S.E.A. 141, P.L. 127-2025 Effective: July 1, 2025 Establishes a procedure to be used by a law enforcement agency in conducting a lineup or in person witness identification. Read the bill at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/141 … [Read more...] about Eyewitness identification procedures
Statute of limitations
S.E.A. 151, P.L. 112-2025 Effective: July 1, 2025 Specifies that a prosecution for rape as a Level 3 felony that is barred by the statute of limitations may still be brought within 10 years from the discovery of DNA evidence. Read the bill at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/151 … [Read more...] about Statute of limitations
Procedures for obtaining a warrant
S.E.A. 159, P.L. 113-2025 Effective: July 1, 2025 Specifies that a request for a warrant made orally by telephone, radio, or similar electronic means must be recorded and typed or transcribed. (Under current law, the judge is required to record the request, and the court reporter to type or transcribe it.) Permits certain warrant requests to be: (1) made electronically (where … [Read more...] about Procedures for obtaining a warrant
Crime of swatting
S.E.A. 198, P.L. 129-2025 Effective: July 1, 2025 Specifies that, for purposes of the crime of false informing, hindering a "law enforcement process" includes causing a law enforcement officer to be dispatched. Enhances the penalty for making a false report that a person is dangerous to a Level 6 felony if the offense would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized, … [Read more...] about Crime of swatting
Electronic monitoring
S.E.A. 218, P.L. 22-2025 Effective: July 1, 2025 Amends the information that must be provided by a supervising agency in quarterly reports to the local justice reinvestment advisory council. Requires the statewide justice reinvestment advisory council to compile the quarterly reports and electronically transmit an annual report to the legislative council and to the judicial … [Read more...] about Electronic monitoring