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House committee debate highlights consent and command concerns over National Guard police-authority bill
Summary
Representative Bartels' bill to allow National Guard military police bridge training and clarify deployment language advanced out of committee despite concerns from members who asked for local consent provisions; debate centered on whether the bill changes the governor's existing authority to deploy the Guard for law-enforcement tasks.
House Bill 13‑43, sponsored by Representative Bartels, cleared the Ways and Means Committee after intensive debate over the scope of National Guard law‑enforcement authority and the proposed requirement that MPs receive bridge training in Indiana law.
Bartels framed the measure as largely fiscal and administrative: the bill would allow the Guard to provide bridge training so military police returning to Indiana could better understand state-specific…
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