The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard SB 182 on court procedures sponsored by Rep. J. Young and authored by Sen. Freeman. The bill makes clarifying changes to the expungement statutes and provides for automatic expungement by the court of certain records. Testimony in support of the bill was heard from the Indiana Public Defender Council. The bill passed … [Read more...] about Court procedures
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Court procedures
The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard SB 182 on court procedures authored by Sen. Freeman.This billprovides that the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) may not suspend a person's driving privileges for being a habitual traffic offender if the court does not transmit a qualifying conviction to the BMV within 30 days after sentencing. The bill specifies … [Read more...] about Court procedures
Tobacco and vaping smoking age
S.E.A. 1, P.L. 49 Effective: July 1, 2020 Prohibits a person who is less than 21 years of age from buying or possessing: (1) tobacco; (2) e-liquids; or (3) electronic cigarettes. Makes conforming changes regarding enforcement provisions, sales certificates, prohibition of delivery sales, and notices posted at retail establishments and at vending machines. Provides that a retail … [Read more...] about Tobacco and vaping smoking age
Disregard of a traffic control signal
The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard SB 443 on disregard of a traffic control signal. The bill is authored by Sen. Garten and establishes that the following are Class B infractions: (1) failure to stop at a traffic control signal resulting in bodily injury, (2) failure to stop at an entrance to a through highway resulting in bodily injury, and (3) failure to stop … [Read more...] about Disregard of a traffic control signal
Misdemeanor penalties
The Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law heard Sen. Young’s SB 336 making numerous misdemeanor penalties civil infractions and repealing the crimes of vending machine vandalism and refusing to yield a party line. There were two amendments taken by consent to increase the civil infractions back to misdemeanors with a prior unrelated infraction judgment for the same o … [Read more...] about Misdemeanor penalties