Indiana House Bill 1156 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-18 - Representative Zent added as coauthor
Pending: House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Ban on ivory and rhino horn sales. Makes the sale or other transfer of ownership of an article consisting of or containing ivory or rhino horn a Class A misdemeanor. Provides exceptions applying: (1) if the article is at least 100 years old and ivory or rhino horn constitutes less than 20% of the article by volume; (2) if the sale or transfer of ownership of the article is for bona fide educational or scientific purposes or is to a museum or educational institution; (3) if the transfer of ownership of the article is from a decedent or decedent's estate

Ban on ivory and rhino horn sales. Makes the sale or other transfer of ownership of an article consisting of or containing ivory or rhino horn a Class A misdemeanor. Provides exceptions applying: (1) if the article is at least 100 years old and ivory or rhino horn constitutes less than 20% of the article by volume; (2) if the sale or transfer of ownership of the article is for bona fide educational or scientific purposes or is to a museum or educational institution; (3) if the transfer of ownership of the article is from a decedent or decedent's estate

Rep. Patrick Bauer [D]

Rep. Robert Cherry [R]

Rep. Dennis Zent [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-18	House	Representative Zent added as coauthor
2018-01-11	House	Representative Cherry added as coauthor
2018-01-08	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2018-01-08	House	Authored by Representative Bauer

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1156/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/c/f/3/dcf3c06f/HB1156.01.INTR.pdf