---
type: "Bill"
title: "Display of historical documents."
description: "Provides that a document of educational and historical significance with acknowledged religious history (document) may be displayed on property owned by the state. Provides that a display of a document may be accompanied by a statement providing its context in American history. Provides that a document may only be displayed if the document is: (1) donated; (2) purchased with funds made available through voluntary contributions to the Indiana department of administration (department); or (3) reprinted from a document donated or purchased with contributions to the department. Requires, upon request, the department to provide certain documents to a state office, clerk of court, judge, or legislative body."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 11"
citation: "Indiana SB 11 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS", "HISTORICAL ORGANIZATIONS; HISTORIC SITES AND PRESERVATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Kruse", "Jeff Raatz", "Robert Behning"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-04"
last_action: "2022-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/926cb301-51c2-4d3c-8196-2102dab3e8b1"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/11"
source_hash: "57f55c7c9279e2722bf5b32fade72f1c355f1677d6b1accf60c0ac117352ad1b"
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# Indiana SB 11 (2022) — Display of historical documents.

Provides that a document of educational and historical significance with acknowledged religious history (document) may be displayed on property owned by the state. Provides that a display of a document may be accompanied by a statement providing its context in American history. Provides that a document may only be displayed if the document is: (1) donated; (2) purchased with funds made available through voluntary contributions to the Indiana department of administration (department); or (3) reprinted from a document donated or purchased with contributions to the department. Requires, upon request, the department to provide certain documents to a state office, clerk of court, judge, or legislative body.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0011/versions/SB0011.03.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0011/versions/SB0011.05.ENRH)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0011/versions/SB0011.01.INTR)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0011/versions/SB0011.04.COMH)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0011/versions/SB0011.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 11 - Behning - 3rd Reading — **89–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dennis Kruse — primary (person)
- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
- Robert Behning — primary (person)
- Anthony Cook — cosponsor (person)
- James Tomes — coauthor (person)
- John Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Wesco — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-04** Authored by Senator Kruse
- **2022-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Senator Raatz added as second author
- **2022-01-13** Senator Tomes added as coauthor
- **2022-01-27** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-31** Amendment #2 (Yoder) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-31** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 137: yeas 40, nays 9 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** House sponsor: Representative Behning
- **2022-02-01** Cosponsors: Representatives Cook, Wesco, Bartlett
- **2022-02-02** Referred to the House
- **2022-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-21** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 222: yeas 89, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** Returned to the Senate without amendments
- **2022-03-01** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-01** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-08** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-08** Public Law 39
- **2022-03-08** 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/926cb301-51c2-4d3c-8196-2102dab3e8b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).