Mid-Session: Criminal Law

The following criminal law bills passed out of their originating house:
SB 63 Mental health treatment for inmates

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3189
• House Sponsor: Negele
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/63

SB 79 Domestic battery enhancement

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3220
• House Sponsor: McNamara
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/79

SB 122 Drug schedules

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3181
• House Sponsor: McNamara
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/122

 SB 133 Sentencing

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3218
• House Sponsor: Speedy
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/133

SB 167 Theft of catalytic converters

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3177
• Floor amendments: Deletes the Class A misdemeanor for sale of valuable metal to a valuable metal dealer, adds the Level 6 felony of concealing a valuable metal purchase.
• House Sponsors: Young, M. Davis
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/167

 SB 187 Protection of monuments, memorials, and statues

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3258
• House Sponsor: Lehman
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/187

 SB 194 Obstruction of traffic

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3216
• House Sponsor: Schaibley
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/194

 SB 197 Criminal law issues

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3290
• Floor amendments: Adds forcibly resisting to the crime of resisting law enforcement
• House Sponsor: Steuerwald
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/197

 SB 198 Rioting

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3288
• Floor amendments: Adds that, until January 1, 2025, the attorney general has concurrent jurisdiction with the prosecuting attorney to prosecute an action in which a person is accused of committing a criminal offense while a member of an unlawful assembly.
• House Sponsor: Behning
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/198

 SB 199 Self-defense

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3286
• House Sponsor: Jeter
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/199

 SB 200 Noncompliant prosecuting attorney

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3317
• House Sponsor: Young, McNamara
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/200

 SB 252 Death penalty

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3254
• House Sponsor: Shackleford
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/252

SB 255 Expungement

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3214
• House Sponsor: Young
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/255

SB 311 Use of force

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3309
• Floor amendments: Adds that an adverse employment action does not include temporary reassignment or suspension that is due to use of force investigation and does not result in reduction of pay or benefits, adds definition of merit board
• House Sponsor: Bartels
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/311

HB 1006 Law enforcement officers

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3174
• House Sponsor: Young, Bray, Freeman
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1006

 HB 1028 Marijuana (changed to Operating While Intoxicated)

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3305
• Floor amendments: Deletes everything after the enacting clause thereby removing any THC nanogram threshold and instead adds a defense to prosecution for operating while intoxicated for a person who operates a vehicle with marijuana or its metabolite in the person’s blood under certain conditions.
• House Sponsor: Young
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1028

 HB 1068 Local justice reinvestment advisory councils 

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3206
• House Sponsor: Koch
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1068

 HB 1095 Trespassing

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3303
• Floor amendments: Establishes the low barrier homeless task force.
• House Sponsors: Messmer, G. Taylor, K. Walker
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1095

 HB 1097 Criminal penalties

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3301
• Floor amendments: Effective date changed to upon passage; deletes amendments to IC 9-30-10-4, IC 35-42-2-2, and IC 35-44.1-3-1; adds technical correction to IC 35-44.1-3-1 on prior conviction for resisting law enforcement.
• House Sponsors: Glick, Koch, Sandlin
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1097

 HB 1127 Mental health and addiction forensic treatments

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3276 & http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3299
• House Sponsor: Young, Koch, Crider
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1127

 HB 1176 Elements of rape

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3238
• House Sponsor: Freeman
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1176

HB 1200 Human trafficking

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3297
• House Sponsors: Crider, Donato
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1200

HB 1202 Sentencing

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3234
• House Sponsor: Bohacek, Boots
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1202

 HB 1293 Criminal appeals

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3272
• House Sponsor: Young
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1293

HB 1383 Judicial officers

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3295
• House Sponsor: Young, Koch, Sandlin
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1383

HB 1478 Battery against emergency room staff

• Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=3266
• House Sponsor: Donato
• Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1478