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IN SB0184

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/3/2019

Primary Sponsor

Eddie Melton

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Origin

Senate

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires all members of the general assembly, state officers, judicial officers, and employees of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches to complete 3 hours of diversity training

  • Training programs must be developed by November 1, 2019, by the legislative council (legislative branch), state personnel department director (executive branch), and chief administrative officer of judicial administration (judicial branch)

  • Current employees and officers as of January 1, 2020 must complete training by July 1, 2020; new hires must complete training within 6 months of starting their position

  • Training must cover federal and Indiana anti-discrimination statutes, remedies for discrimination victims, standards for serving diverse populations, and strategies for addressing differences in diverse work environments

  • Excludes state educational institutions, political subdivisions, and local-level judicial employees such as county judges, prosecutors, public defenders, and circuit court clerks

Legislative Description

Diversity training for state employees. Requires the legislative council, the director of the state personnel department, and the chief administrative officer of the office of judicial administration to develop diversity training programs for their respective branches of state government. Requires each member of the general assembly, each state officer, each judicial officer, and each employee of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of state government to complete three hours of diversity training. Specifies the deadlines for developing and completing the training. Specifies the information that must be provided in the training. Authorizes the use of an online training system.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

1/3/2019

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/3/2019

Full Bill Text

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