| This week, the Indiana General Assembly reached the halfway point of the 2022 legislative session.
The Senate and the House of Representatives have chosen which bills will continue in the legislative process. Now, bills will be eligible to be heard in the opposite chamber for further consideration.
My Senate Republican colleagues and I are happy to see our priority items move on to the House of Representatives:
- Senate Bill 1 would ensure an additional 900,000 Hoosiers are eligible to receive Indiana’s automatic taxpayer refund.
- Senate Bill 2Â would ensure schools receive full funding for children who would have otherwise been considered virtual students during the fall of 2021 due to COVID-19 and students in quarantine on the fall count date.
- Senate Bill 3 would allow Indiana to end the public health emergency and ensure the state can continue receiving certain federal benefits and hold voluntary community vaccination clinics as needed.
In addition to these bills, I authored Senate Bill 365, which would make Indiana a member of the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PYSPACT), a platform for psychologists to extend their practice into partnering states.
The PYSPACT is a multi-state agreement composed of 27 states, which extends psychologists’ authorization to practice in other compact states both in-person and virtually.
SB 365 passed the Senate unanimously and will be sent to the House of Representatives for further consideration.
If you have any questions or concerns about these bills or others, feel free to contact me at Senator.Becker@iga.in.gov. |
