Senate Bill 0127 DST. The bill that was stripped to jam in Daylight Saving Time was passed by the Committee on Public Policy and Veterans Affairs. The lone Democrat to vote in favor of the amendment was Terri Austin (D-Anderson). The bill may yet pass, but given that there was just one Democrat voting in favor of the bill, the inevitability of passage seems a bit overstated. I can’t imagine any Republican would vote against the bill in committee because there has to be a lot of pressure on them to at least let it get to a floor vote. And it’s not inherently a Republican/Democratic issue, so expecting Democrats to act in lockstep would be unusual.
The floor vote should be interesting. I can’t imagine that Republicans from rural western parts of the state are all that excited to vote in favor of the bill. Indianapolis Democrats, on the other hand, might be inclined to go ahead and vote for it.
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