---
type: "Bill"
title: "DNA samples at time of arrest."
description: "Requires a sheriff to take a DNA sample of a person taken into custody for a felony. Provides that it is a Class C misdemeanor if a person refuses to provide a DNA sample to a sheriff."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 120"
citation: "Indiana SB 120 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Creation of New Offenses", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; DNA and Fingerprinting", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Generally", "LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brett Clark", "Michael Crider", "Mike Bohacek", "Wendy McNamara"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c48ad4ef-cf1a-4152-9ad5-c980a6c961f7"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0120"
source_hash: "ef3c8a92cf640c6991ebfc88039efd48083a56efe61330e688e70cd15a3e27b8"
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 120 (2025) — DNA samples at time of arrest.

Requires a sheriff to take a DNA sample of a person taken into custody for a felony. Provides that it is a Class C misdemeanor if a person refuses to provide a DNA sample to a sheriff.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0120/SB0120.04.ENRH.pdf)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0120/SB0120.01.INTR.pdf)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0120/SB0120.02.COMS.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0120/SB0120.03.COMH.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 120 - Crider — **39–8** (pass) · upper
- SB 120 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — **80–10** (pass) · lower
- SB 120 - Crider - 3rd Reading — **40–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brett Clark — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
- Wendy McNamara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Authored by Senator Crider
- **2025-01-14** Senator Bohacek added as second author
- **2025-02-04** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-04** Senator Clark added as third author
- **2025-02-06** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-10** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 84: yeas 40, nays 9 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-02-10** House sponsor: Representative McNamara
- **2025-02-11** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-03-21** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2025-03-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 281: yeas 80, nays 10 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-03-24** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2025-03-26** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 296: yeas 39, nays 8
- **2025-03-27** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-10** Public Law 44 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c48ad4ef-cf1a-4152-9ad5-c980a6c961f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).