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HB1369 - Family and juvenile law matters.
Julie A. McGuire, Christopher P. Jeter, Gregory E. Steuerwald
Last updated 6 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Family and juvenile law matters. Amends the definition for "act of rape", only for the purposes of IC 31-35-3.5 (termination of parent-child relationship of an individual who committed an act of rape), to include child molestation and sexual misconduct with a minor. Provides that the department of child services or a court shall consider ensuring the child's safety to be the most important consideration in the determination of a child's best interests under family and juvenile law. Provides that there is a rebuttable presumption that a child is a child in need of services if the state establishes that the child lives in the same household as an adult who was a perpetrator of a child fatality or near fatality that may have been the result of abuse, abandonment, or neglect. Adds sexual misconduct with a minor as an offense that may be alleged in a petition to terminate the parent-child relationship when a child is conceived as a result of the offense. Amends the circumstances under which a court may terminate the parent-child relationship with regard to a child in need of services.
STATUS
Passed
SB0052 - Prohibition on use of dedicated lanes.
Aaron Freeman, R. Michael Young, Mark B. Messmer
Last updated 8 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Prohibition on use of dedicated lanes. Prohibits, until July 1, 2025, a consolidated city from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, resolution, rule, policy, or other requirement concerning a public transportation project, including the blue line, that seeks to: (1) convert; (2) restrict; or (3) otherwise establish; a vehicular traffic lane for use as a dedicated lane. Specifies exclusions from the scope of the bill's temporary prohibition. Requires the driver of a passenger bus operating in a consolidated city that travels on a dedicated lane in the opposite direction of the flow of traffic to sound a horn or bell when approaching an intersection to alert pedestrians.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB0005 - Lead water line replacement and lead remediation.
Eric Allan Koch, Ed Charbonneau, Andrea Hunley
Last updated 6 months ago
32 Co-Sponsors
Lead water line replacement and lead remediation. Specifies that, for purposes of the statute concerning the replacement of customer owned lead service lines by water utilities, a municipally owned utility includes a utility company owned, operated, or held in trust by a consolidated city. Provides that the following apply with respect to the owner of a building, structure, or dwelling, other than a multi-family residential property that contains more than four dwelling units, that is served by a customer owned lead service line within or connected to a water utility's system: (1) That upon request by the water utility, the owner shall replace, or cause to be replaced, the customer owned portion of the lead service line by: (A) enrolling in the water utility's lead service line replacement program; or (B) replacing the customer owned portion of the lead service line through the owner's own agents or contractors and at the owner's own expense. (2) That if the owner: (A) does not enroll in the water utility's lead service line replacement program; (B) does not replace the customer owned portion of the lead service line; or (C) fails to communicate with the water utility regarding the replacement; the water utility or the water utility's agent may enter the property to replace the customer owned portion of the lead service line. (3) That the: (A) water utility; and (B) occupant of the property, if the property is occupied by a person other than the owner; are not liable to the owner with respect to any replacement made under these provisions. (4) That if a water utility attempts to avail itself of the remedies set forth in these provisions and is prevented from doing so by the owner of the property, the water utility may, in accordance with state law, disconnect water service to the owner's property. Provides that the following apply with respect to the owner of a multi-family residential property that contains more than four dwelling units: (1) That the owner may elect to participate in the water utility's lead service line replacement program. (2) That the owner must communicate to the water utility the owner's election to participate not later than 45 days after receiving the water utility's request. (3) That if the owner does not communicate the owner's election to participate within this 45 day period, the owner, or any future owner of the property, is responsible for replacing the customer owned portion of the lead service line through the owner's own agents or contractors and at the owner's own expense. Provides that in the case of a: (1) building; (2) structure; or (3) dwelling; that a water utility has determined to be abandoned or unserviceable, the water utility may disconnect water service to the property and require the owner, or any future owner, of the property to install a new service line. Provides that these provisions may be incorporated, without the need for further approval by the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC), into a water utility's lead service line replacement plan that has been previously approved by the IURC.
STATUS
Passed
SB0156 - Dissolution or name change of town.
James R. Buck, Rick Niemeyer, Daniel E. Dernulc
Last updated 8 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Dissolution or name change of town. Establishes the following procedure for dissolving a town or changing the name of a town: (1) Requires at least 5% of the registered voters of the town to file a petition for town dissolution or name change with the county auditor. (2) Requires the county commissioners to hold a hearing on a petition. (3) Requires approval of a public question by the town's voters by an affirmative vote of at least 2/3 of the voters voting on the public question. Provides, in the case of a town dissolution, for disposition of funds, property, and records of a dissolved town. Repeals statutes relating to: (1) town dissolutions; and (2) changing the name of a town.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB0019 - License suspension.
Daniel E. Dernulc, Rick Niemeyer, James Tomes
Last updated 6 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
License suspension. Allows the BMV to add an additional compliance period for those seeking material error review regarding certain license suspensions.
STATUS
Passed
SCR0007 - Urging INDOT to rename the bridge over I-70 and North College Avenue the "John Leslie 'Wes' Montgomery Memorial Bridge".
Greg Taylor, Andrea Hunley, Scott Alexander
Last updated 7 months ago
55 Co-Sponsors
Urging INDOT to rename the bridge over I-70 and North College Avenue the "John Leslie 'Wes' Montgomery Memorial Bridge". A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename that portion of the I-65N bridge over I-70 and North College Avenue the "John Leslie 'Wes' Montgomery Memorial Bridge".
STATUS
Passed
SCR0008 - Urging INDOT to rename a section of US 41 in Saint John the "Schilling Way".
Daniel E. Dernulc, Rick Niemeyer, Harold Slager
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Urging INDOT to rename a section of US 41 in Saint John the "Schilling Way". A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename a section of US 41 between West 93rd Avenue and West 109th Avenue in Saint John, Indiana, "Schilling Way".
STATUS
Engrossed
HCR0017 - Honoring Kelley Holdren.
Harold Slager, Daniel E. Dernulc
Last updated 15 days ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Honoring Kelley Holdren. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Kelley Holdren.
STATUS
Tentative
SB0015 - Military benefits and services poster.
James Tomes, Susan C. Glick, R. Michael Young
Last updated 6 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Military benefits and services poster. Requires that the Indiana department of labor consult with the Indiana department of veterans' affairs to create and distribute a veterans' benefits and services poster. Provides that the veterans' benefits and services poster must contain certain information. Requires that Indiana employers with more than 50 full-time employees (or their equivalent) display the veterans' benefits and services poster in a conspicuous place.
STATUS
Passed
SB0030 - School bus stop arm violation notification.
Rick Niemeyer, James R. Buck, Daniel E. Dernulc
Last updated 7 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
School bus stop arm violation notification. Provides that when an individual registers a vehicle, the bureau of motor vehicles shall provide notice that a person who operates a vehicle and who recklessly passes a school bus stopped on a roadway or a private road when the arm signal device is in the device's extended position commits a Class A misdemeanor.
STATUS
Enrolled
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Indiana district SD-001
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Indiana Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Daniel E. Dernulc is the Republican candidate for Michigan State Senate District 30. He is a Financial Consultant at D.A. Dernulc and Associates. Dernulc is a veteran of the U.S. Army. Dernulc previously unsuccessfully ran as a Republican candidate for Michigan State Senate District 30 in 2018. He also unsuccessfully ran as a Republican candidate for Macomb County Commissioner in 2016.read less
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