Legislation: batch B — IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

legislation/us/states/in/2020/sb-109.md

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Statute of limitations."
+description: "Provides that an otherwise barred offense may be commenced not later than five years from the earlier of the date on which: (1) the state first discovers DNA evidence sufficient to charge the offender; (2) the state first becomes aware of a recording that provides evidence sufficient to charge the offender; or (3) a person confesses to the offense. Permits the alleged victim of certain child sex crimes to apply for victim compensation not later than five years after: (1) the state first discovers DNA evidence sufficient to charge the offender; (2) the state first becomes aware of a recording that provides evidence sufficient to charge the offender; or (3) a person confesses to the offense."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 109"
+citation: "Indiana SB 109 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES generally", "VICTIMS OF CRIME"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Erin Houchin", "Gregory Steuerwald", "Jon Ford", "Michael Crider"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-01-06"
+last_action: "2020-03-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efadaf19-ea43-4015-a49f-32ceb3ba02b2"
+source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/109"
+source_hash: "ae1c4d0c5d35cb6c6ddcf83fddd9aac343007e245afaa6daa0fead772a961417"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
+---
+
+# Indiana SB 109 (2020) — Statute of limitations.
+
+Provides that an otherwise barred offense may be commenced not later than five years from the earlier of the date on which: (1) the state first discovers DNA evidence sufficient to charge the offender; (2) the state first becomes aware of a recording that provides evidence sufficient to charge the offender; or (3) a person confesses to the offense. Permits the alleged victim of certain child sex crimes to apply for victim compensation not later than five years after: (1) the state first discovers DNA evidence sufficient to charge the offender; (2) the state first becomes aware of a recording that provides evidence sufficient to charge the offender; or (3) a person confesses to the offense.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0109/versions/SB0109.04.ENGS)
+2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0109/versions/SB0109.03.ENGS)
+3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0109/versions/SB0109.06.ENRH)
+4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0109/versions/SB0109.01.INTR)
+5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0109/versions/SB0109.05.COMH)
+6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0109/versions/SB0109.02.COMS)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SB 109 - Steuerwald - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+- SB 109 - Crider - 3rd Reading — **44–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Erin Houchin — primary (person)
+- Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
+- Jon Ford — primary (person)
+- Michael Crider — primary (person)
+- Aaron Freeman — coauthor (person)
+- Heath VanNatter — cosponsor (person)
+- Jack Sandlin — coauthor (person)
+- James Buck — coauthor (person)
+- James Merritt — coauthor (person)
+- Karen Engleman — cosponsor (person)
+- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
+- Mark Stoops — coauthor (person)
+- Michael Young — coauthor (person)
+- Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
+- Robert Cherry — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-06** Authored by Senator Crider
+- **2020-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-06** Senator Houchin added as second author
+- **2020-01-06** Senator Ford Jon added as third author
+- **2020-01-21** Senators Freeman, Randolph, Sandlin, Young M added as coauthors
+- **2020-01-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-23** Senators Buck, Bohacek, Merritt added as coauthors
+- **2020-01-27** Amendment #2 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
+- **2020-01-27** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-27** Senator Stoops added as coauthor
+- **2020-01-28** Placed back on second reading `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-30** Amendment #3 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
+- **2020-01-30** Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 112: yeas 44, nays 2 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2020-02-03** House sponsor: Representative Steuerwald
+- **2020-02-03** Cosponsors: Representatives Cherry, VanNatter, Engleman
+- **2020-02-04** Referred to the House
+- **2020-02-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-24** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 206: yeas 94, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2020-02-26** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
+- **2020-03-03** Motion to concur filed
+- **2020-03-04** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 326: yeas 48, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
+- **2020-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
+- **2020-03-11** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Speaker
+- **2020-03-14** Public Law 31
+- **2020-03-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efadaf19-ea43-4015-a49f-32ceb3ba02b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+