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Senate Bill 198 originally covered controlled substances in penal facilities. In late March, the bill was amended by the House Committee on Courts and Criminal Code. Indiana was one of five states without hate crimes legislation. Governor Holcomb began to push to get Indiana off that list last year, when Nazi graffiti was found outside a Carmel synagogue. Opinions are …

Businesses and community leaders spoke out against the latest version of Indiana’s proposed hate crimes bill, after an amendment in the state senate deleted two-thirds of the proposed legislation. That amendment gutted protections for race, religion, age, sexual orientation and gender identity, among others. Indiana sits on a list of 5 states who do not have a hate crimes bill …

State Senate Republicans passed an amendment to Indiana’s leading Hate Crimes Bill, yesterday evening. Republican State Senators voted to pass an amendment to Senate Bill 12, which deleted two-thirds of the proposed hate crimes bill; The original 21 page document was cut down to just seven pages, after the State Senate Republicans voted to pass an amendment gutting the bill. …

This morning, the Indiana legislature took one step closer to passing a Hate Crimes Bill, when the Senate Committee on Public Policy passed Senate Bill 12. Authored by State Senator (R-LaPorte) Mike Bohacek and State Senator (R-Lafayette) Ron Alting, SB 12 comes after Gov. Eric Holcomb urged the passage of a hate crimes bill last year, after a synagogue was …