---
type: "Bill"
title: "Libraries."
description: "Makes changes to statutes applicable to the review of budgets of certain public libraries. Establishes a procedure for public libraries to identify the applicable city, town, or county fiscal body to receive a public library's proposed budget. Includes public libraries in the definition of \"qualified entities\" for purposes of criminal background checks. Requires, before December 31, 2020, a public library to adopt a policy regarding conducting criminal background checks for individuals who are more than 18 years of age and who: (1) apply to the public library for employment or volunteer work; or (2) are currently employed by or perform volunteer work for the public library. Provides that a library board may issue a local library card without charge or for a reduced fee to an individual who is not a resident of the library district and who is a child receiving foster care services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 410"
citation: "Indiana SB 410 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LIBRARIES", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Criminal History Information"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andy Zay", "David Abbott", "Linda Rogers", "Susan Glick"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/231030b4-acb4-4890-8553-42e30cf85de3"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/410"
source_hash: "6c85c4739b3a00b00782c931a0fa4758a9cf5f913c098b44f34cf7039368433b"
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 410 (2020) — Libraries.

Makes changes to statutes applicable to the review of budgets of certain public libraries. Establishes a procedure for public libraries to identify the applicable city, town, or county fiscal body to receive a public library's proposed budget. Includes public libraries in the definition of "qualified entities" for purposes of criminal background checks. Requires, before December 31, 2020, a public library to adopt a policy regarding conducting criminal background checks for individuals who are more than 18 years of age and who: (1) apply to the public library for employment or volunteer work; or (2) are currently employed by or perform volunteer work for the public library. Provides that a library board may issue a local library card without charge or for a reduced fee to an individual who is not a resident of the library district and who is a child receiving foster care services.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0410/versions/SB0410.04.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0410/versions/SB0410.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0410/versions/SB0410.02.COMS)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0410/versions/SB0410.03.COMH)

## Votes

- SB 410 - Glick - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 410 - Abbott D - 3rd Reading — **89–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andy Zay — primary (person)
- David Abbott — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Susan Glick — primary (person)
- Dennis Kruse — coauthor (person)
- Doug Miller — cosponsor (person)
- James Tomes — coauthor (person)
- Jim Pressel — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Rita Fleming — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lanane — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** Authored by Senator Glick
- **2020-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Senator Zay added as second author
- **2020-01-27** Senator Lanane added as coauthor
- **2020-01-28** Senator Rogers added as third author
- **2020-01-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Senator Tomes added as coauthor
- **2020-02-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-03** Senator Kruse added as coauthor
- **2020-02-03** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2020-02-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 187: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-04** House sponsor: Representative Abbott
- **2020-02-04** Cosponsor: Representative Pressel
- **2020-02-05** Referred to the House
- **2020-02-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Representatives Miller and Fleming added as cosponsors
- **2020-02-24** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 242: yeas 89, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-03** Returned to the Senate without amendments
- **2020-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2020-03-16** Signed by the Speaker
- **2020-03-18** Public Law 88
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/231030b4-acb4-4890-8553-42e30cf85de3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).