Indiana Senate Bill 145 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 14-3)
Status: Passed on March 22 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-22 - Public Law 90
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Unclaimed remains of veterans. Requires the Indiana department of veterans' affairs to: (1) establish standards for approval of veterans' service organizations; (2) maintain a list of approved veterans' service organizations; and (3) publish the list on the department's Internet web site. Allows a licensed funeral director to release: (1) verification information as to whether a veteran or dependent of a veteran is eligible for burial in a state or national cemetery; and (2) cremated remains; to a veterans' service organization if certain conditions apply. Requires a veterans' service organization to: (1) transport cremated remains to a state or national cemetery;

Unclaimed remains of veterans. Requires the Indiana department of veterans' affairs to: (1) establish standards for approval of veterans' service organizations; (2) maintain a list of approved veterans' service organizations; and (3) publish the list on the department's Internet web site. Allows a licensed funeral director to release: (1) verification information as to whether a veteran or dependent of a veteran is eligible for burial in a state or national cemetery; and (2) cremated remains; to a veterans' service organization if certain conditions apply. Requires a veterans' service organization to: (1) transport cremated remains to a state or national cemetery;

Sen. James Banks [R]	Sen. Ryan Mishler [R]	Sen. Erin Houchin [R]	Sen. Ronnie Alting [R]
Sen. James Arnold [D]	Sen. Jon Ford [R]	Sen. James Merritt [R]	Sen. Howard Kenley [R]
Sen. Michael Young [R]	Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R]	Sen. James Smith [R]	Sen. James Tomes [R]
Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Rep. Casey Cox [R]	Rep. Christopher Judy [R]	Rep. Randall Frye [R]
Rep. Karlee Macer [D]

2016-02-22 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 92 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2016-02-16 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2016-01-19 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-12 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-22	Senate	Public Law 90
2016-03-22	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2016-03-15	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2016-03-02	House	Signed by the Speaker
2016-02-29	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2016-02-23	House	Returned to the Senate without amendments
2016-02-22	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 202: yeas 92, nays 0
2016-02-18	House	Representative Macer added as cosponsor
2016-02-18	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2016-02-16	House	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2016-02-08	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
2016-01-20	Senate	Referred to the House
2016-01-19	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2016-01-19	Senate	Senator Tomes added as coauthor
2016-01-19	Senate	Senator Smith added as coauthor
2016-01-19	Senate	Senator Charbonneau added as coauthor
2016-01-19	Senate	Senator Young, M. added as coauthor
2016-01-19	Senate	Senator Kenley added as coauthor
2016-01-19	Senate	Cosponsors: Representatives Judy and Frye
2016-01-19	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Cox
2016-01-19	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 19: yeas 50, nays 0
2016-01-14	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2016-01-12	Senate	Senators Ford and Merritt added as coauthors
2016-01-12	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2016-01-11	Senate	Senator Arnold added as coauthor
2016-01-11	Senate	Senator Houchin added as third author
2016-01-07	Senate	Senator Alting added as coauthor
2016-01-05	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs & The Military
2016-01-05	Senate	Authored by Senators Banks and Mishler

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2016/bills/senate/145/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/a/c/d/2acd4260/SB0145.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/7/0/1/47015728/SB0145.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/3/a/e/43aebd63/SB0145.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/8/a/d/38ad94cf/SB0145.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/2/0/9/72091833/SB0145.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/f/6/d/3f6d8885/SB0145.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/c/0/c/cc0c59d2/SB0145.04.ENRH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/7/b/6/17b614e3/SB0145.01.INTR.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/0/3/5/0035e351/SB0145.19.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/f/8/a/0f8a6bb1/SB0145.02.COMS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/d/7/2/4d72bcda/SB0145.202.pdf