Bill No. Bill Title Committee 2nd Reading 3rd Reading Sponsor(s) SB 12 Financial crimes against the elderly 1/21/16 Do Pass –A 1/26/16 Engrossed -A 1/28/16 Passed 46-0 Steuerwald SB 14 Child exploitation and child pornography 1/6/16 Do Pass –A 1/19/16 1/26/16 Engrossed 2/1/16 Passed 50-0 Eberhart SB 109 Regulation of hunting preserves 1/12/16 Do Pass –A 1/19/16 Engrossed –A 1/ … [Read more...] about Mid-Session: Criminal Law
Mid-Session: Civil Law
Bill No. Bill Title Committee 2nd Reading 3rd Reading Sponsor(s) SB 1 Administrative law commission 1/26/16 Do Pass –A 1/28/16 Engrossed 2/1/16 Passed 50-0 Steuerwald, Koch SB 204 Foreclosed and abandoned property 1/25/16 Do Pass –A 1/28/16 Engrossed –A 2/2/16 Passed 50-0 Price, Clere SB 372 Deficiency judgments and foreclosed property 1/26/16 Do Pass 1/28/16 Engrossed 2/1/16 P … [Read more...] about Mid-Session: Civil Law
Mid-Session: Judicial Administration
Bill No. Bill Title Committee 2nd Reading 3rd Reading Sponsor(s) SB 17 Domestic violence fee 1/21/16 Do Pass 1/25/16 Engrossed –A 1/26/16 Passed 49-0 McNamara SB 27 Marion Circuit Court magistrate 1/5/16 Do Pass 1/28/16 Do Pass 2/1/16 Engrossed 2/2/16 Passed 50-0 Speedy, Pryor, DeLaney SB 81 Senior judges and judges pro tempore 1/14/16 Do Pass –A 1/19/16 Engrossed 1/21/16 Pas … [Read more...] about Mid-Session: Judicial Administration
Administrative law
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard SB 1 authored by Sen. Steele on administrative law. The bill replaces administrative law judges and environmental law judges with an administrative court with judicial review by a circuit or superior court with appropriate jurisdiction. Sen. Steele introduced an amendment stripping the bill and requesting that this topic be assigned to a summer st … [Read more...] about Administrative law
Marion Circuit Court magistrate
The Senate Appropriations Committee heard Sen. Steele’s and Sen. R. Michael Young’s SB 27, allowing the judge of the Marion Circuit Court to appoint one full-time Marion Circuit Court magistrate. The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the Interim Study Committee on Courts and the Judiciary. The bill passed 13-0. Read the bill at h … [Read more...] about Marion Circuit Court magistrate