The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard SB 182 on regulation of drones near correctional facilities authored by Sen. Koch. The bill provides that the crime of trafficking with an inmate includes the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) to deliver contraband, and that the crime of public safety remote aerial interference includes operation of a drone to … [Read more...] about Regulation of drones near correctional facilities
Criminal
Regulation of controlled substances
The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard HB 1182 on regulation of controlled substances authored by Rep. McNamara. The bill relocates requirements that the board of pharmacy must comply with when adopting interim rules declaring a substance a synthetic drug from the professional licensing law to the statutes governing administrative rulemaking. The bill also … [Read more...] about Regulation of controlled substances
Age verification for material harmful to minors
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard SB 17 authored by Sen. Bohacek and Sen. Deery on age verification for material harmful to minors. This bill: The bill was amended by consent to provide exceptions to the definition of “adult oriented website operator” including a newspaper or news service, a cloud service provider, and an internet provider or search engine. The ACLU of Ind … [Read more...] about Age verification for material harmful to minors
Computer generated intimate images
The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard HB 1047 authored by Rep. Negele on computer generated intimate images. The bill adds the term computer generated intimate image to the definition of an intimate image in Ind. Code § 35-45-4-8 to establish the distribution of an intimate image crime. Rep. Negele offered an amendment to ensure the distribution of money to … [Read more...] about Computer generated intimate images
2023 Legislative Session Digest
This is the final installment of the Legislative Update for the 2023 legislative session. This installment contains summaries of select bills of interest or portions of bills that were signed into law. Civil Physician noncompete agreements (S.E.A. 7, P.L. 165)Alcohol matters (S.E.A. 20, P.L. 167)Receivership for past due utility bills (S.E.A. 114, P.L. 5)Tax sales (S.E.A. 156, … [Read more...] about 2023 Legislative Session Digest