Indiana 2025 Regular Session

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1		-	~~April 21~~, 2025
	1	+	March 11, 2025
2	2		SENATE CONCURRENT
3	3		RESOLUTION No. 24
4	4		DIGEST OF RESOLUTION
5	5		A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing pregnancy care
6	6		centers.
7		-	Raatz, Rogers, Young M
8		-	(HOUSE SPONSOR — DEVON)
	7	+	Raatz
9	8		March 3, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Family and Children Services.
10	9		March 10, 2025, reported favorably — Do Pass.
11		-	March 17, 2025, read second time, adopted. Yeas 39, nays 9.
12		-	HOUSE ACTION
13		-	March 24, 2025, read first time, adopted by voice vote.
14		-	March 25, 2025, returned to the Senate.
15		-	March 31, 2025, House motion to request return of improperly adopted resolution from the
16		-	Senate, adopted by voice vote.
17		-	April 21, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health.
18		-	SC 24—RC 1521/DI BB April 21, 2025
	10	+	SC 24—RC 1521/DI BB March 11, 2025
19	11		First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025)
20	12		SENATE CONCURRENT
21	13		RESOLUTION No. 24
22	14		1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing pregnancy
23	15		2 care centers.
24	16		3 Whereas, The life-affirming impact of pregnancy care
25	17		4 centers on the women, men, children, and communities they
26	18		5 serve is considerable and growing;
27	19		6 Whereas, More than 2,500 pregnancy care centers across
28	20		7 Indiana and the United States provide comprehensive care to
29	21		8 women and men facing unplanned pregnancies, including
30	22		9 resources to meet their physical, psychological, emotional, and
31	23		10 spiritual needs;
32	24		11 Whereas, Pregnancy care centers offer women confidential
33	25		12 and compassionate services, including pregnancy tests, peer
34	26		13 counseling, 24-hour telephone hotlines, childbirth and
35	27		14 parenting classes, and referrals to community health care
36	28		15 services, among other support services;
37	29		16 Whereas, Pregnancy care centers encourage women to
38	30		17 make positive life choices by equipping them with complete and
39	31		18 accurate information regarding their pregnancy options and
40	32		19 the development of their unborn children, including information
41	33		20 on adoption and adoption referrals and support and resources
42	34		21 for women;
43	35		22 Whereas, Pregnancy care centers provide women with
44	36		23 compassionate and confidential peer counseling in a
45	37		24 nonjudgmental manner regardless of their pregnancy outcomes
46	38		25 and ensure that women are receiving prenatal information and
47	39		SC 24—RC 1521/DI BB 2
48	40		1 services that lead to the birth of healthy infants;
49	41		2 Whereas, Both federal and state governments are
50	42		3 increasingly recognizing the valuable services of pregnancy
51	43		4 care centers through the designation of public funds for such
52	44		5 organizations; and
53	45		6 Whereas, Pregnancy care centers operate primarily
54	46		7 through reliance on the voluntary donations and time of
55	47		8 individuals who are committed to caring for the needs of
56	48		9 women while promoting and protecting life: Therefore,
57	49		10 Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly
58	50		11 of the State of Indiana, the House of Representatives
59	51		12 concurring:
60	52		13 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly strongly
61	53		14 supports pregnancy care centers in their unique, positive
62	54		15 contributions to the individual lives of women, men, and
63	55		16 babies--both born and unborn.
64	56		17 SECTION 2. That the Indiana General Assembly
65	57		18 commends the compassionate work of thousands of volunteers
66	58		19 and staff at pregnancy care centers in Indiana and across the
67	59		20 United States.
68	60		21 SECTION 3. That the Indiana General Assembly strongly
69	61		22 encourages the Congress of the United States and other federal
70	62		23 and state government agencies to grant pregnancy care centers
71	63		24 assistance for medical equipment and abstinence education in
72	64		25 a manner that does not compromise the mission or religious
73	65		26 integrity of these organizations.
74	66		27 SECTION 4. That the Indiana General Assembly
75	67		28 disapproves of the actions of any national, state, or local groups
76	68		29 attempting to prevent pregnancy care centers from effectively
77	69		30 serving women and men facing unplanned pregnancies.
78	70		31 SECTION 5. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed
79	71		32 to transmit copies of this Resolution to Senator Jeff Raatz for
80	72		33 distribution.
81	73		SC 24—RC 1521/DI BB 3
82	74		COMMITTEE REPORT
83	75		Mr. President: The Senate Committee on Family and Children
84	76		Services, to which was referred Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 24,
85	77		has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same
86	78		back to the Senate with the recommendation that said resolution DO
87	79		PASS.
88	80		(Reference is to SC 24 as introduced.)
89	81
90	82		WALKER G, Chairperson
91	83		Committee Vote: Yeas 6, Nays 2
92		-	_____
93		-	HOUSE MOTION
94		-	Mr. Speaker: Due to a clerical error on March 24, 2025, Senate
95		-	Concurrent Resolution 24 was improperly adopted after a deviation
96		-	from House internal procedures. Pursuant to Mason's Manual which
97		-	allows the Chief Legislative Officers to correct any errors that are
98		-	discovered, I move that the Principal Clerk of the House notify the
99		-	Senate of the error due to failure to comply with House internal
100		-	procedures and request the Senate refer Senate Concurrent Resolution
101		-	24 back to the House for appropriate action in compliance with House
102		-	internal procedures.
103		-	LEHMAN
104		-	_____
105		-	REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT
106		-	PRO TEMPORE
107		-	Mr. President: I hereby report that the Senate was notified by the
108		-	House that Senate Concurrent Resolution 24 was improperly adopted
109		-	by the House on March 24, 2025, due to a clerical error after a
110		-	deviation from House internal procedures. Mason's Manual of
111		-	Legislative Procedure states the Chief Legislative Officer has the right
112		-	to correct any errors that may be discovered that have resulted from the
113		-	work of the office of the chief legislative officer. In accordance with
114		-	this right, the Clerk of the House has requested the Senate refer Senate
115		-	SC 24—RC 1521/DI BB 4
116		-	Concurrent Resolution 24 back to the House for appropriate action in
117		-	compliance with House internal procedures and the Principal Secretary
118		-	was directed to refer Senate Concurrent Resolution 24 back to the
119		-	House on April 7, 2025.
120		-	BRAY
121	84		SC 24—RC 1521/DI BB