Indiana House Bill 1282 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 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]

Citizen's arrests. Specifies that a person may perform a citizen's arrest only if: (1) the arrest is justified under the self-defense statute; (2) the arrest is justified under the shoplifter or unlawful recording detention statutes; or (3) the arrest is based on a criminal offense committed on private property in the presence of the arresting person, if the arresting person has a contractual interest in the property or is an employee of an establishment located on the property. Makes conforming amendments.

Citizen's arrests.

Rep. Earl Harris [D]

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1282/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/d/b/9/6db9357e/HB1282.01.INTR.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/6/b/c/46bc4e7d/HB1282.01.INTR.FN001.pdf