Bills to Watch

FROM IDS REPORTS

Indiana Senate

The University Police Officers Bill (Bill No. 30)

Summary: Allows certain police officers employed by a public or private college or university to exercise their power in any part of Indiana if the Board of Trustees of the college or university adopts a resolution specifically describing the territorial jurisdiction of a police officer employed by the college or university, and sends notice to the superintendent of state police and the sheriff of the county in which the institution is primarily located.

Authors: Sen. Randy Head, R-Logansport, and Sen. Ron Alting, R-Lafayette

Latest Action: Third reading Feb. 17: passed in Senate 42-7 and referred to House

Call Sen. Head or Sen. Alting to comment on the bill at 800-382-9841

The Voyeurism Bill (Bill No. 110)

Summary: Makes peeping up or under another person’s clothing a Class B misdemeanor. Enhances the penalty to a Class C felony if the victim is less than 16 years old. Provides a defense to the Class C felony enhancement if the defendant reasonably believed that the person was at least 16 years old.

Author: Sen. Carlin Yoder, R-Middlebury

Latest Action: First Reading Jan. 5: referred to the Committee on Corrections, Criminal and Civil Matters

Call Sen. Yoder to comment on his bill at 317-232-9400

Indiana House of Representatives

The Film and Music Tax Credit Bill (Bill No. 1579)

Summary: Provides an adjusted gross income tax credit against expenditures for the construction of certain motion picture or audio production facilities.

Author: Rep. Terri Austin, D-Anderson

Latest Action: First Reading Jan. 20: referred to the House Ways and Means Committee

Call Rep. Austin to comment on her bill at 317-234-9047

— Vince Zito