Bill Text: IN HB1100 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Ban sex offenders from public libraries.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-06 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code [HB1100 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2011-HB1100-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE BILL No. 1100

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 35-42-4-14.

Synopsis: Ban sex offenders from public libraries. Specifies that a registered sex offender who enters a public library commits a Class D felony. Provides a defense for limited entry on an election day for the purpose of voting.

Effective: July 1, 2011.

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    January 6, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)

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HOUSE BILL No. 1100

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 35-42-4-14; (11)IN1100.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 35-42-4-14 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 14. (a) As used in this section, "registered sex offender" means a sex offender (as defined in IC 11-8-8-4.5) who is required to register under IC 11-8-8.
     (b) A registered sex offender who knowingly or intentionally enters a public library (as defined in IC 36-12-1-5) commits sex offender library trespass, a Class D felony.
    (c) It is a defense to a prosecution under this section that the registered sex offender:
        (1) entered the public library on an election day for the purpose of voting; and
        (2) spent no more time in the public library than was necessary for the registered sex offender to vote.