Indiana Senate Bill 70 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Passed on March 7 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-03-07 - Public Law 5
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Obstruction of justice. Provides that a person commits obstruction of justice if the person induces a witness in a legal proceeding to: (1) withhold or delay producing evidence that the witness is legally required to produce; (2) avoid a subpoena or court order; (3) not appear at a proceeding to which the witness has been summoned; or (4) give a false or materially misleading statement. Provides that a person commits obstruction of justice, as a Level 5 felony, if the person induces a witness to give a false or materially misleading statement during the investigation or pendency of a domestic violence or child abuse case. Establishes a uniform definition of "communicates" for the criminal code. Makes other changes and conforming amendments.

Obstruction of justice.

Sen. Michael Crider [R]	Sen. Michael Young [R]	Sen. Erin Houchin [R]	Sen. Scott Baldwin [R]
Rep. Wendy McNamara [R]

2022-02-24 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House amendments (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-02-22 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 93 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2022-02-16 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2022-01-18 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 39 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-01-04 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 7 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-07	Senate	Public Law 5
2022-03-07	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2022-03-07	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2022-03-04	House	Signed by the Speaker
2022-03-01	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2022-02-28	Senate	Senator Baldwin added as coauthor
2022-02-24	Senate	Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 262: yeas 47, nays 0
2022-02-23	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2022-02-23	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2022-02-22	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 226: yeas 93, nays 0
2022-02-21	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2022-02-17	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2022-02-01	Senate	Senator Houchin added as third author
2022-02-01	Senate	Senator Young M added as second author
2022-02-01	Senate	Senator Houchin removed as second author
2022-01-31	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2022-01-19	Senate	Referred to the House
2022-01-18	Senate	House sponsor: Representative McNamara
2022-01-18	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 16: yeas 39, nays 8
2022-01-11	Senate	Senator Houchin added as second author
2022-01-11	Senate	Amendment #2 (Taylor G) failed; voice vote
2022-01-11	Senate	Amendment #1 (Young M) prevailed; voice vote
2022-01-11	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2022-01-06	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2022-01-04	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
2022-01-04	Senate	Authored by Senator Crider

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/70/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/f/3/4/bf343df3/SB0070.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/3/c/1/c3c1a8db/SB0070.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/3/4/5/8345fb74/SB0070.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/b/1/0/4b104d4d/SB0070.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/d/2/e/5d2ed7b2/SB0070.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/e/4/8/3e48133d/SB0070.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/7/f/9/87f9139a/SB0070.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/e/a/8/5ea801bc/SB0070.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/4/8/3/f483ae65/SB0070.05.ENRH.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/1/1/7/a1170e93/SB0070.02.COMS.AMS001.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/e/e/4/9ee4dcea/SB0070.02.COMS.AMS002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/e/3/c/8e3c7337/SB0070.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/d/5/4/bd544a7a/SB0070.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/e/f/a/0efab987/SB0070.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/3/9/4/03945a18/SB0070.03.ENGS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/7/b/2/17b27494/SB0070.03.ENGS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/7/0/9/e7097bbb/SB0070.03.ENGS.CRH001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/3/4/d/834d96b8/SB0070.04.COMH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/8/0/3/2803211e/SB0070.04.COMH.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/6/0/b/060bf291/SB0070.04.COMH.FN003.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/e/6/1/8e61d57e/SB0070.04.COMH.CON01.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/f/7/4/2f743bb4/SB0070.05.ENRH.FN001.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/4/c/0/34c007d2/SB0070.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/e/c/1/aec19ae3/SB0070.16_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/d/e/2/3de22077/SB0070.03.ENGS.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/6/9/f/469fa32c/SB0070.226_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/2/5/9/525941e2/SB0070.262_S.pdf