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IN HB1176
Bill
Status
1/8/2018
Primary Sponsor
Vanessa Summers
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AI Summary
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Urges the legislative council to assign an appropriate study committee to examine African-American homicide victimization in Indiana during the 2018 legislative interim.
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Study committee shall examine reasons why Indiana has the second-highest African-American homicide rate in the United States.
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Committee shall consider the effects of the homicide rate on Indiana's African-American communities and review published analyses of Indiana's African-American homicide rate.
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Committee shall review information contained in the Indiana violent death reporting system maintained by the Indiana state department of health.
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Section expires November 2, 2018, with an effective date of July 1, 2018.
Legislative Description
Study on African-American homicide victims. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee the topic of African-American homicide victimization in Indiana.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/8/2018