Indiana Senate Bill 304 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 20 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-26 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
Pending: House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

Intimidation. Provides that a person who communicates a threat: (1) with the intent of causing a person to engage in conduct against the person's will; (2) as retaliation for a prior lawful act; or (3) and places another person in the fear that certain threats will be carried out; commits intimidation, a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that the offense is a Level 6 felony if the threat is based on the person's occupation or relates to an act taken within the scope of the person's occupation, and increases the penalty to a Level 5 felony if the threat is to commit terrorism or is made in furtherance of an act of terrorism.

Intimidation. Provides that a person who communicates a threat: (1) with the intent of causing a person to engage in conduct against the person's will; (2) as retaliation for a prior lawful act; or (3) and places another person in the fear that certain threats will be carried out; commits intimidation, a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that the offense is a Level 6 felony if the threat is based on the person's occupation or relates to an act taken within the scope of the person's occupation, and increases the penalty to a Level 5 felony if the threat is to commit terrorism or is made in furtherance of an act of terrorism.

Sen. Eric Koch [R]	Sen. Michael Crider [R]	Sen. Aaron Freeman [R]	Sen. Susan Glick [R]
Sen. Jack Sandlin [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Rep. Wendy McNamara [R]	Rep. Ronald Bacon [R]

2019-02-19 - Senate - Third reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 9 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-02-12 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-26	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2019-02-20	Senate	Referred to the House
2019-02-19	Senate	Cosponsor: Representative Bacon
2019-02-19	Senate	House sponsor: Representative McNamara
2019-02-19	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 156: yeas 40, nays 0
2019-02-18	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2019-02-14	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2019-02-12	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2019-01-24	Senate	Senator Sandlin added as coauthor
2019-01-24	Senate	Senator Glick added as coauthor
2019-01-24	Senate	Senator Freeman added as third author
2019-01-24	Senate	Senator Crider added as second author
2019-01-07	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
2019-01-07	Senate	Authored by Senator Koch

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/304/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/e/c/4/aec48e28/SB0304.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/d/3/5/dd358e57/SB0304.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/0/8/7/80875875/SB0304.02.COMS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/5/5/7/a557a6e7/SB0304.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/6/d/e/f6de2bec/SB0304.156.pdf