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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Advanced DNA testing for cold cases."
+description: "Establishes a process concerning eligibility for advanced DNA testing for cold cases."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1248"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1248 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; DNA and Fingerprinting", "TECHNOLOGY; Generally"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carey Hamilton", "Cyndi Carrasco", "Rodney Pol"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-05"
+last_action: "2026-03-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/952560ee-fc9b-45f7-83ac-5a92313d8311"
+source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1248"
+source_hash: "3117f7b082b078e1f10ab2455c00f7bd39a45aceeb49d32cef03ede24322aae8"
+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 HB 1248 (2026) — Advanced DNA testing for cold cases.
+
+Establishes a process concerning eligibility for advanced DNA testing for cold cases.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1248/HB1248.04.ENRS.pdf)
+2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1248/HB1248.03.COMS.pdf)
+3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1248/HB1248.02.COMH.pdf)
+4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1248/HB1248.01.INTR.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1248 - Hamilton - 3rd Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+- HB 1248 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- HB 1248 - Hamilton — **86–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carey Hamilton — primary (person)
+- Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
+- Rodney Pol — primary (person)
+- Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
+- Garrett Bascom — coauthor (person)
+- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
+- James Buck — cosponsor (person)
+- Maureen Bauer — coauthor (person)
+- Scott Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
+- Susan Glick — cosponsor (person)
+- Wendy McNamara — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-05** Authored by Representative Hamilton
+- **2026-01-12** Representatives McNamara, Bascom added as coauthors
+- **2026-01-13** Representative Bauer added as coauthor
+- **2026-01-14** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2026-01-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2026-01-22** Senate sponsors: Senators Carrasco, Pol
+- **2026-01-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 75: yeas 92, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2026-01-23** Referred to the Senate `referral`
+- **2026-01-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-10** Senator Glick added as cosponsor
+- **2026-02-12** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-12** Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
+- **2026-02-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-19** Senator Buck added as cosponsor
+- **2026-02-19** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 206: yeas 46, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-19** Senator Baldwin added as cosponsor
+- **2026-02-19** Senator Qaddoura added as cosponsor
+- **2026-02-23** Motion to concur filed `filing`
+- **2026-02-20** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
+- **2026-02-25** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 365: yeas 86, nays 0
+- **2026-02-25** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-02-26** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
+- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2026-03-03** Public Law 56 `became-law`
+- **2026-03-03** 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/952560ee-fc9b-45f7-83ac-5a92313d8311`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+