--- type: "Bill" title: "Public safety procedures." description: "Requires the department of correction to electronically notify, at least seven days in advance, the: (1) county sheriff; (2) prosecuting attorney; and (3) chief of police; of the county or municipality into which the department will release a serious violent felon, including a juvenile adjudicated for an act that would be a serious violent felony, and of the county or municipality where the serious violent felon or juvenile committed the offense. Requires the department of correction to notify a registered victim through the department's automated victim notification system. Requires: (1) a court; and (2) the prosecuting attorney or the prosecuting attorney's victim assistance program; to notify a victim of the automated victim assistance notification program, and provides that a victim has the right to be informed, upon request, about the progress of the criminal case involving the victim. Requires that, before hiring a person as a law enforcement officer, a law enforcement hiring department or agency shall request from prior law enforcement employers all documents relating to disciplinary action or internal investigations that involve the person. (Under current law, a hiring agency must request all findings and orders)." jurisdiction: "us/states/in" legislature: "Indiana General Assembly" session: "2026" identifier: "HB 1250" citation: "Indiana HB 1250 (2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Corrections (DOC)", "CORRECTIONS; Juvenile Inmates and Facilities", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against Persons", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Prosecuting Attorneys (Non-Elected)", "LAW ENFORCEMENT; County Sheriffs' Departments", "LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Cyndi Carrasco", "Scott Baldwin", "Timothy O'Brien", "Vaneta Becker"] version_count: 4 action_count: 23 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2026-01-05" last_action: "2026-03-03" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b89d11f5-7ebd-4aad-9e79-34e4b13456b7" source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1250" source_hash: "867ab084457eca11827527a6b7f4ccd47461b9de507a4680452d383162ba8f6c" 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 1250 (2026) — Public safety procedures. Requires the department of correction to electronically notify, at least seven days in advance, the: (1) county sheriff; (2) prosecuting attorney; and (3) chief of police; of the county or municipality into which the department will release a serious violent felon, including a juvenile adjudicated for an act that would be a serious violent felony, and of the county or municipality where the serious violent felon or juvenile committed the offense. Requires the department of correction to notify a registered victim through the department's automated victim notification system. Requires: (1) a court; and (2) the prosecuting attorney or the prosecuting attorney's victim assistance program; to notify a victim of the automated victim assistance notification program, and provides that a victim has the right to be informed, upon request, about the progress of the criminal case involving the victim. Requires that, before hiring a person as a law enforcement officer, a law enforcement hiring department or agency shall request from prior law enforcement employers all documents relating to disciplinary action or internal investigations that involve the person. (Under current law, a hiring agency must request all findings and orders). ## 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/HB1250/HB1250.04.ENRS.pdf) 2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1250/HB1250.03.COMS.pdf) 3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1250/HB1250.02.COMH.pdf) 4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1250/HB1250.01.INTR.pdf) ## Votes - HB 1250 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper - HB 1250 - O'Brien - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower - HB 1250 - O'Brien — **92–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person) - Scott Baldwin — primary (person) - Timothy O'Brien — primary (person) - Vaneta Becker — primary (person) - Alex Zimmerman — coauthor (person) - Brett Clark — cosponsor (person) - Daryl Schmitt — cosponsor (person) - Garrett Bascom — coauthor (person) - James Tomes — 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 O'Brien - **2026-01-05** Coauthored by Representatives McNamara, Bascom - **2026-01-08** Representative Zimmerman added as coauthor - **2026-01-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage` - **2026-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2` - **2026-01-28** Cosponsors: Senators Tomes, Schmitt - **2026-01-28** Senate sponsors: Senators Carrasco, Baldwin, Becker - **2026-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 134: yeas 94, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3` - **2026-01-29** Referred to the Senate `referral` - **2026-02-02** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee` - **2026-02-12** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage` - **2026-02-12** Senator Clark added as cosponsor - **2026-02-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2` - **2026-02-19** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 208: yeas 46, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3` - **2026-02-20** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt` - **2026-02-24** Motion to concur filed `filing` - **2026-02-25** Signed by the Speaker `passage` - **2026-02-25** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 366: yeas 92, nays 0 - **2026-02-26** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage` - **2026-03-03** Public Law 57 `became-law` - **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage` - **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/b89d11f5-7ebd-4aad-9e79-34e4b13456b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).