Indiana Senate Bill 48 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: Passed on April 5 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-04-05 - Public Law 3
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Child sex offenses. Provides that a criminal prosecution of a sex offense committed against a child that is otherwise barred by the statute of limitations may nevertheless be commenced within five years from the date on which: (1) the state discovers DNA evidence; (2) the state learns of a recording that provides evidence sufficient to charge the offender; or (3) a person confesses to the offense. Specifies that a person commits human trafficking if the person pays money to a human trafficking victim. (Current law provides that the person commits the offense by paying money for a human trafficking victim.)

Child sex offenses.

Sen. Michael Crider [R]	Sen. Kyle Walker [R]	Sen. Aaron Freeman [R]	Sen. Jack Sandlin [R]
Sen. Eric Koch [R]	Sen. Susan Glick [R]	Sen. Scott Baldwin [R]	Rep. Wendy McNamara [R]
Rep. Elizabeth Rowray [R]

2023-03-14 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 90 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2023-01-24 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-05	Senate	Public Law 3
2023-04-05	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2023-03-29	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2023-03-22	House	Signed by the Speaker
2023-03-20	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2023-03-15	House	Returned to the Senate without amendments
2023-03-14	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 258: yeas 90, nays 0
2023-03-13	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-03-09	House	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2023-02-27	House	Representative Rowray E added as cosponsor
2023-02-07	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2023-01-25	Senate	Referred to the House
2023-01-24	Senate	Senator Baldwin added as coauthor
2023-01-24	Senate	House sponsor: Representative McNamara
2023-01-24	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 16: yeas 50, nays 0
2023-01-23	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-01-19	Senate	Senators Freeman, Sandlin, Koch, Glick added as coauthors
2023-01-19	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2023-01-10	Senate	Senator Walker K added as second author
2023-01-09	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
2023-01-09	Senate	Authored by Senator Crider

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/48/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/48/#1.INTR
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/48/#2.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/48/#3.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/48/#4.ENRH
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/48/#S16
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/48/#H258