Indiana 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 10 D · 3 R cosponsors

SB 142 — Eviction issues.

Last action — Signed by the Governor

  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, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Mike Braun (Republican) on May 01, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 13 sponsors

    4 primary, 9 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (10 D · 3 R) — cross-party backing.

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Summary

Allows a court to order, upon its own motion, that certain eviction records may not be disclosed. Allows a tenant, in certain circumstances, to file a motion requesting that records related to an eviction action not be disclosed. Allows the court to issue an order without a hearing in certain circumstances. Specifies that a final judgment for the recovery of money or costs does not constitute a lien upon real estate and chattels real if certain eviction actions are prohibited from disclosure. Makes conforming changes.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor

  2. Public Law 128

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the Speaker

  5. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  6. Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 453: yeas 35, nays 1

  7. Senators Niezgodski, Yoder, Ford J.D., Spencer, Qaddoura, Jackson L, Pol added as coauthors

  8. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  9. Motion to concur filed

  10. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 394: yeas 85, nays 5

  11. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  12. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  13. First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

  14. Referred to the House

  15. Cosponsor: Representative Pryor

  16. House sponsor: Representative Zimmerman

  17. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 29: yeas 49, nays 0

  18. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  19. Amendment #3 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote

  20. Amendment #2 (Young M) prevailed; voice vote

  21. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  22. Senator Randolph added as coauthor

  23. Senator Bohacek added as third author

  24. Senator Taylor G added as second author

  25. Authored by Senator Brown L

  26. First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

Sponsors

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4 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 137 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (9)

Not signed on (137)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 142 do?
Allows a court to order, upon its own motion, that certain eviction records may not be disclosed. Allows a tenant, in certain circumstances, to file a motion requesting that records related to an eviction action not be disclosed. Allows the court to issue an order without a hearing in certain circumstances. Specifies that a final judgment for the recovery of money or costs does not constitute a lien upon real estate and chattels real if certain eviction actions are prohibited from disclosure. Makes conforming changes.
Who sponsors SB 142?
SB 142 is sponsored by Cherrish Pryor (Democrat), Alex Zimmerman (Republican), Rodney Pol (Democrat), La Keisha Jackson (Democrat), Fady Qaddoura (Democrat), Mark Spencer (Democrat), J.D. Ford (Democrat), Shelli Yoder (Democrat), David Niezgodski (Democrat), Lonnie Randolph (Democrat), Mike Bohacek (Republican), Greg Taylor (Democrat), and Liz Brown (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 142?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2025. Enacted.
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