Session Begins With Organization Day

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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe Indiana General Assembly will convene for its first official gathering of the 2016 legislative session today at the Statehouse. Legislators are already laying out their positions on issues that will spark heavy debate, such as expansion of the state’s civil rights laws to include protections for sexual orientation and gender identity. During the Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s annual legislative preview event, both Senate Majority Leader David Long (R-16) and House Majority Leader Brian Bosma (R-88) called for long-term answers for another big issue, additional transportation spending.
The chamber’s legislative priorities are:
- Support an array of strategies to establish a sustainable funding stream for the state’s roads, highways and bridges
- Support specific credit transfer from Indiana’s four-year, state-supported institutions to the state’s accredited two-year colleges
- Support expanding the state’s civil rights law to include protection for sexual orientation and gender identity
- Support a work sharing program that will allow employers to maintain a skilled stable workforce during temporary downturns
- Support maintaining a fair and equitable system for the state’s commercial property assessment and appeal procedures
- Support the development of publicly-funded preschool initiatives statewide
You can read more about the chamber’s top priorities by clicking here.
Our partners at Network Indiana/WIBC report Bosma discussed the potential sources of the infrastructure funds.