Bill Text: IN SB0043 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Murder sentencing and sentence enhancements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-02-08 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code [SB0043 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2010-SB0043-Amended.html

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January 29, 2010

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SENATE BILL No. 43

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DIGEST OF SB 43 (Updated January 26, 2010 2:35 pm - DI 106)

Citations Affected: Noncode.

Synopsis: Murder sentencing and sentence enhancements. Urges the legislative council to assign to the sentencing policy study committee the topic of the appropriate penalty for: (1) murder committed in the presence of a child; and (2) violent crimes committed in the presence of a child or against a person who had a protection order against the perpetrator.

Effective: Upon passage.

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Boots, Leising, Miller

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    January 5, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure.
    January 5, 2010, amended; reassigned to Committee on Corrections, Criminal and Civil Matters.
    January 28, 2010, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.

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January 29, 2010

Second Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2010)

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SENATE BILL No. 43

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning criminal law and procedure.

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

SOURCE: ; (10)SB0043.2.1. -->     SECTION 1. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE] The general assembly urges the legislative council to assign to the sentencing policy study committee the study of the issue of the appropriate penalty for:
        (1) a murder committed in the presence of a child less than sixteen (16) years of age; and
        (2) a violent crime committed:
            (A) in the presence of a child less than sixteen (16) years of age; or
            (B) by a person who was the subject of a protection order issued on behalf of the victim of the crime.

SOURCE: ; (10)SB0043.2.2. -->     SECTION 2. An emergency is declared for this act.

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