Indiana Senate Bill 31 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Passed on May 13 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-05-13 - Public Law 24
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Allows an indictment or information to be amended to include a habitual offender charge if the amendment is filed at least 30 days before trial. Permits such an amendment to be made at any time if it does not prejudice the substantial rights of the defendant. Provides that if an amendment is made less than 30 days before trial, the court shall grant a continuance to the: (1) state, for good cause shown; or (2) defendant, for any reason. (Current law provides that such an amendment of an indictment or information to include a habitual offender charge must be made: (1) not later than 10 days after the omnibus date; or (2) upon a showing of good cause, at any time before the trial.)

Habitual offender charge filing deadline.

Sen. Travis Holdman [R]

Sen. Randall Head [R]

Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]

Sen. Susan Glick [R]

2013-03-18 - House - House - Third reading: passed (Y: 93 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2013-01-24 - Senate - Senate - Third reading: passed (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-13	House	Public Law 24
2013-04-02	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2013-03-26	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2013-03-25	House	Signed by the Speaker
2013-03-21	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2013-03-18	House	Returned to the Senate without amendments
2013-03-18	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 271: yeas 93, nays 0
2013-03-14	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2013-03-11	House	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2013-02-26	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2013-01-24	Senate	Cosponsor: Rep. Friend
2013-01-24	Senate	House sponsor: Rep. McMillin
2013-01-24	Senate	Referred to the House
2013-01-24	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 12: yeas 47 and nays 0
2013-01-22	Senate	Senator Glick added as coauthor
2013-01-22	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2013-01-17	Senate	Senator Holdman added as second author
2013-01-10	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2013-01-10	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2013-01-07	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections & Criminal Law
2013-01-07	Senate	Authored by Senator Head

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2013&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=SB&docno=0031
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/IN/IN0031.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/SB/SB0031.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/ES/ES0031.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/SE/SE0031.1.html
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/PDF/Srollcal/0012.PDF.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/PDF/Hrollcal/0271.PDF.pdf