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Committee backs bill to give Indiana AG timely access to federal antitrust filings
Summary
The committee approved Senate Bill 219, which would require companies filing Hart-Scott-Rodino merger notices with federal agencies to provide the same filing to state attorneys general with significant business presence in Indiana. Supporters said it enhances state enforcement and information-sharing; the measure passed 11-0.
Senate Bill 219, presented by Senator Charbonneau, would require companies subject to federal Hart-Scott-Rodino Act filings to provide concurrent notice to state attorneys general when the companies do substantial business in the state, supporters told the committee.
Former Supreme Court Justice Frank Sullivan, testifying in support, framed the measure as a uniform-law improvement that "simply requires those companies that are subject to making filings with the federal government to make filings with…
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