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IN SB0288
Bill
Status
1/7/2016
Primary Sponsor
Michael Delph
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AI Summary
Senate Bill 288 Summary
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Declares any federal act, decree, law, opinion, order, rule, regulation, or statute found by the Indiana General Assembly to be inconsistent with constitutional powers granted to the federal government is void in Indiana.
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Grants Indiana residents a private right of action to enjoin enforcement or implementation of federal laws declared void by the General Assembly, with prevailing plaintiffs entitled to recover reasonable attorney's fees and costs.
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Makes it a Level 6 felony for any person to knowingly or intentionally implement or enforce a federal law declared void by the General Assembly.
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Removes the statement that English common law and British Parliament statutes prior to the fourth year of King James I are governing law in Indiana.
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Effective upon passage.
Legislative Description
Applicability of federal law in Indiana. Provides that any act, decree, injunction, law, opinion, order, rule, regulation, or statute of any branch of the federal government found by the general assembly to be inconsistent with the power granted to the federal government in the Constitution of the United States is void in Indiana. Provides that a resident of Indiana has a cause of action to enjoin the enforcement or implementation or the attempted enforcement or implementation of a federal act, decree, injunction, law, opinion, order, rule, regulation, or statute declared void by the general assembly. Provides that a plaintiff who
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
1/7/2016