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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Exploitation of dependents and endangered adults."
+description: "Defines \"person in a position of trust\" and \"self-dealing\". Provides that a: (1) person commits exploitation of a dependent or an endangered adult if the person recklessly uses or exerts control over the personal services or property of an endangered adult or dependent; and (2) person in a position of trust commits exploitation of a dependent or an endangered adult if the person recklessly engages in self-dealing with the property of the dependent or endangered adult. Increases the penalty if the person has a prior unrelated conviction. Removes: (1) provisions relating to the Social Security Act; (2) a sentencing enhancement that applies if the victim is at least 60 years of age; and (3) a sentencing enhancement based on the value of the property."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 249"
+citation: "Indiana SB 249 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Offenses Against Persons"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Eric Koch", "Michael Young", "Wendy McNamara"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-01-09"
+last_action: "2020-03-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b62021f-3942-4a14-ad4c-b04db90ffd10"
+source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/249"
+source_hash: "26aca8a2b8758378a644fc4b13da5a4644c4ecf6a3efd62d247bab715cb8ca9b"
+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 249 (2020) — Exploitation of dependents and endangered adults.
+
+Defines "person in a position of trust" and "self-dealing". Provides that a: (1) person commits exploitation of a dependent or an endangered adult if the person recklessly uses or exerts control over the personal services or property of an endangered adult or dependent; and (2) person in a position of trust commits exploitation of a dependent or an endangered adult if the person recklessly engages in self-dealing with the property of the dependent or endangered adult. Increases the penalty if the person has a prior unrelated conviction. Removes: (1) provisions relating to the Social Security Act; (2) a sentencing enhancement that applies if the victim is at least 60 years of age; and (3) a sentencing enhancement based on the value of the property.
+
+## 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/SB0249/versions/SB0249.03.ENGS)
+2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0249/versions/SB0249.05.ENRH)
+3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0249/versions/SB0249.01.INTR)
+4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0249/versions/SB0249.02.COMS)
+5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0249/versions/SB0249.04.COMH)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SB 249 - Young M - 3rd Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- SB 249 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Eric Koch — primary (person)
+- Michael Young — primary (person)
+- Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
+- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
+- Jean Leising — coauthor (person)
+- John Crane — coauthor (person)
+- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
+- Matt Lehman — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike Speedy — cosponsor (person)
+- Vaneta Becker — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-09** Authored by Senator Young M
+- **2020-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-14** Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
+- **2020-01-14** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
+- **2020-01-16** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-16** Senator Koch added as second author
+- **2020-01-21** Second reading: call withdrawn `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-23** Amendment #1 (Tallian) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
+- **2020-01-23** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 61: yeas 50, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2020-01-27** House sponsor: Representative McNamara
+- **2020-01-27** Senators Becker and Leising added as coauthors
+- **2020-01-27** Senator Crane added as coauthor
+- **2020-01-28** Referred to the House
+- **2020-02-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-11** Representatives Lehman and Speedy added as cosponsors
+- **2020-02-20** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-24** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 211: yeas 95, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2020-02-26** Returned to the Senate without amendments
+- **2020-03-02** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
+- **2020-03-03** Signed by the Speaker
+- **2020-03-18** Public Law 70
+- **2020-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b62021f-3942-4a14-ad4c-b04db90ffd10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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