The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard HB 1157 authored by Rep. Frizzell on methamphetamine matters. The bill (like Senate Bill 161) requires the Division of State Court Administration to report all drug-related felony convictions to the NPLEx registry to generate a stop-sale alert for pseudoephedrine purchases.
The Consumer Healthcare Products Association testified in support of the bill. The Indiana Public Defender Commission testified in opposition, suggesting that prior non-methamphetamine felonies should not block pseudoephedrine purchases. The bill was amended to apply only to individuals with prior methamphetamine-related felonies. It then passed as amended 8-1.
Read the bill at http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2016/bills/house/1157