Indiana House Bill 1293 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-16 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
Pending: House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Level 6 felony commitment to DOC. Provides that a person convicted of a Level 6 felony may be committed to the department of correction (DOC) if the county jail: (1) is completely full; and (2) has been completely full for 30 of the 90 days immediately preceding sentencing. Permits an inmate committed to the DOC due to county jail overcrowding to be transferred to the county jail after having spent 30 days in the DOC if the county jail is less than 96% full and certain other conditions are met.

Level 6 felony commitment to DOC. Provides that a person convicted of a Level 6 felony may be committed to the department of correction (DOC) if the county jail: (1) is completely full; and (2) has been completely full for 30 of the 90 days immediately preceding sentencing. Permits an inmate committed to the DOC due to county jail overcrowding to be transferred to the county jail after having spent 30 days in the DOC if the county jail is less than 96% full and certain other conditions are met.

Rep. John Young [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-16	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2018-01-16	House	Authored by Representative Young J

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1293/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/6/e/a/26ead193/HB1293.01.INTR.pdf