HB1189: A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning property.

Page last updated: Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM (America/Indianapolis).

General Information

• Stage: Introduced House Bill (H)
• Current Chamber: house
• Origin Chamber: house
• Description: Protection of property rights.

Legislators

Actions (4 total)

• Jan 21, 2025, 9:56 AM: Representative Miller D added as coauthor
• Jan 8, 2025, 6:37 AM: First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
• Jan 8, 2025, 6:37 AM: Authored by Representative Abbott
• Jan 8, 2025, 6:37 AM: Coauthored by Representatives Smaltz and Pressel

Digest

Provides that under certain circumstances, a residential property owner may obtain the removal of an unauthorized person from the residential property owner's residential real property. Establishes a cause of action for wrongful removal from residential property. Provides that if a person without either the consent of the owner of a dwelling or a contractual interest in the dwelling knowingly or intentionally enters the dwelling and knowingly or intentionally causes more than $10,000 in damages to the dwelling, the person commits a Level 6 felony.