The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard HB 1225 concerning failure to yield to emergency vehicles authored by Rep. McNamara. The bill provides for a Level 6 felony when a person fails to yield to an emergency vehicle and causes serious bodily injury or death to any person operating, occupying, or affiliated with the emergency vehicle. The committee discussed an a … [Read more...] about Failure to yield to emergency vehicles
Traffic
Driver's license suspensions
The Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal Code heard SB 200 authored by Sen. M. Young repealing certain license suspensions when a motor vehicle is used in dealing certain controlled substances. The Indiana Public Defender Council testified in support of the bill. The bill passed 8-0. Read the bill at: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/200 … [Read more...] about Driver's license suspensions
Driving privileges
The House Committee on Courts and Criminal Code heard HB 1157 authored by Rep. Hatfield regarding driving privileges. The bill requires the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to remove any record of a suspension from a defendant charged with operating while intoxicated if the case ends in favor of the defendant and the defendant’s driving privileges were suspended because: (1) the defendant r … [Read more...] about Driving privileges
Specialized driving privileges
The Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law heard SB 39 authored by Sen. Freeman regarding specialized driving privileges. This bill removes the restriction that specialized driving privileges, when granted, must be for at least one hundred eighty (180) days; and not more than two and one-half (2 1/2) years and permits a court to stay a person’s suspension of driving p … [Read more...] about Specialized driving privileges
2019 Legislative Session Digest
This is the final installment of the Legislative Update for the 2019 legislative session. This installment contains summaries of select bills of interest or portions of bills that were signed into law in the 2019 legislative session. Civil Anatomical gifts and individuals with disabilities (S.E.A. 112, P.L. 2) Fertility fraud and deception (S.E.A. 174, P.L. 215) Nonconsensual … [Read more...] about 2019 Legislative Session Digest