---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court security."
description: "Establishes a procedure to prevent certain personal information of a protected judicial individual from being publically available by a public agency. Creates a civil cause of action against a public agency that fails to remove certain personal information of a protected individual. Repeals current code concerning the supreme court sheriff. Allows the supreme court and the court of appeals to each appoint a court marshal and allows each appointed court marshal to hire deputy court marshals. Requires a court marshal to ensure the safety and security of the court. Requires a supreme court marshal and a court of appeals court marshal to carry out certain responsibilities. Provides that a court marshal is entitled to qualified immunity for acts performed in the course of official duties. Specifies that a court marshal has limited police powers and is required to notify the local law enforcement agency as soon as practicable when a security threat is detected. Allows the marshal appointed by the court of appeals to provide for the safety and security of the tax court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 291"
citation: "Indiana SB 291 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Immunity and Exemption from Liability", "COURTS; Generally", "COURTS; Supreme Court", "LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cyndi Carrasco", "Eric Koch", "Gregory Steuerwald", "Scott Baldwin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a790c86f-1aa3-43e4-a2cd-4c14420d7e5d"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0291"
source_hash: "b20baf145ac52e5b4a603d793212dee1a737e82b3251cd989ea05b2317f2c965"
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 291 (2026) — Court security.

Establishes a procedure to prevent certain personal information of a protected judicial individual from being publically available by a public agency. Creates a civil cause of action against a public agency that fails to remove certain personal information of a protected individual. Repeals current code concerning the supreme court sheriff. Allows the supreme court and the court of appeals to each appoint a court marshal and allows each appointed court marshal to hire deputy court marshals. Requires a court marshal to ensure the safety and security of the court. Requires a supreme court marshal and a court of appeals court marshal to carry out certain responsibilities. Provides that a court marshal is entitled to qualified immunity for acts performed in the course of official duties. Specifies that a court marshal has limited police powers and is required to notify the local law enforcement agency as soon as practicable when a security threat is detected. Allows the marshal appointed by the court of appeals to provide for the safety and security of the tax court.

## 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/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0291/SB0291.03.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0291/SB0291.05.ENGH.pdf)
3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0291/SB0291.06.ENRH.pdf)
4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0291/SB0291.01.INTR.pdf)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0291/SB0291.04.COMH.pdf)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0291/SB0291.02.COMS.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 291 - Baldwin - 3rd Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 291 - Baldwin — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 291 - Steuerwald - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
- Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
- Aaron Freeman — coauthor (person)
- Brett Clark — coauthor (person)
- Chris Jeter — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Haggard — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Schmitt — coauthor (person)
- Greg Taylor — coauthor (person)
- Liz Brown — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Michael Young — coauthor (person)
- Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)
- Scott Alexander — coauthor (person)
- Spencer Deery — coauthor (person)
- Susan Glick — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-12** Senator Carrasco added as second author
- **2026-01-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Authored by Senator Baldwin
- **2026-01-15** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-15** Senator Koch added as third author
- **2026-01-20** Senator Young M added as coauthor
- **2026-01-22** Senator Pol added as coauthor
- **2026-01-22** Senators Glick, Clark added as coauthors
- **2026-01-22** Senators Brown L, Freeman, Taylor G, Randolph added as coauthors
- **2026-01-22** Amendment #4 (Baldwin) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-22** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-26** Senator Deery added as coauthor
- **2026-01-26** Senator Schmitt added as coauthor
- **2026-01-26** Senator Alexander added as coauthor
- **2026-01-26** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 86: yeas 44, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-01-26** House sponsor: Representative Steuerwald
- **2026-01-26** Cosponsor: Representative Jeter
- **2026-01-27** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2026-01-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Representative Haggard added as cosponsor
- **2026-02-05** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-09** Amendment #1 (Gore) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-09** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-09** Amendment #2 (Ireland) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-11** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2026-02-10** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 230: yeas 95, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2026-02-25** Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 288: yeas 47, nays 0
- **2026-03-05** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Public Law 139 `became-law`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a790c86f-1aa3-43e4-a2cd-4c14420d7e5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).