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Tribal law enforcement.

IN · session 2022 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 11, 2022

Latest action (Mar 10, 2022) Signed by the Governor

Summary

Authorizes police officers appointed by a tribe to exercise police powers in Indiana if the tribal police officer meets the standards of the Indiana law enforcement academy. Provides that a tribe may authorize a tribal police officer to exercise police powers in the entire state, or in any part of the state, if certain conditions are met. Requires a tribe seeking to employ an individual as a tribal police officer who will exercise police powers in Indiana to request the individual's employment history, if the individual was previously employed by a law enforcement agency. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsors (3)

4 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (27)

  1. Jan 11, 2022 Authored by Senators Mishler and Niezgodski · upper
  2. Jan 11, 2022 First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation · upper
  3. Jan 25, 2022 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · upper
  4. Jan 31, 2022 Amendment #1 (Mishler) prevailed; voice vote · upper
  5. Jan 31, 2022 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed · upper
  6. Feb 1, 2022 Senator Rogers added as coauthor · upper
  7. Feb 1, 2022 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 176: yeas 49, nays 0 · upper
  8. Feb 1, 2022 House sponsor: Representative Steuerwald · upper
  9. Feb 1, 2022 Cosponsor: Representative Teshka J · upper
  10. Feb 2, 2022 Referred to the House · upper
  11. Feb 8, 2022 First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety · lower
  12. Feb 15, 2022 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · lower
  13. Feb 15, 2022 Representative Steuerwald removed as sponsor · lower
  14. Feb 15, 2022 Representative Teshka J added as sponsor · lower
  15. Feb 15, 2022 Representative Teshka J removed as cosponsor · lower
  16. Feb 15, 2022 Representative Steuerwald added as cosponsor · lower
  17. Feb 17, 2022 Second reading: ordered engrossed · lower
  18. Feb 21, 2022 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 212: yeas 95, nays 0 · lower
  19. Feb 21, 2022 Representatives Bauer M and DeLaney added as cosponsors · lower
  20. Feb 22, 2022 Returned to the Senate with amendments · lower
  21. Mar 1, 2022 Motion to concur filed · upper
  22. Mar 2, 2022 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 324: yeas 41, nays 5 · upper
  23. Mar 7, 2022 Signed by the President Pro Tempore · upper
  24. Mar 8, 2022 Signed by the Speaker · lower
  25. Mar 9, 2022 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
  26. Mar 10, 2022 Public Law 64 · upper
  27. Mar 10, 2022 Signed by the Governor · executive
Subjects
LAW ENFORCEMENT generallyNATIVE AMERICANS

Text versions (5)

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

  • Enrolled Senate Bill (S) · Mar 2, 2022 · PDF
  • Introduced Senate Bill (S) · Jan 10, 2022 · PDF
  • Senate Bill (S) · Jan 25, 2022 · PDF
  • Engrossed Senate Bill (S) · Jan 31, 2022 · PDF
  • Senate Bill (H) · Feb 15, 2022 · PDF

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