Indiana Senate Bill 59 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 25 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-03-25 - Signed by the Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Allows a guardian, including a volunteer advocates for senior program or a volunteer advocates for incapacitated adults program, to request permission to file a petition for dissolution of marriage, legal separation, or annulment of marriage on behalf of an incapacitated person. Allows the court to grant a request for permission to file a petition for a dissolution of marriage, a legal separation, or an annulment on behalf of an incapacitated person only if the court determines by clear and convincing evidence that petitioning for a dissolution of marriage, a legal separation, or an annulment is in the best interests of the incapacitated person. Provides that the guardian may not delegate the power to request permission to file a petition for dissolution, separation, or annulment. Requires the guardian to: (1) be named in a petition for dissolution of marriage, legal separation, or annulment; and (2) file, with the petition, a copy of the court order granting the request for permission to file the petition. Permits a guardian to file a petition for dissolution of marriage, legal separation, or annulment on behalf of an incapacitated person in the guardian's county of residence. Allows a court to award, in certain enforcement proceedings, attorney's fees and costs to a guardian if the person indebted to the guardianship estate or holding property of the guardianship estate refused to respond within 30 business days after receiving the guardian's written demand or instruction. (Current law allows attorney's fees and costs if the person refused to respond within 10 days.) Allows a court to award attorney's fees and costs in certain enforcement proceedings against insurers.

Guardian matters.

Sen. Richard Bray [R]	Sen. Randall Head [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Rep. Gail Riecken [D]
Rep. Karlee Macer [D]

2014-03-12 - Senate - Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 adopted (Y: 39 N: 6 NV: 3 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2014-03-12 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 adopted (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2014-03-03 - House - House Floor - (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2014-02-24 - House - House Committee on Judiciary - Roll Call 005903 (Y: 6 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2014-02-04 - Senate - Senate - Third reading: Passed: (Y: 42 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2014-01-22 - Senate - Senate Committee on Judiciary - Roll Call 005901 (Y: 6 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-25	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2014-03-25	Senate	Public Law 83
2014-03-20	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2014-03-18	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2014-03-14	House	Signed by the Speaker
2014-03-12	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 adopted; Roll Call 457: yeas 97 and nays 0
2014-03-12	Senate	Conference Committee Report 1 adopted; Roll Call 391: yeas 39 and nays 6
2014-03-10	House	Representative Riecken added as advisor
2014-03-10	House	Representative Macer added as advisor
2014-03-10	House	Representative Washburne added as advisor
2014-03-10	House	Representative Steuerwald added as advisor
2014-03-10	House	Representative Bauer added as conferee
2014-03-10	House	Representative Mayfield added as conferee
2014-03-06	Senate	Senator Steele added as advisor
2014-03-06	Senate	Senator Randolph added as advisor
2014-03-06	Senate	Senator Head added as advisor
2014-03-06	Senate	Senator Broden added as conferee
2014-03-06	Senate	Senator Bray added as conferee
2014-03-06	Senate	Senate dissented from House amendments
2014-03-06	Senate	Motion to Withdraw Concurrence: prevailed
2014-03-03	House	Representative Macer added as cosponsor.
2014-03-03	House	Representative Riecken added as cosponsor.
2014-03-03	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2014-03-03	House	Third reading: Passed: Roll Call 369: yeas 98 and nays 0
2014-02-27	House	SB 59 Amendment #1 (Washburne), prevailed.
2014-02-27	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed.
2014-02-25	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted.
2014-02-10	House	First Reading: Referred to Judiciary
2014-02-04	Senate	Referred to the House
2014-02-04	Senate	Senator Head added as second author.
2014-02-04	Senate	Representative Mayfield added sponsor.
2014-02-04	Senate	Third reading: Passed: Roll Call 138: yeas 42 and nays 6
2014-02-03	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2014-02-03	Senate	SB 59 Amendment #5 (Bray), prevailed.
2014-01-23	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor.
2014-01-23	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted.
2014-01-07	Senate	First Reading: Referred to Judiciary
2014-01-07	Senate	Authored by Senator Bray

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2014/bills/senate/59/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/1/a/a/71aa4823/SB0059.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/f/2/f/2f2fab7a/SB0059.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/a/c/c/facc4ccc/SB0059.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/b/a/c/1baca91e/SB0059.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/f/0/1/7f019270/SB0059.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/e/6/2/de62d33f/SB0059.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/6/c/4/56c474f9/SB0059.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/e/e/5/1ee568d8/SB0059.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/7/e/1/c7e1e516/SB0059.05.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/c/1/9/0c19a0bf/SB0059.05.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/6/c/f/16cf1a6b/SB0059.06.ENRS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/2/a/6/62a6693a/SB0059.01.INTR.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/2/6/5/62659ee1/SB0059.03.ENGS.138.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/5/b/0/45b09342/SB0059.03.ENGS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/a/e/b/faeb2dce/SB0059.05.ENGH.369.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/e/1/d/2e1d535c/SB0059.05.ENGH.457.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/7/b/7/77b7a23f/SB0059.05.ENGH.391.pdf