IN HB1236 | 2021 | Regular Session

Indiana House Bill 1236 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-14 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
Pending: House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Sentencing aggravators. Specifies that aggravating circumstances based on the commission of certain offenses include only those offenses of which the defendant was convicted. Provides that a court, when sentencing a defendant, may not consider as an aggravating circumstance: (1) any charge of which the defendant was acquitted; or (2) the fact that the state elected not to charge the defendant with one or more offenses.

Title

Sentencing aggravators.

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-14	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2021-01-14	House	Authored by Representative Young J

Indiana State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1236/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/7/f/0/37f06506/HB1236.01.INTR.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/3/2/d/532d28c1/HB1236.01.INTR.FN001.pdf