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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public safety procedures."
+description: "Requires the department of correction to electronically notify, at least seven days in advance, the: (1) county sheriff; (2) prosecuting attorney; and (3) chief of police; of the county or municipality into which the department will release a serious violent felon, including a juvenile adjudicated for an act that would be a serious violent felony, and of the county or municipality where the serious violent felon or juvenile committed the offense. Requires the department of correction to notify a registered victim through the department's automated victim notification system. Requires: (1) a court; and (2) the prosecuting attorney or the prosecuting attorney's victim assistance program; to notify a victim of the automated victim assistance notification program, and provides that a victim has the right to be informed, upon request, about the progress of the criminal case involving the victim. Requires that, before hiring a person as a law enforcement officer, a law enforcement hiring department or agency shall request from prior law enforcement employers all documents relating to disciplinary action or internal investigations that involve the person. (Under current law, a hiring agency must request all findings and orders)."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1250"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1250 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Corrections (DOC)", "CORRECTIONS; Juvenile Inmates and Facilities", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against Persons", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Prosecuting Attorneys (Non-Elected)", "LAW ENFORCEMENT; County Sheriffs' Departments", "LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cyndi Carrasco", "Scott Baldwin", "Timothy O'Brien", "Vaneta Becker"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-05"
+last_action: "2026-03-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b89d11f5-7ebd-4aad-9e79-34e4b13456b7"
+source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1250"
+source_hash: "867ab084457eca11827527a6b7f4ccd47461b9de507a4680452d383162ba8f6c"
+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 1250 (2026) — Public safety procedures.
+
+Requires the department of correction to electronically notify, at least seven days in advance, the: (1) county sheriff; (2) prosecuting attorney; and (3) chief of police; of the county or municipality into which the department will release a serious violent felon, including a juvenile adjudicated for an act that would be a serious violent felony, and of the county or municipality where the serious violent felon or juvenile committed the offense. Requires the department of correction to notify a registered victim through the department's automated victim notification system. Requires: (1) a court; and (2) the prosecuting attorney or the prosecuting attorney's victim assistance program; to notify a victim of the automated victim assistance notification program, and provides that a victim has the right to be informed, upon request, about the progress of the criminal case involving the victim. Requires that, before hiring a person as a law enforcement officer, a law enforcement hiring department or agency shall request from prior law enforcement employers all documents relating to disciplinary action or internal investigations that involve the person. (Under current law, a hiring agency must request all findings and orders).
+
+## 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/HB1250/HB1250.04.ENRS.pdf)
+2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1250/HB1250.03.COMS.pdf)
+3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1250/HB1250.02.COMH.pdf)
+4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1250/HB1250.01.INTR.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1250 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- HB 1250 - O'Brien - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+- HB 1250 - O'Brien — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
+- Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
+- Timothy O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Vaneta Becker — primary (person)
+- Alex Zimmerman — coauthor (person)
+- Brett Clark — cosponsor (person)
+- Daryl Schmitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Garrett Bascom — coauthor (person)
+- James Tomes — 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 O'Brien
+- **2026-01-05** Coauthored by Representatives McNamara, Bascom
+- **2026-01-08** Representative Zimmerman added as coauthor
+- **2026-01-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2026-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2026-01-28** Cosponsors: Senators Tomes, Schmitt
+- **2026-01-28** Senate sponsors: Senators Carrasco, Baldwin, Becker
+- **2026-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 134: yeas 94, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2026-01-29** Referred to the Senate `referral`
+- **2026-02-02** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-12** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-12** Senator Clark added as cosponsor
+- **2026-02-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-19** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 208: yeas 46, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-20** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
+- **2026-02-24** Motion to concur filed `filing`
+- **2026-02-25** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-02-25** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 366: yeas 92, nays 0
+- **2026-02-26** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
+- **2026-03-03** Public Law 57 `became-law`
+- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
+- **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/b89d11f5-7ebd-4aad-9e79-34e4b13456b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+