---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bail and release review commission."
description: "Establishes the bail and release review commission to review data concerning bail, bail reform, pretrial release, and related matters. Provides that the commission expires June 30, 2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 70"
citation: "Indiana SB 70 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "AND COUNCILS; Newly Created", "COURTS; Bail and Bail Bondsmen", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Legislative Council"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Eric Koch", "Gregory Steuerwald"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b14d8613-1107-4ae5-8d1d-cda6698c4f7e"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0070"
source_hash: "374ef036db3b3eaba48dd3563663c3fc90d3787531b7025c19d452e4f38504bd"
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 70 (2024) — Bail and release review commission.

Establishes the bail and release review commission to review data concerning bail, bail reform, pretrial release, and related matters. Provides that the commission expires June 30, 2026.

## 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/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0070/SB0070.05.ENRH.pdf)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0070/SB0070.01.INTR.pdf)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0070/SB0070.03.COMS.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0070/SB0070.04.COMH.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 70 - Steuerwald - 3rd Reading — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 70 - Koch - 3rd Reading — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
- Mike Gaskill — coauthor (person)
- Susan Glick — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** Authored by Senator Bray
- **2024-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Senator Bray removed as author
- **2024-01-25** Senator Koch added as author
- **2024-01-25** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-05** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05** Senator Freeman added as second author
- **2024-02-06** Senators Glick and Gaskill added as coauthors
- **2024-02-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 122: yeas 47, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** House sponsor: Representative Steuerwald
- **2024-02-06** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2024-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
- **2024-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 167: yeas 93, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-11** Public Law 14 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b14d8613-1107-4ae5-8d1d-cda6698c4f7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).