Indiana Senate Bill 11 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-03 - Senator Merritt added as second author
Pending: Senate Corrections & Criminal Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Needle exchange program participation. Requires a qualified entity to establish and maintain a syringe exchange program registry. Provides a defense to prosecution of certain offenses related to controlled substances if: (1) a person is currently registered under a syringe exchange program; (2) the person obtained the hypodermic syringe or needle under a syringe exchange program; and (3) there is no more than a residual amount of a controlled substance located in the hypodermic syringe or needle.

Needle exchange program participation. Requires a qualified entity to establish and maintain a syringe exchange program registry. Provides a defense to prosecution of certain offenses related to controlled substances if: (1) a person is currently registered under a syringe exchange program; (2) the person obtained the hypodermic syringe or needle under a syringe exchange program; and (3) there is no more than a residual amount of a controlled substance located in the hypodermic syringe or needle.

Sen. Mike Bohacek [R]

Sen. James Merritt [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-03	Senate	Senator Merritt added as second author
2019-01-03	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
2019-01-03	Senate	Authored by Senator Bohacek

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/11/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/f/0/7/af07d309/SB0011.01.INTR.pdf