Indiana House Bill 1471 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-20 - First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs
Pending: House Family, Children and Human Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Makes rape a nonsuspendible offense if the victim is less than 18 years of age. Requires the department of correction (DOC) to make a determination in writing whether a sexually violent predator is a candidate for civil commitment, and requires the department to request the prosecuting attorney in the county of conviction to institute civil commitment proceedings if the DOC determines that the sexually violent predator is a candidate for civil commitment. Specifies that a sexually violent predator may be civilly committed in any county. Permits a court, in a prosecution for a sex crime or crime of violence in which the victim is a child, to admit as evidence under certain conditions, a video recording of an interview of the victim recorded not more than six months after the commission of the offense.

Child abuse.

Rep. Scott Pelath [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-20		First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs
2011-01-20		Authored by Representative Pelath

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1471
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/IN/IN1471.1.html