When Indiana’s part-time legislature is not in session, lawmakers are assigned to interim study committees that meet to review the state’s top issues, which are identified by the General Assembly during the prior legislative session.
Study committee topics are assigned by the bipartisan Legislative Council, comprised of 16 voting members — eight from the Senate and eight from the House of Representatives.
A few areas of focus the Council decided to examine this summer are ISTEP testing, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, legislative and congressional redistricting, and mental-health illnesses that lead to teen suicide.
These topics will be discussed in their assigned summer committees, which are made up of lawmakers from both chambers.
State Senator Randy Head will be serving on the following study committees, councils and commissions during the summer and fall months to help prepare for the 2016 session of the General Assembly: Interim Study Committee on Courts and the Judiciary, Interim Study Committee on Energy, Utilities, and Telecommunications, Native American Indian Affairs Commission and Military Base Planning Council.
For the complete list of study topics, click here.
