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IN SB0398
Bill
Status
2/19/2015
Primary Sponsor
Eric Bassler
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AI Summary
SB 398 Summary
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Amends IC 35-33-1-1 to allow law enforcement officers to arrest a person for recklessly passing a school bus with an extended stop arm signal device based on probable cause the misdemeanor was committed, without requiring the officer to witness the violation in progress.
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Changes arrest authority from requiring the officer to have "probable cause to believe the person is committing or attempting to commit a misdemeanor in the officer's presence" to "probable cause to believe the person has committed" the school bus stop arm violation.
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Effective July 1, 2015.
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Transportation approved the bill unanimously (9 Yeas, 0 Nays) on February 3, 2015.
Legislative Description
School bus stop arm violations. Provides that a law enforcement officer may arrest a person when the officer has probable cause to believe that the person has committed a misdemeanor by recklessly passing a school bus when the arm signal device of the bus is in the extended position. (Current law requires the officer to have probable cause to believe that the person is committing or attempting to commit the misdemeanor in the officer's presence.)
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation
3/3/2015