The Senate Judiciary Committee heard HB 1096 on technical corrections. The bill is authored by Rep. J. Young and resolves technical conflicts and addresses technical errors in the Indiana Code, including changing all remaining references to the Judicial Center and State Court Administration to the Office of Judicial Administration. The introduced version of this bill was prepared by … [Read more...] about Technical corrections
Judicial Administration
Mid-Session: Judicial Administration
The following judicial administration bills passed out of their originating house: SB 187 Elkhart County courts Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=2867 House Sponsors: Miller, Stutzman Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/187 SB 216 Disclosure of personal information to offender Previous blog post: … [Read more...] about Mid-Session: Judicial Administration
Disclosure of personal information to offender.
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard SB 216 on disclosure of personal information to offender. The bill is authored by Sen. Sandlin and Sen. Koch and amends the access to public records act to provide that personal information regarding a correctional officer, law enforcement officer, judge, crime victim, or their family members may be withheld from disclosure when requested by a per … [Read more...] about Disclosure of personal information to offender.
Crime Stoppers court fee
The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard SB 451 on crime stoppers court fee authored by Sen. Busch. The bill does the following: establishes a $20 crime stoppers fee (fee) to be collected in every criminal action that results in a conviction establishes the crime stoppers fund (fund) administered by the Indiana criminal justice institute (institute), which consis … [Read more...] about Crime Stoppers court fee
Full faith and credit for tribal court orders
The House Judiciary Committee heard HB 1306 on full faith and credit for tribal court orders by Rep. DeLaney and Rep. Steuerwald. Rep. DeLaney testified that this bill is being brought because Indiana has an active federal tribe, the Pokagan band. This bill requires that, under certain circumstances, a court of record in Indiana shall give full faith and credit to judgments and order … [Read more...] about Full faith and credit for tribal court orders