Indiana Senate Joint Resolution 9 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Passed on May 17 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-05-17 - Public Law 230
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Provides that the people have a right to hunt, fish, harvest game, or engage in the agricultural or commercial production of meat, fish, poultry, or dairy products, which is a valued part of our heritage and shall be forever preserved for the public good, subject to laws prescribed by the general assembly and rules prescribed by virtue of the authority of the general assembly. Provides that hunting and fishing is the preferred means of managing and controlling wildlife. Provides that this constitutional amendment does not limit the application of any laws relating to trespass or property rights. This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.

Constitutional right to hunt and fish.

Sen. James Banks [R]

Sen. James Buck [R]

Sen. Brent Steele [R]

2011-04-27 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House amendments (Y: 40 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-04-21 - House - House - Third reading: passed (Y: 75 N: 12 NV: 9 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2011-02-10 - Senate - Senate - Third reading: passed (Y: 44 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-17		Public Law 230
2011-05-02		Signed by the President of the Senate
2011-04-29		Signed by the Speaker
2011-04-28		Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2011-04-27		Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 482: yeas 40, nays 9
2011-04-25		Motion to concur in House amendments filed
2011-04-21		Returned to the Senate with amendments
2011-04-21		Third reading: passed; Roll Call 633: yeas 75, nays 12
2011-04-15		Amendment 1 (Torr), prevailed; voice vote
2011-04-15		Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2011-04-12		Committee report: do pass, adopted
2011-03-28		First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2011-02-10		Senator Buck added as second author
2011-02-10		Cosponsor: Rep. Grubb
2011-02-10		House sponsor: Rep. Torr
2011-02-10		Referred to the House
2011-02-10		Third reading: passed; Roll Call 105: yeas 44 and nays 5
2011-02-07		Amendment 1 (Simpson), failed;
2011-02-07		Second reading: ordered engrossed
2011-02-03		Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2011-01-31		Senator Banks added as coauthor
2011-01-05		First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
2011-01-05		Authored by Senator Steele

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=SJR&docno=0009
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/RES/SJ0009.2.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/RES/SJ0009.3.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/RES/SJ0009.4.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/RES/SJ0009.5.html
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/Srollcal/0105.PDF.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/Hrollcal/0633.PDF.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/Srollcal/0482.PDF.pdf