--- type: "Bill" title: "Public safety." description: "Amends the definition of \"threat\" in the intimidation statute to include posting a person's personal information on a social media platform with the intent to cause: (1) bodily injury to the person; (2) damage to the person's property; or (3) the commission of a crime against the person. Increases the penalty for intimidation if committed against a legislator." jurisdiction: "us/states/in" legislature: "Indiana General Assembly" session: "2026" identifier: "SB 140" citation: "Indiana SB 140 (2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Creation of New Offenses", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against Persons", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against Public Health", "Order", "and Decency", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against State Public Administration", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Generally", "TECHNOLOGY; Communication (Including Internet", "Phone Lines", "Print Media", "Radio", "and Television)"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Alex Zimmerman", "Susan Glick", "Vaneta Becker"] version_count: 4 action_count: 33 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2026-01-05" last_action: "2026-03-12" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/649ef916-f438-4530-9ddc-68c9686c6cfb" source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0140" source_hash: "acb2931a7597a1ea5896f0353831c1237b8a71741b6e1f5ac4f69c314ae3126a" 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 140 (2026) — Public safety. Amends the definition of "threat" in the intimidation statute to include posting a person's personal information on a social media platform with the intent to cause: (1) bodily injury to the person; (2) damage to the person's property; or (3) the commission of a crime against the person. Increases the penalty for intimidation if committed against a legislator. ## 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/SB0140/SB0140.03.ENGS.pdf) 2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0140/SB0140.05.ENRH.pdf) 3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0140/SB0140.01.INTR.pdf) 4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0140/SB0140.04.COMH.pdf) ## Votes - SB 140 - Zimmerman - 3rd Reading — **88–0** (pass) · lower - SB 140 - Becker — **47–0** (pass) · upper - SB 140 - Zimmerman — **96–0** (pass) · lower - SB 140 - Becker - 3rd Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Aaron Freeman — primary (person) - Alex Zimmerman — primary (person) - Susan Glick — primary (person) - Vaneta Becker — primary (person) - Ed Charbonneau — coauthor (person) - Garrett Bascom — cosponsor (person) - Greg Goode — coauthor (person) - Greg Walker — coauthor (person) - Jean Leising — coauthor (person) - Jim Lucas — cosponsor (person) - Kyle Walker — coauthor (person) - Michael Young — coauthor (person) - Spencer Deery — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2026-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee` - **2026-01-05** Authored by Senators Becker, Freeman, Glick - **2026-01-05** Coauthored by Senators Leising, Goode, Charbonneau, Deery, Walker G - **2026-01-08** Senator Walker K added as coauthor - **2026-01-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage` - **2026-01-22** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2` - **2026-01-22** Amendment #3 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage` - **2026-01-26** House sponsor: Representative Zimmerman - **2026-01-26** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 70: yeas 44, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3` - **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` - **2026-02-02** Representative Bascom added as cosponsor - **2026-02-12** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage` - **2026-02-16** Representative Lucas added as cosponsor - **2026-02-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2` - **2026-02-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 264: yeas 88, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3` - **2026-02-18** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt` - **2026-02-20** Motion to dissent filed `filing` - **2026-02-23** Senate dissented from House amendments - **2026-02-23** House conferees appointed: Zimmerman, Gore - **2026-02-23** House advisors appointed: Bascom, Ireland, Bauer - **2026-02-23** Senate conferees appointed: Becker, Taylor G - **2026-02-23** Senate advisors appointed: Pol, Freeman - **2026-02-27** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 427: yeas 96, nays 0 - **2026-02-27** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 328: yeas 47, nays 0 - **2026-02-27** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing` - **2026-02-27** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing` - **2026-03-12** Public Law 146 `became-law` - **2026-03-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature` - **2026-03-05** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage` - **2026-02-27** Senator Young M added as coauthor - **2026-03-03** Signed by the Speaker `passage` - **2026-03-02** 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/649ef916-f438-4530-9ddc-68c9686c6cfb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).