---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unclaimed property matters."
description: "Defines \"gift card\". Makes various changes to statutes in the state's revised unclaimed property act concerning: (1) presumptions of abandonment; (2) reporting of unclaimed property; (3) delivery of property to the attorney general; (4) delivery of property from the attorney general to the presumed owner; (5) payment of gain realized or accrued on property; and (6) filing claims for property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 183"
citation: "Indiana SB 183 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABANDONED OR UNCLAIMED PROPERTY", "ATTORNEY GENERAL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Chris Jeter", "Eric Koch"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c422847-d854-4922-9611-20227d5b5934"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/183"
source_hash: "fe46660f530ad3665ebc5fff928707fb27f3ce8c882c87e2338915c0c40180e3"
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 183 (2023) — Unclaimed property matters.

Defines "gift card". Makes various changes to statutes in the state's revised unclaimed property act concerning: (1) presumptions of abandonment; (2) reporting of unclaimed property; (3) delivery of property to the attorney general; (4) delivery of property from the attorney general to the presumed owner; (5) payment of gain realized or accrued on property; and (6) filing claims for property.

## 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/SB0183/versions/SB0183.06.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0183/versions/SB0183.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0183/versions/SB0183.05.COMH)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0183/versions/SB0183.04.COMH)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0183/versions/SB0183.02.COMS)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0183/versions/SB0183.03.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 183 - Jeter C - 3rd Reading — **93–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Chris Jeter — primary (person)
- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- Gregory Steuerwald — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Authored by Senator Koch
- **2023-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Senator Freeman added as second author
- **2023-02-16** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 138: yeas 44, nays 2 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** House sponsor: Representative Jeter
- **2023-02-21** Cosponsor: Representative Steuerwald
- **2023-02-21** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2023-02-22** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2023-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
- **2023-03-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 314: yeas 93, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2023-04-03** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2023-04-10** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 350: yeas 48, nays 0
- **2023-04-13** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Public Law 101 `became-law`
- **2023-05-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c422847-d854-4922-9611-20227d5b5934`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).