IN Legislation | 2012 | Regular Session

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB0171	Intro Sine Die	Creates the forensic addiction fund to create a funding source for grants to probation departments and community corrections programs to increase substance abuse treatment access for individuals on probation or in a community corrections program. Pro... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Health and Provider Services Committee
SB0086	Intro Sine Die	Establishes a reduced fee lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping license for disabled veterans who are Indiana residents. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
SB0087	Intro Sine Die	Prohibits a court from admitting into evidence a writeoff, discount, or other deduction associated with a collateral source payment in a personal injury or wrongful death action, unless the action is an action for medical malpractice. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB0002	Intro Sine Die	Grants state tribe recognition to the Miami Nation of Indiana. Provides that a state tribe does not have the right or authority to: (1) allow negotiations between a state tribe and the state or federal government concerning tribal sovereignty; or (2)... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB0261	Intro Sine Die	Prohibits an employer from using a credit report in the process of hiring a prospective employee or in determining whether to continue the employment of an employee. Provides that an employee or prospective employee may bring a civil action against a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Pensions and Labor Committee
SB0003	Intro Sine Die	Allows an indictment or information to be amended to include a habitual offender charge at any time before trial if the amendment does not prejudice the substantial rights of the defendant. (Current law provides that an amendment of an indictment or ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB0090	Intro Sine Die	Prohibits the enforcement of a foreign law (defined as a law established and used outside the jurisdiction of the United States) if the enforcement would violate a right granted by the Indiana or United States Constitution. Provides that a provision ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB0263	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes a law enforcement officer to arrest a person who has committed theft, even if the theft is not committed in the officer's presence. Consolidates cemetery mischief, unlawful acts relating to caves, and computer tampering into the criminal m... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters Committee
SB0005	Intro Sine Die	Establishes a procedure by which a company may provide a loan to the plaintiff in an action in exchange for the contingent right to receive a part of the potential proceeds of the action. Provides that a violation of the conditions under which a loan... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters Committee
SB0091	Intro Sine Die	Permits an employer to consider tobacco use by job applicants in the hiring process. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Pensions and Labor Committee
SB0177	Intro Sine Die	Provides that in Marion County, a township board consists of five (instead of seven) members. Requires a township board in Marion County to adopt a resolution dividing the township into five legislative body districts not later than July 1, 2014. Pro... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Local Government Committee
SB0264	Intro Sine Die	Increases the penalty for child solicitation to a Class B felony if a person commits the offense by using a computer network and travels to meet the child. Increases the penalty for child solicitation to a Class B felony if the person committing the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters Committee
SB0178	Intro Sine Die	Requires that the words "absentee ballot" be printed in prominent type with uniform capital letters at the top of every absentee ballot prepared and printed by a county election board. Eliminates the requirement that the third member of a r... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Elections Committee
SB0007	Intro Sine Die	Requires a property and casualty insurer to provide a premium discount on coverage of a residence with a metal roof. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Insurance & Financial Institutions Committee
SB0093	Intro Sine Die	Excludes misdemeanor possession of marijuana from the habitual substance offender sentencing enhancement if the offense involved the possession of 30 grams or less. Makes a technical correction. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters Committee
SB0266	Intro Sine Die	Provides that persons who have contracts with state government, cities, or counties or who bid on contracts with state government, cities, or counties and certain persons affiliated with the contractors and bidders may not make political contribution... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee
SB0008	Intro Sine Die	Requires the attorney general to represent a court that has issued an order of mandate for funds for the operation of the court or court related functions. Prohibits the state from reimbursing a judge for expenses incurred in employing a private atto... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB0094	Intro Sine Die	Provides that a person may not be convicted of certain offenses relating to alcohol intoxication unless the person: (1) endangers the person's life or health; (2) endangers the life or health of another person; or (3) breaches the peace. Makes it a C... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters Committee
SB0180	Intro Sine Die	Makes unlawful possession of a firearm: (1) in or on school property; (2) in or on property that is being used by a school for a school function; or (3) on a school bus; a Class A misdemeanor instead of a Class D felony. Provides that the law concern... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB0009	Intro Sine Die	Allows the alcohol and tobacco commission to issue a three- way permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages to proprietors of restaurants and new restaurants if the restaurant or new restaurant: (1) is located in territory annexed by a city or town; (... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Public Policy Committee
SB0095	Intro Sine Die	Specifies that a public servant commits official misconduct if the public servant commits an offense while misusing a power possessed by virtue of state law, or if the public servant commits an offense while appearing to be exercising authority grant... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters Committee
SB0181	Intro Sine Die	Prohibits a state agency, including a state supported college or university, from regulating the possession or transportation of firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories: (1) on land that is; or (2) in buildings and other structures that are; own... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB0096	Intro Sine Die	Makes theft: (1) a Class A misdemeanor instead of a Class D felony if the fair market value of the property that is the subject of the theft is less than $750; (2) a Class D felony if the fair market value of the property is at least $750 but less th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters Committee
SB0184	Intro Sine Die	Makes it unlawful recording of agricultural operations, a Class A misdemeanor, for a person to: (1) enter real property that is owned by another person and on which agricultural operations are being conducted; and (2) take a photograph of or make a v... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters Committee
SB0099	Intro Sine Die	Establishes a redistricting commission (commission) to create, hold hearings on, take public comment about, and recommend plans to redraw general assembly districts and congressional districts. Requires the legislative services agency (agency) to pro... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Elections Committee
SB0185	Intro Sine Die	Enhances the penalty for battery if it is committed against a security officer while the officer is performing the officer's duties. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters Committee
SB0014	Intro Sine Die	Requires (rather than allows) the use of a "rejection threshold" in the case of a proposed local government reorganization involving a county and a municipality. (Under current law, the use of a rejection threshold that must be satisfied by... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Local Government Committee
SB0100	Intro Sine Die	Provides that for purposes of the Indiana sales and use tax law, a "retail merchant engaged in business in Indiana" includes any retail merchant who: (1) makes retail transactions in which a person acquires personal property or taxable serv... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee
SB0186	Intro Sine Die	Requires an insurer, upon cancellation of a motor vehicle liability policy that covers a motor vehicle registered in Indiana, to provide certain notice to the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau) and the policyholder. Requires the policyholder to provid... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Insurance & Financial Institutions Committee
SB0101	Intro Sine Die	Provides that it is a Class C infraction for a person driving a vehicle overtaking a bicycle to not allow at least three feet of clearance between the vehicle and the bicycle and not return to the original lane until the vehicle is safely clear of th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters Committee
SB0187	Intro Sine Die	Increases the maximum fee a notary public may charge for a notarial act from $2 to $4. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Commerce & Economic Development Committee
SB0016	Intro Sine Die	Allows a plaintiff or lienholder who: (1) brings a cause of action for the enforcement of a lien concerning a boat, a vessel, or another watercraft; and (2) recovers a judgment in any sum from the defendant; to also recover from the defendant reasona... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB0102	Intro Sine Die	Allows certain individuals who were convicted of a drug offense but have not been convicted of another drug offense in the previous five years before applying for food stamps to receive food stamps. Permits individuals who have a conviction in the la... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters Committee
SB0188	Intro Sine Die	Provides that, for purposes of the public intoxication statute, a person is not in a public place or place of public resort if the person is a passenger in a motor vehicle that is traveling on a highway. Specifies that the offense of being intoxicate... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters Committee
SB0017	Intro Sine Die	Provides that at least 15 days after a petition for dissolution of marriage is filed, a court may enter a summary dissolution decree without holding a hearing if certain verified pleadings are filed with the court. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters Committee
SB0103	Intro Sine Die	Requires a public agency to: (1) allow inspection or copying; or (2) make copies; of a public record within a reasonable time after the request is received by the agency. Provides that a court may impose a civil penalty against: (1) an officer of a p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Local Government Committee
SB0189	Intro Sine Die	Reduces from ten to one the number of qualified employees that a corporation or pass through entity must employ in order to qualify for the new employer tax credit (credit). Excludes an individual hired as a seasonal worker from the definition of &qu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee
SB0104	Intro Sine Die	Defines "serious sex offender". Makes entry on school property by a serious sex offender a Class D felony. Provides that a serious sex offender is entitled to vote by mail. Requires a circuit court clerk to, before an election, notify serio... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Judiciary Committee
HCR0002	Pass	Honoring Happy Hollow Elementary School, a Blue Ribbon School. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 Returned to the House
HCR0003	Pass	Urging Congress to adopt the Veterans Remembered Flag. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 Returned to the House
SB0278	Intro Sine Die	Eliminates emergency rulemaking for the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) and the office of Medicaid policy and planning concerning: (1) federal Medicaid waiver program provisions; and (2) federal programs administered by... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Health and Provider Services Committee
SB0020	Intro Sine Die	Creates a supplemental dealer's permit. Provides that a supplemental dealer's permit may be issued only to a holder of a beer, wine, or liquor dealer's permit. Allows the holder of a supplemental dealer's permit to sell alcoholic beverages for carryo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Public Policy Committee
SCR0005	Intro Sine Die	Health Insurance Exchanges - Federal Funding (ALEC Resolution). [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Health and Provider Services Committee
SB0106	Intro Sine Die	Allows a holder of a beer dealer's permit issued to a grocery store or drug store to sell and deliver cold beer that was manufactured in Indiana by a microbrewery in a quantity that does not exceed 864 ounces in a single transaction. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Public Policy Committee
SB0279	Intro Sine Die	Provides for a thirteenth check for public employees' retirement fund (PERF) and teachers' retirement fund (TRF) members, survivors, and beneficiaries. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Pensions and Labor Committee
SB0021	Intro Sine Die	Requires a state employee health benefit plan, a policy of accident and sickness insurance, and a health maintenance organization contract that provides coverage for prescription drugs to provide coverage for smoking cessation drugs. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Insurance & Financial Institutions Committee
SR0002	Intro Sine Die	Commercialism in schools. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Education and Career Development Committee
SR0004	Intro Sine Die	Urging Turkey to eliminate discriminating Ecumenical practices. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee
SB0108	Intro Sine Die	Requires an elector for President and Vice President of the United States to vote for the candidates of the political party, group of petitioners, or write-in candidate that nominated the elector. Provides that an elector's failure or refusal to vote... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Elections Committee
SB0194	Intro Sine Die	Amends the current law concerning insurance proceeds set aside for structures damaged by fire or explosion and does the following: (1) Requires an insurer to notify the state fire marshal of the existence of a policy covering a structure damaged by f... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-01-04 To Senate Insurance & Financial Institutions Committee