Bill Sponsors: IN HB1526 | 2019 | Regular Session

Bill Title: Hazing. Provides that a postsecondary educational institution must develop an educational plan on hazing. Requires a postsecondary educational institution to report incidents of hazing on the postsecondary educational institution's Internet web site. Amends the elements and penalty levels for the offense of hazing. Provides that any person who actively directs or engages in an act of hazing which results in the injury of another person, shall, to the extent that the person can do so without danger or peril to self or others, give reasonable assistance to the injured person. Provides that failure to seek assistance, in no serious bodily injury, is a Class B misdemeanor. Provides that failure to seek assistance results in serious bodily injury the offense is a Level 6 felony. Provides that certain arguments are not a defense to hazing or contributory hazing.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-03-04 - First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary [HB1526 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Representative Terri Jo Austin [D]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-036FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Edward Clere [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-072FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator John Ruckelshaus [R]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-030FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Mike Bohacek [R]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-008FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Timothy Lanane [D]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-025FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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