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IN HB1342
Bill
Status
1/13/2015
Primary Sponsor
Karlee Macer
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AI Summary
House Bill 1342 Summary
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Requires the Criminal Justice Institute to compile domestic violence crime data and submit it to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) maintained by the FBI.
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Mandates the victim services division of the Institute to make grants from the domestic violence prevention and treatment fund (changed from discretionary "may" to mandatory "shall").
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Requires each county to establish and operate a domestic violence shelter funded by the county general fund, with assistance from the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute.
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Upon violation of a protection order for domestic or family violence, courts must require the violator to wear a GPS tracking device with victim notification capabilities when available.
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Increases mandatory custody period for domestic violence arrests from 8 hours to 24 hours; makes it a Class B misdemeanor to dismiss or threaten dismissal of an employee because they are a domestic violence victim, attended related court proceedings, or had a protection order issued on their behalf.
Legislative Description
Domestic violence. Requires the criminal justice institute (institute) to compile information concerning crimes that involve domestic violence and submit the information to the National Incident-Based Reporting System maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Requires, instead of allows, the victim services division of the institute to make grants from the domestic violence prevention and treatment fund. Requires each county to establish and operate a domestic violence shelter in the county to assist victims of domestic violence in the county. Provides that, upon a finding of a violation of an order for protection concerning a victim of domestic or family violence,
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs
1/13/2015