Indiana Senate Bill 347 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)
Status: Passed on May 13 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-05-13 - Public Law 247
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Raises the offense of child solicitation to a Class B felony if a person solicits the child to engage in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual conduct and the person: (1) has a previous conviction; or (2) travels to meet the child after using a computer network to solicit the child. As a condition of the sex offender's probation, parole, or participation in a community transition program, prohibits a sex offender from using social media to contact a child less than 16 years of age; makes it a sex offender Internet offense, a Class A misdemeanor, if the sex offender knowingly or intentionally violates this condition; and makes the sex offender Internet offense a Class D felony if the sex offender has a prior unrelated conviction for a sex offender Internet offense. Provides a defense to a prosecution for a sex offender Internet offense if the sex offender reasonably believed that the child was at least 16 years of age. Provides that a person may be convicted of attempted child molesting if the person believed the intended victim was a child under 14 years of age at the time the person attempted to commit the offense. Expands the definition of "social networking web site" and "instant messaging or chat room program". Provides that a person performs a "substantial step" for purposes of an attempt crime if the person, with intent to commit a sex crime against a child, communicates with the child concerning the sex crime and travels to another location to meet the child. Specifies that a person at least 18 years of age can commit the offense of inappropriate communication with a child. (Under current law, the offense can be committed only by a person at least 21 years of age.) Raises inappropriate communication with a child to a Class D felony if the person has a prior unrelated conviction for a sex offense. Urges the legislative council to assign to the criminal law and sentencing policy study committee or another existing study committee the topic of the collection of crime and delinquency data.

Child solicitation and attempt.

Sen. Randall Head [R]	Sen. Michael Young [R]	Sen. James Merritt [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]
Sen. Joseph Zakas [R]	Sen. Dennis Kruse [R]	Sen. Patricia Miller [R]	Sen. Thomas Wyss [R]
Sen. Travis Holdman [R]

2013-04-26 - House - House - Conference committee report 2 : adopted by the House (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2013-04-26 - Senate - Senate - Conference committee report 2 : adopted by the Senate (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-04-04 - House - House - Third reading: passed (Y: 93 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2013-04-02 - House - House - Amendment 1 (Hale), prevailed (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2013-04-02 - House - House - Amendment 1 (Hale), prevailed (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2013-02-18 - Senate - Senate - Third reading: passed (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-13	House	Public Law 247
2013-05-11	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2013-05-03	House	Signed by the Speaker
2013-04-30	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2013-04-30	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2013-04-26	House	Conference committee report 2 : adopted by the House; Roll Call 647: yeas 99, nays 0
2013-04-26	House	Rules suspended
2013-04-26	Senate	Conference committee report 2 : adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 571: yeas 50, nays 0
2013-04-26	Senate	Rules suspended
2013-04-26	Senate	Conference committee report 1 : withdrawn
2013-04-17	House	House advisors appointed: Steuerwald, Zent, Pierce and Lawson
2013-04-17	House	House conferees appointed: McMillin and Hale
2013-04-15	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Steele, M. Young and Randolph
2013-04-15	Senate	Senate conferee appointed: Head and Stoops
2013-04-15	Senate	Senate dissented from House amendments
2013-04-09	Senate	Motion to concur in House amendments filed
2013-04-09	Senate	Concurrence withdrawn
2013-04-04	House	Representatives Zent, Hale and Koch added as cosponsors
2013-04-04	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2013-04-04	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 402: yeas 93, nays 0
2013-04-02	House	Amendment 1 (Hale), prevailed; Roll Call 385: yeas 95, nays 0
2013-04-02	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2013-03-28	House	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2013-02-26	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2013-02-18	Senate	Senators Kruse, Pat Miller, Wyss and Holdman added as coauthors
2013-02-18	Senate	House sponsor: Rep. McMillin
2013-02-18	Senate	Referred to the House
2013-02-18	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 138: yeas 49 and nays 0
2013-02-14	Senate	Amendment 2 (Tallian), prevailed; voice vote
2013-02-14	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2013-02-07	Senate	Senator Zakas added as coauthor
2013-02-07	Senate	Senator M. Young added as second author
2013-02-07	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2013-01-29	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2013-01-28	Senate	Senator Merritt added as coauthor
2013-01-08	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections & Criminal Law
2013-01-08	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=0347
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/IN/IN0347.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/SB/SB0347.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/SB/SB0347.2.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/ES/ES0347.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/ES/ES0347.2.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/SE/SE0347.1.html
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/PDF/Srollcal/0138.PDF.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/PDF/Hrollcal/0385.PDF.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/PDF/Hrollcal/0402.PDF.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/PDF/Srollcal/0571.PDF.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/PDF/Hrollcal/0647.PDF.pdf