The Senate Judiciary Committee heard Sen. Koch’s SB 120 on plea agreements and sentencing. The bill repeals Ind. Code §. 35-35-3-3(b)’s provision that a felony plea agreement, the presentence investigation for it, and the hearing are not part of “’the official record of the case” unless the court approves the agreement. It would also repeal Ind. Code § 35-38-1-1(b)’s requirement that … [Read more...] about Plea agreements and sentencing
Value of property
The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard SB 190 authored by Sen. M. Young on the value of property. The bill authorizes the prosecutor to charge multiple offenses as a single count and to aggregate the value of the property of the involved offenses when offenses with enhanced penalties due to the value of the property are involved. A technical amendment was adopted by … [Read more...] about Value of property
Criminal justice reform update
The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee used the second week of the session to have an informational meeting on criminal justice reform issues. Chair Rep. Washburne invited state and local criminal justice stakeholders to present information on the Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council, the Evidence Based Decision Making Initiative, community supervision, addictions treatment, … [Read more...] about Criminal justice reform update
2016 Legislative Session Digest
This is the final installment of the Legislative Update for the 2016 legislative session. This installment contains summaries of select bills of interest or portions of bills that were signed into law in the 2016 legislative session. Civil Law Administrative law study commission (S.E.A. 1, P.L. 11) Medical malpractice (S.E.A. 28, P.L. 182) Tort claims immunity (S.E.A. 146, P.L. … [Read more...] about 2016 Legislative Session Digest
Administrative law study commission
S.E.A. 1, P.L. 11 Effective: March 21, 2016 Establishes the 12 member administrative law study commission (commission) to study issues concerning whether administrative law judges and environmental law judges should be replaced by an administrative court that conducts administrative hearings and other duties currently conducted by administrative law judges and environmental law … [Read more...] about Administrative law study commission