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Sen. Larry Lutz, D-Evansville, introduced this bill that would have reduced the maximum time that a sheriff’s deputy may be suspended without a public hearing. Under current law, a sheriff can punish a deputy in secret without...

Rep. David Wolkins, R-Winona Lake, is author of bill that would close public access to birth and death records. These records now used by genealogists, journalists and others either to trace family history, confirm identities or...

Rep. Eric Koch, R-Bedford, introduced this bill to be identical to Sen. Gard’s SB 310. Bill assigned to House Government and Regulatory Reform Committee, chaired by Rep. Jim Buck, R-Kokomo. Update (4/18/05): Bill died for...

Sen. Bev Gard, R-Greenfield, introduced this bill to close serial meetings loophole. The bill also requires any public agency board members, absent General Assembly approval, to attend meetings in person to participate (no more...

Rep. Steve Heim, R-Culver, is author of bill that would effectively transfer public notice advertising from newspapers to Internet. American Opinion Research poll in 2004 found 62 percent of Hoosiers would read public notice...