Indiana Senate Bill 355 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Passed on April 29 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-04-29 - Public Law 81
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Various probate and trust matters. Provides that a trust may incorporate by reference a document that exists at the time the trust is executed. Specifies that funeral expenses and expenses of a tombstone are expenses of administration. Expands the definition of "person" in certain cases under the probate code to include governmental entities and other legal entities. Provides that a nonprobate transfer to a testamentary trust: (1) is valid upon the will being admitted to probate; and (2) is not subject to claims against the probate estate. Allows a governmental entity or business entity (in addition to an individual) to

Various probate and trust matters. Provides that a trust may incorporate by reference a document that exists at the time the trust is executed. Specifies that funeral expenses and expenses of a tombstone are expenses of administration. Expands the definition of "person" in certain cases under the probate code to include governmental entities and other legal entities. Provides that a nonprobate transfer to a testamentary trust: (1) is valid upon the will being admitted to probate; and (2) is not subject to claims against the probate estate. Allows a governmental entity or business entity (in addition to an individual) to

Sen. Brent Steele [R]

Sen. Joseph Zakas [R]

Sen. Eric Koch [R]

Rep. Edward DeLaney [D]

2015-04-15 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House Amendments (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-04-07 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 94 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2015-03-30 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2015-02-23 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-16 - Senate - Senate Committee on Civil Law - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-29	Senate	Public Law 81
2015-04-29	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2015-04-27	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2015-04-23	House	Signed by the Speaker
2015-04-22	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2015-04-15	Senate	Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 474: yeas 50, nays 0
2015-04-13	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2015-04-08	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2015-04-07	House	Representative DeLaney added as cosponsor
2015-04-07	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 376: yeas 94, nays 1
2015-04-02	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2015-03-30	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2015-03-02	House	First Reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2015-02-24	Senate	Referred to the House
2015-02-23	Senate	Representative Koch added as sponsor
2015-02-23	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 209: yeas 49, nays 0
2015-02-19	Senate	Senator Zakas added as second author
2015-02-19	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2015-02-17	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2015-01-08	Senate	First Reading: referred to Committee on Civil Law
2015-01-08	Senate	Authored by Senator Steele

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/355/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/7/9/9/97996080/SB0355.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/e/9/8/be981944/SB0355.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/b/c/f/dbcf7805/SB0355.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/c/2/c/5c2c7abc/SB0355.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/2/a/f/82af2eda/SB0355.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/6/d/f/d6dfff32/SB0355.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/7/7/a/a77ae38d/SB0355.04.ENRS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/3/3/5/8335ad0c/SB0355.01.INTR.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/8/7/e/787e50d1/SB0355.209.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/9/d/f/79dfab24/SB0355.02.COMS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/5/d/9/15d9811e/SB0355.376.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/b/4/8/eb48d4b1/SB0355.474.pdf