Indiana Senate Bill 405 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 16 2017 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-28 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
Pending: House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

Offenses committed by incarcerated individuals. Provides that the knowing or intentional possession of: (1) a cellular telephone; (2) storage media; (3) a subscriber identity module or SIM card; or (4) any other cellular or wireless communications device; while incarcerated in a jail or state penal facility is a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that a person convicted of a misdemeanor offense may be committed to the department of correction for an executed sentence if the person was serving a prior, unrelated sentence at the department of correction when the misdemeanor was committed. Provides that a person convicted of a Level 6

Offenses committed by incarcerated individuals. Provides that the knowing or intentional possession of: (1) a cellular telephone; (2) storage media; (3) a subscriber identity module or SIM card; or (4) any other cellular or wireless communications device; while incarcerated in a jail or state penal facility is a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that a person convicted of a misdemeanor offense may be committed to the department of correction for an executed sentence if the person was serving a prior, unrelated sentence at the department of correction when the misdemeanor was committed. Provides that a person convicted of a Level 6

Sen. Erin Houchin [R]

Sen. Randall Head [R]

Sen. Greg Taylor [D]

Rep. Gregory Steuerwald [R]

2017-02-14 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-07 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-28	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2017-02-16	Senate	Referred to the House
2017-02-14	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Steuerwald
2017-02-14	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 121: yeas 48, nays 2
2017-02-13	Senate	Senator Taylor G added as coauthor
2017-02-13	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2017-02-09	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2017-02-07	Senate	Senator Head added as second author
2017-01-10	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
2017-01-10	Senate	Authored by Senator Houchin

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/405/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/b/e/e/3bee0133/SB0405.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/a/9/0/7a901b36/SB0405.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/2/4/a/924a07b8/SB0405.02.COMS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/f/8/a/8f8ab80a/SB0405.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/2/4/b/524b8b0c/SB0405.121.pdf