republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/sb-109.md

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Bill	Statute of limitations.	Provides that an otherwise barred offense may be commenced not later than five years from the earlier of the date on which: (1) the state first discovers DNA evidence sufficient to charge the offender; (2) the state first becomes aware of a recording that provides evidence sufficient to charge the offender; or (3) a person confesses to the offense. Permits the alleged victim of certain child sex crimes to apply for victim compensation not later than five years after: (1) the state first discovers DNA evidence sufficient to charge the offender; (2) the state first becomes aware of a recording that provides evidence sufficient to charge the offender; or (3) a person confesses to the offense.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2020	SB 109	Indiana SB 109 (2020)	bill	CRIMES AND OFFENSES generally VICTIMS OF CRIME	enacted	Erin Houchin Gregory Steuerwald Jon Ford Michael Crider	6	29	2	2020-01-06	2020-03-14	openstates	ocd-bill/efadaf19-ea43-4015-a49f-32ceb3ba02b2	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/109	ae1c4d0c5d35cb6c6ddcf83fddd9aac343007e245afaa6daa0fead772a961417	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 109 (2020) — Statute of limitations.

Provides that an otherwise barred offense may be commenced not later than five years from the earlier of the date on which: (1) the state first discovers DNA evidence sufficient to charge the offender; (2) the state first becomes aware of a recording that provides evidence sufficient to charge the offender; or (3) a person confesses to the offense. Permits the alleged victim of certain child sex crimes to apply for victim compensation not later than five years after: (1) the state first discovers DNA evidence sufficient to charge the offender; (2) the state first becomes aware of a recording that provides evidence sufficient to charge the offender; or (3) a person confesses to the offense.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 109 - Steuerwald - 3rd Reading — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 109 - Crider - 3rd Reading — 44–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Erin Houchin — primary (person)
• Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
• Jon Ford — primary (person)
• Michael Crider — primary (person)
• Aaron Freeman — coauthor (person)
• Heath VanNatter — cosponsor (person)
• Jack Sandlin — coauthor (person)
• James Buck — coauthor (person)
• James Merritt — coauthor (person)
• Karen Engleman — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Mark Stoops — coauthor (person)
• Michael Young — coauthor (person)
• Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
• Robert Cherry — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-06 Authored by Senator Crider
• 2020-01-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-01-06 Senator Houchin added as second author
• 2020-01-06 Senator Ford Jon added as third author
• 2020-01-21 Senators Freeman, Randolph, Sandlin, Young M added as coauthors
• 2020-01-23 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-01-23 Senators Buck, Bohacek, Merritt added as coauthors
• 2020-01-27 Amendment #2 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2020-01-27 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-27 Senator Stoops added as coauthor
• 2020-01-28 Placed back on second reading reading-2
• 2020-01-30 Amendment #3 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2020-01-30 Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 112: yeas 44, nays 2 reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-03 House sponsor: Representative Steuerwald
• 2020-02-03 Cosponsors: Representatives Cherry, VanNatter, Engleman
• 2020-02-04 Referred to the House
• 2020-02-10 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-02-24 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-25 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 206: yeas 94, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-26 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
• 2020-03-03 Motion to concur filed
• 2020-03-04 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 326: yeas 48, nays 0 amendment-failure
• 2020-03-09 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2020-03-11 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-03-11 Signed by the Speaker
• 2020-03-14 Public Law 31
• 2020-03-14 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/efadaf19-ea43-4015-a49f-32ceb3ba02b2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).