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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Obstruction of justice."
+description: "Provides that a person commits obstruction of justice if the person induces a witness in a legal proceeding to: (1) withhold or delay producing evidence that the witness is legally required to produce; (2) avoid a subpoena or court order; (3) not appear at a proceeding to which the witness has been summoned; or (4) give a false or materially misleading statement. Provides that a person commits obstruction of justice, as a Level 5 felony, if the person induces a witness to give a false or materially misleading statement during the investigation or pendency of a domestic violence or child abuse case. Establishes a uniform definition of \"communicates\" for the criminal code. Makes other changes and conforming amendments."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 70"
+citation: "Indiana SB 70 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Offenses Against Public Administration", "WITNESSES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Erin Houchin", "Michael Crider", "Michael Young", "Wendy McNamara"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-01-04"
+last_action: "2022-03-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b398139-c55a-4ea1-a5fb-26ac87b22fab"
+source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/70"
+source_hash: "c22e5d5472a2235e030a1d831c92846ae0cf846f49199d4cb5da54e2a1ec39d4"
+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 70 (2022) — Obstruction of justice.
+
+Provides that a person commits obstruction of justice if the person induces a witness in a legal proceeding to: (1) withhold or delay producing evidence that the witness is legally required to produce; (2) avoid a subpoena or court order; (3) not appear at a proceeding to which the witness has been summoned; or (4) give a false or materially misleading statement. Provides that a person commits obstruction of justice, as a Level 5 felony, if the person induces a witness to give a false or materially misleading statement during the investigation or pendency of a domestic violence or child abuse case. Establishes a uniform definition of "communicates" for the criminal code. Makes other changes and conforming amendments.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0070/versions/SB0070.03.ENGS)
+2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0070/versions/SB0070.05.ENRH)
+3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0070/versions/SB0070.01.INTR)
+4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0070/versions/SB0070.04.COMH)
+5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0070/versions/SB0070.02.COMS)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SB 70 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Erin Houchin — primary (person)
+- Michael Crider — primary (person)
+- Michael Young — primary (person)
+- Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
+- Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-04** Authored by Senator Crider
+- **2022-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-06** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2022-01-11** Amendment #1 (Young M) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
+- **2022-01-11** Amendment #2 (Taylor G) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure`
+- **2022-01-11** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2022-01-11** Senator Houchin added as second author
+- **2022-01-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 16: yeas 39, nays 8 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-01-18** House sponsor: Representative McNamara
+- **2022-01-19** Referred to the House
+- **2022-01-31** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-01** Senator Houchin removed as second author
+- **2022-02-01** Senator Young M added as second author
+- **2022-02-01** Senator Houchin added as third author
+- **2022-02-17** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-21** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 226: yeas 93, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-02-23** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
+- **2022-02-23** Motion to concur filed
+- **2022-02-24** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 262: yeas 47, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
+- **2022-02-28** Senator Baldwin added as coauthor
+- **2022-03-01** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
+- **2022-03-04** Signed by the Speaker
+- **2022-03-07** Public Law 5
+- **2022-03-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-03-07** 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/4b398139-c55a-4ea1-a5fb-26ac87b22fab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+