Indiana Senate Bill 300 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-01-25 - Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

State disaster emergencies. Provides that the governor may not renew a disaster emergency more than once without authorization by the general assembly. Specifies that the general assembly may adopt a concurrent resolution to authorize the governor to extend a disaster emergency, and permits the general assembly to limit, restrict, or qualify the governor's power to issue certain orders. Provides that if the governor calls a special session to obtain authorization to extend a disaster emergency, the special session may only consider legislation directly concerned with the disaster emergency. Specifies that the violation of certain orders is not a criminal offense. Authorizes local health officers to close specific churches and schools under certain circumstances.

State disaster emergencies.

Sen. Erin Houchin [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-25	Senate	Withdrawn
2021-01-11	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure
2021-01-11	Senate	Authored by Senator Houchin

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/300/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/0/7/8/d0784b44/SB0300.01.INTR.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/2/d/5/82d5c248/SB0300.01.INTR.FN001.pdf