The Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard HB 1270 authored by Rep. Siegrist and Rep. McNamara on human trafficking. The bill changes the human and sexual trafficking statute by: reclassifying the term "human and sexual trafficking" to "human trafficking", which includes the offenses of labor and sexual trafficking; creating separate offenses for labor and sexual trafficking … [Read more...] about Human trafficking
Magistrates in Scott County and Jefferson County
The Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard HB 1275 authored by Rep. Goodin adding magistrates in Scott County and Jefferson County. The bill allows the judges of the Jefferson County circuit and superior courts to appoint a magistrate to serve the Jefferson County courts. The bill also allows the judges of the Scott County circuit and superior courts to appoint a magistrate to … [Read more...] about Magistrates in Scott County and Jefferson County
Electronic powers of attorney, trusts, and wills
The House Judiciary Committee heard HB 1303 concerning electronic powers of attorney, trust, and wills authored by Rep. Steuerwald. The bill adds new chapters to the Indiana Code that provide parameters for creating electronic powers of attorney, trusts, and will documents as another option for creating these documents in addition to the traditional processes currently used. A … [Read more...] about Electronic powers of attorney, trusts, and wills
Drug dealing resulting in death
For amend and vote only, the House Appropriations Committee heard HB 1359 on drug dealing resulting in death authored by Rep. Steuerwald. The bill makes manufacturing or dealing certain controlled substances resulting in the death of a user: (1) a Level 1 felony if the controlled substance is cocaine, methamphetamine, or a schedule I, II, or III controlled substance; (2) a Level 2 fe … [Read more...] about Drug dealing resulting in death
Veterans matters
The House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee heard HB 1402 authored by Rep Baird on veterans matters. This bill requires the Indiana Department of Veterans' Affairs to perform an electronic query of the records maintained in Odyssey on a weekly basis to obtain arrestee information and cross reference the names obtained with the names of individuals in the U.S. Department … [Read more...] about Veterans matters