A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest text do not provide detailed information on how the notice must be sent for petitions about sexually violent predators or offenders against children.

Indiana Bill for State Administration Changes

This bill amends Indiana laws to include family case managers as first responders, clarify court orders for sex offender registration, specify notice requirements for petitions about sexually violent predators or offenders against children, and modify voyeurism-related crimes.

What This Bill Does

• Adds family case managers to the list of individuals who are designated as Indiana first responders.
• Clarifies that a court order concerning certain sex offender registration requirements may only be granted if a petition is filed under specific rules for applying old laws retroactively.
• Specifies that, if a petition to determine if a person should be considered a sexually violent predator or an offender against children has been filed, notice must be sent to certain parties.
• Separates the offenses of voyeurism, public voyeurism, and aerial voyeurism into two sections of the Indiana Code.
• Changes the name of the crime 'public voyeurism' to 'digital voyeurism' and removes the requirement that the person must intend to peep at someone being recorded.

Who It Names or Affects

• Family case managers who will now be considered first responders.
• Courts dealing with sex offender registration requirements.
• People involved in petitions about sexually violent predators or offenders against children.
• Individuals charged with voyeurism-related crimes.

Terms To Know

First Responders

People who are the first to arrive and provide assistance at the scene of an emergency, such as police officers, firefighters, or now family case managers under this bill.

Sex Offender Registration Requirements

Rules that require people convicted of sex crimes to register with law enforcement and update their information regularly.

Limits and Unknowns

• The effective date for the changes in this bill is not specified.
• It does not provide details on how notice must be sent to parties involved in petitions about sexually violent predators or offenders against children.

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration.
Various crimes and child protection.

Current Bill Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration.

Various crimes and child protection.

Adds family case managers to the list of individuals who are designated as Indiana first responders. Clarifies that a court order concerning certain sex offender registration requirements may only be granted if a petition is filed under the provision governing certain retroactive application of law. Specifies that, if a petition to determine if a person should be considered a sexually violent predator or an offender against children has been filed, notice must be sent to certain parties. Separates the offenses of voyeurism, public voyeurism, and aerial voyeurism into two sections of the Indiana Code. Removes, from the crime of public voyeurism, the required element that the individual has the intent to peep at the person being recorded, and changes the name of the crime to "digital voyeurism". Provides that a serious sex offender who knowingly or intentionally approaches or communicates with a child in a public park commits a Level 6 felony.