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The Senate Committee on Courts and Criminal Code heard SB 159 authored by Sen. Crider on computer trespass. The bill: Indiana Public Defender Council testified against the bill. The bill passed 7-1. Read the bill at https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/159 … [Read more...] about Computer trespass

The Senate Committee on Courts and Criminal Code heard SB 286 authored by Sen. Freeman on credit time. The bill provides that a habitual offender is not entitled to good time credit. The bill was amended to provide for credit time for pretrial home detention and the loss of that credit time if the person violates a condition of pretrial home detention, fails to … [Read more...] about Credit time

The Senate Committee on Courts and Criminal Code heard SB 301 authored by Sen. Brown on child molesting. The bill makes the acts requiring a person convicted of child molesting to be sentenced in accordance with the alternative Level 1 sentencing range an element of the crime of child molesting. The bill was amended to clarify sentencing options for child molest … [Read more...] about Child molesting

For amend and vote only, the House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard HB 1198 on serious communicable diseases authored by Rep. McNamara. A version of this bill has been introduced the last four legislative sessions with the intent to update the law consistent with medical advances. The bill: At the January 18th meeting, representatives from Indiana Minority Health … [Read more...] about Serious communicable diseases