Indiana Senate Bill 324

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-30 - Senator Carrasco added as third author
Pending: Senate Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Criminal penalties. Increases the penalty levels of crimes related to fentanyl and methamphetamine. Increases the penalty levels of battery against a public safety official, battery resulting in moderate bodily injury, battery resulting in serious bodily injury, battery against a public safety official that results in bodily injury, battery against an endangered adult resulting in serious bodily injury, battery against a child that results in serious bodily injury, battery that results in death, and aggravated battery. Requires that a bail hearing for a violent arrestee be held in open court, within 48 hours, and sets minimum bail requirements for the release of a repeat violent arrestee. Makes conforming changes.

Criminal penalties.

Sen. Aaron Freeman [R]

Sen. Eric Koch [R]

Sen. Cyndi Carrasco [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-30	Senate	Senator Carrasco added as third author
2025-01-30	Senate	Senator Koch added as second author
2025-01-28	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
2025-01-13	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
2025-01-13	Senate	Authored by Senator Freeman

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/324/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0324/SB0324.01.INTR.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0324/SB0324.02.COMS.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0324/committee-amendments/drafts/AM032402.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0324/committee-amendments/drafts/AM032401.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0324/committee-amendments/amendments/SB0324.01.INTR.AMS02.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0324/committee-amendments/amendments/SB0324.01.INTR.AMS01.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0324/fiscal-notes/SB0324.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0324/fiscal-notes/SB0324.01.INTR.FN002.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0324/votesheets/SB0324.01.INTR.06.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0324/committee-reports/SB0324.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0324/fiscal-notes/SB0324.02.COMS.FN001.pdf