Indiana House Bill 1137 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 9 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-09 - First Reading: Referred to Family, Children and Human Affairs
Pending: House Family, Children and Human Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the commission on improving the status of children in Indiana to study and evaluate the underreporting of crimes against children. Requires the state department of health or the office of women's health to conduct a study to determine the number of persons who are the victims of crimes of domestic and sexual violence, the reasons why these crimes are underreported, best practices to improve reporting, and the most effective means to connect victims with appropriate treatment services. Establishes a framework for the study, and permits the department of health or the office of women's health to contract with a third party to conduct the study. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the criminal law and sentencing policy study committee.)

Reporting of sex crimes against children.

Rep. Christina Hale [D]

Rep. Eric Turner [R]

Rep. Judson McMillin [R]

Rep. Karlee Macer [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-09	House	First Reading: Referred to Family, Children and Human Affairs
2014-01-09	House	Authored by Representative Hale.
2014-01-09	House	Coauthored by Representatives Turner, McMillin, Macer

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2014/bills/house/1137/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/0/6/a/706a4fba/HB1137.01.INTR.pdf