Legislative

Among the more than 1,600 bills filed with the 2017 General Assembly, The Hoosier State Press Association (HSPA) is following a number that would either impact the cost of obtaining records or what records would be available electronically.…
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HB1001 STATE BIENNIAL BUDGET (BROWN T) Appropriates money for capital expenditures, the operation of the state, K-12 and higher education, the delivery of Medicaid and other services, and various other distributions and purposes.…
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By Steve Key Hoosier State Press Association All the work during the last Indiana legislative session to improve the public’s ability to access police body and cruiser camera video may have been for naught. The problem lies with…
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The final word on private university police records is back in the hands of Indiana’s appellate court system. An attempt by the Indepen­dent Colleges of Indiana to inoculate private colleges from a recent court ruling was blocked by Gov.…
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Public Access The top focus for the Hoosier State Press Association during the 2016 Indiana General Assembly was H.E.A. 1019, which establishes the rules for public access to police cruiser and body camera video. Rarely does anyone get…
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A bill HSPA opposed throughout the 2016 legislative session – that would have allowed private university police departments to keep more records secret than public police departments – will not go into law. HSPA supports Gov. Mike Pence’s…
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Two public notice advertising bills occupied HSPA’s attention during the 2016 General Assembly session – H.B. 1017 and S.B. 355. Public notice advertising in free publications H.B. 1017 will make certain mailed free-circulation…
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