Indiana Senate Bill 38 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 3 2015 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-02 - First Reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [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: (1) that provides for the choice of foreign laws in its interpretation; or (2) that provides for the choice of venue or forum; and that would result in a violation of a fundamental liberty, right,

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: (1) that provides for the choice of foreign laws in its interpretation; or (2) that provides for the choice of venue or forum; and that would result in a violation of a fundamental liberty, right,

Sen. Brent Steele [R]

Sen. Michael Delph [R]

Sen. Dennis Kruse [R]

Rep. Gregory Steuerwald [R]

2015-01-29 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 43 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2015-01-21 - Senate - Senate Committee on Judiciary - Committee Vote (Y: 7 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-02	House	First Reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2015-02-03	Senate	Referred to the House
2015-01-29	Senate	Representative Steuerwald added as sponsor
2015-01-29	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 58: yeas 43, nays 4
2015-01-27	Senate	Senator Kruse added as third author
2015-01-26	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2015-01-22	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2015-01-07	Senate	Senator Delph added as second author
2015-01-06	Senate	First Reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2015-01-06	Senate	Authored by Senator Steele

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/38/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/5/9/5/d595d2ce/SB0038.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/e/e/7/7ee79593/SB0038.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/b/6/9/5b69e76c/SB0038.02.COMS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/6/6/9/8669a776/SB0038.01.INTR.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/f/8/e/cf8ec0af/SB0038.58.pdf