| 1 | + | *EH1079.1* |
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| 2 | + | March 21, 2025 |
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| 3 | + | ENGROSSED |
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| 4 | + | HOUSE BILL No. 1079 |
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| 5 | + | _____ |
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| 6 | + | DIGEST OF HB 1079 (Updated March 19, 2025 2:49 pm - DI 149) |
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| 7 | + | Citations Affected: IC 32-31. |
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| 8 | + | Synopsis: Property matters. Provides that if a tenant does not claim the |
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| 9 | + | tenant's property within 45 days after receiving a certain notice, a |
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| 10 | + | warehouseman or storage facility may sell the tenant's property (current |
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| 11 | + | law requires a warehouseman or storage facility to wait 90 days). |
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| 12 | + | Effective: July 1, 2025. |
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| 13 | + | Zimmerman, Pierce K, Engleman, |
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| 14 | + | Haggard |
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| 15 | + | (SENATE SPONSOR — ALEXANDER) |
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| 16 | + | January 8, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary. |
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| 17 | + | February 17, 2025, amended, reported — Do Pass. |
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| 18 | + | February 19, 2025, read second time, ordered engrossed. Engrossed. |
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| 19 | + | February 20, 2025, read third time, passed. Yeas 76, nays 11. |
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| 20 | + | SENATE ACTION |
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| 21 | + | March 3, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary. |
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| 22 | + | March 20, 2025, amended, reported favorably — Do Pass. |
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| 23 | + | EH 1079—LS 6425/DI 154 March 21, 2025 |
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| 1 | 24 | | First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025) |
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| 2 | 25 | | PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana |
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| 3 | 26 | | Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, |
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| 4 | 27 | | additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type. |
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| 5 | 28 | | Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional |
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| 6 | 29 | | provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the |
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| 7 | 30 | | word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds |
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| 8 | 31 | | a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution. |
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| 9 | 32 | | Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts |
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| 10 | 33 | | between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. |
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| 14 | | - | SECTION 1. IC 32-31-4-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.115-2007, |
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| 15 | | - | SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE |
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| 16 | | - | JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5. If a tenant does not claim the tenant's property |
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| 17 | | - | within ninety (90) forty-five (45) days after receiving notice under |
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| 18 | | - | section 3 of this chapter, a warehouseman or storage facility may sell |
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| 19 | | - | the property received under this chapter under IC 26-1-7-210(b). |
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| 20 | | - | HEA 1079 — Concur Speaker of the House of Representatives |
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| 21 | | - | President of the Senate |
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| 22 | | - | President Pro Tempore |
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| 23 | | - | Governor of the State of Indiana |
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| 24 | | - | Date: Time: |
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| 25 | | - | HEA 1079 — Concur |
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| 39 | + | 1 SECTION 1. IC 32-31-4-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.115-2007, |
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| 40 | + | 2 SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE |
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| 41 | + | 3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5. If a tenant does not claim the tenant's property |
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| 42 | + | 4 within ninety (90) forty-five (45) days after receiving notice under |
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| 43 | + | 5 section 3 of this chapter, a warehouseman or storage facility may sell |
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| 44 | + | 6 the property received under this chapter under IC 26-1-7-210(b). |
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| 45 | + | EH 1079—LS 6425/DI 154 2 |
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| 46 | + | COMMITTEE REPORT |
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| 47 | + | Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred |
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| 48 | + | House Bill 1079, has had the same under consideration and begs leave |
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| 49 | + | to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that said |
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| 50 | + | bill be amended as follows: |
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| 51 | + | Page 1, delete lines 7 through 17. |
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| 52 | + | Delete pages 2 through 4. |
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| 53 | + | and when so amended that said bill do pass. |
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| 54 | + | (Reference is to HB 1079 as introduced.) |
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| 55 | + | JETER |
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| 56 | + | Committee Vote: yeas 13, nays 0. |
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| 57 | + | _____ |
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| 58 | + | COMMITTEE REPORT |
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| 59 | + | Mr. President: The Senate Committee on Judiciary, to which was |
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| 60 | + | referred House Bill No. 1079, has had the same under consideration |
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| 61 | + | and begs leave to report the same back to the Senate with the |
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| 62 | + | recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as follows: |
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| 63 | + | Page 1, line 4, delete "thirty (30)" and insert "forty-five (45)". |
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| 64 | + | and when so amended that said bill do pass. |
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| 65 | + | (Reference is to HB 1079 as printed February 17, 2025.) |
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| 66 | + | BROWN L, Chairperson |
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| 67 | + | Committee Vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0. |
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| 68 | + | EH 1079—LS 6425/DI 154 |
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