Indiana House Bill 1444 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-3)
Status: Passed on April 24 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-04-24 - Public Law 153
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Telecommunications. Specifies that a person that controls, directly or indirectly, a person that violates certain requirements concerning unlawful telephone solicitation (the "do not call" statute) is equally liable for the violation. Defines "caller" for purposes of the "do not call" statute. Defines "pecuniary loss" for purposes of an offense against computer users, and increases the penalty for an offense against computer users (including "ransomware" attacks) based on the pecuniary loss. Specifies that certain offenses against computer users are deceptive acts actionable by the attorney general.

Telecommunications. Specifies that a person that controls, directly or indirectly, a person that violates certain requirements concerning unlawful telephone solicitation (the "do not call" statute) is equally liable for the violation. Defines "caller" for purposes of the "do not call" statute. Defines "pecuniary loss" for purposes of an offense against computer users, and increases the penalty for an offense against computer users (including "ransomware" attacks) based on the pecuniary loss. Specifies that certain offenses against computer users are deceptive acts actionable by the attorney general.

Rep. Christopher Judy [R]	Rep. Ryan Dvorak [D]	Rep. Robert Morris [R]	Rep. Mike Speedy [R]
Rep. Donna Schaibley [R]	Sen. Andy Zay [R]	Sen. Blake Doriot [R]	Sen. Randall Head [R]
Sen. Brandt Hershman [R]	Sen. Greg Taylor [D]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]

2017-04-18 - House - House - House concurred in Senate amendments (Y: 88 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 11) [PASS]
2017-04-06 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2017-03-28 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-22 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 94 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2017-02-15 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-24	House	Public Law 153
2017-04-24	House	Signed by the Governor
2017-04-24	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2017-04-20	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2017-04-19	House	Signed by the Speaker
2017-04-18	House	House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 490: yeas 88, nays 0
2017-04-17	House	Motion to concur filed
2017-04-06	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2017-04-06	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 420: yeas 48, nays 0
2017-04-05	Senate	Amendment #1 (Hershman) prevailed; voice vote
2017-04-05	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2017-04-04	Senate	Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
2017-04-04	Senate	Senator Taylor G added as cosponsor
2017-03-30	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2017-03-28	Senate	Senator Hershman added as cosponsor
2017-02-27	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
2017-02-23	House	Referred to the Senate
2017-02-22	House	Representative Schaibley added as coauthor
2017-02-22	House	Rule 105.1 suspended
2017-02-22	House	Senate sponsors: Senators Zay, Doriot and Head
2017-02-22	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 200: yeas 94, nays 0
2017-02-21	House	Representatives Morris and Speedy added as coauthors
2017-02-21	House	Amendment #1 (Dvorak) prevailed; voice vote
2017-02-21	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2017-02-20	House	Representative Dvorak added as coauthor
2017-02-16	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2017-01-17	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2017-01-17	House	Authored by Representative Judy

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1444/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/a/a/b/daabe50e/HB1444.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/9/b/1/09b1180f/HB1444.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/3/4/0/03405d96/HB1444.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/d/5/7/cd575de1/HB1444.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/a/6/a/ba6a3b8f/HB1444.03.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/0/5/1/6051e35d/HB1444.03.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/e/4/2/ce42c422/HB1444.04.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/0/b/0/e0b0e737/HB1444.04.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/2/7/6/62762abb/HB1444.05.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/d/4/b/fd4bf007/HB1444.05.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/1/9/5/3195a682/HB1444.06.ENRS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/5/4/0/b5403778/HB1444.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/8/0/d/680d7ec7/HB1444.200.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/5/9/d/d59d417a/HB1444.03.ENGH.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/6/b/9/96b92150/HB1444.420.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/c/8/e/3c8ea58a/HB1444.490.pdf