Indiana Senate Bill 63 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Engrossed on January 28 2010 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-02-11 - Representative Barnes added as cosponsor
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Establishes a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 per communication for a person who makes a communication that contains a disclaimer that is difficult to read or whose placement is easily overlooked. Specifies the font size and color contrast for disclaimers required on certain printed communications. Provides that a person whose sole act is, in the normal course of business, participating in the preparation, printing, distribution, or broadcast of the communication containing the disclaimer does not have liability for a disclaimer that violates the statute.

Civil penalties for certain disclaimers.

Sen. Vaneta Becker [R]

Sen. Dorothy Landske [R]

Sen. Jean Leising [R]

Sen. Connie Sipes [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-11		Representative Barnes added as cosponsor
2010-02-02		First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
2010-01-28		Senator Becker added as coauthor
2010-01-28		Cosponsor: Rep. Richardson
2010-01-28		House sponsor: Rep. Battles
2010-01-28		Referred to the House
2010-01-28		Third reading: passed; Roll Call 68: Yeas 48 and Nays 0
2010-01-26		Senator Sipes added as coauthor
2010-01-25		Second reading: ordered engrossed
2010-01-21		Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2010-01-11		Senator Landske added as second author
2010-01-05		First reading: referred to Committee on Elections
2010-01-05		Authored by Senator Leising

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2010&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=SB&docno=0063
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2010/IN/IN0063.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2010/SB/SB0063.1.html