Indiana Senate Bill 316 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 10-1)
Status: Engrossed on January 29 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-18 - Representative Bartels added as cosponsor
Pending: House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

Collection of veteran status information. Requires the family and social services administration, the department of education, the commission for higher education, and the professional licensing agency to include in an application for a benefit, financial assistance, a service, or a professional credential questions asking: (1) "Have you served in the armed forces of the United States or their reserves, in the National Guard, or in the Indiana National Guard?". (2) "Are you the surviving spouse of someone who served in the armed forces of the United States or their reserves, in the National Guard, or in the Indiana National Guard?". Provides that the applications must state that the applicant has the option to decline to answer the questions. Requires the agencies to keep the information submitted in a data base and to share the information with the Indiana department of veterans' affairs. Allows the Indiana department of veterans' affairs to use the shared information to develop outreach programs for veterans and their families.

Collection of veteran status information.

Sen. Dennis Kruse [R]	Sen. James Buck [R]	Sen. J.D. Ford [D]	Sen. Susan Glick [R]
Sen. James Tomes [R]	Sen. John Crane [R]	Sen. Stacey Donato [R]	Sen. Aaron Freeman [R]
Rep. Dennis Zent [R]	Rep. Christopher Judy [R]	Rep. Steve Bartels [R]

2020-01-28 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-21 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-18	House	Representative Bartels added as cosponsor
2020-02-17	House	Representative Judy added as cosponsor
2020-02-10	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
2020-01-29	Senate	Referred to the House
2020-01-28	Senate	Senators Crane, Donato, Freeman added as coauthors
2020-01-28	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Zent
2020-01-28	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 84: yeas 50, nays 0
2020-01-27	Senate	Senator Tomes added as coauthor
2020-01-27	Senate	Senator Glick added as coauthor
2020-01-27	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2020-01-21	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2020-01-14	Senate	Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
2020-01-13	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and The Military
2020-01-13	Senate	Authored by Senators Kruse and Buck

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/316/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/b/9/c/2b9c5405/SB0316.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/a/5/b/5a5b31d1/SB0316.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/5/3/d/453d38f7/SB0316.02.COMS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/0/b/0/70b04266/SB0316.01.INTR.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/b/b/5/5bb5d3fc/SB0316.84_S.pdf