>> THE 11TH WEEK OF THE 100 22ND INDIANA GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS NOW COMPLETE, BUT WITH WORD THAT THIS LONG BUDGET SESSION WILL NOW BE A SHORTER ONE HOUSE AND SENATE LEADERSHIP HAVE ANNOUNCED THEIR INTENTION TO END LAWMAKERS WORK A WEEK EARLY.

SO THE PRESIDENT PRO TEM RODERICK BRAIN AND HOUSE SPEAKER TODD HOUSTON AGREED TO COMPLETE THEIR 2021 LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES BY APRIL 21ST INSTEAD OF THE STATUTORY DEADLINE OF APRIL 29TH THAT DECISION PUSHES BACK COMMITTEE REPORTED OPTIONS AT SECOND AND 3RD READING DEADLINES BY A WEEK.

AND SO THE QUESTION COMES UP, HOW IS A SHORTER SESSION BEING RECEIVED BY STATE LAWMAKERS.

WELL, WE GET TO ASK ONE OF THOSE LAWMAKERS THAT QUESTION AND A WHOLE LOT MORE.

AND ALSO TO FIND OUT IF THERE WOULD BE ANY IMPACT ON THAT CONDENSED TIME SCHEDULE WITH THE LEGISLATION THAT SNOW UNDER CONSIDERATION.

AND THAT'S THE TOPIC IN WELCOMING YOU TO TONIGHT'S PRIME TIME.

I'M BRUCE SAINTS WITH US THIS EVENING IS 14TH DISTRICT REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR DENNIS CREWS AND WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS DURING THE PROGRAM.

JUST CALL THE NUMBER THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN AND THROUGH THE MIRACLE OF TECHNOLOGY.

WE WIDEN OUT AND THERE'S THOSE.

GOOD EVENING, SIR.

HOW ARE YOU?

>> VERY GOOD TO BE ON THE PROGRAM TONIGHT.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AS ALWAYS.

IT WITH YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN STATE WHAT DOES A. CONDENSING OF CALENDARS DO FOR PROCESS OR DO TO PROCESS.

EVEN IF IT'S ONLY 7 DAYS IN THIS CASE.

>> WELL, IN THIS CASE IS GOING TO GIVE US ONE WEEK UL LESS FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET.

SO COMMITTEES HAD 5 SCHEDULE.

NOW THE HOUSE FOR SO THE MEDIA, THE BILLS THEY HAVE BEFORE THEM.

THEY HAVE TO GET DONE IN 4 WEEKS INSTEAD OF 5 WEEKS AND ACTUALLY JUST I THINK CRUNCH TIME COMES AND WHAT WE CALL THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEES, WHICH JENNER IS THE LAST 2 WEEKS OF SESSION THAT WILL BE CONDENSED DOWN TO MAYBE 8 OR 9 DAYS AND SO WE'LL HAVE LESS TIME FOR THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORTS WHICH IS A BILL THAT PASSES THE HOUSE AND SENATE ARE DIFFERENT FORMS, DIFFERENT WORDING.

YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THE SAME WORDING PASS THE HOUSE AND SENATE.

SO THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEES HAVE TO IRON OUT THOSE DIFFERENCES AND TRY TO COME UP TODAY.

COMPROMISE LANGUAGE OF THE MOST PEOPLE AGREE TO A RECENT JORDY.

AND SO THAT WILL BE SHORTENED TO 3 DAYS AND THAT'S TO ME, THAT'S NOT THE BEST FOR THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.

>> I KNOW COMMENTS HAVE FORWARD THAT THAT THE COVID AND THE THE CHANGES IN JUST THE LOGISTICS OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION MAY WELL HAVE.

HAD AN IMPACT ON THE NUMBER OF BILLS FOR CONSIDERATION THAT WE'RE IN THE 300, SIR.

SO I THINK AFTER THE MIDPOINT GOING INTO THE 2ND HALF OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

IT WOULD THE LOWER VOLUME OF BE SOMETHING THAT ALSO DROVE THE DECISION TO SEE IF IT COULD BE WRAPPED UP BY THE 21ST.

>> I DO.

I THINK THAT HAD AN INFLUENCE.

YES.

I THINK WITH FEWER WE WOULD NORMALLY WOULD HAVE MAYBE 1500 MORE LIKE LAST YEAR COMPARED TO THIS YEAR.

SO I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WERE CONSIDERING THAT IT WOULD NEED AS MUCH TIME FEWER BILLS.

BUT THE SOMETIMES TAKES 2 WEEKS TO GET A BILL OUT OF COMMITTEE.

SO YOU WANT TO HAVE A HEARING AND THAT PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE AMENDMENTS.

AND SO YOU GIVE THEM ANOTHER WEEK TO DO AMENDMENTS SO LITTLE DISCRETION A LITTLE BIT.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN ADAPT TO GET IT DONE.

OKAY.

BUT I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED STATE THROUGH APRIL 29TH MYSELF JUST TO GIVE US THE PROPER LENGTH OF TIME FOR THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

>> WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT HOW THOSE SPORTS AND POLITICS ARE MIXING IN INDIANAPOLIS.

I'M SURE ONE QUESTION WOULD COME UP.

A CASUAL OBSERVER MIGHT WANT TO KNOW.

CAN YOU MAKE LEGISLATION AND A 3 POINTER AT THE SAME TIME.

>> BE DIFFICULT TO DO A LOT OF TIME I THINK SEVERAL LEGISLATORS GO OVER TO THE INCIDENTALLY GAMES.

I HAVE DONE THAT THE PASS THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE LOW NUMBER TICKETS.

THEY'RE NOT OFFERING A CITY.

SO WHEN YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GO OVER TO WATCH.

THIS REPORT IS BEING SHOT IN THE COLLEGE TEAMS.

BUT WE HAVE PLENTY TO DO IN OUR SIDE.

BUT THERE'S A LOTS OF POLICE AND LOTS OF POLICE CARS DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS STRAIGHT ALL AROUND DOWNTOWN THERE FROM THE STATE HOUSE AND CONVENTION CENTER AND LUCAS OIL.

SO FULL OF POLICE PEOPLE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL PLAYERS AND COACHES AND FANS ARE SAFE.

RIGHT.

>> AND THE WELL, AS OTHER GAMES ARE BEING TEED YOUR SENATE RULES TEED UP SOMETHING WHICH HAS BEEN ON THE MINDS OF LAWMAKERS SINCE THE START OF THE SESSION.

>> REGARDING ITS ALL ROUND HOUSE BILL 1123, THIS IS ON EMERGENCY POWERS OF OF THE GOVERNOR.

YOU ARE ON.

YOU ARE ON THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE.

A BIG DECISION THIS WEEK.

TELL US ABOUT IT.

>> WELL, WE HAVE A SENATE BILL SENATE BILL FLORAL 7 THE DEALT WITH EMERGENCY POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR.

WE SENATE SENT IT TO THE HOUSE AND THE HOUSE PASSED 1123 AND SENT IT OVER TO THE SENATE.

AND SO WE DECIDED WE WE'RE AN 1123 TO 2 MEETINGS.

ONE WAS 4 HOURS IN THE ONE YESTERDAY WAS ABOUT AN HOUR LONG.

AND SO WE'VE GOT ABOUT 5 HOURS TIME ON 1123, WE PUT SOME AMENDMENTS IN AND PASS THE BILL OUT OF THE RULES COMMITTEE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THAT WILL GO BEFORE THE FULL SENATE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY FOR SECOND AND 3RD READINGS.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE BILL THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO PASS IN THE LONG FLORALS 7 WILL DIE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND WILL USE 1123.

IS THE BILL TO LIMIT THE EXECUTIVE POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR.

>> I'M GETTING A SENSE THAT SOME PARTS OF THE PASSAGE WERE CONNECTED TO SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS THEY CAME FORWARD IN THE BILL ORIGINALLY THE GOVERNOR WAS PROHIBITED.

FROM CHURCHES DURING A STATEWIDE EMERGENCY.

BUT THAT WAS REMOVED BECAUSE ANOTHER PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS COMING ALONG TO PICK THAT ANYTHING THAT HAS THAT STRUCK YOU IN THE IN THE DYNAMIC, IN THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE BILL DOES SEEM TO BE THE TURNING POINT FOR PASSAGE.

>> WELL, ACTUALLY LIKE THE WORDING BETTER THAN 1123.

AS IT CAME OVER FROM THE HOUSE.

BUT WE DO HAVE A SENATOR COOK FROM BETTER IN INDIANA, AUTHORED AND THAT PASSED THE SENATE AND THEY'RE HEARING THAT IN THE HOUSE AND THAT WILL THE BILL THAT CHURCHES AND WHAT THEY CAN DO DURING AN EMERGENCY ORDER.

SO WHAT WE HAD A LOT OF 23 WAS PRETTY STRONG.

THE GOVERNOR COULD DO NOTHING TO.

CONTROL CHURCHES AND THE BILL THE SENATE TO COOK HAS ACTUALLY SAYS THEY CAN'T DO ANYMORE TO THEY DO TO ANYBODY ELSE LOW IF CERTAIN BUSINESSES ARE ALLOWED TO STAY OPEN AND CHURCHES CAN STAY OPEN.

>> THIS ISN'T GOOD WEEK A LOT OF ACTIVITY IT HAS YOUR IMPRIMATUR YOUR PARTICIPANT ON THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE ON THURSDAY ON MONDAY.

SENATE BILL 2 IS VOTED AND CLEARS THIS ALLOWS FOR A SCHOOL FUNDING.

THE FIX FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER FOR K 12 THE YOU HELPED TO PUT THE BILL TOGETHER.

TELL US HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT PASSAGE.

>> WELL, I THINK IT'S A IF A SCHOOL OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL ON PURPOSE ON THEIR OWN PLANNING AND MORE THAN HALF OF THE SEMESTER BY VIRTUAL EDUCATION INSTEAD OF IN PERSON AND THEY ONLY GET 85% OF THE REGULAR FOUNDATION TUITION FROM THE STATE.

AND SO WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IT'S NOT THROUGH THEIR OWN RELIGION.

THEY DIDN'T TRY TO DO THIS, BUT DUE TO THE COVID 19 IN THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS AND THE SCHOOLS HAD MORE THAN HALF OF THE TIME.

MOST SCHOOLS HAD MORE THAN HALF OF THE SEMESTER VIRTUALLY SO THEY WOULD WANT TO GET 85% OF THEIR MONEY, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN PRETTY BAD FOR THE SCHOOL'S FINANCIALLY.

SO THE SENATE BILL 2 ACTUALLY MAKES HIM HOLDING IS A 100%.

EVEN IF SAID THEY HAD MORE THAN HALF OF THEIR DAYS IN VIRTUAL EDUCATION.

>> AND THAT I BELIEVE IS RETURNING ITSELF BACK TO THE SENATE AND ALL SEEMS WELL, THEN IT'S ON TO THE GOVERNOR JUST YES, JUST IN TIME.

APPARENTLY.

>> YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

>> IN LEGISLATION THAT IS OUT FOR CONSIDERATION.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FALL UNDER EDUCATION THAT YOU HAVE AUTHORED OR COAUTHORED.

AND WHEN YOU PUT FORWARD IN A RECENT AS A PART OF A QUESTION OF WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT PRIORITIZING CIVIC EDUCATION.

TELL US ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT.

>> WELL, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND I'VE GOT A COUPLE BILLS THAT HAVE PASSED INTO LAW.

THIS ONE IT IS BY REPRESENTATIVE TONY COOK NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS AREA NO, NOT QUITE NOBLES OVER AROUND THE CITY AND IT IS SAYS THAT IT TAKES A YEAR TO DEVELOP THE STANDARDS.

BUT THE 2223 SCHOOL YEAR.

THE JUNIOR HIGH OR MIDDLE SCHOOL.

6, 7, 3 STRAIGHT AHEAD.

SO THEY'LL LEARN ABOUT OUR THEY'RE NOT LEARNING NOW AT THAT LEVEL AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL AND THEN THEY'RE REQUIRED TO TAKE ONE SEMESTER OF GOVERNMENT IN HIGH SCHOOL AND ONE SEMESTER OF ECONOMICS.

SO I THINK WE HAVE THIS EXTRA YEAR IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT WILL PREPARE THEM BETTER FOR THEIR ONE SEMESTER OF HIGH SCHOOL.

AND I THINK IT'LL GROUP FOR THE BETTER FOR LIFE AND UNDERSTANDING HOW OUR GOVERNMENT WORKS AND WHY WAS CREATED WHITE EXIST.

WHY WE DO THINGS THE WAY WE DO SO WE CAN HAVE MORE INFORMED CITIZEN THAT CAN MAKE BETTER LET PEOPLE THAT WILL CARRY THE GOVERNMENT TO HAVE AND THAT WE LIKE IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> I UNDERSTAND THE BILL HAS PASSED OUT OF THE SENATE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.

AND IT'S NOW BACK IN THE HOUSE FOR THE NEXT STEP.

AND ALSO WITH US THAT WE SHOULD OPEN UP.

>> I THINK THAT WILL GO TO THE GOVERNOR IN MY PREDICTED TO BE THE GOVERNOR WOULD SIGN THE BILL WILL BECOME LAW.

OKAY.

>> COUPLE THE MEASURES WITH IT WHILE SEVERAL OTHER MEASURES WITH EDUCATION.

IT SEEMS SOME OF THEM FALL UNDER THE UMBRELLA THAT'S HARD TO YOU.

FIGURE SOMETIMES SIMPLY CALLED EDUCATION MATTERS WHEN YOU GO TO THE DIGEST.

BUT LET ME ASK THERE ARE SEVERAL.

SENATE BILL, ONE O 1 ONE 96 FOR 13.

BUT BEHIND THOSE NUMBERS, IT SEEMS THERE ARE DIFFERENT INITIATIVES ARE TAKING PLACE REGARDING EDUCATION AND I JUST WANT TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO YOU CALL OUT THE ONES THAT YOU FEEL ARE PARTICULAR INTEREST IN.

TELL US ABOUT.

>> I THINK ONE OF FULL SENATE BILL 4.12 IN 4.13 AT THE SAME BASIC INGREDIENTS.

IT ENOUGH HOUSE BILL.

10.

'05, HAD IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND IT LOOKS THE HOUSE WILL NOT HERE FOR 12 OR 13 AND THE CONTENTS OF CHANNEL 5.

WELL, MOST STAY IN EFFECT.

IT'S LIKE THAT THAT BILL HAS THAT SAME INFORMATION IS IN THE STATE BUDGET RIGHT NOW.

SO I THINK THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE IT WILL PROBABLY STAY IN THE BUDGET THAT BASICALLY EXPAND SCHOOL VOUCHERS STATE OF INDIANA HIGHER INCOME LEVELS AND A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF THE MONEY.

TO PARENTS WHO CHOOSE TO USE VOUCHERS IN THE STATE OF INDIANA.

AND IT ALSO HAS E EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND FOSTER KIDS.

SO IF YOU HAVE A CHILD IS DISABILITIES.

YOU'D BE ABLE TO UPTON TO A PROGRAM WHERE YOU CAN TAKE THE MONEY AND SAYS THE STATE'S $10,000 AND YOU CAN ONLY A 4TH OF THAT EACH QUARTER'S YOU HAVE $2500 EACH OR 3 MONTHS AND THEN YOU CAN SPEND THAT ON AN APPROVED LIST OF VENDORS AT THE HEART OF EDUCATION WOULD APPROVE SO YOU CAN HAVE YOUR DISABILITY SHOW.

GET THE SERVICE YOU THINK IS BEST FOR THEM.

>> THERE WITHIN ONE 86 A REFERENCE TO A DIFFERENT PATH TO SATISFYING SOME OF THE CORE 40 REQUIREMENTS ALLOWS EDUCATORS TO PERHAPS TAKE A ROAD LESS TRAVELED OR FOR STUDENTS TO TAKE A DIFFERENT PATH, BUT STILL ACHIEVE THE SAME ENDS.

>> YES.

IS THAT THE ONE THAT DEALS WITH WHAT WE CALL THE ACCESS.

YES, OF COURSE, ACT.

THAT'S YES.

SO IF YOU'RE AT A SCHOOL IT'S A SMALLER SCHOOL LIKE CURRY HEIGHTS UP BY IT WAS A VANDAL.

THERE ARE SMALLER SCHOOL AND THEY ARE HAMILTON'S EVEN SMALL HAMILTON'S A SMALL SCHOOL IN OUR AREA.

SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO TAKE AN ADVANCED CALCULUS CLASS HAMILTON.

DOES IT OFFER THAT CLASS.

BUT THE STUDENT IS GOOD AT MATH.

HE LIKED ADVANCE IN THAT AREA.

AND SO THIS WOULD ALLOW THAT STUDENT TO GO TO ANOTHER SCHOOL OR HAVE AN ONLINE SCHOOL AND THE HOME SCHOOL WHICH WOULD BE HAMILTON IN THIS CASE.

THEY WOULD PAY THE EXTRA 2, WHICH JENNER EXTRA COSTS THAT WOULD TAKE FOR THEIR STUDENTS.

GET A CLASS THAT THEY DON'T OFFER THAT THEY WANT TO GET SOME OTHER SCHOOL.

IT DOES OFFER THAT CLASS.

>> IT SEEMS THAT SUMMER WILL BE A SEASON WHERE CLASSES WILL BE AN EXTRA AS THERE'S CONCERN ABOUT COVID-19 LEARNING LOSS AND THE HOUSE BILL.

10, '08, IS IS IS ONE OF THOSE APPROACHES THE BUDGET IS CARVING OUT A 150 MILLION TO SUPPORT THAT.

CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE CONTEXT ON ON THAT WAS TAKING PLACE THERE.

YEAH, I THINK MOST TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS ARE SAYING THAT STUDENTS ARE NOT LEARNING AS MUCH LAST YEAR.

>> AS IT DID THE YEAR BEFORE WHEN THEY ARE IN CLASS BEFORE COVID STARTED.

AND SO WE THINK THERE COULD BE A LOT OF SOME PEOPLE THAT IT COULD BE 50% LOSS.

75% MAYBE FOR 30%, WHATEVER IT IS.

I THINK MOST PEOPLE AGREE THAT THERE WILL BE A LOSS OF LEARNING DUE TO COVID-19.

AND SO WE'RE GETTING EXTRA MONEY.

SO STUDENTS WHO GO TO SUMMER SCHOOL AND GET EXTRA CLASSES AND GET UP TO SPEED A LITTLE BETTER AND LEARN SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT THEY DIDN'T LEARN DURING THE COVID TIME IN THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL.

SOME KIDS DON'T LEARN IS GOOD.

HERSCHEL SCHOOL.

THEIR PARENTS STILL FACE CLOSE ATTENTION.

SO SOMETIMES AND SO THE STUDENTS ARE LOSING SOME OF THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY WOULD NORMALLY AGAIN.

SO HOPEFULLY BY HAVING THIS EXTRA MONEY PUT IN.

THEY CAN HAVE CLASSES THIS SUMMER THAT WILL HELP THEM PREPARE AND HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY BACK IN SCHOOL IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR THAT FALL FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER, THE FULL YEAR.

>> THAT'S A GOOD SEGUE TO YET ANOTHER PIECE OF THAT MAKES ME HAVING GROWN UP OUT EAST.

OFTEN THE FALL TERM WOULD NOT BEGIN UNTIL THE WEDNESDAY AFTER LABOR DAY AND THERE WOULD STUDENTS WHO WORK IN MICHIGAN.

I UNDERSTAND THAT IT MIGHT BE ANOTHER STATE SCHOOL BEGINS AFTER LABOR DAY WEEKEND.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT PROSPECTS OF A.

THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL A SCHOOL CALENDAR FILSON.

>> WELL, THE BILL IN THE SENATE ORIGINALLY OFFERED THE BILLS TO HAVE SCHOOL START AFTER THE DAY AFTER LABOR DAY.

SO THIS GUY SHOULD BE TUESDAY IN MICHIGAN.

THEY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AND THEY START AFTER LABOR DAY WEEKEND AND THEY ARE GETTING ALONG.

THEY'VE DONE IT FOR YEARS.

I THINK THEY'RE 8 OR 9 OTHER STATES THAT STILL HAVE THE UNITED STATES.

AND SO I THINK IN THE END IT COULD DO THE SAME THING.

I THINK WE COULD GET ALONG AND EVERYBODY COULD BE IN THE SAME SCHEDULE THAT WAY.

AND I THINK CHALLENGES THAT MATCHUP ATHLETIC EVENTS AND SOCIALS.

SO NOW WE HAVE TO 3 LEAD TO DIFFERENCES.

SOME OF THE START DATES IN THE AREA.

AND WHEN SCHOOL STARTS ICING COULD BE BETTER.

AND IN AUGUST AS THE BEST OUTDOOR MONTH OF THE YEAR.

YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE GOING BOATING SWIMMING AND HUNTING FISHING AND TAKING VACATIONS AND DO IT.

ALTHOUGH ONE OF THOSE THINGS OUTSIDE NOW THE SCHOOLS ARE INSIDE.

IT'S HOT IN AUGUST.

AND SO NOW WE'VE GOT AIR CONDITIONING.

SO GET MORE UTILITY BILLS FOR SCHOOL.

CORPORATIONS HAVE TO PAY AIR CONDITION.

THE SCHOOLS IN AUGUST.

AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE AIR CONDITION.

THE KIDS ARE REALLY HOT AND SWEATY THEM DURING THAT TIME.

BUT.

IS ALSO THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS WHO GET SUMMER JOBS.

AND I THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD FOR HIGH SCHOOL TYPICALLY TO HAVE A GOOD SUMMER JOB AND BE ABLE TO WORKS A FULL 3 MINUTES WOULD BE IDEAL ABLE TO EARN MONEY LEARNED TO GO TO WORK ON TIME AND LISTEN TO INSTRUCTIONS AND DO A GOOD JOB FOR THE EMPLOYER.

AND SO OUR KIDS ARE LOSING OUT ON A FULL WORK SUMMER AS WELL.

>> AND SO THIS TOPIC WOULD BE ASSIGNED TO A SUMMER STUDY COMMITTEE WHICH TAKES US BACK TO THE CIVICS LESSON THAT I DID NOT HAVE AGAIN BECAUSE I HAD THE PENNSYLVANIA VERSION.

BUT NEVERTHELESS ON THE STUDY COMMITTEE SIDE OF IT.

WHAT IS THE MECHANIC PUT THE MECHANICAL PLAN FOR, IF YOU WILL, FOR SUMMER STUDY COMMITTEE.

WALK US THROUGH WHAT THAT MEANS AND HOW, IF YOU WILL IT SOMETHING THAT STARTS US AN IDEA OF THE COMMITTEE MAY ACTUALLY BECOME A BILL ON THE FLOOR.

>> SO IN THE LAST 2, 3, YEARS.

WE DEVELOPED.

PROTOCOL WORK.

WHEN YOU HAVE A STUDY COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, WHICH IS MADE UP OF 15 LEGISLATIVE LEADERS, HOUSE AND SENATE REPUBLICAN.

THE RATS THEY TEESSIDE ACTUALLY WHAT COPS GET ASSIGNED TO STUDY COMMITTEE.

SO EVEN THOUGH I HAVE THIS BILL IS BEING IS BEING RECOMMENDED.

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HERE.

THAT'S THEIR DECISION AND WHETHER THEY DO OR NOT IS UP TO THEM.

AND THEY USUALLY DO THAT INMATES OF FIRST OF JUNE AND THEN KNOW REALLY, YOU HAVE 3 PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT MAY LAST WHEN OUR TO 4 HOURS EACH.

IT'S A TYPICALLY 2 HOURS IS AN STUDY COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEARING TIME SEE STUDY MORE AND DEATH ISSUE THAT YOU CAN'T QUITE SPEND THAT MUCH TIME TO DEVISE A SESSION ON ONE ISSUE.

SO HELP YOU SORT OUT WHAT LAWMAKERS LIKE TO GET HERE MORE PROS AND CONS AND COME UP WITH A REPORT.

SO EACH STUDY COMMITTEE THAT HAS A REPORT THEY GIVE TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 150 OF US.

AND THEN WE CAN LOOK THAT OVER AND DECIDE IF WE WANT TO.

SUE THAT LEGISLATION IN THE NEXT GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHICH STARTS NEXT JANUARY.

>> IN THIS MAY HAVE ALSO BEEN A STUDY COMMITTEE IDEA.

AT ONE POINT SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT GET MUCH DISCUSSION THIS IDEA THAT I'VE THAT IS STILL ALIVE AFTER THE MIDPOINT OF THE SESSION.

SENATE BILL ONE YOU'VE CO OUT THERE THIS ONE.

AND IT'S THE CONCEPT IS ON RENAMING CITIES.

I'LL SIT BACK AND LISTEN.

WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS IF YOU WILL, A THING.

>> WELL, THE MAINS SAY THAT PROMPTED THIS VISIT AFIS ITSELF OUR CAPITAL CITY IN INDIANAPOLIS IS KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD.

IN PARTICULAR FOR THE INDY 500 STATE SENATOR FROM BE TERRIBLE.

IF SOMETHING SOMEBODY WONDER RENAME INDIANAPOLIS, A DIFFERENT CITY LIKE MARIAN CITIES IN MARION COUNTY.

BUT YOU KNOW, THEY THEY US.

SO THAT WOULD BE GOOD IF YOU HAVE A CERTAIN SIZE CITY.

AND IF YOU GET THE SIZE OF THAT OF US.

FORGET THIS 15,000 PEOPLE OR WHATEVER.

IT'S BIGGER THAN THAT.

AND YOU CAN REMAIN YOUR CITY.

HAVE TO KEEP YOUR NAME.

AND YOU KNOW, NOW WE HAVE CITIES THAT ARE 100, 200 YEARS OLD.

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE SAD IF PEOPLE CHANGE THE NAME AND YOU GOT MAPS AND ADDRESSES AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS BUILT AROUND THAT AND I SAID TO BE GOOD TO KEEP THE NAME.

>> INTERESTING WILL WILL FOLLOW VISIT THIS.

A BREATH OF ACTIVITY GOING ON.

OF COURSE, EVERY 10 THE SESSION COMES TOGETHER.

IN AND AROUND THE SESSION HAS BEEN OUR CONCERNS FOR COVID SENATOR DOUG US ONLINE TO HE HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU.

DOUG.

WELCOME TO PRIME TIME.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

>> SAY THANKS FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING FOR YOU.

YOU AND I GUARANTEE I'M NOT TRYING TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE INDIANAPOLIS >> A GOOD.

WHY DON'T YOU TURN TO SPILL A LITTLE OF YOUR OWN.

NOW A JUROR IDEA ON THIS VACCINE.

WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT.

IT'S IS IT SAFE.

WHY ARE SO THE PEOPLE.

WHAT ACTUALLY IS IN IT.

WHY DIDN'T THEY TAKE TIME TO EXPLAIN THE PEOPLE.

WHAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN THAT.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT MAYBE IS WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE JUST.

A LITTLE HESITANT ABOUT GETTING THAT THEY WERE NEVER EXPLAINED WHAT IS IN IT AND CHEMICALLY WHAT EFFECTS IT WILL HAVE ON A PERSON'S ANATOMY.

SO THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND GOOD NIGHT.

>> WELL, THE SENATE BILL 74, WHICH SHOWS A BILL THAT SAID NO EMPLOYER COULD REQUIRE ANY EMPLOYEE TO TAKE IT BACK.

SOME NATION.

IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE A VACCINATION.

YOU'D HAVE TO DO IT.

THAT BILL HAD ENOUGH OF THOSE TO GO TO COMMITTEE ON THE DAY THE COMMITTEE THAT AFTER THE COMMITTEE WAS OVER, ONE OF THE PEOPLE DROPPED OFF AND I DID HAVE SAID NEEDED 6 AND THEN LATER ON ANOTHER ONE DROPPED ALSO HAD 4 I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THAT BILL PASSED OUT OF COMMITTEE.

SO THAT DIED, THE SESSION.

BUT I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING PROBLEMS.

WE SAID ONE OF THE FORMER BOXING CHAMPION STARTED LAST WEEK AS A RESULT OF THE COVID-19 SHOT THAT HE TOOK.

AND I THINK THERE IS A GOOD NUMBER OF PEOPLE SOME OF THE LEGISLATORS HAVE PROBLEMS AFTER THEY TOOK THE SHOTS SO I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS ARE OUT THERE DO THESE TEXAN AGES BECAUSE THEY WERE THEN PRETTY FAST AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GETTING VETTED IN PEOPLE'S LIVES AND IN OUR HUMAN BODY AND SO I THINK THERE IS MERIT FOR SOME PEOPLE, BUT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT.

IT LIKE THE IDEA.

I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE TO SO THEY GOT SHOULD BE AN INDIVIDUAL CHOICE AND THE GOVERNMENT CAN ENCOURAGE THAT THEY CAN ASK US TO DO IT, BUT THEY SHOULD NOT FORCE US TO DO.

>> DOUG, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CALL.

IN SOME OF THE CLOSING MINUTES.

WE HAVE SENATOR WATERSON OTHER BILLS THAT YOU'RE TO SEE HOW THERE, OF COURSE, BEING TRAVELED HERE IN THE IN THESE CLOSING WEEKS.

>> 1, ONE BILL HOUSE BILL 1313, WHICH DEALS WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO.

GOT MAYBE A CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANTS FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

MAYBE THEY GOT SOME OF ITS KIND.

A LITTLE.

I DON'T KNOW.

THE DEPLOYMENT OF SOME KIND BUT ACADEMIC DIPLOMA.

AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THOSE.

I THINK THERE'S LIKE 17,000 OF THOSE PEOPLE OUT AROUND IN INDIANA WHO REALLY HAVE NOT HAD SOME TYPE OF THE COMPLETION ON THERE HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION.

SO THIS BILL WOULD ALLOW US TO STILL FIND THOSE PEOPLE THE BEST WE CAN AND SEE IF THEY'RE STILL IN INDIANA.

SEE IF THEY'RE STILL ALIVE AND FUNCTIONING AND GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL TRAINING SO THAT THEY CAN FIND A MEANINGFUL JOB IN THEIR LIFE.

A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE SOME MENTAL DISABILITIES AND PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, BUT THEY CAN DO SOMETHING SO THEY CAN SORT PART TO.

THEY COULD PUT THINGS IN A BAG.

EACH DAY.

AND SO WE LIKE THIS GET THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY'RE A LOT OF THEM ARE TAXPAYERS ARE HELPING SOME THEIR LIVELIHOOD.

SO BE GOOD IF THEY COULD BE PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS AND GET OUT AND GET A JOB.

GET A PAYMENT INSTEAD OF US PAYING THEM AS TAXPAYERS TO HELP KEEP THEM AND THEY COULD ACTUALLY TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES AND A LOT OF FAMILIES LIKE THAT IDEA AS WELL.

RIGHT.

>> ONE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE HAD COME UP THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE SESSION DEALS WITH ANOTHER ONE BUILT OUT THE STATE'S PORTFOLIO, I GUESS A LITTLE BIT AND I WONDERED WHAT YOU CAN TELL US ABOUT THE STATUS OF SENATE BILL 97 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS POPCORN BEING PROPOSED AS THE OFFICIAL SNACK OF INDIANA.

>> THAT WAS INTRODUCED IN THE STATE SENATE AND IT PASSED THE STATE SENATE AND HAS SENT OVER TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

AND I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT THEY HAVE SET A PUBLIC HEARING IN THE COMMITTEE IN THE HOUSE AND THAT YET.

I DON'T KNOW I SHOULDN'T.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE OR HAVE NOT, I WOULD HOPE THEY WOULD GO AHEAD AND PASS IT THROUGH BECAUSE INDIANA IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST STEP UP TO THE UNITED STATES.

AND I THINK EVERYBODY LIKES POPCORN OR THEY COULD BE GOOD THROUGH THE END OF THE HAVE A FAVORITE SNACK BEING POPCORN.

>> IT GOES WITH EVERYTHING ON TELEVISION FROM PUBLIC AFFAIRS SHOWS TO SPORTING EVENTS AND WILL HAVE A LOT OF THOSE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

THE SENATOR DOES CRUZ 14TH DISTRICT REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR, FOR BEING A PART OF PRIME TIME TONIGHT.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

AND HERE NEXT WEEK WE WILL BE JOINED BY STATE REPRESENTATIVES BEN SMALLS AND DAN LEONARD AND WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US AT 7.30 AS WELL FOR THAT IS PRIME TIME CONTINUES FOR ALL OF US WITH THE SHOW.

>> I'M AND THANKS FOR WATCHING.

TAKE CARE.

WE'LL SEE YOU SOON.