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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Victim impact statements."
+description: "Requires a defendant to be present in the courtroom while a victim makes a statement concerning the crime and the sentence, unless the defendant presents a safety risk or causes a significant disruption. Provides that if a defendant fails to appear at sentencing and is later taken into custody, the court may hold a hearing to permit the victim to makes a statement concerning the crime and the sentence in the presence of the defendant."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 9"
+citation: "Indiana SB 9 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COURTS; Generally", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against Persons", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Sentencing", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Victims", "LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS; Prosecutors"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Eric Bassler", "Joanna King", "Liz Brown", "Tyler Johnson"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-12-08"
+last_action: "2026-03-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c30861c8-017c-4692-9a08-89ba8c11f164"
+source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0009"
+source_hash: "75464d4a03bd8d7e44066767a3d1deec4f9b4591f0d50630d2d9bcbf0556ab4b"
+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 9 (2026) — Victim impact statements.
+
+Requires a defendant to be present in the courtroom while a victim makes a statement concerning the crime and the sentence, unless the defendant presents a safety risk or causes a significant disruption. Provides that if a defendant fails to appear at sentencing and is later taken into custody, the court may hold a hearing to permit the victim to makes a statement concerning the crime and the sentence in the presence of the defendant.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0009/SB0009.03.ENGS.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0009/SB0009.05.ENGH.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0009/SB0009.06.ENRH.pdf)
+4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0009/SB0009.01.INTR.pdf)
+5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0009/SB0009.04.COMH.pdf)
+6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0009/SB0009.02.COMS.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SB 9 - King - 3rd Reading — **90–0** (pass) · lower
+- SB 9 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- SB 9 - Brown L — **42–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Eric Bassler — primary (person)
+- Joanna King — primary (person)
+- Liz Brown — primary (person)
+- Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
+- Aaron Freeman — coauthor (person)
+- Brett Clark — coauthor (person)
+- Eric Koch — coauthor (person)
+- Maureen Bauer — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Morris — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)
+- Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)
+- Spencer Deery — coauthor (person)
+- Susan Glick — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-12-08** Authored by Senator Brown L
+- **2025-12-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-13** Senator Bassler added as third author
+- **2026-01-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2026-01-13** Senator Johnson T added as second author
+- **2026-01-15** Senators Pol, Koch, Clark, Glick, Deery added as coauthors
+- **2026-01-15** Senator Freeman added as coauthor
+- **2026-01-20** Amendment #2 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-01-20** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2026-01-22** Senator Baldwin added as coauthor
+- **2026-01-22** House sponsor: Representative King
+- **2026-01-22** Cosponsor: Representative Morris
+- **2026-01-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 46: yeas 45, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2026-01-23** Referred to the House `referral`
+- **2026-01-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-12** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-16** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-16** Amendment #1 (Meltzer) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-02-17** Representative Bauer added as cosponsor
+- **2026-02-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 258: yeas 90, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-18** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
+- **2026-02-23** Motion to concur filed `filing`
+- **2026-02-25** Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 269: yeas 42, nays 0
+- **2026-02-26** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
+- **2026-02-26** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-03-04** Public Law 66 `became-law`
+- **2026-03-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c30861c8-017c-4692-9a08-89ba8c11f164`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+