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Proposed Indiana Firearm Legislation SB0161

Legislation Overview

Title: Unlawful surveillance.

Subject: CRIMES AND OFFENSES generally: STALKING: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephone, Television, Radio, and Internet: CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Description: Unlawful surveillance. Adds a prohibition against using a tracking device to the list of conditions a court may impose when issuing a protection order. Increases the penalty for stalking to a Level 5 felony if the offense is committed by means of a tracking device. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally places a tracking device on an individual or the individual's property without the individual's knowledge or consent commits unlawful surveillance, a Class A misdemeanor, unless certain exceptions apply, and increases the penalty to a Level 6 felony if the person is the subject of a protective order or has certain prior convictions. Establishes a sentence enhancement if a person uses a tracking device to commit or facilitate the commission of a crime.

Session: 2023 Regular Session

Last Action: Public Law 172

Last Action Date: May 4, 2023

History

Chamber	Date	Action
Senate	May 4, 2023	Signed by the Governor
Senate	May 4, 2023	Public Law 172
House	May 1, 2023	Signed by the Speaker
Senate	Apr 28, 2023	Signed by the President of the Senate
Senate	Apr 25, 2023	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
House	Apr 24, 2023	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 475: yeas 92, nays 0
Senate	Apr 24, 2023	Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 468: yeas 45, nays 0
Senate	Apr 20, 2023	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
House	Apr 20, 2023	CCR # 1 filed in the House
Senate	Apr 18, 2023	Senate advisors appointed: Pol, Charbonneau and Crane
Senate	Apr 18, 2023	Senate conferees appointed: Crider and Taylor G
House	Apr 14, 2023	House conferees appointed: McNamara and Gore
House	Apr 14, 2023	House advisors appointed: Torr, Meltzer, Hatcher and Pierce M
Senate	Apr 13, 2023	Senate dissented from House amendments
Senate	Apr 12, 2023	Motion to dissent filed
Senate	Apr 10, 2023	Concurrence withdrawn
Senate	Apr 3, 2023	Motion to concur filed
House	Mar 29, 2023	Returned to the Senate with amendments
House	Mar 28, 2023	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 311: yeas 95, nays 1
House	Mar 27, 2023	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
House	Mar 27, 2023	Amendment #1 (McNamara) prevailed; voice vote
House	Mar 23, 2023	Representative Gore M added as cosponsor
House	Mar 23, 2023	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
House	Mar 6, 2023	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
Senate	Mar 1, 2023	Referred to the House
Senate	Feb 28, 2023	House sponsor: Representative McNamara
Senate	Feb 28, 2023	Senator Crane added as coauthor
Senate	Feb 28, 2023	Senator Becker added as coauthor
Senate	Feb 28, 2023	Cosponsor: Representative Torr
Senate	Feb 28, 2023	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 186: yeas 49, nays 0
Senate	Feb 27, 2023	Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote
Senate	Feb 27, 2023	Senator Young M added as third author
Senate	Feb 27, 2023	Senator Charbonneau added as second author
Senate	Feb 27, 2023	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
Senate	Feb 23, 2023	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Senate	Jan 9, 2023	First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
Senate	Jan 9, 2023	Authored by Senator Crider

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Enrolled	Apr 24, 2023	state link	bill text
Engrossed	Mar 27, 2023	state link	bill text
Amended	Mar 23, 2023	state link	bill text
Engrossed	Feb 27, 2023	state link	bill text
Amended	Feb 23, 2023	state link	bill text
Introduced	Jan 9, 2023	state link	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

Description	Vote Date	Yea Votes	Nay Votes	No Votes	Absent	Passed
Senate - Third reading	02/28/2023	49	0	0	1	Yes
Alexander, Scott (R) Yea Alting, Ronnie (R) Yea Baldwin, Scott (R) Yea Bassler, Eric (R) Yea Becker, Vaneta (R) Yea Bohacek, Mike (R) Yea Bray, Rodric (R) Yea Breaux, Jean (D) Absent Brown, Elizabeth (R) Yea Buchanan, Brian (R) Yea Buck, James (R) Yea Busch, Justin (R) Yea Byrne, Gary (R) Yea Charbonneau, Ed (R) Yea Crane, John (R) Yea Crider, Michael (R) Yea Deery, Spencer (R) Yea Dernulc, Daniel (R) Yea Donato, Stacey (R) Yea Doriot, Blake (R) Yea Ford, J.D. (D) Yea Ford, Jon (R) Yea Freeman, Aaron (R) Yea Garten, Chris (R) Yea Gaskill, Mike (R) Yea Glick, Susan (R) Yea Holdman, Travis (R) Yea Hunley, Andrea (D) Yea Johnson, Tyler (R) Yea Koch, Eric (R) Yea Leising, Jean (R) Yea Melton, Eddie (D) Yea Messmer, Mark (R) Yea Mishler, Ryan (R) Yea Niemeyer, Rick (R) Yea Niezgodski, David (D) Yea Perfect, Clyde (R) Yea Pol, Rodney (D) Yea Qaddoura, Fady (D) Yea Raatz, Jeff (R) Yea Randolph, Lonnie (D) Yea Rogers, Linda (R) Yea Sandlin, Jack (R) Yea Taylor, Greg (D) Yea Tomes, James (R) Yea Walker, Greg (R) Yea Walker, Kyle (R) Yea Yoder, Shelli (D) Yea Young, R. Michael (R) Yea Zay, Andy (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
House - Third reading	03/28/2023	95	1	1	3	Yes
Abbott, David (R) Yea Andrade, Mike (D) Yea Aylesworth, Micheal (R) Yea Baird, Beau (R) Yea Barrett, Bradford (R) Yea Bartels, Steve (R) Yea Bartlett, John (D) Yea Bauer, Maureen (D) Yea Behning, Robert (R) Yea Borders, Bruce (R) Yea Boy, Patricia (D) Yea Campbell, Chris (D) Yea Carbaugh, Martin (R) Nay Cash, Becky (R) Yea Cherry, Robert (R) Absent Clere, Edward (R) Yea Criswell, Cory (R) Yea Culp, Kendell (R) Yea Davis, Michelle (R) Yea DeLaney, Edward (D) Yea DeVon, Dale (R) Yea Dvorak, Ryan (D) Yea Engleman, Karen (R) Yea Errington, Sue (D) Yea Fleming, Rita (D) Yea Frye, Randall (R) Yea Garcia Wilburn, Victoria (D) Yea Genda, Mark (R) Yea GiaQuinta, Philip (D) Yea Goodrich, Chuck (R) Yea Gore, Mitchell (D) Yea Greene, Robb (R) Yea Haggard, Craig (R) Yea Hall, David (R) Yea Hamilton, Carey (D) Yea Harris, Earl (D) Yea Hatcher, Ragen (D) Yea Hatfield, Ryan (D) Yea Heaton, Robert (R) Yea Heine, Dave (R) Yea Hostettler, Matt (R) Absent Huston, Todd (R) NV Jackson, Carolyn (D) Yea Jeter, Christopher (R) Yea Johnson, Blake (D) Yea Jordan, Jack (R) Yea Judy, Christopher (R) Yea Karickhoff, Michael (R) Yea King, Joanna (R) Yea Klinker, Sheila (D) Yea Lauer, Ryan (R) Yea Ledbetter, Cindy (R) Yea Lehman, Matthew (R) Yea Lindauer, Shane (R) Yea Lucas, Jim (R) Yea Lyness, Randy (R) Yea Manning, Ethan (R) Yea May, Chris (R) Yea Mayfield, Peggy (R) Yea McGuire, Julie (R) Yea McNamara, Wendy (R) Yea Meltzer, Jennifer (R) Yea Miller, Doug (R) Yea Miller, Kyle (D) Yea Moed, Justin (D) Yea Morris, Robert (R) Yea Morrison, Alan (R) Yea Moseley, Charles (D) Yea Negele, Sharon (R) Yea O'Brien, Timothy (R) Yea Olthoff, Julie (R) Yea Pack, Renee (D) Yea Patterson, Lindsay (R) Yea Payne, Zach (R) Yea Pfaff, Tonya (D) Yea Pierce, Kyle (R) Yea Pierce, Matt (D) Yea Porter, Gregory (D) Yea Prescott, John (R) Yea Pressel, Jim (R) Yea Pryor, Cherrish (D) Yea Rowray, Elizabeth (R) Yea Schaibley, Donna (R) Yea Shackleford, Robin (D) Yea Slager, Harold (R) Yea Smaltz, Ben (R) Yea Smith, Vernon (D) Yea Snow, Craig (R) Yea Soliday, Edmond (R) Yea Speedy, Mike (R) Yea Steuerwald, Gregory (R) Yea Summers, Vanessa (D) Yea Sweet, Lorissa (R) Yea Teshka, Jake (R) Yea Thompson, Jeffrey (R) Yea Torr, Gerald (R) Yea VanNatter, Heath (R) Yea Vermilion, Ann (R) Absent Wesco, Timothy (R) Yea Zent, Dennis (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1	04/24/2023	92	0	1	7	Yes
Abbott, David (R) Yea Andrade, Mike (D) Yea Aylesworth, Micheal (R) Yea Baird, Beau (R) Absent Barrett, Bradford (R) Yea Bartels, Steve (R) Yea Bartlett, John (D) Yea Bauer, Maureen (D) Yea Behning, Robert (R) Yea Borders, Bruce (R) Yea Boy, Patricia (D) Yea Campbell, Chris (D) Yea Carbaugh, Martin (R) Yea Cash, Becky (R) Yea Cherry, Robert (R) Yea Clere, Edward (R) Yea Criswell, Cory (R) Yea Culp, Kendell (R) Yea Davis, Michelle (R) Yea DeLaney, Edward (D) Yea DeVon, Dale (R) Yea Dvorak, Ryan (D) Yea Engleman, Karen (R) Yea Errington, Sue (D) Yea Fleming, Rita (D) Yea Frye, Randall (R) Yea Garcia Wilburn, Victoria (D) Absent Genda, Mark (R) Absent GiaQuinta, Philip (D) Yea Goodrich, Chuck (R) Yea Gore, Mitchell (D) Yea Greene, Robb (R) Yea Haggard, Craig (R) Yea Hall, David (R) Absent Hamilton, Carey (D) Yea Harris, Earl (D) Yea Hatcher, Ragen (D) Yea Hatfield, Ryan (D) Yea Heaton, Robert (R) Yea Heine, Dave (R) Absent Hostettler, Matt (R) Yea Huston, Todd (R) NV Jackson, Carolyn (D) Yea Jeter, Christopher (R) Yea Johnson, Blake (D) Yea Jordan, Jack (R) Yea Judy, Christopher (R) Yea Karickhoff, Michael (R) Yea King, Joanna (R) Yea Klinker, Sheila (D) Yea Lauer, Ryan (R) Yea Ledbetter, Cindy (R) Yea Lehman, Matthew (R) Yea Lindauer, Shane (R) Yea Lucas, Jim (R) Yea Lyness, Randy (R) Yea Manning, Ethan (R) Yea May, Chris (R) Yea Mayfield, Peggy (R) Yea McGuire, Julie (R) Yea McNamara, Wendy (R) Yea Meltzer, Jennifer (R) Yea Miller, Doug (R) Yea Miller, Kyle (D) Yea Moed, Justin (D) Yea Morris, Robert (R) Yea Morrison, Alan (R) Yea Moseley, Charles (D) Yea Negele, Sharon (R) Yea O'Brien, Timothy (R) Yea Olthoff, Julie (R) Yea Pack, Renee (D) Yea Patterson, Lindsay (R) Yea Payne, Zach (R) Absent Pfaff, Tonya (D) Yea Pierce, Kyle (R) Yea Pierce, Matt (D) Yea Porter, Gregory (D) Yea Prescott, John (R) Yea Pressel, Jim (R) Yea Pryor, Cherrish (D) Yea Rowray, Elizabeth (R) Absent Schaibley, Donna (R) Yea Shackleford, Robin (D) Yea Slager, Harold (R) Yea Smaltz, Ben (R) Yea Smith, Vernon (D) Yea Snow, Craig (R) Yea Soliday, Edmond (R) Yea Speedy, Mike (R) Yea Steuerwald, Gregory (R) Yea Summers, Vanessa (D) Yea Sweet, Lorissa (R) Yea Teshka, Jake (R) Yea Thompson, Jeffrey (R) Yea Torr, Gerald (R) Yea VanNatter, Heath (R) Yea Vermilion, Ann (R) Yea Wesco, Timothy (R) Yea Zent, Dennis (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Senate - Conference Committee Report 1	04/24/2023	45	0	5	0	Yes
Alexander, Scott (R) Yea Alting, Ronnie (R) Yea Baldwin, Scott (R) Yea Bassler, Eric (R) NV Becker, Vaneta (R) Yea Bohacek, Mike (R) Yea Bray, Rodric (R) Yea Breaux, Jean (D) NV Brown, Elizabeth (R) Yea Buchanan, Brian (R) Yea Buck, James (R) Yea Busch, Justin (R) Yea Byrne, Gary (R) Yea Charbonneau, Ed (R) NV Crane, John (R) Yea Crider, Michael (R) Yea Deery, Spencer (R) NV Dernulc, Daniel (R) Yea Donato, Stacey (R) Yea Doriot, Blake (R) Yea Ford, J.D. (D) Yea Ford, Jon (R) NV Freeman, Aaron (R) Yea Garten, Chris (R) Yea Gaskill, Mike (R) Yea Glick, Susan (R) Yea Holdman, Travis (R) Yea Hunley, Andrea (D) Yea Johnson, Tyler (R) Yea Koch, Eric (R) Yea Leising, Jean (R) Yea Melton, Eddie (D) Yea Messmer, Mark (R) Yea Mishler, Ryan (R) Yea Niemeyer, Rick (R) Yea Niezgodski, David (D) Yea Perfect, Clyde (R) Yea Pol, Rodney (D) Yea Qaddoura, Fady (D) Yea Raatz, Jeff (R) Yea Randolph, Lonnie (D) Yea Rogers, Linda (R) Yea Sandlin, Jack (R) Yea Taylor, Greg (D) Yea Tomes, James (R) Yea Walker, Greg (R) Yea Walker, Kyle (R) Yea Yoder, Shelli (D) Yea Young, R. Michael (R) Yea Zay, Andy (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

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