Indiana Senate Bill 385 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 25 2015 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-05 - First Reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
Pending: House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Murder sentencing; aggravating circumstance. Permits the state to seek the death penalty or a sentence of life without parole for a murder committed in a building primarily used for educational purposes if the murder is committed: (1) on school property or in a building owned by a post-secondary educational institution; and (2) at a time when children are likely to be present (for a building on school property) or classes are in session (for a building owned by a post-secondary educational institution). Authorizes the state to seek the death penalty or a sentence of life without parole for a murder

Murder sentencing; aggravating circumstance. Permits the state to seek the death penalty or a sentence of life without parole for a murder committed in a building primarily used for educational purposes if the murder is committed: (1) on school property or in a building owned by a post-secondary educational institution; and (2) at a time when children are likely to be present (for a building on school property) or classes are in session (for a building owned by a post-secondary educational institution). Authorizes the state to seek the death penalty or a sentence of life without parole for a murder

Sen. Brandt Hershman [R]	Sen. Brent Steele [R]	Sen. Patricia Miller [R]	Rep. Judson McMillin [R]
Rep. Randy Truitt [R]

2015-02-24 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 45 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-17 - Senate - Senate Committee on Corrections & Criminal Law - Committee Vote (Y: 7 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-05	House	First Reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2015-02-25	Senate	Referred to the House
2015-02-24	Senate	Representative Truitt added as cosponsor
2015-02-24	Senate	Representative McMillin added as sponsor
2015-02-24	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 243: yeas 45, nays 5
2015-02-23	Senate	Amendment #1 (Young R Michael) prevailed; voice vote
2015-02-23	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2015-02-19	Senate	Senator Miller, Pat added as third author
2015-02-19	Senate	Senator Steele added as second author
2015-02-19	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2015-01-22	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b) reassigned to committee on Corrections & Criminal Law
2015-01-12	Senate	First Reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2015-01-12	Senate	Authored by Senator Hershman

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/385/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/d/b/5/8db58017/SB0385.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/2/1/e/721e3a1e/SB0385.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/1/c/c/91ccd5be/SB0385.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/3/9/e/f39e238e/SB0385.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/c/3/6/4c3694bd/SB0385.03.ENGS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/e/9/b/ae9b3419/SB0385.01.INTR.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/b/a/6/6ba607f1/SB0385.243.pdf