Indiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 10 R · 1 D cosponsors

SB 246 — Redaction of court records.

Last action — Public Law 129

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Mike Braun (Republican) on March 05, 2026.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 11 sponsors

    3 primary, 8 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (10 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

Requires the names and specified other information of child victims, child witnesses, and certain other persons to be redacted in criminal actions. Requires the use of an anonymous designator such as "Child Witness No. 1" when redacting a name, and prohibits redaction that uses the person's initials or that describes the person in terms of a family relationship.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Public Law 129

  2. Signed by the Governor

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  5. Signed by the Speaker

  6. Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 286: yeas 47, nays 0

  7. Motion to concur filed

  8. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  9. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 269: yeas 88, nays 0

  10. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  11. Amendment #1 (Bascom) prevailed; voice vote

  12. Representative Isa added as cosponsor

  13. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  14. Representatives Ireland, Zimmerman added as cosponsors

  15. First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code

  16. Referred to the House

  17. Senator Baldwin added as coauthor

  18. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 39: yeas 46, nays 0

  19. House sponsor: Representative Bascom

  20. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  21. Senators Pol, Koch, Clark, Glick added as coauthors

  22. Senator Carrasco added as second author

  23. Committee report: do pass, adopted

  24. First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law

  25. Authored by Senator Freeman

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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3 sponsors · 8 co-sponsors · 139 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (8)

Not signed on (139)

139 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

public-safety civil-rights
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 246 do?
Requires the names and specified other information of child victims, child witnesses, and certain other persons to be redacted in criminal actions. Requires the use of an anonymous designator such as "Child Witness No. 1" when redacting a name, and prohibits redaction that uses the person's initials or that describes the person in terms of a family relationship.
Who sponsors SB 246?
SB 246 is sponsored by Alex Zimmerman (Republican), Tony Isa (Republican), Andrew Ireland (Republican), Garrett Bascom (Republican), Scott Baldwin (Republican), Susan Glick (Republican), Brett Clark (Republican), Eric Koch (Republican), Rodney Pol (Democrat), Cyndi Carrasco (Republican), and Aaron Freeman (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 246?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2026. Enacted.
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