cocaine or narcotic drug; (13) dealing in a schedule I, II, or III controlled substance; or (14) dealing in a schedule IV controlled substance if the individual was at least 16 years of age at the time the individual allegedly attempted to violate the statute. Last Action |
| CHILD CARE FACILITY INSPECTORS Requires FSSA to employ additional people to investigate complaints regarding child care facilities. Last Action |
| RESIDENTIAL TENANTS SECURITY DEPOSITS Provides that a landlord who fails to comply with statutes relating to the return of a security deposit is liable to the tenant for two times the amount of the security deposit. Last Action |
| STUDENTS WITH WEAPONS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY Requires a child who is taken into custody for possession of a firearm on school property or a school bus to be held in detention until a detention hearing. Requires a court to order a psychological evaluation of the child to determine if the child is a danger to himself or others and requires the school administrator to notify law enforcement. Last Action |
| EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE Establishes the institute for early childhood development to be governed by a 20 member board appointed by the governor. Last Action |
| GOLDEN HOOSIER PASSPORT FOR DISABLED VETERANS Allows disabled veterans to apply for a Golden Hoosier Passport, which provides a 50% discount on the cost of admission to Indiana state parks, recreation areas, reservoirs, forests, historic sites. Last Action |
| NONREVERSION OF FUNDS FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY Provides that money remaining in the developmentally disabled client services account or any other state account or fund used to serve individuals with developmental disabilities does not revert to the state general fund at the end of a state fiscal year. Last Action |
| LEGISLATIVE STUDY COMMITTEES Establishes a fixed number of special legislative study committees. Last Action |
| RAPE Adds a new classification to the crime of rape by providing that if a person has sexual intercourse with another person when the other person has not voluntarily consented, the person commits rape as a Class C Felony. Makes the offense a Class B felony if the other person is so physically disabled or deficient as to be unable to give consent. (Current law provides that rape is a Class B or a Class A felony depending upon the circumstances). Last Action |
| UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION Provides for various unemployment compensation changes. Last Action |
| MOBILE HOME LOT RENTAL AGREEMENTS Sets forth certain obligations and rights or the parties to a mobile home lot lease. Last Action |
| INDIANA LEARNING AND FAMILY CENTER Requires the department of correction to establish an Indiana learning and family center. Provides that the center's purpose is to offer family and educational services to criminal offenders and their families and the community in an effort to curtail criminal behavior that is perpetuated by poor education and lack of services and resources. Requires the center to establish numerous programs. Last Action |
| PARTY STATUS OF A FOSTER PARENT Provides that a foster parent of a child in need of services becomes a party to a proceeding to terminate the parent-child relationship if the person has been the child's foster parent for 12 consecutive months or 15 of the 22 months immediately preceding the filing of the termination petition. Last Action |
| SUSPENSION OR EXPULSION OF STUDENTS Provides that an activity for which a student may be suspended or expelled must be disruptive, but need not be unlawful. Last Action |
| INCREASE OF PERF PENSION BENEFITS PERF pension benefits. Last Action |
| ISTEP GRADUATION EXAMINATION Provides that a student is not required to pass the grade 10 ISTEP examination in order to receive a high school diploma and graduate from high school, other ISTEP provisions. Last Action |
| GROUP HOMES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED COMPLAINT TOLL FREE NUMBER Requires supervised group living programs for the developmentally disabled to post in a conspicuous location and include on all written materials given to residents and their families or legal guardians a toll free telephone number for reporting complaints. Last Action |
| PHARMACIST'S CONSCIENCE CLAUSE Provides that a pharmacist is not required to dispense abortifacients if the pharmacist objects on the basis of religious beliefs or moral convictions. Such refusal may not be the basis for a claim for damages or a disciplinary, recriminatory, or discriminatory action against the pharmacist Last Action |
| ABSENCE FROM EMPLOYMENT ON VETERAN'S DAY Requires an employer to grant an absence from employment on Veterans' Day if the employer receives advance notice of the absence from an employee who is an honorably discharged veteran. Last Action |
| JUVENILE COURT JURISDICTION Provides that a juvenile court does not have jurisdiction over an individual who is alleged to have committed an offense that may be tried in a court with adult criminal jurisdiction if the individual has ever entered a plea of guilty to or been convicted of: (1) murder; (2) kidnapping; (3) rape; (4) criminal deviate conduct; (5) robbery, if the robbery was committed while armed with a deadly weapon or resulted in bodily injury or serious bodily injury; (6) carjacking; (7) criminal gang activity; (8) criminal gang intimidation; (9) carrying a handgun without a license; (10) children and firearms offenses; (11) dealing in a sawed-off shotgun; or (12) dealing in cocaine or narcotic drug or schedule I, II, III, IV controlled substance. Last Action |
| FAMILY COLLEGE SAVINGS PLAN CREDIT Provides a one-time income tax credit for family college savings deposits in 2000 and for deposits made in the year that the taxpayer opens an individual trust account for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2000 and other related provisions. Last Action |
| TEMPORARY SUPPORT ORDERS IN PATERNITY CASES Specifies that a court may enter a temporary order for child support in a paternity action against either or both parents upon a motion for such temporary order. Requires the clerk of the circuit court to hold in escrow any money paid under a temporary order for child support until the court makes a determination regarding paternity and directs the clerk regarding distribution. Last Action |
| GRANDPARENT VISITATION JURISDICTION Confers jurisdiction upon a probate court to preside over grandparent visitation proceedings. Last Action |
| YOUTHFUL OFFENDER SYSTEM PROGRAM Establishes the youthful offender system (YOS) program within the department of corrections to allow for placement of youthful offenders in a regimented environment that assists in developing certain skills and values in an effort to deter the offender from becoming a repeat or more serious offender. Last Action |
| SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR HIGH ABILITY STUDENTS Requires a school corporation to have a local plan and local program for high ability students in grades 3 through 12 and provides a schedule for implementation of these programs. Last Action |
| WELFARE FUNDING Eliminate the authority of a county to impose a property tax levy for the county family and children's fund, beginning in 2004. Transfers responsibility for funding children's services from the county family and children's funds to the state. Eliminates the authority to borrow for welfare purposes. Provides that, beginning in 2000, the auditor of state shall annually transfer $50,000,000 from the lottery and gaming surplus account to the state welfare replacement fund for purposes of funding children's services. Provides that any additional necessary funding is appropriated from the state general fund. Last Action |
| DISRUPTIVE SCHOOL BEHAVIOR Behavior Makes it a Class C misdemeanor for a person to engage in certain disruptive behavior while in or on school property or while participating in or attending a school sponsored activity. Requires an employee of a school corporation to report to a school administrator, and requires a school administrator to report to a law enforcement officer, the commission in, on, or within 1,000 feet of school property of any crime, whether committed by an adult or juvenile. (Current law requires a school employee or administrator to report only the commission of a violation related to controlled substances or a violation concerning minors and alcoholic beverages.) Last Action |
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