Legislative Update

Battery against vulnerable workers

Filed Under: Criminal

The House Committee on Courts and Criminal Code heard HB 1040 authored by Rep. McNamara on battery against vulnerable workers. The bill increases the penalty for battery on certain health care employees and school employees. The bill specifies that the enhancement for battery committed against a department of child services (DCS) employee applies only to those DCS … [Read more...] about Battery against vulnerable workers

Resisting law enforcement conflict resolution

Filed Under: Criminal

The House Committee on Courts and Criminal Code heard HB 1056 by Rep. Meltzer on resisting law enforcement conflict resolution. The bill resolves a conflict between amendments to the resisting law enforcement statute in HEA 1014-2025 and HEA 1637-2025.  Specifically, the bill codifies the intent of the General Assembly to increase the penalties for certain resisting … [Read more...] about Resisting law enforcement conflict resolution

Various probate matters

Filed Under: Probate

The Senate Judiciary Committee heard SB 71 authored by Sen. Carrasco and Sen. Koch on various probate matters. The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the Probate Code Study Committee.  The bill: The Indiana State Bar Association Probate, Trust and Real Property Section testified in support of the bill. The bill passed 8-0.   Read the bill at … [Read more...] about Various probate matters

Immigration matters

Filed Under: Criminal

The Senate Judiciary Committee heard SB 76 authored by Sen. Brown and Sen. Alexander on immigration matters. The bill in relevant part, provides: The bill was amended by consent in relevant part to specify when representation by the attorney general for certain legal actions is required and when representation may be requested and removes language that provided the attorney … [Read more...] about Immigration matters