---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elements of rape."
description: "Provides that a person commits rape if the person engages in sexual activity with another person and the person disregards the other person's attempts to refuse the person's acts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1079"
citation: "Indiana HB 1079 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Sex Crimes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liz Brown", "Mike Bohacek", "Ron Alting", "Sharon Negele"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-04"
last_action: "2022-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95be778b-343d-4b89-b0ff-3ba1c47e0526"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1079"
source_hash: "9c3098b5ce47701758a62ccc7ebaf5cc64cbdbde1b2e89143016859c8f1f60af"
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 HB 1079 (2022) — Elements of rape.

Provides that a person commits rape if the person engages in sexual activity with another person and the person disregards the other person's attempts to refuse the person's acts.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1079/versions/HB1079.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1079/versions/HB1079.02.COMH)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1079/versions/HB1079.03.COMS)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1079/versions/HB1079.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1079 - Bohacek - 3rd Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Liz Brown — primary (person)
- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
- Ron Alting — primary (person)
- Sharon Negele — primary (person)
- Aaron Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Schaibley — coauthor (person)
- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Shackleford — coauthor (person)
- Sue Errington — coauthor (person)
- Susan Glick — cosponsor (person)
- Vaneta Becker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-04** Coauthored by Representatives Errington and Schaibley
- **2022-01-04** Authored by Representative Negele
- **2022-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-18** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-18** Representative Shackleford added as coauthor
- **2022-01-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 45: yeas 85, nays 4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-20** Senate sponsors: Senators Bohacek and Brown L
- **2022-01-21** Referred to the Senate
- **2022-02-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-17** Senators Walker K, Glick, Sandlin, Freeman added as cosponsors
- **2022-02-24** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24** Senator Becker added as cosponsor
- **2022-02-28** Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
- **2022-02-28** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2022-03-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 282: yeas 50, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Senator Alting added as third sponsor
- **2022-03-02** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-02** Motion to concur filed
- **2022-03-02** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 322: yeas 90, nays 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-04** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-07** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-11** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-11** Public Law 92

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95be778b-343d-4b89-b0ff-3ba1c47e0526`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).