A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing January as Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
Provides that a student is bound by compulsory school attendance requirements from the beginning of the fall school term for the school year in which the student is five years of age on August 1 of that school year. (Current law provides that a student is bound by compulsory school attendance requirements from the beginning of the fall school term for the school year in which the student becomes seven years of age.) Makes conforming amendments.
Requires a county, city, or town (unit) that executes a collective bargaining agreement after June 30, 2021, regarding the unit's police employees, to do the following before executing the agreement: (1) Discuss the proposed agreement at a public meeting. (2) Publish the meeting notice and post the proposed agreement on the unit's Internet web site not later than 10 days before the public meeting.
Defines "merit board" and requires a merit board to notify the Indiana law enforcement training board (ILETB) if the merit board has determined that a law enforcement officer has used excessive force against a person. Requires the ILETB to conduct a decertification hearing within 30 days of receiving notice from a merit board, and requires the ILETB to decertify a law enforcement officer if the ILETB finds by a preponderance of the evidence that: (1) the law enforcement officer used excessive force against a person; and (2) the use of excessive force violated the person's civil rights. Specifies that a person decertified by the ILETB may not exercise police powers.
Creates a defense to possession of paraphernalia that: (1) the paraphernalia is for use with marijuana; and (2) the person possesses a valid medical marijuana card from another state, or a physician has certified in writing that the person suffers from a terminal illness or serious untreatable disease, and, in the professional opinion of the physician, the benefits of treatment with marijuana are greater than the risks. Creates a defense to possession of marijuana that: (1) the person possessed less than two ounces of marijuana; and (2) the person possesses a valid medical marijuana card from another state, or a physician has certified in writing that the person suffers from a terminal illness or serious untreatable disease, and, in the professional opinion of the physician, the benefits of treatment with marijuana are greater than the risks.
Requires law enforcement officers to receive training in identifying, responding to, and reporting bias motivated crimes in which the person who committed a criminal offense selected the victim who was injured or whose property was damaged because of the victim's actual or perceived race, color, creed, disability, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity.
Provides that a person assigned to credit class P earns one day of good time credit for each day served.
Requires law enforcement officers to record certain demographic information regarding all individuals who are subject to traffic stops, including: (1) age; (2) gender; (3) race; and (4) whether those individuals are issued a citation or a warning. Requires law enforcement officers to report the demographic information collected to the state police department criminal justice data division (division). Requires the division to issue a report to the legislative council by November 1 of each year regarding the information provided to the division by law enforcement officers.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to convene a Joint Session of the One Hundred Twenty-Second General Assembly of the State of Indiana.
Provides that interviews and negotiations with industrial or commercial prospects or agents of industrial or commercial prospects by the Indiana White River state park development commission (commission) may be held in executive session. Provides that records relating to negotiations between the commission and industrial, research, or commercial prospects are exempt from public disclosure at the discretion of the commission. Provides that records relating to negotiations between the commission and industrial, research, or commercial prospects are available for public inspection after the negotiations between the commission and prospect have terminated. Provides that the governor shall designate officers to the commission. Provides that the governor shall appoint an executive director to the commission, who shall serve as the administrative officer for the commission, which includes supervising employees and staff members of the commission. Provides that the commission may delegate powers to the executive director.
