Indiana Senate Bill 27 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-3)
Status: Engrossed on February 18 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-14 - Representative DeLaney added as cosponsor
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Punitive damages. Provides that certain limitations on punitive damages do not apply to civil actions where the defendant has been charged with committing an act of sexual misconduct and the act of sexual misconduct gives rise to the civil action. Raises cap on punitive damages for such claims to $250,000. Provides that 25% of punitive damages awarded will go to the violent crime victims compensation fund and 75% of the punitive damages awarded will be paid to the person to whom the punitive damages were awarded. Provides that the exception to the punitive damages law does not apply to a cause of action brought against an employer whose liability is based solely on the doctrine of respondeat superior.

Punitive damages. Provides that certain limitations on punitive damages do not apply to civil actions where the defendant has been charged with committing an act of sexual misconduct and the act of sexual misconduct gives rise to the civil action. Raises cap on punitive damages for such claims to $250,000. Provides that 25% of punitive damages awarded will go to the violent crime victims compensation fund and 75% of the punitive damages awarded will be paid to the person to whom the punitive damages were awarded. Provides that the exception to the punitive damages law does not apply to a cause of action brought against an employer whose liability is based solely on the doctrine of respondeat superior.

Sen. Vaneta Becker [R]	Sen. Randall Head [R]	Sen. John Ruckelshaus [R]	Sen. James Merritt [R]
Sen. Ronald Grooms [R]	Sen. Aaron Freeman [R]	Sen. Timothy Lanane [D]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]
Sen. Mike Bohacek [R]	Sen. Jon Ford [R]	Sen. Eric Koch [R]	Rep. Gregory Steuerwald [R]
Rep. Edward DeLaney [D]

2019-02-14 - Senate - Third reading (Y: 41 N: 6 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2019-01-23 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-14	House	Representative DeLaney added as cosponsor
2019-02-26	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2019-02-18	Senate	Referred to the House
2019-02-14	Senate	Senator Koch added as coauthor
2019-02-14	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Steuerwald
2019-02-14	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 120: yeas 41, nays 6
2019-02-12	Senate	Amendment #4 (Young M) prevailed; voice vote
2019-02-12	Senate	Amendment #3 (Head) prevailed; voice vote
2019-02-12	Senate	Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed
2019-02-05	Senate	Senator Ford Jon added as coauthor
2019-02-04	Senate	Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
2019-01-29	Senate	Placed back on second reading
2019-01-29	Senate	Third reading: call withdrawn
2019-01-28	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2019-01-24	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2019-01-24	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2019-01-10	Senate	Senator Lanane added as coauthor
2019-01-10	Senate	Senator Freeman added as coauthor
2019-01-03	Senate	Senators Merritt and Grooms added as coauthors
2019-01-03	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2019-01-03	Senate	Authored by Senators Becker, Head and Ruckelshaus

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/27/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/c/7/8/ec789af0/SB0027.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/7/3/0/e73016ab/SB0027.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/1/c/3/71c3ef5a/SB0027.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/6/e/d/c6ed5f28/SB0027.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/6/f/9/66f96445/SB0027.03.ENGS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/7/6/8/276892fd/SB0027.01.INTR.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/5/4/6/35468556/SB0027.120.pdf