The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard SB 10 on the Marion County violent crime reduction pilot program sponsored by Reps. Jeter, Speedy, and Gore. The bill establishes a pilot program and accompanying fund targeting Marion County police districts with violent crime rates exceeding Marion County’s crime rate. Testimony was heard from the Indiana Public Defender Co … [Read more...] about Marion County violent crime reduction pilot
Solvent supervised estates
The House Judiciary Committee heard SB 66 sponsored by Rep. Torr and authored by Sens. Young, Freeman, and Randolph on solvent supervised estates. The bill provides that property must be transferred within 90 days after an estate is closed. Testimony was presented in favor of the bill by the Indiana State Bar Association. The bill passed 9-0. Read the bill at … [Read more...] about Solvent supervised estates
Small estates
The House Judiciary Committee heard SB 67 sponsored by Rep. J. Young and authored by Sen. Lanane and Sen. Young on small estates. The bill increases the value of estates that may be distributed via affidavit from $50,000 to $100,000 and increases the threshold for summary procedures for unsupervised estates from $50,000 to $100,000. Testimony was presented in favor of the bill by … [Read more...] about Small estates
Police log information
The House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee heard SB 117 sponsored by Rep. Bartels regarding police log information. Sen. Walker presented the bill which exempts public disclosure of law enforcement records containing personal information relating to a victim of a crime or delinquent who is less than eighteen (18) from public access requirements without written consent … [Read more...] about Police log information
Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act
The House Judiciary Committee heard SB 131 sponsored by Rep. J. Young and authored by Sens. Freeman, Brown, and Young on the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act. The bill implements the Act, which establishes a process for certain legal materials stored electronically to be designated as official, authenticated, preserved, and made available to the public. The bill passed 7-0. … [Read more...] about Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act