---
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: "2018"
identifier: "SB 52"
citation: "Indiana SB 52 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Controlled Substances", "DRUGS AND MEDICINES", "MARIJUANA", "RETAIL MERCHANTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Tomes", "Michael Young", "William Friend"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d3343cd-fb87-4de8-8016-bfad315930ee"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/52"
source_hash: "8057b93c99f51053d4a78a6c3940c889259ff83d6b81c0a5e1956b19937756d0"
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 52 (2018) — 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 (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0052/versions/sb0052.04.engs)
2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0052/versions/sb0052.06.engh)
3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0052/versions/sb0052.07.enrh)
4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0052/versions/sb0052.01.intr)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0052/versions/sb0052.05.comh)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0052/versions/sb0052.02.coms)
7. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0052/versions/sb0052.03.coms)

## Votes

- SB 52 - Friend - 3rd Reading — **93–0** (pass) · legislature
- SB 52 - Young M - 3rd Reading — **35–13** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- James Tomes — primary (person)
- Michael Young — primary (person)
- William Friend — primary (person)
- David Frizzell — cosponsor (person)
- James Buck — coauthor (person)
- Karen Tallian — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Mark Stoops — coauthor (person)
- Sheila Klinker — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lanane — coauthor (person)
- Wendy McNamara — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-03** Authored by Senator Long
- **2018-01-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-01-11** Senator Long removed as author
- **2018-01-11** Senator Young M added as author
- **2018-01-23** Senator Stoops added as coauthor
- **2018-01-25** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-29** Senator Tomes added as second author
- **2018-01-29** Senator Lanane added as coauthor
- **2018-01-29** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2018-01-29** Senator Tallian added as coauthor
- **2018-02-01** Amendment #4 (Tomes) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-01** Amendment #2 (Tallian) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-01** Amendment #3 (Messmer) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-01** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 126: yeas 35, nays 13 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-05** House sponsor: Representative Frizzell
- **2018-02-05** Senator Buck added as coauthor
- **2018-02-06** Referred to the House
- **2018-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Representative Frizzell removed as sponsor
- **2018-02-20** Representative Friend added as sponsor
- **2018-02-20** Representative Frizzell added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-22** Representative McNamara added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-26** Amendment #1 (Brown T) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-26** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 223: yeas 93, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-27** Representative Klinker added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-28** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-28** Motion to dissent filed
- **2018-03-01** Senate dissented from House amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-01** Senate conferees appointed: Young M and Lanane
- **2018-03-01** Senate advisors appointed: Tomes, Head and Tallian
- **2018-03-05** House advisors appointed: Washburne, Lucas and Hatfield
- **2018-03-05** House conferees appointed: Friend and Pierce
- **2018-03-05** Representative Judy added as advisor
- **2018-03-07** Senator Bray added as advisor
- **2018-03-14** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2018-03-14** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2018-03-14** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 412: yeas 36, nays 11
- **2018-03-14** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 408: yeas 97, nays 0
- **2018-03-15** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-19** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-20** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-21** Public Law 153
- **2018-03-21** 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/2d3343cd-fb87-4de8-8016-bfad315930ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).