Creates a task force to study pharmacy deserts in Indiana. Requires the task force to report findings and recommendations to the general assembly and the governor not later than November 1, 2023.
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Indiana's women veterans.
Establishes a procedure for the lawful production and sale of cannabis in Indiana. Makes conforming amendments.
After December 31, 2022, increases the minimum wage paid to certain employees from $7.25 per hour to $12 per hour, then annually increases the minimum wage in $1 increments to $15 per hour through January 1, 2026. Repeals the prohibition of local units from establishing, mandating, or requiring: (1) a minimum wage that exceeds the state or federal minimum wage; and (2) certain employee benefits. Makes conforming amendments and a technical correction.
Legalizes cannabis and establishes the cannabis regulatory agency (CRA) to regulate cannabis, including the permitting of growers, processors, dispensaries, and cannabis researchers. Requires the CRA to adopt rules limiting the number of dispensaries that may be established in a city, town, or county, and to ensure that a sufficient number of dispensary permits are awarded to minority business enterprises and women's business enterprises. Establishes permit fees. Creates the CRA advisory committee to advise the CRA. Changes references to "marijuana" in the Indiana Code to "cannabis". Legalizes possession of cannabis and possession of paraphernalia used in connection with cannabis. Legalizes the manufacture and delivery of cannabis and paraphernalia if done in substantial compliance with cannabis legalization provisions. Makes: (1) possession of cannabis by a person less than 21 years of age; and (2) delivery of cannabis to a person less than 21 years of age; a Class B misdemeanor. Makes consumption of cannabis in a public place a Class C infraction. Allows a person sentenced for a cannabis offense committed before July 1, 2022, to petition for sentence modification even if the person would otherwise be barred from seeking sentence modification. Makes conforming amendments.
Requires a law enforcement officer serving a search or arrest warrant at a person's home to knock and announce before forcibly executing the warrant, and establishes other requirements for the issuance and execution of a warrant. Creates the warrant review board to independently investigate and review the issuance and execution of warrants.
Requires the licensed owner of a riverboat operating in Vigo County to pay 0.5% of the riverboat's adjusted gross receipts in a year to the city of Gary for 10 years.
Requires: (1) local police departments; (2) county sheriffs; and (3) the state police department; to adopt a written policy concerning the use of force by law enforcement officers. Establishes procedures concerning the use of force by a law enforcement officer.
Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying the issue of the impact that tax valuation methods for steel mill equipment, oil refinery equipment, and petrochemical equipment have on Lake County. Provides that the study should specifically include the topic of what effect the current valuation method has on real property tax assessments in Lake County and what potential alternative valuation methods are available.
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Senator Karen Tallian upon her retirement from the Indiana Senate.
