The Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law heard Sen. Freeman’s SB 238 on the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute expanding grant funding beyond the county and state governments, removing duplicate and nonexistent funding, and abolishing certain programs within the institute.
Representatives of the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute and Indiana Coalition to End Sexual Assault testified in support of the bill. The bill was amended by consent to delete two sentences referencing an obsolete provision. The amended bill passed 8-0.
Read the bill here: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/238