The Senate Committee on Family and Children Services heard SB 36 requiring the Office of Judicial Administration to establish an electronic elder and adult abuse registry containing information relating to persons convicted of a crime of elder or adult abuse. Representatives from Indiana Area Agencies on Aging Association, Indiana Health Care Association, the WINGS taskforce in … [Read more...] about Elder abuse registry
Code revision corrections
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard Sen. Young’s SB 80 on code revision corrections. The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the Code Revision Commission and addresses problems in the Indiana Code not suitable for resolution in the annual Technical Corrections bill, including corresponding amendment to certain percentages and overly broad or ambiguous language. A r … [Read more...] about Code revision corrections
Vanderburgh County magistrates
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard Sen. Becker’s SB 114 on Vanderburgh County magistrates. The bill allows the judge of the Vanderburgh circuit court to appoint an additional magistrate to serve the Vanderburgh circuit court and allows the judges of the Vanderburgh superior court to jointly appoint an additional magistrate to serve the Vanderburgh superior court. Vanderburgh Su … [Read more...] about Vanderburgh County magistrates
Recidivist look back periods
The Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law heard Rep. Sandlin’s SB 163 on recidivist look back periods adding a felony OWI where the defendant has two priors during any time period and limiting Level 6 felony theft to cases where the defendant had a prior in the past ten years. The committee will explore future amendments to provide a time period for the two prior OWIs. A r … [Read more...] about Recidivist look back periods
Operating a vehicle while intoxicated
The Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law heard Sen. Young’s SB 175 increasing the penalties for some operating a vehicle while intoxicated charges. The bill provides that a person who causes the death of another person when operating a vehicle with cocaine, a narcotic drug listed in schedule I or II, methamphetamine, or its metabolite in the person’s body commits a Leve … [Read more...] about Operating a vehicle while intoxicated