IN HB1263 | 2017 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-10 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
Pending: House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Criminal law matters. Provides that a sex or violent offender who: (1) knowingly or intentionally fails to register as required; and (2) has a prior unrelated conviction in another jurisdiction for an offense that is substantially equivalent to an offense of failure to register as required under Indiana law; commits a Level 5 felony. Provides that for purposes of the habitual offender statute, a Level 6 felony means a conviction for which a convicted person could have been imprisoned for more than one year but not more than two and one-half years.

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Title

Criminal law matters. Provides that a sex or violent offender who: (1) knowingly or intentionally fails to register as required; and (2) has a prior unrelated conviction in another jurisdiction for an offense that is substantially equivalent to an offense of failure to register as required under Indiana law; commits a Level 5 felony. Provides that for purposes of the habitual offender statute, a Level 6 felony means a conviction for which a convicted person could have been imprisoned for more than one year but not more than two and one-half years.

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History

DateChamberAction
2017-01-10HouseFirst reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2017-01-10HouseAuthored by Representative Washburne

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