The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard Sen. Koch’s SB 299 on offenses involving unmanned aerial vehicles. The bill amends the definition of "unmanned aerial vehicle" throughout the Indiana Code to specify that the term includes: (1) an unmanned aircraft and an unmanned aircraft system; and (2) a small unmanned aircraft and a small unmanned aircraft system, all as d … [Read more...] about Offenses involving unmanned aerial vehicles
Revocation of teaching licenses
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard Sen. Bassler’s and Sen. Kruse’s SB 367 on revocation of teaching licenses. The bill requires a court to issue an order recommending to the Department of Education revocation of a defendant's teaching license if the defendant is convicted of certain crimes and the victim is a child less than 18 years of age. The bill also requires the Department of … [Read more...] about Revocation of teaching licenses
Various crimes
The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard Sen. Young’s SB 424 on various crimes. The bill provides the following: amends crime of strangulation to include application of pressure to a victim's torso, and increases the penalty to a Level 5 felony if it is knowingly committed against a pregnant woman creates an enhancement to obstruction of justice if a person i … [Read more...] about Various crimes
Uniform business organization laws
The Senate Commerce and Technology Committee heard Sen. Bray’s SB 443 enacting uniform business organization laws from the Uniform Business Organization Code, including the Uniform Model Registered Agents Act and the Uniform Model Entity Transactions Act. This bill repeals a lot of old law, and reorganizes existing law. It also adopts law consistent with current statutory concepts a … [Read more...] about Uniform business organization laws
Child Services
The Senate Family and Children Services Committee heard Sen. Merritt's SB 447 child services bill. This is the Department of Child Services bill for 2017 and contains the following provision: Requires child abuse and neglect training for school employees. Allows the department of child services (department) to share costs incurred making new hires in accordance with fe … [Read more...] about Child Services