Indiana Senate Bill 278 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-12 - Senator Head added as second author
Pending: Senate Corrections & Criminal Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Drug dealing and violent crimes. Increases the penalty for dealing certain drugs by one level, and raises the minimum amount for sentence enhancement from one gram to three grams. Removes the requirement that possession with intent to deliver be based on evidence in addition to the weight of the drug. Makes manufacturing hash oil a Level 4 felony if the manufacture results in a fire or explosion that causes serious bodily injury to another person. Increases the penalty for dealing in a counterfeit substance if the person represents the substance to be cocaine, methamphetamine, LSD, or a schedule I or

Drug dealing and violent crimes. Increases the penalty for dealing certain drugs by one level, and raises the minimum amount for sentence enhancement from one gram to three grams. Removes the requirement that possession with intent to deliver be based on evidence in addition to the weight of the drug. Makes manufacturing hash oil a Level 4 felony if the manufacture results in a fire or explosion that causes serious bodily injury to another person. Increases the penalty for dealing in a counterfeit substance if the person represents the substance to be cocaine, methamphetamine, LSD, or a schedule I or

Sen. James Merritt [R]

Sen. Randall Head [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-12	Senate	Senator Head added as second author
2015-01-07	Senate	First Reading: referred to Committee on Corrections & Criminal Law
2015-01-07	Senate	Authored by Senator Merritt

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/278/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/e/6/1/ce61ff49/SB0278.01.INTR.pdf