Indiana Senate Bill 123 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 16-2)
Status: Engrossed on January 18 2018 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-06 - First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

Newborn safety devices at fire departments. Specifies under the safe haven law that it is a defense to a claim of neglect of a dependent if the individual left the child in a newborn safety device that is located at a fire department, including a volunteer fire department, that meets specified requirements. Provides civil immunity for a fire department that operates a newborn safety device for an act or omission relating to the device: (1) if the device meets specified requirements; and (2) unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.

Newborn safety devices at fire departments. Specifies under the safe haven law that it is a defense to a claim of neglect of a dependent if the individual left the child in a newborn safety device that is located at a fire department, including a volunteer fire department, that meets specified requirements. Provides civil immunity for a fire department that operates a newborn safety device for an act or omission relating to the device: (1) if the device meets specified requirements; and (2) unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.

Sen. Travis Holdman [R]	Sen. Erin Houchin [R]	Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R]	Sen. James Merritt [R]
Sen. James Buck [R]	Sen. Jon Ford [R]	Sen. Andy Zay [R]	Sen. Randall Head [R]
Sen. Mike Bohacek [R]	Sen. Jack Sandlin [R]	Sen. Dennis Kruse [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]
Sen. John Ruckelshaus [R]	Sen. Joseph Zakas [R]	Sen. Mark Stoops [D]	Sen. Eric Bassler [R]
Rep. Martin Carbaugh [R]	Rep. Dave Heine [R]

2018-01-16 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2018-01-08 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 6 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-06	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2018-01-18	Senate	Referred to the House
2018-01-18	Senate	Senator Bassler added as coauthor
2018-01-18	Senate	Senator Stoops added as coauthor
2018-01-16	Senate	Cosponsor: Representative Heine
2018-01-16	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Carbaugh
2018-01-16	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 16: yeas 47, nays 0
2018-01-11	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2018-01-09	Senate	Senators Ruckelshaus and Zakas added as coauthors
2018-01-09	Senate	Senators Ford, Zay, Head, Bohacek, Sandlin, Kruse, Randolph added as coauthors
2018-01-09	Senate	Senator Charbonneau added as third author
2018-01-09	Senate	Senator Houchin added as second author
2018-01-08	Senate	Senators Merritt and Buck added as coauthors
2018-01-08	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2018-01-03	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Civil Law
2018-01-03	Senate	Authored by Senator Holdman

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/123/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/e/9/a/ee9afcc4/SB0123.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/9/f/8/e9f86b16/SB0123.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/d/1/1/dd1133af/SB0123.02.COMS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/b/f/5/5bf58a11/SB0123.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/a/1/8/0a18c447/SB0123.16.pdf