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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1281: Criminal penalties.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1281 is a bill introduced in the Indiana House on January 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Criminal penalties. Primary sponsor: Mitch Gore (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (January 13, 2025): Coauthored by Representative Garcia Wilburn.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Increases the penalty for reckless homicide and criminal recklessness if a person commits aggressive driving that results in the death or catastrophic injury of another person.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mitch GorePrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse89
Victoria Garcia WilburnCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse32

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Coauthored by Representative Garcia Wilburn
  2. Authored by Representative Gore
  3. First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source