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IN HB1176

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/8/2018

Primary Sponsor

Vanessa Summers

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Origin

House of Representatives

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges the legislative council to assign an appropriate study committee to examine African-American homicide victimization in Indiana during the 2018 legislative interim.

  • Study committee shall examine reasons why Indiana has the second-highest African-American homicide rate in the United States.

  • 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.

  • Committee shall review information contained in the Indiana violent death reporting system maintained by the Indiana state department of health.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Courts and Criminal Code1/8/2018

Full Bill Text

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