IN HB1343 | 2025 | Regular Session

Indiana House Bill 1343 (Prefiled Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-13 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
Pending: House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Department of correction immunity. Provides immunity under the tort claims act for a governmental entity or employee for civil liability based on injury to or the death of an inmate, if the injury or death was the result of the voluntary possession or use of fentanyl illegally brought into a correctional facility.

Title

Department of correction immunity.

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-13	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2025-01-13	House	Authored by Representative Borders

Indiana State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/house/1343/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1343/HB1343.01.INTR.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1343/fiscal-notes/HB1343.01.INTR.FN001.pdf