The House Judiciary Committee heard SB 351 on controllable electronic records sponsored by Rep. Teshka and authored by Sen. Garten. The bill, as explained by the author, permits Indiana to regulate virtual currency and digital products. It allows banks to take virtual currency as collateral, permits the Indiana Attorney General to make rules about unclaimed property in this area, … [Read more...] about Controllable electronic records
Civil
Residential eviction actions
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard HB 1214 concerning residential eviction actions sponsored by Sen. Koch. Author Rep. Manning presented the bill last week, which provides for limitations on eviction information reporting, sealing of eviction cases in certain circumstances, addressing case inactivity after 180 days, and outlines data reporting requirements for Office of Judicial … [Read more...] about Residential eviction actions
Mid-Session: Civil Law
The following civil law bills passed out of their originating house: SB 29 Eminent domain Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2022/01/14/eminent-domain/House sponsor: GoodrichRead the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/29 SB 73 Annexation Previous blog post: … [Read more...] about Mid-Session: Civil Law
Wrongful death
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard SB 132 on wrongful death authored by Sen. Freeman and Sen. Sandlin. This bill originally required a policy or certificate of life insurance to pay the estate of an insured individual's spouse if the spouse would have been entitled to the proceeds of the insured individual's life insurance policy and the spouse was intentionally killed by the … [Read more...] about Wrongful death
Eminent domain by public utilities
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard SB 288 on eminent domain by public utilities authored by Sen. Buchanan. The bill was substantially amended by consent to remove the content of the bill and instead allow the court ordered appraisal to be admitted in as evidence. The amended bill also increases the attorney fees allowed from $25,000 to $50,000. A farmer whose land was taken by … [Read more...] about Eminent domain by public utilities