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IN HB1263
Bill
Status
1/10/2017
Primary Sponsor
Thomas Washburne
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AI Summary
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Sex or violent offenders who knowingly or intentionally fail to register commit a Level 6 felony under IC 11-8-8-17.
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Failure to register becomes a Level 5 felony if the offender has a prior unrelated conviction in Indiana or another jurisdiction (including military court) for a substantially equivalent offense or failure to comply with sex or violent offender requirements.
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Inability to pay registration fees or address change fees is not a valid defense to prosecution for failure to register.
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For habitual offender purposes under IC 35-50-2-1, a "Level 6 felony conviction" includes out-of-state convictions where the person could have been imprisoned for more than one year but not more than 2.5 years.
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Effective date: July 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
Criminal law matters. Provides that a sex or violent offender who: (1) knowingly or intentionally fails to register as required; and (2) has a prior unrelated conviction in another jurisdiction for an offense that is substantially equivalent to an offense of failure to register as required under Indiana law; commits a Level 5 felony. Provides that for purposes of the habitual offender statute, a Level 6 felony means a conviction for which a convicted person could have been imprisoned for more than one year but not more than two and one-half years.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/10/2017