State Senate Passes Tax Caps, Other Bills

The Indiana Senate passed several bills yesterday that now move to the House for consideration, including some related to the Governor’s property tax reform plan. The Senate has passed a bill to phase in limits on property tax bills in Indiana. It also approved a resolution to begin the process of amending the state constitution to include those caps. Another bill the state Senate passed yesterday would shift property tax assessment from township officials to the counties. It would apply in most townships that have fewer than 15,000 parcels to assess. The Senate also approved a constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage and passed a bill to let pharmacists deny customers prescriptions they believe cause abortions.