This Indiana Judicial Center published the digest of the final installment of the Legislative Update for the 2015 legislative session.
This digest contains summaries of select bills of interest or portions of bills that were signed into law in the 2015 legislative session. Summaries are under the headings: Civil Law, Criminal Law, Family & Juvenile Law, Judicial Administration, Traffic, Probate, and Technical Corrections.
Some highlights:
Criminal Law
- Powdered or crystalline alcohol (S.E.A. 6, P.L. 70-2015)
- Statute of limitations for rape (S.E.A. 94, P.L. 72-2015)
- Sentence modification (S.E.A. 174, P.L. 164-2015)
- Credit time (S.E.A. 175, P.L. 164-2015)
- Mental health issues (S.E.A. 464, P.L. 209-2015)
- Various criminal law matters (S.E.A. 559, P.L. 238-2015)
- Budget bill [sentencing – mitigating factors] (H.E.A. 1001, P.L. 213-2015)
- Criminal justice funding (H.E.A. 1006, P.L. 179-2015)
- Controlled substances (H.E.A. 1184, P.L. 56-2015)
- Health matters (H.E.A. 1269, P.L. 185-2015)
- Expungement (H.E.A. 1302, P.L. 142-2015)
- Mental health drugs and coverage (H.E.A. 1448, P.L. 154-2015)
Family & Juvenile Law
- Various child support matters (S.E.A. 324, P.L. 206-2015)
- CHINS and delinquent child dual determination (H.E.A. 1196, P.L. 66-2015)
- Various criminal law matters (H.E.A. 1304, P.L. 187-2015)
- Department of Child Services (H.E.A. 1434, P.L. 104-2015)