---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure and sheriff fees."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure and sheriff fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 322"
citation: "Indiana SB 322 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Sentencing", "DNA DATA BANKS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "State Police"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erin Houchin", "Gregory Steuerwald", "James Merritt", "Joseph Zakas"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2017-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc62c2ff-5bc5-457b-90cf-cc5bdf793fe2"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/322"
source_hash: "bda0b31eb2e97db07fc3c752e787d7ec1aa803b49f47032075045d6e56578d0b"
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 322 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure and sheriff fees.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0322/versions/sb0322.04.engs)
2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0322/versions/sb0322.07.engh)
3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0322/versions/sb0322.08.enrh)
4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0322/versions/sb0322.01.intr)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0322/versions/sb0322.05.comh)
6. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0322/versions/sb0322.06.comh)
7. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0322/versions/sb0322.02.coms)
8. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0322/versions/sb0322.03.coms)

## Votes

- SB 322 - Houchin - 3rd Reading — **36–13** (pass) · legislature
- SB 322 - Steuerwald - 3rd Reading — **84–13** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Erin Houchin — primary (person)
- Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
- James Merritt — primary (person)
- Joseph Zakas — primary (person)
- Aaron Freeman — coauthor (person)
- Andy Zay — coauthor (person)
- B Patrick Bauer — cosponsor (person)
- Brandt Hershman — coauthor (person)
- Brian Bosma — cosponsor (person)
- Chip Perfect — coauthor (person)
- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
- Donna Schaibley — cosponsor (person)
- Douglas Eckerty — coauthor (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — coauthor (person)
- Greg Walker — coauthor (person)
- Jack Sandlin — coauthor (person)
- James Buck — coauthor (person)
- John Ruckelshaus — coauthor (person)
- Jon Ford — coauthor (person)
- Julie Olthoff — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Tallian — coauthor (person)
- Kevin Mahan — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Brown — coauthor (person)
- Mark Messmer — coauthor (person)
- Matt Lehman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Crider — coauthor (person)
- Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
- Philip Boots — coauthor (person)
- Randall Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Randall Head — coauthor (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — coauthor (person)
- Robert Cherry — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald Grooms — coauthor (person)
- Ryan Hatfield — cosponsor (person)
- Susan Glick — coauthor (person)
- Terry Goodin — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Holdman — coauthor (person)
- Vaneta Becker — coauthor (person)
- Wendy McNamara — cosponsor (person)
- Woody Burton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09** Authored by Senator Houchin
- **2017-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Senator Zakas added as second author
- **2017-01-24** Senator Merritt added as third author
- **2017-01-24** Senator Sandlin added as coauthor
- **2017-02-14** Senator Glick added as coauthor
- **2017-02-16** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16** Senator Freeman added as coauthor
- **2017-02-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-23** Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
- **2017-02-23** Senators Perfect, Crider, Walker, Bohacek added as coauthors
- **2017-02-23** Senators Head and Hershman added as coauthors
- **2017-02-23** Senators Ford and Eckerty added as coauthors
- **2017-02-27** Amendment #2 (Houchin) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-27** Amendment #1 (Breaux) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-27** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27** Senators Zay and Niemeyer added as coauthors
- **2017-02-27** Senators Charbonneau and Messmer added as coauthors
- **2017-02-27** Senator Grooms added as coauthor
- **2017-02-27** Senators Buck, Becker, Boots, Brown L, Ruckelshaus added as coauthors
- **2017-02-27** Senator Tallian added as coauthor
- **2017-02-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 227: yeas 36, nays 13 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-28** House sponsor: Representative Steuerwald
- **2017-02-28** Cosponsors: Representatives Bauer and Schaibley
- **2017-02-28** Senator Holdman added as coauthor
- **2017-03-01** Referred to the House
- **2017-03-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-30** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Representative McNamara added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-03** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-05** Amendment #2 (Mayfield) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-05** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-04-05** Rule 105.1 suspended
- **2017-04-05** Representatives Bosma, Goodin, Lehman, Olthoff, Cherry, Burton added as cosponsors
- **2017-04-05** Representative Frye added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-05** Representative Mahan added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-06** Rule 105.1 suspended
- **2017-04-06** Representative Hatfield added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 413: yeas 84, nays 13 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-07** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-10** Motion to concur filed
- **2017-04-13** Senate concurred in House Amendments; Roll Call 468: yeas 36, nays 13 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-17** 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 111
- **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/fc62c2ff-5bc5-457b-90cf-cc5bdf793fe2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).