Wanted to report to you that HB 1522 has passed out of the Senate Committee
(as amended on 3/25/99) by a vote of 11-0 and is scheduled for 2nd reading
before Senate on Monday, March 29, 1999. As I understand the process, the
bill can then be voted on by the full Senate or sent back to Committee for
modification.
HB 1522 is 30 on a list of 85 bills and resolutions being considered by the
full Senate at a session scheduled to being at 1:30 P.M.
Once HB 1522 is passed by the Senate, because it was amended by the Senate,
it will have to go back to the House for ratification. (I've heard nothing
yet that might be a clue as to the House's reaction to the Senate's changes
to the bill.)
To fully understand the amendments to HB 1522, you need to print out the
House version and then print out the changes made by the Senate Committee.
You WILL need Adobe Acrobat on your system to do this, but the software is
free and available for download at
www.adobe.com.
(1) After Adobe Acrobat is installed on your system, go to:
http://www.state.in.us/legislative/bills/1999/PDF/IN/IN1522.1.pdf
and print out that PDF file. This is the final version as passed by
the House.
(2) Go to:
http://www.state.in.us/legislative/bills/1999/PDF/SCRP/CR152202.001.pdf
and print out that PDF file. In this way, you can easily determine
the changes
using the line numbers provided.
Another way is to check the links regarding HB 1522 found at:
http://www.state.in.us/cgi-bin/legislative/bills/completeBillInfo.perl?billn
um=1226
Lois