Indiana House Bill 1647 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-24 - First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Civil rights commission. Provides that: (1) an order by the civil rights commission may include a requirement that reasonable attorney's fees incurred by certain complainants be paid; and (2) a civil action based on a claim that is the basis for a complaint filed with the civil rights commission may be tried by a court or by a jury. Eliminates the requirement that both the complainant and respondent must agree in writing to have a claim that is the basis for a finding of probable cause by the civil rights commission decided in a court.

Civil rights commission. Provides that: (1) an order by the civil rights commission may include a requirement that reasonable attorney's fees incurred by certain complainants be paid; and (2) a civil action based on a claim that is the basis for a complaint filed with the civil rights commission may be tried by a court or by a jury. Eliminates the requirement that both the complainant and respondent must agree in writing to have a claim that is the basis for a finding of probable cause by the civil rights commission decided in a court.

Rep. Vanessa Summers [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-24	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2017-01-24	House	Authored by Representative Summers

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1647/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/c/5/3/bc53ce8d/HB1647.01.INTR.pdf