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Fast 2026 session opens with fights over Medicaid, utilities, school rules and redistricting fallout
Summary
Sen. Shelley Yoder and Rep. Matt Pierce told Bloomington-area listeners the 2026 Indiana legislative session will be compressed and consequential: GOP priorities include Senate Bill 1 (tighter Medicaid and SNAP rules), housing/zoning preemption and utility-rate changes; Democrats flagged medical-debt limits, child-care supports and a public-lands bill (SB67).
Sen. Shelley Yoder and Rep. Matt Pierce used a Jan. 10 legislative update to warn listeners the 2026 session will move fast and include high-stakes policy fights, from Medicaid eligibility to school rules.
“At this point, we are ready to get started,” the moderator said before Yoder opened with the Democratic caucus focus on “four pillars of affordability, primarily childcare, housing, health care, and utility rates.” She highlighted two early hearings: a medical-debt bill originally filed by Sen. Fedora (now carried by Sen.…
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