Legislative Update

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Drug penalties

Filed Under: Criminal

The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard SB 519 on drug penalties, sponsored by Rep. McNamara. The bill provides that if a person commits the offense of dealing or an attempt or conspiracy to commit dealing in a controlled substance, the person may be tried in any county where the person performed an act in furtherance of the offense. Replaces heroin with cocaine or a … [Read more...] about Drug penalties

Study of reckless homicide

Filed Under: Criminal

The Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law heard HB 1051 urging the legislative council to assign the task of studying the topic of reckless homicide to an appropriate study committee. The committee would study the following aspects: (1) increasing the penalty for reckless homicide; and (2) whether a person commits a separate offense of reckless homicide for each person … [Read more...] about Study of reckless homicide

Urging the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of assessing the laws and policies concerning the adjudication and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders

Filed Under: Juvenile

The Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law heard Sen. Spartz’s SCR 16 requesting an interim study committee to assess the laws and policies concerning the adjudication and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders. The Indiana Public Defender Council testified in support of the resolution. The resolution passed 7-0. Read the resolution at: h … [Read more...] about Urging the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of assessing the laws and policies concerning the adjudication and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders

Urging the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee the issue of criminal laws concerning fraud and deception

Filed Under: Criminal

The Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law heard Sen. Young’s SR 29 urging the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee the issue of criminal laws concerning fraud and deception. Sen. Young reports that there are 42 total crimes of fraud and deception.  This resolution is to study those crimes for possible combination and rewrite. The Indiana Pr … [Read more...] about Urging the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee the issue of criminal laws concerning fraud and deception