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IN SB0505
Bill
Status
1/14/2019
Primary Sponsor
James Merritt
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AI Summary
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Indiana Criminal Justice Institute must establish and maintain a publicly searchable online animal abuse registry by January 1, 2020
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Registry applies to convictions for 16 categories of animal-related offenses occurring after December 31, 2019, including animal cruelty, animal fighting, bestiality, and cruelty to law enforcement/service animals
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Registry must include offender's name, age, last known address, recent photograph, and description of the conviction, with updates required at least every 30 days
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Data sources include State Police criminal history records, Department of Correction reports, and other credible governmental information
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Institute must adopt rules establishing a procedure for erroneously listed individuals to request prompt removal from the registry
Legislative Description
Registry of animal related offenses. Defines "animal related offense" and requires the Indiana criminal justice institute (institute) to establish an electronic animal abuse registry containing certain information about every person convicted of an animal related offense after December 31, 2019. Requires the institute to publish the registry on the institute's Internet web site and provides that the registry must be searchable and available to the public. Requires the institute to adopt rules establishing a procedure under which a person whose name is erroneously included in the registry can notify the institute of the erroneous inclusion and the institute will promptly remove the information about the person from the registry.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/14/2019