The Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law heard SB 194 authored by Sen. M. Young regarding drug scheduling. This bill adds new scheduled drugs to the statutory drug schedules and redefines isomer to bring the definition in-line with the federal definition for criminal enhancement purposes in the federal criminal justice system. The Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council … [Read more...] about Drug scheduling
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Drug dealing
S.E.A. 110, P.L. 182 Effective: July 1, 2019 Adds an item to the existing list of enhancing circumstances for offenses relating to controlled substances. Provides that an enhancing circumstance means that the person knowingly committed the offense in, on, or within 100 feet of a drug treatment facility. Read the bill at: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/110 … [Read more...] about Drug dealing
Sentencing
S.E.A. 198, P.L. 5 Effective: July 1, 2019 Makes committing a controlled substance offense on the property of a penal facility or juvenile facility an enhancing circumstance. Makes it an aggravating circumstance that a crime was committed because of certain perceived or actual characteristics of the victim. Read the bill at: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/198 … [Read more...] about Sentencing
Crimes involving synthetic drugs
H.E.A. 1186, P.L. 80 Effective: July 1, 2019 Makes possessing or dealing in a substance that is a controlled substance analog an offense of the same level as possession of or dealing in the controlled substance of which the substance is an analog. Defines "substance represented to be a controlled substance" and establishes certain factors the trier of fact may consider to determine … [Read more...] about Crimes involving synthetic drugs
Parenting time
The House Judiciary Committee heard SB 323 on parenting time, sponsored by Rep. Cherry. The bill authorizes a court to require a parent to submit to drug testing as a condition of exercising parenting time rights if the court finds that: (1) the parent has a history of unlawful drug use within the previous five years; or (2) there is a reasonable likelihood that the parent is … [Read more...] about Parenting time