Indiana House Bill 1277 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-10 - 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: (A) the contact is made by or on behalf of: (i) a victim or potential victim of abuse; (ii) a victim or potential victim of a crime; or (iii) an individual in an emergency; and (B) 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
2022-01-10	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
2022-01-10	House	Authored by Representative Moed

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1277/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/5/b/6/55b6d72f/HB1277.01.INTR.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/b/e/f/8bef4a8f/HB1277.01.INTR.FN001.pdf