The following criminal law bills and resolutions passed out of their originating house:
SJR 1 Constitutional amendment concerning bail
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/16/constitutional-amendment-concerning-bail/
- House sponsor: Jeter
- Read the current resolution: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/resolutions/senate/joint/1/
SB 2 Bail procedures
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/16/bail-procedures/
- Floor amendments: Replace the effective date to effective January 1, 2027.
- House sponsor: Jeter
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/senate/2/
SB 3 Constitutional amendment ballot language
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/16/constitutional-amendment-ballot-language/
- House sponsor: Jeter
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/senate/3/
SB 9 Victim impact statements at sentencing
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/16/victim-impact-statement-at-sentencing/
- Floor amendments: Excuses a defendant from being present in the courtroom while a victim makes a statement only if the defendant presents a safety risk, causes a significant disruption, or is absent due to the defendant committing the crime of failure to appear or the crime of escape. Specifies that if the defendant was absent due to the commission of failure to appear or escape, the victim may make a statement at the show cause hearing (in the case of failure to appear), or at the sentencing hearing (in the case of escape).
- House sponsor: King, Morris
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/senate/9/
SB 76 Immigration matters
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2025/12/10/immigration-matters/
- Floor amendments:
- Rewrites and clarifies the Attorney General’s authority to defend entities in immigration‑related suits.
- Adds enforcement authority allowing the Governor to withhold funding for violations.
- Introduces a new statutory chapter on employment of unauthorized aliens, including definitions, investigatory powers, penalties, reporting, and anti‑retaliation provisions.
- Adds an affirmative defense tied to ICE‑related jail standards training.
- Adds/updates nuisance law provisions relating to prostitution, sexual conduct, and trafficking.
- House sponsor: Prescott, Jeter
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/senate/76/
SB 119 Grooming
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/23/grooming/
- Floor amendments: Adds a facility or event that provides entertainment or programming primarily directed toward a child less than 18 years of age to the list of facilities at which a sexually violent predator or an offender against children may not work or volunteer.
- House sponsor: Olthoff, Bartlett
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/senate/119/
SB 140 Doxxing
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/16/doxxing/
- Floor amendments:
- Narrows the definition of “post” to refer to the use of a social media platform.
- Substantially rewrites the doxxing offense, removing the requirement that the doxxing be in retaliation for a prior lawful act and replacing it with an intent to place an individual in fear of bodily injury or damage to an individual’s property or aiding the same.
- Retains the misdemeanor/felony enhancement scheme but applies it to the new offense structure.
- Deletes exceptions, numerous definitions, and First Amendment protection language present in the underlying bill.
- House sponsor: Zimmerman, Bascom
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/senate/140/
SB 144 Tobacco products and vapor products
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/16/tobacco-products-and-vapor-products/
- Floor amendments: Replaces “vapor product” with “vapor device”.
- House sponsor: Rowray, Prescott
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/senate/144/
SB 160 Mask as an aggravating circumstance for sentencing
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/16/mask-as-an-aggravating-circumstance-for-sentencing/
- Floor amendments: Adds a person who places or leaves refuse on the property of another with the intent to cause an owner or occupant, an invitee or a family member to reasonably fear for their physical safety, commits malicious littering, a Class A misdemeanor.
- House sponsor: Lopez
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/senate/160/
SB 246 Redaction of court records
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/16/redaction-of-childrens-names-in-court-records/
- House sponsor: Bascom
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/senate/246/
SB 250 Regulation of hemp
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/23/regulation-of-hemp/
- House sponsor: Bascom, Zimmerman
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/senate/250/
SB 261 Criminal vandalism
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/23/criminal-vandalism/
- House sponsor: Bascom, Ireland
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/senate/261/
SB 271 Sale of telecommunications equipment
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/16/sale-of-telecommunications-equipment/
- House sponsor: McNamara, Soliday
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/senate/271/
HB 1040 Battery against vulnerable workers
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/09/battery-against-vulnerable-workers/
- Senate sponsor: Freeman, Carrasco
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/house/1040/
HB 1056 Resisting law enforcement conflict resolution
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/09/resisting-law-enforcement-conflict-resolution/
- Senate sponsor: Clark
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/house/1056/
HB 1065 Ban on gratuities for public officials
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/23/ban-on-gratuities-for-public-officials/
- Floor amendments: Exempts an offer of employment that is not offered as a reward for an official act performed by a public servant.
- Senate sponsor: Niemeyer, Freeman
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/house/1065/
HB 1118 Expungement
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/16/expungement-16/
- Senate sponsor: Freeman
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/house/1118/
HB 1165 Various animal related matters
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/23/various-animal-matters/
- Senate sponsor: Carrasco
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/house/1165/
HB 1250 Notice of release and victim notification
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/23/notice-of-release-and-victim-notification/
- Senate sponsor: Carrasco, Baldwin
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/house/1250/
HB 1258 Crimes of violence
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/16/crimes-of-violence-5/
- Floor amendments: Makes conforming amendments.
- Senate sponsor: Freeman
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/house/1258/
HB 1269 Unlawful proposition penalties
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/23/unlawful-proposition-penalties/
- Floor amendments: Requires a person ordered to complete a prostitution offender program to pay a fee.
- Senate sponsor: Freeman, Pol
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/house/1269/
HB 1303 Child sexual abuse material crimes
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/16/child-sexual-abuse-material-crimes/
- Floor amendments: Provides a defense in specified circumstances.
- Senate sponsor: Clark, Carrasco
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/house/1303/
HB 1432 Death sentence and intellectual disabilities
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/16/death-sentence-and-intellectual-disabilities/
- Senate sponsor: Freeman
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/house/1432/
The following bills died in their originating house: