Indiana 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 5 R · 2 D cosponsors

SB 159 — Procedures for obtaining a warrant.

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 April 30, 2025.

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High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 7 sponsors

    3 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (5 R · 2 D) — cross-party backing.

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Summary

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 current law only allows this by radio or telephone); and (2) recorded electronically (where current law only permits the use of audio tape). Requires the prosecuting attorney and a law enforcement agency to maintain all requests for warrants, and to provide them to a defendant in discovery.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor

  2. Public Law 113

  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 455: yeas 38, nays 0

  7. Motion to concur filed

  8. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  9. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 283: yeas 90, nays 0

  10. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  11. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

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

  13. Referred to the House

  14. House sponsor: Representative Bascom

  15. Senator Randolph added as coauthor

  16. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 15: yeas 49, nays 0

  17. Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote

  18. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  19. Senators Pol, Koch, Glick added as coauthors

  20. Senator Bohacek added as second author

  21. Committee report: do pass, adopted

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

  23. Authored by Senator Freeman

Sponsors

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3 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 143 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (4)

Not signed on (143)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 159 do?
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 current law only allows this by radio or telephone); and (2) recorded electronically (where current law only permits the use of audio tape). Requires the prosecuting attorney and a law enforcement agency to maintain all requests for warrants, and to provide them to a defendant in discovery.
Who sponsors SB 159?
SB 159 is sponsored by Garrett Bascom (Republican), Lonnie Randolph (Democrat), Susan Glick (Republican), Eric Koch (Republican), Rodney Pol (Democrat), Mike Bohacek (Republican), and Aaron Freeman (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 159?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2025. Enacted.
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