Bills passed, failed in Indiana’s 2024 legislative session

The 2024 Indiana legislative session finished earlier this month, and the bills that passed are being sent to the Governor Eric Holcomb’s desk for signature. The 100-member Indiana House of Representatives and 50-member Senate discuss approximately 1,000 bills that are filed by Indiana lawmakers each year. RELATED: 2024 Indiana legislative bills that affect minorities Only about one-fifth of all bills are ever signed into law. Here are a few interesting bills that survived and died the 2024 legislative session: House Bill 1325 would charge adults with failing to secure a firearm if a child were to get ahold of their loaded, unsecured gun and enact injury or death. Even with the rise in accidental shootings among youth last year, the bill failed to advance. Weeks after it died in session, two-year-old Jarel Miles died from a gunshot wound to the head Feb. 27. Senate Bill 282 would require all schools to create a “truancy prevention policy” that must include meetings with parents, a plan of action for the student and reporting parents to the county prosecutor, which would enable parents to face prosecution. This bill to address chronic absenteeism amongst students in school is being sent to the governor’s desk....