Indiana Senate Bill 356 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-10 - First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
Pending: Senate Corrections & Criminal Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Indiana public defender commission. Increases the membership of the Indiana public defender commission from 11 members to 15 members. Provides that commission membership includes the following: (1) One member appointed by the board of directors of the public defender council of Indiana, who is an attorney admitted to the practice of law in Indiana. (2) One member appointed by the dean of a state funded Indiana law school. (3) Two members appointed by the Indiana State Bar Association, who: (A) are admitted to the practice of law in Indiana; (B) each have at least five years of criminal defense experience; and (C) belong to different political parties.

Indiana public defender commission. Increases the membership of the Indiana public defender commission from 11 members to 15 members. Provides that commission membership includes the following: (1) One member appointed by the board of directors of the public defender council of Indiana, who is an attorney admitted to the practice of law in Indiana. (2) One member appointed by the dean of a state funded Indiana law school. (3) Two members appointed by the Indiana State Bar Association, who: (A) are admitted to the practice of law in Indiana; (B) each have at least five years of criminal defense experience; and (C) belong to different political parties.

Sen. Karen Tallian [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-10	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
2019-01-10	Senate	Authored by Senator Tallian

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/356/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/a/b/f/6abf1378/SB0356.01.INTR.pdf