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IN SR0058
Resolution
Status
4/12/2017
Primary Sponsor
Rodric Bray
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AI Summary
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Urges four legislative committees (Senate Judiciary, Senate Corrections and Criminal Law, House Judiciary, and House Courts and Criminal Code) to require bills creating new crimes or increasing criminal penalties to be reviewed by interim study committees before standing committee consideration.
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Cites the 2014 passage of House Bill 1006, which culminated a five-year effort to make Indiana's Criminal Code consistent, proportional, and effective.
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Notes that 278 bills creating new crimes or increasing penalties were introduced in the three years following House Bill 1006, with over 90 introduced each year.
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States that current committee meeting allocations (three to six meetings per year) make it extremely difficult to thoroughly review each bill and maintain the Criminal Code's consistency and proportionality.
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Draws parallel to an existing 25-year practice of requiring new courts and judicial officer requests to be reviewed by a summer courts committee before standing committee consideration.
Legislative Description
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee, the House Judiciary Committee, and the House Courts and Criminal Code Committee to adopt the practice of requiring, to the extent practicable, bills that create a new crime, or increase the penalty for an existing crime, to be reviewed by the Interim Study Committee on Corrections and Criminal Code, the Interim Study Committee on Courts and the Judiciary, or another appropriate interim study committee.
Last Action
Withdrawn
4/21/2017