Indiana Makes Technical Correction Affecting Criminal History Providers

In early August 2013, backgroundchecks.com reported on the passage of Indiana House Bill 1392 which, among other things, amended laws about criminal history providers. The bill was drafted after a study committee reviewed and amended a law that had passed in 2012 (House Bill 1033), with an effective date of July 2013. A purpose of House Bill 1392 was to adjust the law to permit criminal history providers the ability to provide certain information relating to an incident that did not result in a conviction (for example, pending arrest cases). But, after House Bill 1392 passed, House Bill 1006 (2013) amended the same sections of the Indiana Code. Its authors apparently had not noted the passage of House Bill 1392, so accidentally re-instated parts of the law as it was in effect after House Bill 1033 and before House Bill 1392.

Because there were two conflicting versions of the law, House Bill 1006 (2014) – confusingly the same bill number as in 2013 - was introduced in the 2014 legislative session. Section 35 (pgs. 44 & 45) of the bill provides a technical correction reflecting the intent of the study committee It was passed by the legislature on March 18, 2014, and Governor Mike Pence signed it on March 26, 2014.

House Bill 1006 (2014) goes into effect July 1, 2014. It is available here: http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/9/9/c/799c6d19/HB1006.07.ENRH.pdf

backgroundchecks.com’s compliance update dated August 17, 2012: http://www.backgroundbiz.com/compliance/complianceupdate_08172012.html

backgroundchecks.com’s compliance update dated August 2, 2013: http://www.backgroundbiz.com/compliance/complianceupdate_08022013.html

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