Indiana Senate Bill 16 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-03 - Senator Raatz added as second author
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Application of foreign law. Provides that a court may not apply, enforce, or grant comity, res judicata, claim preclusion, or issue preclusion to a foreign law, ruling, or judgment if doing so would violate the fundamental liberties, rights, and privileges guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of the State of Indiana. Provides that a provision in a contract or agreement that: (1) provides for the choice of foreign laws in its interpretation; or (2) provides for the choice of venue or forum; and that would result in a violation of a fundamental liberty, right, or

Application of foreign law. Provides that a court may not apply, enforce, or grant comity, res judicata, claim preclusion, or issue preclusion to a foreign law, ruling, or judgment if doing so would violate the fundamental liberties, rights, and privileges guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of the State of Indiana. Provides that a provision in a contract or agreement that: (1) provides for the choice of foreign laws in its interpretation; or (2) provides for the choice of venue or forum; and that would result in a violation of a fundamental liberty, right, or

Sen. Travis Holdman [R]

Sen. Jeff Raatz [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-03	Senate	Senator Raatz added as second author
2017-01-03	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2017-01-03	Senate	Authored by Senator Holdman

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/16/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/c/5/1/4c51f988/SB0016.01.INTR.pdf