Indiana Senate Bill 488 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on April 24 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-04-24 - Public Law 69
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Public defenders. Authorizes the Indiana public defender commission to create guidelines and requirements pertaining to a multicounty public defender's office. Authorizes a county executive to adopt an ordinance that allows the county to enter into an interlocal agreement with one or more counties for the purpose of: (1) creating a multicounty public defender's office; and (2) providing legal services to indigent persons located in the areas subject to the interlocal agreement. Requires interlocal agreements concerning indigent criminal defense to be administered by a joint board. Prohibits certain persons from acting as a member of a joint board. Specifies: (1) term limits; and (2) meeting requirements; for joint boards. Requires the auditor of one county belonging to an interlocal agreement to: (1) receive; (2) disburse; and (3) account for; all monies distributed to a multicounty public defender's office. Amends certain definitions. Makes conforming amendments.

Public defenders. Authorizes the Indiana public defender commission to create guidelines and requirements pertaining to a multicounty public defender's office. Authorizes a county executive to adopt an ordinance that allows the county to enter into an interlocal agreement with one or more counties for the purpose of: (1) creating a multicounty public defender's office; and (2) providing legal services to indigent persons located in the areas subject to the interlocal agreement. Requires interlocal agreements concerning indigent criminal defense to be administered by a joint board. Prohibits certain persons from acting as a member of a joint board. Specifies: (1) term limits; and (2) meeting requirements; for joint boards. Requires the auditor of one county belonging to an interlocal agreement to: (1) receive; (2) disburse; and (3) account for; all monies distributed to a multicounty public defender's office. Amends certain definitions. Makes conforming amendments.

Sen. Michael Young [R]	Sen. Eric Koch [R]	Sen. Greg Taylor [D]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]
Rep. John Young [R]	Rep. Gregory Steuerwald [R]	Rep. Ryan Dvorak [D]

2019-04-01 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House amendments (Y: 46 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2019-03-26 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 91 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2019-03-20 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-28 - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2019-01-22 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-24	Senate	Public Law 69
2019-04-24	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2019-04-23	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2019-04-09	House	Signed by the Speaker
2019-04-08	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2019-04-01	Senate	Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 367: yeas 46, nays 0
2019-03-27	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2019-03-27	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2019-03-26	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 356: yeas 91, nays 0
2019-03-25	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2019-03-21	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2019-02-26	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2019-01-29	Senate	Referred to the House
2019-01-28	Senate	Cosponsors: Representatives Steuerwald and Dvorak
2019-01-28	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Young J
2019-01-28	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 40: yeas 48, nays 0
2019-01-24	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2019-01-24	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2019-01-22	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2019-01-15	Senate	Senator Taylor G added as third author
2019-01-15	Senate	Senator Koch added as second author
2019-01-14	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
2019-01-14	Senate	Authored by Senator Young M

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/488/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/5/3/1/e531861f/SB0488.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/5/c/6/05c69e88/SB0488.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/4/e/f/74efb5d0/SB0488.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/7/f/f/87ff10a2/SB0488.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/c/7/9/ec7938e0/SB0488.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/f/8/b/9f8bf287/SB0488.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/a/d/3/aad383fb/SB0488.04.ENRH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/2/d/f/22dff0e6/SB0488.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/1/8/7/2187f78b/SB0488.40.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/6/d/0/76d0a09f/SB0488.02.COMS.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/a/4/a/7a4a86bd/SB0488.356.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/d/5/9/ed5969d4/SB0488.367.pdf