Indiana House Bill 1256 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 13 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-05-13 - Public Law 5
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Requires a court to impose a fine of at least $500 but not more than $5,000 on a person who is: (1) an employee of the department of correction or a penal facility; and (2) convicted of committing trafficking with an inmate as a Class A misdemeanor; if the article involved was a cigarette or tobacco product. Requires a court to impose a fine of at least $500 but not more than $10,000 on a person who is convicted of committing trafficking with an inmate involving a cellular telephone or other wireless or cellular communications device as a Class C felony. Makes it a Class D felony for a person who is not: (1) an inmate of a penal facility; or (2) a child of a juvenile facility; to knowingly or intentionally possess in, or carry or cause to be brought into, the penal facility or juvenile facility a deadly weapon without the prior authorization of the person in charge of the penal facility or juvenile facility. Makes it a Class A misdemeanor for a person to knowingly or intentionally possess a cellular telephone or other wireless or cellular communications device while incarcerated in any penal facility.

Unlawful possession of items in penal facilities.

Rep. Thomas Dermody [R]

Rep. Linda Lawson [D]

2013-03-14 - Senate - Senate - Third reading: passed (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2013-03-14 - Senate - Senate - Third reading: passed (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2013-02-05 - House - House - Third reading: passed (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-13	House	Public Law 5
2013-03-27	House	Signed by the Governor
2013-03-21	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2013-03-19	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2013-03-18	House	Signed by the Speaker
2013-03-14	Senate	Returned to the House without amendments
2013-03-14	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 268: yeas 49 and nays 0
2013-03-11	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2013-03-07	Senate	Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
2013-03-07	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2013-02-25	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections & Criminal Law
2013-02-05	House	Senate sponsors: Senators Steele and Arnold
2013-02-05	House	Referred to the Senate
2013-02-05	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 78: yeas 99, nays 0
2013-02-04	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2013-01-31	House	Representative Lawson added as coauthor
2013-01-31	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2013-01-14	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2013-01-14	House	Authored by Representative Dermody

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2013&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1256
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/IN/IN1256.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/HB/HB1256.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/EH/EH1256.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/HE/HE1256.1.html
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/PDF/Hrollcal/0078.PDF.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/PDF/Srollcal/0268.PDF.pdf