Indiana Senate Bill 174 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-4)
Status: Passed on May 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-05-05 - Public Law 215
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Fertility fraud and deception. Establishes a cause of action for civil fertility fraud and provides that a prevailing plaintiff may be awarded: (1) compensatory and punitive damages; or (2) liquidated damages of $10,000. Specifies the statute of limitations for civil fertility fraud. Increases the penalty for deception involving the identity of a person or the identity or quantity of property to a Level 6 felony if the offense involves a misrepresentation relating to: (1) a medical procedure, device, or drug; and (2) human reproductive material. Urges the legislative council to assign the topic of fertility laws, including gestational surrogacy, to an appropriate study committee.

Fertility fraud and deception. Establishes a cause of action for civil fertility fraud and provides that a prevailing plaintiff may be awarded: (1) compensatory and punitive damages; or (2) liquidated damages of $10,000. Specifies the statute of limitations for civil fertility fraud. Increases the penalty for deception involving the identity of a person or the identity or quantity of property to a Level 6 felony if the offense involves a misrepresentation relating to: (1) a medical procedure, device, or drug; and (2) human reproductive material. Urges the legislative council to assign the topic of fertility laws, including gestational surrogacy, to an appropriate study committee.

Sen. Jack Sandlin [R]	Sen. Mike Bohacek [R]	Sen. Randall Head [R]	Sen. J.D. Ford [D]
Sen. Aaron Freeman [R]	Sen. James Buck [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Sen. Greg Taylor [D]
Rep. Jim Pressel [R]	Rep. Mike Speedy [R]	Rep. Donna Schaibley [R]	Rep. Edward DeLaney [D]

2019-04-16 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House amendments (Y: 44 N: 1 NV: 4 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-04-08 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 93 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2019-04-01 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-02-21 - Senate - Third reading (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-01-23 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-05	Senate	Public Law 215
2019-05-05	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2019-04-30	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2019-04-23	House	Signed by the Speaker
2019-04-18	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2019-04-16	Senate	Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 510: yeas 44, nays 1
2019-04-10	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2019-04-09	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2019-04-08	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 417: yeas 93, nays 0
2019-04-04	House	Amendment #1 (Eberhart) prevailed; voice vote
2019-04-04	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2019-04-02	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2019-03-26	House	Representative DeLaney added as cosponsor
2019-03-26	House	Representative Schaibley added as cosponsor
2019-03-04	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2019-02-22	Senate	Referred to the House
2019-02-21	Senate	Cosponsor: Representative Speedy
2019-02-21	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Pressel
2019-02-21	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 173: yeas 49, nays 0
2019-02-19	Senate	Amendment #6 (Young M) prevailed; voice vote
2019-02-19	Senate	Amendment #12 (Sandlin) prevailed; voice vote
2019-02-19	Senate	Amendment #8 (Sandlin) prevailed; voice vote
2019-02-19	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2019-01-24	Senate	Senators Freeman, Buck, Randolph, Taylor G added as coauthors
2019-01-24	Senate	Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
2019-01-24	Senate	Senator Head added as third author
2019-01-24	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2019-01-10	Senate	Senator Bohacek added as second author
2019-01-10	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Judiciary
2019-01-03	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
2019-01-03	Senate	Authored by Senator Sandlin

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/174/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/c/2/6/cc26e2e8/SB0174.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/f/1/3/3f13c5f5/SB0174.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/f/5/5/cf55d2e6/SB0174.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/2/b/a/82baef25/SB0174.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/1/8/8/1188998d/SB0174.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/2/8/c/d28c6f8b/SB0174.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/1/d/4/81d4172a/SB0174.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/3/a/f/d3af2a5a/SB0174.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/9/0/1/090122db/SB0174.05.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/7/2/9/b729ad0f/SB0174.05.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/5/3/6/b536354a/SB0174.06.ENRH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/6/5/3/f6537f36/SB0174.06.ENRH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/6/6/c/d66c4e90/SB0174.07.ENRH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/3/a/9/c3a982d5/SB0174.01.INTR.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/5/1/f/b51fd42b/SB0174.173.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/4/8/4/3484134d/SB0174.03.ENGS.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/2/4/0/a240094d/SB0174.417.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/e/c/7/aec72bb0/SB0174.510.pdf