Indiana Senate Bill 361 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Passed on April 30 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-04-30 - Public Law 90
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Defense to liability concerning liquefied petroleum gas providers. Provides that the provider of liquefied petroleum gas that was used in: (1) liquefied petroleum gas equipment; or (2) a liquefied petroleum gas appliance; involved in causing bodily injury or property damage has an affirmative defense in any action brought against the provider if a person assumed the risk of causing the bodily injury or property damage because of certain actions taken by the person in unreasonably altering, modifying, repairing, or using the equipment or appliance. Changes the standard for altering petroleum gas equipment or appliances from "unreasonably alters" to "materially alters".

Defense to liability concerning liquefied petroleum gas providers. Provides that the provider of liquefied petroleum gas that was used in: (1) liquefied petroleum gas equipment; or (2) a liquefied petroleum gas appliance; involved in causing bodily injury or property damage has an affirmative defense in any action brought against the provider if a person assumed the risk of causing the bodily injury or property damage because of certain actions taken by the person in unreasonably altering, modifying, repairing, or using the equipment or appliance. Changes the standard for altering petroleum gas equipment or appliances from "unreasonably alters" to "materially alters".

Sen. Mark Messmer [R]	Sen. Michael Young [R]	Sen. James Buck [R]	Rep. Judson McMillin [R]
Rep. Gregory Steuerwald [R]	Rep. Edward DeLaney [D]

2015-04-07 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House Amendments (Y: 45 N: 3 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2015-03-30 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 92 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2015-03-23 - House - House Committee on Judiciary - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2015-02-09 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2015-02-02 - Senate - Senate Committee on Civil Law - Committee Vote (Y: 5 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-30	Senate	Public Law 90
2015-04-30	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2015-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2015-04-13	House	Signed by the Speaker
2015-04-09	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2015-04-07	Senate	Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 387: yeas 45, nays 3
2015-04-02	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2015-03-31	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2015-03-30	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 339: yeas 92, nays 0
2015-03-26	House	Representative DeLaney added as cosponsor
2015-03-26	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2015-03-23	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2015-03-02	House	First Reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2015-02-16	Senate	Referred to the House
2015-02-09	Senate	Representative Steuerwald added as cosponsor
2015-02-09	Senate	Representative McMillin added as sponsor
2015-02-09	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 110: yeas 48, nays 1
2015-02-05	Senate	Senator Buck added as third author
2015-02-05	Senate	Senator Young, M. added as second author
2015-02-05	Senate	Amendment #1 (Messmer) prevailed; voice vote
2015-02-05	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2015-02-03	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2015-01-08	Senate	First Reading: referred to Committee on Civil Law
2015-01-08	Senate	Authored by Senator Messmer

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/361/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/2/a/7/42a70346/SB0361.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/3/d/b/23dbc2aa/SB0361.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/e/8/b/ae8bbca4/SB0361.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/0/a/d/10ade30e/SB0361.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/7/b/9/67b95872/SB0361.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/d/8/a/bd8a78cc/SB0361.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/f/3/c/8f3c62c7/SB0361.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/f/3/a/7f3a2fbd/SB0361.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/3/a/5/f3a52987/SB0361.05.ENRS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/3/1/6/c3164095/SB0361.01.INTR.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/4/4/8/94484473/SB0361.110.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/2/6/4/02643639/SB0361.03.ENGS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/1/6/e/e16edfdc/SB0361.339.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/c/0/3/1c03f18a/SB0361.387.pdf