Indiana Senate Bill 343 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Passed on May 4 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-04 - Public Law 185
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Various criminal law matters. Makes it organized retail theft, a Level 6 felony, for a person to exercise unauthorized control over the property of a retail merchant with the intent to directly or indirectly distribute the property for resale, and increases the penalty to a Level 5 felony if certain circumstances exist. Permits a person to petition for expungement of an arrest if no charges have been filed within one year of the arrest. (Under current law, the arrest is expunged without a petition after 180 days.) Requires a court, in granting a petition for expungement, to include in the order statutory language specifying that the person's civil rights are restored. Allows disclosure of expunged records to a school in connection with the employment of a person likely to have contact with a student. Specifies that an expunged record may not be destroyed or deleted. Repeals the requirement that certain acts taken by a prosecuting attorney are invalid without a seal. Makes conforming amendments and a technical correction.

Various criminal law matters.

Sen. Aaron Freeman [R]

Sen. Jack Sandlin [R]

Rep. Gerald Torr [R]

Rep. Mitch Gore [D]

2023-04-26 - Senate - Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 40 N: 9 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 83 N: 12 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-04-10 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 85 N: 12 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-04-06 - House - House - Amendment #1 (Errington) failed (Y: 33 N: 56 NV: 2 Abs: 9) [FAIL]
2023-02-28 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 39 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-04	Senate	Public Law 185
2023-05-04	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2023-05-01	House	Signed by the Speaker
2023-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2023-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2023-04-26	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 516: yeas 83, nays 12
2023-04-26	Senate	Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 491: yeas 40, nays 9
2023-04-26	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2023-04-25	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2023-04-20	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Taylor G and Sandlin
2023-04-20	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Freeman and Pol
2023-04-20	House	House advisors appointed: Steuerwald, Negele, McNamara and Pierce M
2023-04-20	House	House conferees appointed: Torr and Gore
2023-04-19	Senate	Senate dissented from House amendments
2023-04-19	Senate	Motion to dissent filed
2023-04-11	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2023-04-10	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 377: yeas 85, nays 12
2023-04-10	House	Representative Gore M added as cosponsor
2023-04-06	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-04-06	House	Amendment #2 (Pierce) failed; Division of the House: yeas 27, nays 61
2023-04-06	House	Amendment #1 (Errington) failed; Roll Call 365: yeas 33, nays 56
2023-03-30	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-03-06	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2023-03-01	Senate	Referred to the House
2023-02-28	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Torr
2023-02-28	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 196: yeas 39, nays 10
2023-02-27	Senate	Senator Sandlin added as second author
2023-02-27	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2023-02-27	Senate	Amendment #2 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote
2023-02-23	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-01-19	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
2023-01-19	Senate	Authored by Senator Freeman

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/343/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/343/#1.INTR
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/343/#2.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/343/#3.ENGS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/343/#4.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/343/#5.ENRH
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/343/#S196
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/343/#H365
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/343/#H377
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/343/#H516
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/343/#S491