Indiana 2023 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 3 R cosponsors

SB 178 — Citizenship and immigration status.

Last action — First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

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

This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Provides that, if the attorney general determines probable cause exists, the attorney general, rather than any person lawfully domiciled in Indiana, may bring an action to compel a governmental body or postsecondary educational institution to comply with statutes requiring cooperation with federal immigration officials. Requires a court to apply a preponderance of the evidence standard to enjoin the violation of those statutes.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

  2. Referred to the House

  3. Senator Crane added as third author

  4. House sponsor: Representative Steuerwald

  5. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 178: yeas 40, nays 9

  6. Senator Crider added as second author

  7. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  8. Committee report: Pursuant to Senate Rule 66(b); approved by Rules Committee as amended by Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation.

  9. Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure

  10. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  11. First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation

  12. Authored by Senator Koch

Sponsors

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4 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (146)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 178 do?
Provides that, if the attorney general determines probable cause exists, the attorney general, rather than any person lawfully domiciled in Indiana, may bring an action to compel a governmental body or postsecondary educational institution to comply with statutes requiring cooperation with federal immigration officials. Requires a court to apply a preponderance of the evidence standard to enjoin the violation of those statutes.
Who sponsors SB 178?
SB 178 is sponsored by Gregory Steuerwald (Republican), John Crane, Michael Crider (Republican), and Eric Koch (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 178?
This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 178?
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