The following criminal law bills passed out of their originating house:
SB 26 Radio frequency jamming devices
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/01/17/radio-frequency-jamming-devices/
- Floor amendments: Unlawful radio frequencyjamming is a Level 6 felony, unless authorized by federal law; removed “owns” and “possesses” from definition of unlawful radio jamming.
- House sponsor: Ledbetter
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/26
SB 74 Extension of lifeline law immunity
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/01/17/extension-of-lifeline-law-immunity/
- House sponsor: McNamara, Hamilton, Klinker
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/74
SB 120 DNA samples at time of arrest
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/02/07/dna-samples-at-time-of-arrest/
- House sponsor: McNamara
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/120
SB 138 Sale of low THC products to persons less than 21
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/02/14/sale-of-low-thc-products-to-persons-less-than-21/
- Floor amendments: Adds “a vapor product” to the list of banned items
- House sponsor: Bartels, McNamara
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/138
SB 141 Eyewitness identification procedures
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/02/14/eyewitness-identification-procedures/
- Floor amendments: Adds definition of “lineup investigator” and that the witness identification procedure must be recorded.
- House sponsor: Steuerwald, McNamara
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/141
SB 151 Statute of limitations
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/02/07/statute-of-limitations-6/
- Floor amendments: Allows the court to determine if the prosecution should be barred by laches; adds that defendant in a prosecution for Level 3 or Level 4 child molesting may assert laches defense; adds that court must dismiss if defendant demonstrates unreasonable delay in filing charges that prejudiced the defendant’s ability to present an effective defense; adds items for court consideration in determining whether a delay was unreasonable and whether the ability to present an effective defense has been materially prejudiced .
- House sponsor: Zimmerman, Prescott, King
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/151
SB 159 Procedures for obtaining a warrant
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/01/17/procedures-for-obtaining-a-warrant/
- Floor amendments: Adds that the recording may be made at the direction of the judge and that the prosecuting attorney and law enforcement agency shall maintain, and provide to the defendant in discovery, all requests for warrants, including any warrants that may have been denied by the court.
- House sponsor: Bascom
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/159
SB 198 Crime of swatting
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/02/07/crime-of-swatting/
- House sponsor: Ireland
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/198
SB 218 Electronic monitoring
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/01/31/electronic-monitoring/
- House sponsor: McNamara
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/218
SB 219 Trespass
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/01/31/trespass-3/
- Floor amendments: Adds that the law enforcement officer is to be acting on behalf of the other person or that person’s agent; make technical corrections.
- House sponsor: Haggard, Steuerwald, Jeter, Pierce
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/219
SB 231 Various corrections matter
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/02/14/various-correction-matters/
- Floor amendments: Removes provisions for the DOC nursery and fund to support nursery, the community corrections program commissary program, and the residential community corrections director’s access to INSPECT
- House sponsor: Bartels, Sweet
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/231
SB 259 Probable cause affidavit
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/02/07/probable-cause-affidavit/
- House sponsor: Bascom, Klinker
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/259
SB 312 Exceptions to paraphernalia statutes
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/01/31/exceptions-to-paraphernalia-statutes/
- House sponsor: Meltzer,McNamara, Steuerwald
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/312
SB 324 Criminal penalties
- Previous blog post:
- Floor amendments: Increases penalties for resisting arrest and requires monitoring devices as a condition of bail if a person is charged with a crime of domestic violence, has a prior unrelated conviction, and has a prior conviction of invasion of privacy.
- House sponsor: Jeter
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/324
SB 326 Offenses against children
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/02/07/offenses-against-children/
- House sponsor: Ireland
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/326
SB 419 Crimes against health care providers
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/02/14/crimes-against-health-care-providers/
- Floor amendments: Amended the definition of health care provider for purposes of IC 35-42-2-1; deleted amendment to IC 35-31.5-2-330 on the definition of threat; amended provisions in IC 35-42-2-1 regarding battery offenses; removes changes to obstruction of justice and provisions related to critical infrastructure facility.
- House sponsor: Engleman, Manning
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/419
SB 420 Transfer of high risk persons from county jail
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/02/07/transfer-of-high-risk-persons-from-county-jail/
- Floor amendments: Establishes a procedure for the transfer of an inmate from a county jail to another county jail or the department of correction if the inmate poses a serious risk of escape, demonstrates violent or aggressive behavior, or needs to be protected from other inmates.
- House sponsor: Ireland, Shonkwiler
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/420
HB 1014 Consecutive terms of imprisonment for misdemeanors
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/01/24/consecutive-terms-of-imprisonment-for-misdemeanors/
- Senate sponsor: Glick
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/house/1014
HB 1056 Controlled substances
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/01/17/controlled-substances-11/
- Senate sponsor: Carrasco
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/house/1056
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/01/31/unlawful-encroachment/
- Senate sponsor: Baldwin, Clark
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/house/1122
HB 1137 Expungement of red flag law records
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/01/24/expungement-of-red-flag-law-records/
- Senate sponsor: Freeman, Koch, Tomes
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/house/1137
HB 1155 Signal jamming devices
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/01/31/signal-jamming-devices/
- Senate sponsor: Glick, Koch, Pol
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/house/1155
HB 1167 Exceptions to paraphernalia statutes
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/01/17/test-strips/
- Senate sponsor: T. Johnson, Clark
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/house/1167
HB 1186 Law enforcement matters
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/02/14/law-enforcement-matters/
- Floor amendments: Permits a conviction for resisting law enforcement if a person flees from a school resource officer.
- Senate sponsor: Baldwin, Crider, Garten
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/house/1186
HB 1188 Resisting law enforcement
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/02/14/resisting-law-enforcement/
- Senate sponsor: Carrasco, Clark
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/house/1188
HB 1393 Immigration notice
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/01/24/immigration-notice/
- Senate sponsor: Freeman, Maxwell
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/house/1393
HB 1412 Reporting of child abuse or neglect
- Previous blog post:
- Senate sponsor: Goode, Crider, Carrasco, Dernulc
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/house/1412
HB 1413 Rape kits
- Previous blog post:
- Senate sponsor: Freeman, Carrasco
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/house/1413
HB 1471 Law enforcement officer criminal convictions
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/01/31/law-enforcement-officer-criminal-convictions/
- Floor amendments: Adds a reporting requirement to the prosecuting attorney if a law enforcement officer has been found to commit an act that undermines or casts substantial doubt upon the officer’s professional expertise or demonstrates mishandling of evidence.
- Senate sponsor: Clark, Freeman
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/house/1471
HB 1531 Various immigration matters
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/02/18/various-immigration-matters/
- Floor amendments: Adds a definition of employer to include someone who employs at least ten employees in Indiana.
- Senate sponsor: Koch, Garten
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/house/1531
HB 1677 Waste disposal
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/02/07/waste-disposal/
- Senate sponsor: Zay
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/house/1677
HB 1687 Probation transfers for sex or violent offenders
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/02/14/probation-transfers-for-sex-or-violent-offenders/
- Senate sponsor: T. Johnson
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/house/1687
The following bill died in its originating house: