Introduced Version






SENATE BILL No. 273

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 35-41-1-5.5.

Synopsis: Child molesters and credit class IV. Expands the definition of "credit restricted felon" to include all persons convicted of child molesting. (Credit restricted felons are required to serve 85% of their sentence.)

Effective: July 1, 2009.





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    January 7, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters.







Introduced

First Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2009)


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SENATE BILL No. 273



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 35-41-1-5.5; (09)IN0273.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 35-41-1-5.5, AS ADDED BY P.L.80-2008, SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009]: Sec. 5.5. "Credit restricted felon" means a person who has been convicted of at least one (1) of the following offenses:
        (1) Child molesting (IC 35-42-4-3). involving sexual intercourse or deviate sexual conduct (IC 35-42-4-3(a)), if:
            (A) the offense is committed by a person at least twenty-one (21) years of age; and
            (B) the victim is less than twelve (12) years of age.
        (2) Child molesting (IC 35-42-4-3) resulting in serious bodily injury or death.
        (3) (2) Murder (IC 35-42-1-1), if:
            (A) the person killed the victim while committing or attempting to commit child molesting (IC 35-42-4-3);
            (B) the victim was the victim of a sex crime under IC 35-42-4 for which the person was convicted; or
            (C) the victim of the murder was listed by the state or known

by the person to be a witness against the person in a prosecution for a sex crime under IC 35-42-4 and the person committed the murder with the intent to prevent the person from testifying.

SOURCE: ; (09)IN0273.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009] IC 35-41-1-5.5, as amended by this act, applies only to persons who commit a crime after June 30, 2009.