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IN SB0161
Bill
AI Summary
Senate Bill 161 Summary
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Prohibits persons convicted of voting-related offenses under Indiana Code Chapter 3-14-2 from employment by the state or any unit of local government (county, municipality, or township) for three years following sentencing.
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Requires automatic termination of employment as a matter of law on the date of sentencing for convicted individuals already employed by the state or a local unit.
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Allows sentencing courts to suspend or modify the employment prohibition or termination if the court finds the person committed the offense because they reasonably feared employment-related retaliation.
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Effective July 1, 2015.
Legislative Description
Vote fraud and public employment. Provides that a person who is convicted of any of certain offenses relating to voting is prohibited from being employed by the state or a county, municipality, or township for three years, unless the sentencing court finds that the person committed the offense because the person reasonably feared employment related retaliation.
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Elections
1/6/2015