The Senate Tax & Fiscal Policy Committee heard HB 1466 on jury compensation sponsored by Sen. Gaskill and authored by Rep. Davis. Last week, Rep. Davis explained that the bill increases the juror appearance rated to $30 per day, the juror service rate to $80 per day for the first five days and provides the juror service rate is $90 per day beginning on the sixth day of trial. T … [Read more...] about Juror compensation
Judicial Administration
Address confidentiality
The House Local Government Committee heard SB 314 on address confidentiality. Sponsored by Rep. Engleman and Rep. Olthoff. Authored by Sen. Gaskill, the bill replaces a "victim of domestic violence" with an individual who is an address confidentiality "program participant" in the definition of "covered person" for purposes of the statutes concerning restricted addresses. The bill … [Read more...] about Address confidentiality
Duties of victim services division of ICJI
On recommitment, the Senate Appropriations Committee heard HB 1195 on duties of victim services division of ICJI sponsored by Sen. Messmer and authored by Rep. McNamara. This bill reassigns duties to the Victim Services Division of the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) from the domestic violence prevention and treatment council within the division. This bill was amended … [Read more...] about Duties of victim services division of ICJI
Conviction data
The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard SB 136 on conviction data sponsored by Rep. Bartels. The bill defines a person prohibited from possessing or carrying a handgun. The bill also creates a new conviction database that is a repository for several other databases, allowing law enforcement to check one database, not multiple databases, to determine if a person is … [Read more...] about Conviction data
Town and city court judges
The Senate Local Government Committee heard HJR 6 regarding town and city court judges authored by Rep. Aylesworth and sponsored by Sen. Koch. The bill provides: (1) the county, township, and town residency requirements prescribed by Article 6, Section 6 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana would not apply to city or town court judges, and (2) the city or town court … [Read more...] about Town and city court judges