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Senate adopts amendment to speed emergency eviction hearings when tenants commit crimes; amendment passes 33-11
Summary
The Indiana Senate approved an amendment to House Bill 11-15 that narrows what landlords must prove to obtain an expedited eviction hearing when a tenant or a guest has committed a crime affecting the health or safety of others. The amendment passed 33–11 on a recorded division; the bill was ordered to engrossment.
INDIANAPOLIS — On March 27, 2025, the Indiana Senate adopted an amendment to House Bill 11-15 that makes it easier for landlords to seek an expedited civil hearing to remove tenants when the tenant or the tenant’s guest has committed a crime that affects the health or safety of another tenant, the landlord, or the landlord’s agent.
The amendment, presented by Senator Thomas Gaskell, removes the word “directly” from the bill’s qualifying language and clarifies how beneficiaries of a financial account or other parties may prove an event (as part of other technical changes offered in separate amendments). “This just provides for an expedited eviction hearing if the tenant or the tenant’s guest has committed a crime,” Gaskell told colleagues while presenting…
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