Bill Text: IN SB0160 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: School employee background checks.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-3)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2013-04-09 - House advisors appointed: Thompson, Battles and Errington [SB0160 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2013-SB0160-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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SENATE BILL No. 160

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 20-26-2-1.5.

Synopsis: School employee background checks. Provides that an "expanded criminal history check", for purposes of education law, requires a national criminal history background check. Eliminates other types of permissible record searches under current law.

Effective: July 1, 2013.

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Wyss, Arnold

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    January 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections & Criminal Law.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)

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SENATE BILL No. 160

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 20-26-2-1.5; (13)IN0160.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 20-26-2-1.5, AS ADDED BY P.L.121-2009, SECTION 7, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 1.5. "Expanded criminal history check" means a criminal history background check of an individual that includes
        (1) a:
            (A) search of the records maintained by all counties in Indiana in which the individual who is the subject of the background check resided;
            (B) search of the records maintained by all counties or similar governmental units in another state, if the individual who is the subject of the background check resided in another state; and
            (C) check of:
                (i) sex offender registries in all fifty (50) states; or
                (ii) the national sex offender registry maintained by the United States Department of Justice; or
        (2) a:

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        (A) (1) national criminal history background check (as defined in IC 10-13-3-12); and
        (B) (2) check of:
            (i) (A) sex offender registries in all fifty (50) states; or
            (ii) (B) the national sex offender registry maintained by the United States Department of Justice.