Rep. Matt Pierce

Recognizing Workers Memorial Day.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the State Road 45 and 2nd Street bridge over I-69 the "Sarah Irene Haylett-Jones Memorial Bridge".

Concerning the protection and conservation of Indiana's natural heritage.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Indiana Rangers, Company D of the 151st Infantry Regiment of the Indiana National Guard.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the creation of a Medal of Honor Memorial Highway in Indiana.

Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee for the 2020 interim the task of studying carbon sequestration through conservation of forest lands, reforestation, and carbon farming.

Provides the following effective July 1, 2021: (1) Authorizes the Indiana destination development corporation (corporation) to employ a film commissioner. (2) Authorizes the corporation to establish a film and media production incentive program. Requires the corporation, in coordination with the office of management and budget, to provide a report to the interim study committee on fiscal policy concerning: (1) film and media production incentives offered in other states; and (2) a recommendation on the type of incentive that should be offered in Indiana.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Indiana University in recognition of its Bicentennial Anniversary on January 20, 2020.

Authorizes the Indiana destination development corporation (IDDC) to approve and issue a film and media production expenditure rebate (rebate) to a qualified applicant that proposes to make qualified production expenditures totaling: (1) in the case of certain productions, at least $500,000; and (2) in the case of animation or music productions, at least $100,000; in Indiana. Requires the IDDC to enter into an agreement with a qualified applicant for the rebate, and specifies the terms that must be in the agreement. Establishes the criteria for approving a rebate and the procedures for claiming a rebate. Provides that the IDDC may not issue a rebate to a qualified applicant after December 31, 2027. Provides that the total amount of rebates issued by the corporation may not exceed $5,000,000 in a state fiscal year. Requires the IDDC to employ a film commissioner to supervise the rebate program. Provides duties for the film commissioner.

Allows individuals with a terminal illness who meet certain requirements to make a request to an attending physician for medication that the individual may self-administer to end the individual's life. Specifies requirements a physician must meet in order to prescribe the medication to a patient. Prohibits an insurer from denying payment of benefits under a life insurance policy based upon a suicide clause in the life insurance policy if the death of the insured individual is the result of medical aid in dying. Establishes a Level 1 felony if a person: (1) without authorization of the patient, willfully alters, forges, conceals, or destroys a request for medication or a rescission of a request for medication with the intent or effect of causing the individual's death; or (2) knowingly or intentionally coerces or exerts undue influence on an individual to request medication to end the individual's life or to destroy a rescission of a request for medication to end the individual's life.