Bill Text: IN SB0567 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Sentencing for crimes with a firearm.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-20 - First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters [SB0567 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2011-SB0567-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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SENATE BILL No. 567

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 35-50-6-8.

Synopsis: Sentencing for crimes with a firearm. Provides that a person serving a sentence for a crime that involved the use of a firearm does not earn credit time.

Effective: July 1, 2011.

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    January 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)

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SENATE BILL No. 567

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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 35-50-6-8; (11)IN0567.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 35-50-6-8, AS ADDED BY P.L.53-2005, SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 8. (a) A person serving a sentence of life imprisonment without parole does not earn credit time under this chapter.
     (b) A person serving a sentence for a crime that involved the use of a firearm (as defined in IC 35-47-1-5) does not earn credit time under this chapter.