---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protective orders."
description: "Provides that an order for protection issued ex parte or upon notice and a hearing, or a modification of an order for protection issued ex parte or upon notice and a hearing, is effective: (1) for two years after the date of issuance; or (2) indefinitely after the date of issuance if the respondent is a sex or violent offender and is required to register as a lifetime sex or violent offender and the petitioner was the victim of the crime that resulted in the requirement that the respondent register as a lifetime sex or violent offender. Requires a respondent who is subject to an indefinite order for protection to request a hearing in objection to the order of protection within 30 days of the order being issued. Allows any party to request a hearing on a two year order for protection at any time. Provides that a person may only request one judicial review hearing on a protection order."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1137"
citation: "Indiana HB 1137 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS generally", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Criminal Courts and Court Procedures", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Sex Crimes", "MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LAW"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Anthony Cook", "Kevin Boehnlein"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34259e81-d654-4a09-850b-39a385e0f336"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1137"
source_hash: "d2f2ade66937c474565523d016ebe8fe4cb345882b2326e19d0b3fbe57fd5e7b"
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 1137 (2022) — Protective orders.

Provides that an order for protection issued ex parte or upon notice and a hearing, or a modification of an order for protection issued ex parte or upon notice and a hearing, is effective: (1) for two years after the date of issuance; or (2) indefinitely after the date of issuance if the respondent is a sex or violent offender and is required to register as a lifetime sex or violent offender and the petitioner was the victim of the crime that resulted in the requirement that the respondent register as a lifetime sex or violent offender. Requires a respondent who is subject to an indefinite order for protection to request a hearing in objection to the order of protection within 30 days of the order being issued. Allows any party to request a hearing on a two year order for protection at any time. Provides that a person may only request one judicial review hearing on a protection order.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1137/versions/HB1137.03.ENGH)
2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1137/versions/HB1137.05.ENGS)
3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1137/versions/HB1137.06.ENRS)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1137/versions/HB1137.02.COMH)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1137/versions/HB1137.04.COMS)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1137/versions/HB1137.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1137 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Anthony Cook — primary (person)
- Kevin Boehnlein — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Schaibley — coauthor (person)
- James Buck — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bohacek — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Shackleford — coauthor (person)
- Vaneta Becker — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy McNamara — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06** Coauthored by Representative McNamara
- **2022-01-06** Authored by Representative Cook
- **2022-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-13** Representative Schaibley added as coauthor
- **2022-01-18** Representative Shackleford added as coauthor
- **2022-01-24** Amendment #1 (Young J) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-24** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-25** Senate sponsor: Senator Freeman
- **2022-01-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 73: yeas 93, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-26** Referred to the Senate
- **2022-02-02** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-17** Senator Boehnlein added as second sponsor
- **2022-02-17** Senators Bohacek and Brown L added as cosponsors
- **2022-02-17** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2022-02-21** Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-21** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** Senator Buck added as cosponsor
- **2022-02-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 252: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** Senator Becker added as cosponsor
- **2022-02-24** Senator Doriot added as cosponsor
- **2022-02-25** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-28** Motion to dissent filed
- **2022-02-28** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-28** House conferees appointed: Cook and Shackleford
- **2022-02-28** House advisors appointed: McNamara, Aylesworth, Hatcher and Pierce
- **2022-03-01** Senate conferees appointed: Freeman and Lanane
- **2022-03-01** Senate advisors appointed: Boehnlein, Pol and Brown L
- **2022-03-03** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2022-03-07** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2022-03-07** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 346: yeas 93, nays 0
- **2022-03-08** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 348: yeas 49, nays 1
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-15** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-18** Public Law 159

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34259e81-d654-4a09-850b-39a385e0f336`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).