---
type: "Bill"
title: "Advanced DNA testing for cold cases."
description: "Establishes a process concerning eligibility for advanced DNA testing for cold cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1248"
citation: "Indiana HB 1248 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; DNA and Fingerprinting", "TECHNOLOGY; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carey Hamilton", "Cyndi Carrasco", "Rodney Pol"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-05"
last_action: "2026-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/952560ee-fc9b-45f7-83ac-5a92313d8311"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1248"
source_hash: "3117f7b082b078e1f10ab2455c00f7bd39a45aceeb49d32cef03ede24322aae8"
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 1248 (2026) — Advanced DNA testing for cold cases.

Establishes a process concerning eligibility for advanced DNA testing for cold cases.

## 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/124/2026/house/bills/HB1248/HB1248.04.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1248/HB1248.03.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1248/HB1248.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1248/HB1248.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1248 - Hamilton - 3rd Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1248 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1248 - Hamilton — **86–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carey Hamilton — primary (person)
- Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
- Rodney Pol — primary (person)
- Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
- Garrett Bascom — coauthor (person)
- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- James Buck — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen Bauer — coauthor (person)
- Scott Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- Susan Glick — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy McNamara — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** Authored by Representative Hamilton
- **2026-01-12** Representatives McNamara, Bascom added as coauthors
- **2026-01-13** Representative Bauer added as coauthor
- **2026-01-14** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-22** Senate sponsors: Senators Carrasco, Pol
- **2026-01-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 75: yeas 92, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-01-23** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2026-01-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Senator Glick added as cosponsor
- **2026-02-12** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-12** Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
- **2026-02-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19** Senator Buck added as cosponsor
- **2026-02-19** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 206: yeas 46, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** Senator Baldwin added as cosponsor
- **2026-02-19** Senator Qaddoura added as cosponsor
- **2026-02-23** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2026-02-20** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2026-02-25** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 365: yeas 86, nays 0
- **2026-02-25** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Public Law 56 `became-law`
- **2026-03-03** 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/952560ee-fc9b-45f7-83ac-5a92313d8311`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).