---
type: "Bill"
title: "Parole."
description: "Specifies that a person placed on parole following a term of imprisonment that includes a sentence for a crime of violence may be released on parole for not more than 24 months. Provides that time served while confined to a prison or jail does not count toward time served on parole."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 71"
citation: "Indiana SB 71 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTION", "Department of", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES generally", "CRIMINAL JUSTICE", "PAROLE AND PROBATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Bohacek", "Timothy O'Brien", "Tyler Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e2943c4-4ea6-4fc2-9b3c-4929d9155a5e"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/71"
source_hash: "c09083b965bd73c2009a4a292e0688a80dbd8077cceab49c56a4e6b5385af6e4"
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 71 (2023) — Parole.

Specifies that a person placed on parole following a term of imprisonment that includes a sentence for a crime of violence may be released on parole for not more than 24 months. Provides that time served while confined to a prison or jail does not count toward time served on parole.

## 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/2023/bills/SB0071/versions/SB0071.04.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0071/versions/SB0071.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0071/versions/SB0071.03.COMH)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0071/versions/SB0071.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 71 - O'Brien T - 3rd Reading — **86–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
- Timothy O'Brien — primary (person)
- Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
- Sharon Negele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Authored by Senator Bohacek
- **2023-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Senator Johnson added as second author
- **2023-02-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 65: yeas 48, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** House sponsor: Representative O'Brien
- **2023-02-06** Cosponsor: Representative Negele
- **2023-02-07** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2023-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 277: yeas 86, nays 4 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Public Law 20 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e2943c4-4ea6-4fc2-9b3c-4929d9155a5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).