Indiana Senate Bill 261

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Passed on March 5 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-05 - Public Law 132
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Criminal vandalism. Renames the crime of "criminal mischief" to "criminal vandalism". Repeals: (1) institutional criminal mischief; (2) cemetery mischief; (3) railroad mischief; and (4) critical infrastructure facility mischief; places them in the "criminal vandalism" statute, and preserves the original penalties and defenses. Repeals and places provisions involving damage to a cave in the criminal vandalism statute. Repeals and places provisions involving depositing refuse in a cave in the littering statute. Makes conforming amendments.

Criminal vandalism.

Sen. Michael Young [R]	Sen. Aaron Freeman [R]	Sen. Scott Baldwin [R]	Sen. Rodney Pol [D]
Rep. Garrett Bascom [R]	Rep. Andrew Ireland [R]

2026-02-24 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-01-28 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 47 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-05	Senate	Public Law 132
2026-03-05	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2026-02-27	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2026-02-27	House	Signed by the Speaker
2026-02-27	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2026-02-25	House	Returned to the Senate without amendments
2026-02-24	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 352: yeas 97, nays 0
2026-02-23	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2026-02-18	House	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2026-02-02	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2026-01-29	Senate	Referred to the House
2026-01-28	Senate	Senator Pol added as coauthor
2026-01-28	Senate	Senator Baldwin added as third author
2026-01-28	Senate	Cosponsor: Representative Ireland
2026-01-28	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Bascom
2026-01-28	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 126: yeas 47, nays 1
2026-01-26	Senate	Senator Freeman added as second author
2026-01-26	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2026-01-22	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2026-01-08	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
2026-01-08	Senate	Authored by Senator Young M

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/senate/261/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0261/SB0261.01.INTR.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0261/SB0261.02.COMS.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0261/SB0261.03.COMH.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0261/SB0261.04.ENRH.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0261/committee-amendments/drafts/AM026102.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0261/committee-amendments/drafts/AM026101.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0261/committee-amendments/amendments/SB0261.01.INTR.AMS02.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0261/committee-amendments/amendments/SB0261.01.INTR.AMS01.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0261/fiscal-notes/SB0261.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0261/votesheets/SB0261.01.INTR.02.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0261/committee-reports/SB0261.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0261/fiscal-notes/SB0261.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0261/fiscal-notes/SB0261.02.COMS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0261/votesheets/SB0261.02.COMS.00.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0261/committee-reports/SB0261.02.COMS.CRH001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0261/fiscal-notes/SB0261.03.COMH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0261/fiscal-notes/SB0261.03.COMH.FN002.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0261/fiscal-notes/SB0261.03.COMH.FN003.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0261/fiscal-notes/SB0261.04.ENRH.FN001.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0261/rollcalls/SB0261.126_S.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0261/rollcalls/SB0261.352_H.pdf