Indiana Senate Bill 159

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Engrossed on January 27 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-03-03 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
Pending: House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Procedures for obtaining a warrant. Specifies that a judge or, at the direction of the judge, a prosecuting attorney, shall record a request for a warrant made orally by telephone, radio, or similar electronic means. (Under current law, the judge is required to record the request.) 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.

Procedures for obtaining a warrant.

Sen. Aaron Freeman [R]	Sen. Mike Bohacek [R]	Sen. Rodney Pol [D]	Sen. Eric Koch [R]
Sen. Susan Glick [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Rep. Garrett Bascom [R]

2025-01-23 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-03-03	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2025-01-27	Senate	Referred to the House
2025-01-23	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2025-01-23	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Bascom
2025-01-23	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 15: yeas 49, nays 0
2025-01-21	Senate	Senators Pol, Koch, Glick added as coauthors
2025-01-21	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2025-01-21	Senate	Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote
2025-01-16	Senate	Senator Bohacek added as second author
2025-01-14	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2025-01-08	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
2025-01-08	Senate	Authored by Senator Freeman

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/159/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0159/SB0159.01.INTR.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0159/SB0159.02.COMS.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0159/SB0159.03.ENGS.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0159/amendments/SB0159.02.COMS.AMS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0159/fiscal-notes/SB0159.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0159/votesheets/SB0159.01.INTR.03.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0159/committee-reports/SB0159.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0159/fiscal-notes/SB0159.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0159/fiscal-notes/SB0159.03.ENGS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0159/fiscal-notes/SB0159.03.ENGS.FN002.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0159/rollcalls/SB0159.15_S.pdf