---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 191"
citation: "Indiana SB 191 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "Alcohol and Tobacco Commission", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "State Police", "NATURAL RESOURCES", "State Department of", "WEAPONS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "County Sheriffs and Sheriffs' Departments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Crane", "Michael Crider", "Robert Cherry"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-04"
last_action: "2017-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f163ade3-ce09-4834-9131-4b49f29da74d"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/191"
source_hash: "7100014e430434d3c6671b496b79266d7a0f36239eb098270f93df97fe18469d"
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 191 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure.

## 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/2017/bills/sb0191/versions/sb0191.05.engh)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0191/versions/sb0191.06.enrh)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0191/versions/sb0191.01.intr)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0191/versions/sb0191.03.coms)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0191/versions/sb0191.04.comh)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0191/versions/sb0191.02.coms)

## Votes

- SB 191 - Cherry - 3rd Reading — **94–2** (pass) · legislature
- SB 191 - Crider - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- John Crane — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Robert Cherry — primary (person)
- Chris Judy — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-04** Authored by Senator Long
- **2017-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-12** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-12** Senator Long removed as author
- **2017-01-12** Senator Crider added as author
- **2017-01-24** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 38: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-30** House sponsor: Representative Cherry
- **2017-01-30** Senator Crane added as second author
- **2017-01-30** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2017-02-01** Referred to the House
- **2017-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Representative Judy added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-05** Amendment #1 (Smaltz) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-05** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 407: yeas 94, nays 2 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-07** Returned to the Senate without amendments
- **2017-04-10** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-19** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-20** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-21** Public Law 101
- **2017-04-21** 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/f163ade3-ce09-4834-9131-4b49f29da74d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).