INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WOWO): ISTEP, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and redistricting are among more than 40 topics assigned to legislative study committees this summer.

Legislators will review the topics in this year‘s session, like needle exchange programs, and some they deliberately put off for more study, like replacing ISTEP with a shorter test. House Speaker Brian Bosma (R-Indianapolis) says the ISTEP review will be of particular interest, and state needs to rein in the number of hours students spend on testing.

Legislators will also review whether the state smoking ban should be extended to bars and casinos, although Bosma says he has doubts whether a bill to that effect would advance.

The Public Policy study committee will also review the potential impact of a cigarette tax increase on smoking rates and how much money it would raise, and whether cigarette regulations and taxes should apply to vaping.

Senate Minority Leader Tim Lanane (D-Anderson) says he‘s “frustrated” legislators won‘t study the addition of sexual orientation to Indiana‘s anti-discrimination laws. Bosma says the issue will be talked about even without a formal study.