Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1304 Compare Versions

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2	2	Introduced Version
3	3	HOUSE BILL No. 1304
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5	5	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
6	6	Citations Affected: IC 31-30-4-5; IC 35-42-5-1.
7	7	Synopsis: Robbery. Provides that knowingly or intentionally taking a
8	8	motor vehicle from another person is robbery, a Level 4 felony.
9	9	Provides enhancements. Makes a confirming change.
10	10	Effective: July 1, 2025.
11	11	Andrade, Judy, Slager, Bartels
12	12	January 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code.
13	13	2025 IN 1304—LS 7239/DI 151 Introduced
14	14	First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
15	15	PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
16	16	Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
17	17	additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
18	18	Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
19	19	provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
20	20	word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
21	21	a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
22	22	Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
23	23	between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
24	24	HOUSE BILL No. 1304
25	25	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
26	26	criminal law and procedure.
27	27	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
28	28	1 SECTION 1. IC 31-30-4-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.168-2014,
29	29	2 SECTION 42, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
30	30	3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5. (a) At the request of a sentencing court, the
31	31	4 department of correction shall provide a progress report to the
32	32	5 sentencing court concerning an offender sentenced and placed in a
33	33	6 juvenile facility under section 2(b) of this chapter. When the offender
34	34	7 becomes eighteen (18) years of age:
35	35	8 (1) the department shall notify the sentencing court; and
36	36	9 (2) the sentencing court shall hold a review hearing concerning
37	37	10 the offender before the offender becomes nineteen (19) years of
38	38	11 age.
39	39	12 (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), after a hearing conducted
40	40	13 under subsection (a), the sentencing court may:
41	41	14 (1) continue the offender's placement in a juvenile facility until
42	42	15 the objectives of the sentence imposed on the offender have been
43	43	16 met, if the sentencing court finds that the objectives of the
44	44	17 sentence imposed on the offender have not been met;
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46	46	1 (2) discharge the offender if the sentencing court finds that the
47	47	2 objectives of the sentence imposed on the offender have been
48	48	3 met;
49	49	4 (3) order execution of all or part of the offender's suspended
50	50	5 criminal sentence in an adult facility of the department of
51	51	6 correction; or
52	52	7 (4) place the offender:
53	53	8 (A) in home detention under IC 35-38-2.5;
54	54	9 (B) in a community corrections program under IC 35-38-2.6;
55	55	10 (C) on probation under IC 35-50-7; or
56	56	11 (D) in any other appropriate alternative sentencing program.
57	57	12 (c) This subsection applies to an offender over whom a juvenile
58	58	13 court lacks jurisdiction under IC 31-30-1-4 who is convicted of one (1)
59	59	14 or more of the following offenses:
60	60	15 (1) Murder (IC 35-42-1-1).
61	61	16 (2) Attempted murder (IC 35-41-5-1).
62	62	17 (3) Kidnapping (IC 35-42-3-2).
63	63	18 (4) Rape as a Class A felony (for a crime committed before July
64	64	19 1, 2014) or a Level 1 felony (for a crime committed after June 30,
65	65	20 2014) (IC 35-42-4-1(b)).
66	66	21 (5) Criminal deviate conduct as a Class A felony (IC
67	67	22 35-42-4-2(b)) (before its repeal).
68	68	23 (6) Robbery as a Class A felony (for a crime committed before
69	69	24 July 1, 2014) or a Level 2 or Level 3 felony (for a crime
70	70	25 committed after June 30, 2014) (IC 35-42-5-1), if:
71	71	26 (A) the offense was committed while armed with a deadly
72	72	27 weapon; and
73	73	28 (B) the offense resulted in bodily injury to any person other
74	74	29 than a defendant.
75	75	30 The court may not modify the original sentence of an offender to whom
76	76	31 this subsection applies if the prosecuting attorney objects in writing to
77	77	32 the modification. The prosecuting attorney shall set forth in writing the
78	78	33 prosecuting attorney's reasons for objecting to the sentence
79	79	34 modification.
80	80	35 SECTION 2. IC 35-42-5-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.202-2017,
81	81	36 SECTION 25, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
82	82	37 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a
83	83	38 person who knowingly or intentionally takes property from another
84	84	39 person or from the presence of another person:
85	85	40 (1) by using or threatening the use of force on any person; or
86	86	41 (2) by putting any person in fear;
87	87	42 commits robbery, a Level 5 felony. However, the offense is a Level 3
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89	89	1 felony if it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon or results
90	90	2 in bodily injury to any person other than a defendant, and a Level 2
91	91	3 felony if it results in serious bodily injury to any person other than a
92	92	4 defendant.
93	93	5 (b) A person who knowingly or intentionally takes a controlled
94	94	6 substance from a pharmacist acting in an official capacity or from a
95	95	7 pharmacy by:
96	96	8 (1) using or threatening the use of force on any person; or
97	97	9 (2) putting any person in fear;
98	98	10 commits robbery, a Level 4 felony. However, the offense is a Level 2
99	99	11 felony if it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon or results
100	100	12 in bodily injury to any person other than the defendant, and the offense
101	101	13 is a Level 1 felony if it results in serious bodily injury to any person
102	102	14 other than the defendant.
103	103	15 (c) A person who knowingly or intentionally takes a motor
104	104	16 vehicle from another person or from the presence of another
105	105	17 person by:
106	106	18 (1) using or threatening the use of force on any person; or
107	107	19 (2) putting any person in fear;
108	108	20 commits robbery, a Level 4 felony. However, the offense is a Level
109	109	21 3 felony if it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon or
110	110	22 results in bodily injury to any person other than the defendant, and
111	111	23 the offense is a Level 2 felony if it results in serious bodily injury to
112	112	24 any person other than the defendant.
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