SB 302 Indiana Senate · 2020 Regular Session

Indigency determinations.

Summary
Establishes a procedure for a criminal court to use in determining if a defendant is indigent. Provides that, if a court has ordered a defendant to pay part of the cost of representation, the court shall inquire at sentencing whether the defendant has paid the required amount. Specifies that a court may prorate fines, fees, and court costs based on the person's reasonable ability to pay. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on corrections and criminal code.)
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 9, 2020 Signed Mar 21, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jan 28, 2020 · House Feb 24, 2020

How they voted

410
Passed
Total votes 41
Jan 28, 2020
D Democratic8
8 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican33
33 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
27
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Mar 21, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Feb 25, 2020
Introduced
Returned to the Senate without amendments
lower
Feb 24, 2020
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (87-0-5)
house
Feb 13, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Committee
Referred to the House
upper
Jan 28, 2020
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (41-0)
senate
Jan 23, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
3 primary · 5 co-sponsors

Sponsors