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Indiana 2026

SB 246

Redaction of court records.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-11 20:11:04 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Indiana
Session
2026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
CHILDREN AND MINORS; Generally, COURTS; Witnesses, CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Victims
Introduced / first action
2026-01-08 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

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.

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Public Law 129

    became-law

  2. Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

    passage

  4. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

    passage

  5. Signed by the Speaker

    passage

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

  7. Motion to concur filed

    filing

  8. Returned to the Senate with amendments

    receipt

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

    passage, reading-3

  10. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

    reading-2

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

    amendment-passage

  12. Representative Isa added as cosponsor

  13. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

    committee-passage

  14. Representatives Ireland, Zimmerman added as cosponsors

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

    reading-1, referral-committee

  16. Referred to the House

    referral

  17. Senator Baldwin added as coauthor

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

    passage, reading-3

  19. House sponsor: Representative Bascom

  20. Second reading: ordered engrossed

    reading-2

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

  22. Senator Carrasco added as second author

  23. Committee report: do pass, adopted

    committee-passage

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

    reading-1, referral-committee

  25. Authored by Senator Freeman

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