The Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal Code heard SB 14 for the review of criminal penalties in the interim for amend and vote only. The bill, authored by Sen. M. Young, Sen. Bray, and Sen. Lanane, specifies that it is the policy of the general assembly that every provision affecting criminal penalties in a bill shall be reviewed and approved by the interim study committee on corrections and criminal code unless exigent circumstances exist, the legislative council assigns the bill to another committee, or review is otherwise impracticable. The bill establishes criteria for reviewing provisions affecting criminal penalties and requires the chairperson of the committee to which a bill containing a provision affecting criminal penalties is assigned to consider whether the bill was reviewed and approved by the interim study committee on corrections and criminal code before setting the bill for a hearing.
The bill was amended by consent to provide for committee review if the existing or proposed criminal penalty is a Level felony or higher. The bill passed with a vote of 6-1.
Read the bill at: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/14