---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court procedures."
description: "Specifies that an arrest, criminal charge, or juvenile delinquency allegation that results in an adjudication for an infraction does not result in a conviction for purposes of expungement. Authorizes a person participating in a pretrial diversion program to file a petition for expungement with the authorization of the prosecuting attorney. Requires a court to automatically issue an expungement order, subject to certain exceptions, if: (1) all pending charges or allegations against a person are dismissed; (2) the person is acquitted or the conviction or true finding is vacated; (3) one year has passed since allegations were filed against a juvenile and the state is not pursuing the case; or (4) the person is arrested for a crime and no charges have been filed within 180 days. Makes conforming amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 182"
citation: "Indiana SB 182 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Juvenile Courts and Proceedings", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Criminal History Information", "PUBLIC RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Jack Sandlin", "John Young"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a604906e-d696-4920-96fd-65e2c9c1b7ca"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/182"
source_hash: "631cf266ee6fe9c9d95fe32ae42e837d7ff2bcac4b26333a1f28540dc77d7848"
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 182 (2022) — Court procedures.

Specifies that an arrest, criminal charge, or juvenile delinquency allegation that results in an adjudication for an infraction does not result in a conviction for purposes of expungement. Authorizes a person participating in a pretrial diversion program to file a petition for expungement with the authorization of the prosecuting attorney. Requires a court to automatically issue an expungement order, subject to certain exceptions, if: (1) all pending charges or allegations against a person are dismissed; (2) the person is acquitted or the conviction or true finding is vacated; (3) one year has passed since allegations were filed against a juvenile and the state is not pursuing the case; or (4) the person is arrested for a crime and no charges have been filed within 180 days. Makes conforming amendments.

## 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/2022/bills/SB0182/versions/SB0182.04.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0182/versions/SB0182.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0182/versions/SB0182.03.COMH)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0182/versions/SB0182.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 182 - Young J - 3rd Reading — **87–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
- John Young — primary (person)
- Eric Koch — coauthor (person)
- Kyle Walker — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Robin Shackleford — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06** Authored by Senator Freeman
- **2022-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Senator Sandlin added as second author
- **2022-01-25** Senators Koch and Walker K added as coauthors
- **2022-01-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-31** Senator Pol added as coauthor
- **2022-01-31** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-31** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2022-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 157: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** House sponsor: Representative Young J
- **2022-02-02** Referred to the House
- **2022-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-10** Representative Shackleford added as cosponsor
- **2022-02-15** Amendment #1 (Errington) failed; Roll Call 180: yeas 32, nays 54 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-15** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 200: yeas 87, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-18** Returned to the Senate without amendments
- **2022-02-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-02-24** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-07** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-07** Public Law 14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a604906e-d696-4920-96fd-65e2c9c1b7ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).