Indiana Senate Bill 26 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 5 2010 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-01-28 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 65(b), reassigned to Appropriations.
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Makes child solicitation committed by a person at least 21 years of age against a child under 14 years of age a Class C felony if the person performs an overt act demonstrating an intent to physically meet the child. Enhances the penalty to a Class B felony if it is committed by means of a computer network, and to a Class A felony if it is committed by means of a computer network by a person who has a prior conviction for child solicitation by means of a computer network. Increases the criminal costs fee by $0.50. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the sentencing policy study committee.)

Child solicitation.

Sen. Randall Head [R]

Sen. Greg Taylor [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-01-28		Pursuant to Senate Rule 65(b), reassigned to Appropriations.
2010-01-28		Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2010-01-11		Senator Taylor added as coauthor
2010-01-05		First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters
2010-01-05		Authored by Senator Head

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2010&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=SB&docno=0026
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2010/IN/IN0026.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2010/SB/SB0026.1.html