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Gov. Eric Holcomb has signed into law legislation that would alter the discipline process for the Indiana National Guard, including stripping members of the ability to request a court martial.
House Enrolled Act 1076 will now allow the adjutant general of the Indiana National Guard to convene a court martial, which previously only the governor could do. It also removes a provision allowing commanding officers to order a member of the Guard to be confined under correctional custody for no more than eight days, and makes changes to the disciplinary punishment an officer may impose.
Most significantly, HEA 1076 removes the ability of Guard members to demand a trial by court martial in lieu of nonjudicial punishment. That provision sparked the most ire, but proponents said the move was a matter of limited resources.
A twin bill in the Senate would have imposed the same changes.
HEA 1076 will go into effect July 1.
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