Indiana Senate Bill 161 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: Passed on May 4 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-04 - Public Law 172
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Unlawful surveillance. Adds a prohibition against using a tracking device to the list of conditions a court may impose when issuing a protection order. Increases the penalty for stalking to a Level 5 felony if the offense is committed by means of a tracking device. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally places a tracking device on an individual or the individual's property without the individual's knowledge or consent commits unlawful surveillance, a Class A misdemeanor, unless certain exceptions apply, and increases the penalty to a Level 6 felony if the person is the subject of a protective order or has certain prior convictions. Establishes a sentence enhancement if a person uses a tracking device to commit or facilitate the commission of a crime.

Unlawful surveillance.

Sen. Michael Crider [R]	Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R]	Sen. Michael Young [R]	Sen. Vaneta Becker [R]
Sen. John Crane [R]	Rep. Wendy McNamara [R]	Rep. Gerald Torr [R]	Rep. Mitch Gore [D]

2023-04-24 - Senate - Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 45 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-24 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 92 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2023-03-28 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 95 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2023-02-28 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-04	Senate	Public Law 172
2023-05-04	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2023-05-01	House	Signed by the Speaker
2023-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2023-04-25	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2023-04-24	Senate	Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 468: yeas 45, nays 0
2023-04-24	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 475: yeas 92, nays 0
2023-04-20	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2023-04-20	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2023-04-18	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Pol, Charbonneau and Crane
2023-04-18	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Crider and Taylor G
2023-04-14	House	House advisors appointed: Torr, Meltzer, Hatcher and Pierce M
2023-04-14	House	House conferees appointed: McNamara and Gore
2023-04-13	Senate	Senate dissented from House amendments
2023-04-12	Senate	Motion to dissent filed
2023-04-10	Senate	Concurrence withdrawn
2023-04-03	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2023-03-29	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2023-03-28	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 311: yeas 95, nays 1
2023-03-27	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2023-03-27	House	Amendment #1 (McNamara) prevailed; voice vote
2023-03-23	House	Representative Gore M added as cosponsor
2023-03-23	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-03-06	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2023-03-01	Senate	Referred to the House
2023-02-28	Senate	Senator Crane added as coauthor
2023-02-28	Senate	Senator Becker added as coauthor
2023-02-28	Senate	Cosponsor: Representative Torr
2023-02-28	Senate	House sponsor: Representative McNamara
2023-02-28	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 186: yeas 49, nays 0
2023-02-27	Senate	Senator Young M added as third author
2023-02-27	Senate	Senator Charbonneau added as second author
2023-02-27	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2023-02-27	Senate	Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote
2023-02-23	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-01-09	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
2023-01-09	Senate	Authored by Senator Crider

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/161/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/161/#1.INTR
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/161/#2.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/161/#3.ENGS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/161/#4.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/161/#5.ENGH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/161/#6.ENRH
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/161/#S186
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/161/#H311
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/161/#H475
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/161/#S468