Indiana House Bill 1407 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on April 26 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-04-26 - Public Law 194
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Probate and trust matters. Makes various changes to probate and trust laws concerning contesting of wills, authorization of certain acts by a trustee, and the consideration of the requests of de facto custodians and living parents of incapacitated persons in the appointment of guardians and in custody orders. Prohibits a court clerk from collecting a court costs fee for the filing of a closing statement associated with a small estate. Specifies parameters for electronic message delivery. Makes technical corrections.

Probate and trust matters. Makes various changes to probate and trust laws concerning contesting of wills, authorization of certain acts by a trustee, and the consideration of the requests of de facto custodians and living parents of incapacitated persons in the appointment of guardians and in custody orders. Prohibits a court clerk from collecting a court costs fee for the filing of a closing statement associated with a small estate. Specifies parameters for electronic message delivery. Makes technical corrections.

Rep. Thomas Washburne [R]	Rep. Ryan Dvorak [D]	Rep. Ryan Hatfield [D]	Rep. John Young [R]
Sen. Rodric Bray [R]	Sen. Eric Koch [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]

2017-04-21 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2017-04-21 - Senate - Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-04-06 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2017-03-29 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-30 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-23 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-26	House	Public Law 194
2017-04-26	House	Signed by the Governor
2017-04-24	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2017-04-21	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2017-04-21	House	Signed by the Speaker
2017-04-21	Senate	Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 511: yeas 50, nays 0
2017-04-21	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 523: yeas 98, nays 0
2017-04-20	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2017-04-20	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2017-04-11	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Koch, Taylor G, Freeman and Zakas
2017-04-11	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Bray and Randolph Lonnie M
2017-04-10	House	House advisors appointed: Engleman, Young J and Dvorak
2017-04-10	House	House conferees appointed: Washburne and Hatfield
2017-04-10	House	House dissented from Senate amendments
2017-04-10	House	Motion to dissent filed
2017-04-06	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2017-04-06	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 418: yeas 48, nays 0
2017-04-05	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2017-03-30	Senate	Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
2017-03-30	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2017-03-14	Senate	Senator Koch added as second sponsor
2017-02-20	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2017-01-31	House	Referred to the Senate
2017-01-30	House	Senate sponsor: Senator Bray
2017-01-30	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 33: yeas 99, nays 0
2017-01-26	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2017-01-24	House	Representatives Dvorak, Hatfield, Young J added as coauthors
2017-01-23	House	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2017-01-17	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2017-01-17	House	Authored by Representative Washburne

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1407/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/7/3/e/473e5792/HB1407.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/4/f/e/24fecea0/HB1407.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/1/1/8/9118a6c4/HB1407.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/b/2/d/eb2d210e/HB1407.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/5/b/5/85b59843/HB1407.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/c/3/5/7c351c58/HB1407.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/8/2/8/982894e6/HB1407.04.ENRS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/1/3/2/11325f0d/HB1407.01.INTR.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/c/a/1/2ca115c3/HB1407.33.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/d/b/a/6dbaa09c/HB1407.02.COMH.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/2/5/4/6254a420/HB1407.418.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/f/f/f/afff2fa5/HB1407.511.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/2/3/0/b2303bfc/HB1407.523.pdf