Indiana Senate Bill 141 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-08 - First Reading: Referred to Rules and Legislative Procedure
Pending: Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides that any act, decree, injunction, law, opinion, order, rule, regulation, or statute of any branch of the federal government found by the general assembly to be inconsistent with the power granted to the federal government in the Constitution of the United States is void in Indiana. Provides that a resident of Indiana has a cause of action to enjoin the enforcement or implementation or the attempted enforcement or implementation of a federal act, decree, injunction, law, opinion, order, rule, regulation, or statute declared void by the general assembly. Provides that a plaintiff who prevails in such an action is entitled to reasonable attorney's fees and costs. Removes a statement that the common law of England and certain statutes of the British Parliament are governing Indiana law. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally implements or enforces, or attempts to implement or enforce, a federal law that is declared void by the general assembly commits a Level 6 felony.

Applicability of federal law in Indiana.

Sen. Michael Delph [R]

Sen. Philip Boots [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-08	Senate	First Reading: Referred to Rules and Legislative Procedure
2014-01-08	Senate	Authored by Senator Delph and Boots.

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2014/bills/senate/141/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/5/1/b/751b60f3/SB0141.01.INTR.pdf