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IN HB1454
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/15/2019
Primary Sponsor
John Young
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AI Summary
- Amends IC 9-30-5-15 to allow courts to order repeat OWI offenders to serve their mandatory imprisonment term on home detention with electronic monitoring as an alternative to facility-based incarceration
- Applies to offenders with at least one prior OWI conviction who face mandatory minimum sentences (5 days for one prior conviction, 10 days for two or more prior convictions)
- Retains existing requirements that at least 48 hours must be served consecutively and the full sentence completed within 6 months of sentencing
- Sentences under this section cannot be suspended and offenders do not earn good time credit
- Effective date: July 1, 2019
Legislative Description
Operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Specifies that a court may require that a person with at least one previous conviction of operating while intoxicated may serve the term of imprisonment in an appropriate facility or on home detention with electronic monitoring.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/15/2019
Committee Referrals
Courts and Criminal Code1/15/2019
Full Bill Text
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