Indiana House Bill 1143 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-07 - First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
Pending: House Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requests for law enforcement at rental properties. Repeals a provision in the law governing landlord-tenant relations that does the following: (1) Prohibits a political subdivision from imposing certain penalties against a tenant, an owner, or a landlord for a contact made to request law enforcement or other emergency assistance for one or more rental units if: (1) the contact is made by or on behalf of: (A) a victim or potential victim of abuse; (B) a victim or potential victim of a crime; or (C) an individual in an emergency; and (2) certain conditions apply. (2) Provides that if: (A) a political subdivision imposes penalties for other types of contacts made to request law enforcement or other emergency assistance for rental units; and (B) a request for law enforcement or emergency assistance is made by a tenant; the penalty imposed must be assessed against the tenant and may not exceed $250.

Requests for law enforcement at rental properties.

Rep. Justin Moed [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-07	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
2021-01-07	House	Authored by Representative Moed

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1143/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/a/8/c/6a8c45a9/HB1143.01.INTR.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/0/c/6/b0c6fe76/HB1143.01.INTR.FN001.pdf