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

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide details on what happens when a judge makes a very serious mistake.

Judges Immunity for Electronic Monitoring

This bill adds judges to a list of people who are protected from being sued for certain mistakes they might make when setting rules for electronic monitoring.

What This Bill Does

• Adds judges to the group of people who cannot be sued for some actions or mistakes related to electronic monitoring rules.

Who It Names or Affects

• Judges who set rules about electronic monitoring
• People who might want to sue a judge over electronic monitoring issues

Terms To Know

Electronic Monitoring

Using technology like ankle bracelets or phone apps to track someone's location and behavior.

Civil Liability

The responsibility to pay money if you do something wrong that hurts another person.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify what happens if a judge makes a very serious mistake.
• Only affects judges, not other people involved in electronic monitoring.

Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

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

Judicial immunity concerning electronic monitoring.

Adds judges to the list of persons immune from civil liability for certain acts or omissions that occur in connection with the statute establishing electronic monitoring standards. (Current law provides that immunity does not apply to gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.)