Indiana Governor to Sign Several Bills, Including Pro-Gun Legislation

By BearingArms.com Staff

INDIANAPOLIS – (AP) Statehouse employees will be able to carry guns at the Statehouse, people with epilepsy will be able to use marijuana-derived oil as medicine and parents will see a modest increase in abortion notification rights when it comes to their minor children, under measures Gov. Eric Holcomb on Tuesday said he will sign into law.

The Indiana Republican announced his intention to act on some of the more controversial bills this session in a news conference as he took a victory lap for getting many of his priorities approved by the Legislature. Among those are an expansion of the state’s preschool pilot program and a comprehensive infrastructure funding plan.

“In January when I took office, I asked the General Assembly to provide me and the lieutenant governor with the tools necessary to govern aggressively,” Holcomb said. “… In short, the Legislature over delivered.”

He also made his first public comments on his request for a last-minute addition to the budget allowing anonymity for companies supplying lethal injection drugs.

The provision first appeared in a budget draft released early Friday and did not go through a committee process in either chamber. The commissioner of the Department of Corrections said in an earlier statement …Read the Rest

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