--- type: "Bill" title: "Various corrections matters." description: "Eliminates requirements that the department of correction: (1) maintain farm programs for offenders committed to the department; and (2) prepare a report calculating the savings realized as a result of sentencing changes. Replaces a reference to a rule repealed by the department of correction with a requirement that the custody and treatment of juveniles meet the standards and licensing requirements adopted in the administrative rules of the department." jurisdiction: "us/states/in" legislature: "Indiana General Assembly" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 231" citation: "Indiana SB 231 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Corrections (DOC)", "AGRICULTURE; Generally", "CORRECTIONS; Adult Inmates and Facilities", "CORRECTIONS; Juvenile Inmates and Facilities"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Cyndi Carrasco", "Mike Bohacek", "Steve Bartels"] version_count: 6 action_count: 33 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2025-01-08" last_action: "2025-05-06" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/316dd226-99d6-4932-9e3b-dfb21b6c481e" source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0231" source_hash: "cfb96553ab7ca381231039cb3b8ed555df6579be9701cc71c4914a04578b335f" 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 231 (2025) — Various corrections matters. Eliminates requirements that the department of correction: (1) maintain farm programs for offenders committed to the department; and (2) prepare a report calculating the savings realized as a result of sentencing changes. Replaces a reference to a rule repealed by the department of correction with a requirement that the custody and treatment of juveniles meet the standards and licensing requirements adopted in the administrative rules of the department. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0231/SB0231.03.ENGS.pdf) 2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0231/SB0231.05.ENGH.pdf) 3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0231/SB0231.06.ENRH.pdf) 4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0231/SB0231.01.INTR.pdf) 5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0231/SB0231.04.COMH.pdf) 6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0231/SB0231.02.COMS.pdf) ## Votes - SB 231 - Bartels — **77–2** (pass) · lower - SB 231 - Bohacek - 3rd Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper - SB 231 - Bartels - 2nd Reading — **96–0** (pass) · lower - SB 231 - Bohacek — **48–2** (pass) · upper - SB 231 - Bartels - 3rd Reading — **90–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person) - Mike Bohacek — primary (person) - Steve Bartels — primary (person) - Lorissa Sweet — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-01-08** Authored by Senator Bohacek - **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee` - **2025-02-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage` - **2025-02-17** Senator Carrasco added as second author - **2025-02-18** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2` - **2025-02-18** Amendment #2 (Bohacek) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage` - **2025-02-21** Referred to the House `referral` - **2025-02-20** Cosponsor: Representative Sweet - **2025-02-20** House sponsor: Representative Bartels - **2025-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 179: yeas 48, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3` - **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee` - **2025-03-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage` - **2025-03-17** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2` - **2025-03-17** Amendment #1 (Summers) prevailed; Roll Call 267: yeas 96, nays 0 `amendment-passage` - **2025-03-21** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt` - **2025-03-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 289: yeas 90, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3` - **2025-04-08** Senate dissented from House amendments - **2025-04-08** Motion to dissent filed `filing` - **2025-04-10** House advisors appointed: Meltzer, McNamara and Bauer - **2025-04-10** House conferees appointed: Bartels and Gore - **2025-04-10** Senate advisors appointed: Carrasco and Taylor G - **2025-04-10** Senate conferees appointed: Bohacek and Pol - **2025-04-29** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage` - **2025-04-24** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing` - **2025-04-24** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 571: yeas 77, nays 2 - **2025-04-25** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage` - **2025-04-25** Signed by the Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-24** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 531: yeas 48, nays 2 - **2025-04-24** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing` - **2025-04-24** Representative Lawson added as conferee - **2025-04-24** Representative Gore removed as conferee - **2025-05-06** Public Law 193 `became-law` - **2025-05-06** 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/316dd226-99d6-4932-9e3b-dfb21b6c481e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).