Indiana Senate Bill 507 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 26 2015 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-12 - First Reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

Attorney and judicial discipline complaints. Permits a prosecuting attorney and a county public defender (including a contract public defender) to seek reimbursement from the state for reasonable attorney's fees incurred in defending against a charge of attorney misconduct if: (1) the alleged misconduct relates to the person's official duties or status as a prosecuting attorney or public defender; (2) the charge of misconduct does not result in a sanction (except for a private reprimand); and (3) the attorney general approves the reimbursement.

Attorney and judicial discipline complaints. Permits a prosecuting attorney and a county public defender (including a contract public defender) to seek reimbursement from the state for reasonable attorney's fees incurred in defending against a charge of attorney misconduct if: (1) the alleged misconduct relates to the person's official duties or status as a prosecuting attorney or public defender; (2) the charge of misconduct does not result in a sanction (except for a private reprimand); and (3) the attorney general approves the reimbursement.

Sen. Rodric Bray [R]	Sen. Susan Glick [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Rep. Casey Cox [R]
Rep. Peggy Mayfield [R]

2015-02-24 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-19 - Senate - Senate Committee on Appropriations - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-11 - Senate - Senate Committee on Judiciary - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-12	House	First Reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2015-02-26	Senate	Referred to the House
2015-02-24	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2015-02-24	Senate	Representative Mayfield added as cosponsor
2015-02-24	Senate	Representative Cox added as sponsor
2015-02-24	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 262: yeas 48, nays 0
2015-02-23	Senate	Senator Glick added as second author
2015-02-23	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2015-02-19	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2015-02-12	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to committee on Appropriations
2015-01-14	Senate	First Reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2015-01-14	Senate	Authored by Senator Bray

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/507/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/e/c/3/fec32a91/SB0507.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/f/d/4/6fd4555e/SB0507.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/0/3/e/303e14b2/SB0507.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/0/c/6/b0c6ada3/SB0507.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/d/7/6/7d765f76/SB0507.03.COMS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/5/3/0/c530b259/SB0507.01.INTR.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/f/7/9/4f794cdc/SB0507.02.COMS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/5/f/d/75fdfb10/SB0507.262.pdf