Bill to give Ball State control of Muncie schools dies in Indiana Legislature

The controversial House Bill 1315 was one of the final pieces of legislation scheduled to be heard in both chambers but did not make it to either floor before the midnight deadline.

Gov. Eric Holcomb issued an order to extend the session until 1 a.m. but Senate President Pro Tem David Long and House Speaker Brian Bosma adjourned anyway.

"I'm no happier than anyone else about this," Long said. " … I suggest we close up shop and not hear 1315 and move on. Things melted down on the other side as well."

He was uncertain about the legalities of proceeding past midnight.

Long went on to say "let's all accept the fact this was a rough finish," "this was not pretty sausage-making here at the end, no question about it," "take this as a lesson learned," and "you can't wait until the last minute and expect these things to get passed."

Moments earlier, Sen. Tim Lanane, D-Anderson, called extending the session past midnight "totally out of order" and suggested the Republican super-majority might as well just "stop the clock like in the old days. This is not right."