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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Various trust and probate issues."
+description: "Makes various changes to trust and probate laws concerning proof of title affidavits, small estate affidavits, execution of a trust by a third party, silent trusts, nonjudicial settlements of accounts, and legacy trusts. Makes technical corrections. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the probate code study commission.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 50"
+citation: "Indiana SB 50 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["PROBATE COURTS AND PROCEEDINGS", "TRUSTS AND FIDUCIARIES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Eric Koch", "Jerry Torr"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-01-06"
+last_action: "2020-03-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6d27541-a964-4eab-b256-e633b2c73f49"
+source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/50"
+source_hash: "ef9dc28829187837fe808f50d4cf94be241a07c5d608a9899fb24f847a98915b"
+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 50 (2020) — Various trust and probate issues.
+
+Makes various changes to trust and probate laws concerning proof of title affidavits, small estate affidavits, execution of a trust by a third party, silent trusts, nonjudicial settlements of accounts, and legacy trusts. Makes technical corrections. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the probate code study commission.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0050/versions/SB0050.04.ENRH)
+2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0050/versions/SB0050.01.INTR)
+3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0050/versions/SB0050.02.COMS)
+4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0050/versions/SB0050.03.COMH)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SB 50 - Torr - 3rd Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+- SB 50 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
+- Eric Koch — primary (person)
+- Jerry Torr — primary (person)
+- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-06** Authored by Senators Freeman and Koch
+- **2020-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-14** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
+- **2020-01-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 55: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2020-01-27** House sponsor: Representative Torr
+- **2020-01-28** Referred to the House
+- **2020-02-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-17** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 205: yeas 92, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2020-02-26** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
+- **2020-03-03** Motion to concur filed
+- **2020-03-05** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 336: yeas 41, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
+- **2020-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
+- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Speaker
+- **2020-03-18** Public Law 56
+- **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/d6d27541-a964-4eab-b256-e633b2c73f49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+