republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/hb-1022.md

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Bill	Panhandling.	Provides that a person who panhandles within 50 feet of: (1) the entrance or exit to a bank, business, or restaurant; (2) the location where a financial transaction occurs; or (3) a public monument; commits the offense of panhandling, a Class C misdemeanor. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally panhandles regardless of the time of day commits panhandling, a Class C misdemeanor. (Current law limits the time period of the offense to after sunset and before sunrise.) Defines "financial transaction" and "public monument".	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2020	HB 1022	Indiana HB 1022 (2020)	bill	CRIMES AND OFFENSES generally	enacted	Brian Bosma Liz Brown Mark Messmer	5	41	2	2020-01-06	2020-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/b586a0c8-3c17-4dbd-a735-ddd63f50c903	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1022	699b7cb3462f3017cba250b70115f28556cd061f971f52c8c54670e08dcd99a4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1022 (2020) — Panhandling.

Provides that a person who panhandles within 50 feet of: (1) the entrance or exit to a bank, business, or restaurant; (2) the location where a financial transaction occurs; or (3) a public monument; commits the offense of panhandling, a Class C misdemeanor. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally panhandles regardless of the time of day commits panhandling, a Class C misdemeanor. (Current law limits the time period of the offense to after sunset and before sunrise.) Defines "financial transaction" and "public monument".

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Engrossed House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
3. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1022 - Messmer - 3rd Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 1022 - Torr - 3rd Reading — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Bosma — primary (person)
• Liz Brown — primary (person)
• Mark Messmer — primary (person)
• Jerry Torr — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-06 Authored by Representative Torr
• 2020-01-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-01-13 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-01-16 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-21 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 31: yeas 96, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-01-21 Senate sponsor: Senator Messmer
• 2020-01-22 Referred to the Senate
• 2020-01-23 Representative Porter added as coauthor
• 2020-02-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-13 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-02-18 Amendment #2 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2020-02-18 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-18 Senator Brown L added as second sponsor
• 2020-02-18 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2020-02-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 215: yeas 49, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-21 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2020-03-04 Motion to dissent filed
• 2020-03-04 House dissented from Senate amendments amendment-failure
• 2020-03-04 Representative Torr removed as author
• 2020-03-04 Representative Bosma added as author
• 2020-03-04 Representative Porter removed as coauthor
• 2020-03-04 House conferees appointed: Bosma and Porter
• 2020-03-04 House advisors appointed: Huston, Torr and Dvorak
• 2020-03-05 Senate conferees appointed: Messmer and Randolph Lonnie M
• 2020-03-05 Senate advisors appointed: Brown L and Taylor G
• 2020-03-05 Representative Torr added as coauthor
• 2020-03-10 Representative Torr removed as advisor
• 2020-03-10 Representative Porter removed as conferee
• 2020-03-10 Representative Torr added as conferee
• 2020-03-10 Senator Brown L removed as advisor
• 2020-03-10 Senator Randolph Lonnie M removed as conferee
• 2020-03-10 Senator Brown L added as conferee
• 2020-03-10 CCR # 1 filed in the House
• 2020-03-10 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
• 2020-03-10 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 359: yeas 84, nays 10
• 2020-03-10 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 367: yeas 35, nays 14
• 2020-03-12 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2020-03-16 Signed by the Speaker
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-03-21 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2020-03-30 Public Law 151

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b586a0c8-3c17-4dbd-a735-ddd63f50c903. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).