Indiana Senate Bill 198 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 17 2021 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-03-09 - Representative Young J added as sponsor
Pending: House Rules and Legislative Procedures Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Rioting. Grants, until January 1, 2025, the attorney general concurrent jurisdiction with the prosecuting attorney to prosecute an action in which a person is accused of committing a criminal offense while a member of an unlawful assembly. Permits the chief executive officer of a political subdivision to establish a curfew under certain circumstances. Makes refusing to leave a location in violation of a curfew, after having been informed of the curfew and ordered to leave by a law enforcement officer, a Class B misdemeanor. Allows for the civil forfeiture of property that is used by a person to finance a crime committed by a person who is a member of an unlawful assembly. Prohibits a person from being released on bail without a hearing in open court, establishes a rebuttable presumption that money bail shall be required, and requires a court to consider whether bail conditions more stringent than the local guidelines should be imposed. Adds enhanced penalties to the crimes of: (1) rioting; and (2) obstruction of traffic. Allows a conspiracy charge for a misdemeanor committed while a member of an unlawful assembly. Provides that a person may recover actual damages in a civil action against a county, city, or town (unit) for loss of property proximately caused by an unlawful assembly, if the unit recklessly fails to exercise reasonable diligence to prevent or suppress the unlawful assembly.

Rioting.

Sen. Michael Young [R]	Sen. Ronald Grooms [R]	Sen. Eric Koch [R]	Sen. Aaron Freeman [R]
Sen. Mark Messmer [R]	Sen. Jack Sandlin [R]	Sen. James Buck [R]	Sen. John Crane [R]
Sen. Erin Houchin [R]	Sen. Dennis Kruse [R]	Sen. James Tomes [R]	Rep. John Young [R]

2021-02-16 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 37 N: 8 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2021-02-09 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-09	House	Representative Young J added as sponsor
2021-03-09	House	Representative Behning removed as sponsor
2021-03-04	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures
2021-02-17	Senate	Referred to the House
2021-02-16	Senate	Senator Tomes added as coauthor
2021-02-16	Senate	Senator Kruse added as coauthor
2021-02-16	Senate	Senator Houchin added as coauthor
2021-02-16	Senate	Senator Crane added as coauthor
2021-02-16	Senate	Senator Buck added as coauthor
2021-02-16	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Behning
2021-02-16	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 123: yeas 37, nays 8
2021-02-15	Senate	Senator Sandlin added as coauthor
2021-02-15	Senate	Senator Messmer added as coauthor
2021-02-15	Senate	Amendment #2 (Tallian) failed; voice vote
2021-02-15	Senate	Amendment #1 (Young M) prevailed; Division of the Senate: yeas 36, nays 8
2021-02-15	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2021-02-11	Senate	Senator Freeman added as coauthor
2021-02-11	Senate	Senator Koch added as third author
2021-02-11	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2021-01-25	Senate	Senator Grooms added as second author
2021-01-12	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
2021-01-12	Senate	Authored by Senator Young M

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/198/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/8/f/4/88f4a370/SB0198.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/5/8/1/5581b8c8/SB0198.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/3/0/f/030fe1ff/SB0198.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/d/4/a/1d4a7290/SB0198.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/0/f/7/00f7b4f6/SB0198.03.ENGS.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/b/2/6/0b26001b/SB0198.02.COMS.AMS001.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/b/d/5/6bd55dc1/SB0198.02.COMS.AMS002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/4/f/4/64f4a0a7/SB0198.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/e/a/e/5eae4b7b/SB0198.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/6/d/f/06df2c14/SB0198.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/b/5/5/1b554463/SB0198.03.ENGS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/e/4/3/1e436e22/SB0198.03.ENGS.FN002.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/c/c/a/bcca18c7/SB0198.01.INTR.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/2/5/9/d2598011/SB0198.123_S.pdf