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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowGov. Mike Pence this week has signed numerous bills into law, including the legislation that reconciles conflicts between HEA 1006-2013, which reformed the state’s criminal code, and other bills touching on criminal law.
Legislation Pence has signed include:
• House Enrolled Act 1006, reconciles the technical and substantive conflicts between the criminal code legislation passed last year and other criminal law bills, as well as HEA 1269, a HEA 1006-2013 follow-up;
• HEA 1008, publication of list of criminal offenses;
• HEA 1155, expungement;
• HEA 1347, Circuit Court clerk administrative matters, which also includes language on Indiana’s small claims courts;
• Senate Enrolled Act 3, deals with the use and possession of firearms by judicial officers and battery on judicial officers;
• SEA 36, probate, trust and transfer on death matters;
• SEA 59, guardian filing for dissolution of marriage, which is a topic the Indiana Court of Appeals has addressed recently;
• SEA 88, mental health witnesses in criminal cases;
• SEA 138, victim advocates in civil proceedings; and
• SEA 235, allows Marion Superior Court to establish a three-year mental health pilot project that requires community corrections to reduce recidivism by using evidence-based services, programs and practices.
The governor has seven days from receiving a bill to sign it or veto it. If he takes no action on it during that time frame, the bill automatically becomes law. A complete list of bills waiting for the governor’s signature is available on his Bill Watch page.
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