The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard Rep. HB 1064 on habitual offender requirements. Sponsor Sen. Head explained that the bill provides that to be sentenced as a habitual offender (other than for a conviction of a Level 1 through Level 4 felony or murder), a person must have accumulated at least one of the required number of prior unrelated felony convictions within 10 years of accumulating the current offense.
The Indiana Prosecuting Attorney Council testified in support of the bill, which passed 7-0.
Read the bill at https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1064