---
type: "Bill"
title: "Probation transfers for sex or violent offenders."
description: "Prohibits the transfer of a sex or violent offender's probation jurisdiction to another county in Indiana while the offender is required to register as an offender unless certain conditions are met. Prohibits a sexually violent predator or an offender against children from working in any setting where the predator or offender: (1) has more than incidental and occasional contact with a child who is not accompanied by the child's parent, guardian, or custodian; (2) has supervisory or disciplinary power over a child; or (3) is expected to touch a child on a more than incidental and occasional basis."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1687"
citation: "Indiana HB 1687 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONS; Community Corrections", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against Persons", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Sentencing", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Sex Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Smaltz", "Eric Koch", "Scott Alexander", "Tyler Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d999aaa7-8ab7-43b1-9823-bd93d1694792"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1687"
source_hash: "d614661d3395d48e83b16cd2774ca7c3ff766982f28e39c5179189529d73e6c2"
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 1687 (2025) — Probation transfers for sex or violent offenders.

Prohibits the transfer of a sex or violent offender's probation jurisdiction to another county in Indiana while the offender is required to register as an offender unless certain conditions are met. Prohibits a sexually violent predator or an offender against children from working in any setting where the predator or offender: (1) has more than incidental and occasional contact with a child who is not accompanied by the child's parent, guardian, or custodian; (2) has supervisory or disciplinary power over a child; or (3) is expected to touch a child on a more than incidental and occasional basis.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1687/HB1687.04.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1687/HB1687.03.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1687/HB1687.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1687/HB1687.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1687 - Smaltz - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1687 - Smaltz — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1687 - Johnson T - 3rd Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ben Smaltz — primary (person)
- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- Scott Alexander — primary (person)
- Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
- Alex Zimmerman — coauthor (person)
- Craig Snow — coauthor (person)
- Cyndi Carrasco — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Schmitt — cosponsor (person)
- Mitch Gore — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** Authored by Representative Smaltz
- **2025-01-21** Coauthored by Representatives Gore, Zimmerman, Snow
- **2025-01-21** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** Senate sponsor: Senator Johnson T
- **2025-02-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 192: yeas 95, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Senator Alexander added as second sponsor
- **2025-03-18** Senator Koch added as cosponsor
- **2025-03-18** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-18** Senator Carrasco added as cosponsor
- **2025-03-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-03-24** Senator Koch removed as cosponsor
- **2025-03-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 277: yeas 47, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-03-24** Senator Koch added as third sponsor
- **2025-03-24** Senator Schmitt added as cosponsor
- **2025-03-25** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2025-03-27** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2025-04-01** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 355: yeas 94, nays 0
- **2025-04-03** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-16** Public Law 98 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d999aaa7-8ab7-43b1-9823-bd93d1694792`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).