Public Policy Letter: Week 2 of the Indiana General Assembly

The second week of the 2016 Indiana General Assembly session is officially in the history books. The Governor gave his State of the State address on Tuesday. Committees are moving very quickly as deadlines approach. The deadline for committees is January 28 on the House and Senate. If bills are not heard in committee by that date, they are essentially “dead” bills. ​

In observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the legislature is not meeting on Monday of this week which will only increase the rapid pace of session. Senate Bill 11, ABLE savings accounts for persons with a disability, has been scheduled for a hearing in the Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee on Tuesday, January 19 at 8:30 AM. The bill is a legislative priority bill for both The Arc of Indiana andINARF. 

For a complete list of bills being tracked by INARF, click here.