YES:
MR. SPEAKER:
Your Committee on Courts and Criminal Code , to which was referred House Bill
1583 , has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the
House with the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
IC 9-21-8-26.
(E) Unnecessary sounding of the horn in violation of
IC 9-19-5-2.
(F) Failure to yield in violation of IC 9-21-8-29 through
IC 9-21-8-34.
(G) Failure to obey a traffic control device in violation of
IC 9-21-8-41.
(H) Driving at an unsafe speed in violation of IC 9-21-5.
(I) Repeatedly flashing the vehicle's headlights.
(b) As used in this section, "hazing" means forcing or requiring
another person:
(1) with or without the consent of the other person; and
(2) as a condition of association with a group or organization;
to perform an act that creates a substantial risk of bodily injury.
(b) (c) A person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally
performs:
(1) an act that creates a substantial risk of bodily injury to another
person; or
(2) hazing;
commits criminal recklessness. Except as provided in subsection (c),
subsections (d) and (e), criminal recklessness is a Class B
misdemeanor.
(c) (d) The offense of criminal recklessness as defined in subsection
(b) (c) is:
(1) a Class A misdemeanor if:
(A) the conduct includes the use of a vehicle; or
(B) the person engaged in aggressive driving;
(2) a Class D felony if it is committed while:
(A) armed with a deadly weapon; or
(B) the person engaged in aggressive driving and caused
serious bodily injury to another person; or
(3) a Class C felony if:
(A) it is committed by shooting a firearm from a vehicle into
an inhabited dwelling or other building or place where people
are likely to gather; or
(B) it:
(i) is committed while the person engaged in aggressive
driving; and
(ii) caused the death of another person.
(d) (e) A person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally:
(1) inflicts serious bodily injury on another person; or
(2) performs hazing that results in serious bodily injury to a
person;
commits criminal recklessness, a Class D felony. However, the offense
is a Class C felony if committed by means of a deadly weapon.
(e) (f) A person, other than a person who has committed an offense
under this section or a delinquent act that would be an offense under
this section if the violator was an adult, who:
(1) makes a report of hazing in good faith;
(2) participates in good faith in a judicial proceeding resulting
from a report of hazing;
(3) employs a reporting or participating person described in
subdivision (1) or (2); or
(4) supervises a reporting or participating person described in
subdivision (1) or (2);
is not liable for civil damages or criminal penalties that might otherwise
be imposed because of the report or participation.
(f) (g) A person described in subsection (e)(1) (f)(1) or (e)(2) (f)(2)
is presumed to act in good faith.
(g) (h) A person described in subsection (e)(1) (f)(1) or (e)(2) (f)(2)
may not be treated as acting in bad faith solely because the person did
not have probable cause to believe that a person committed:
(1) an offense under this section; or
(2) a delinquent act that would be an offense under this section if
the offender was an adult.
and when so amended that said bill do pass.