republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/sb-146.md

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Bill	Sexual assault victims' rights.	Provides rights to sexual assault victims, including the right to: (1) speak with a victim advocate or victim service provider, if available, and a victims assistance or a social worker, if a victim advocate or victim service provider is not available, before a forensic medical exam or during the course of an investigation; (2) the collection of sexual assault forensic evidence; and (3) notice. Requires a provider, before commencing a forensic medical examination, or as soon as possible, to notify a victim advocate or victim service provider, if available, or victims assistance or a social worker, if a victim advocate or victim service provider is not available.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2020	SB 146	Indiana SB 146 (2020)	bill	VICTIMS OF CRIME CRIMES AND OFFENSES Sex Crimes	enacted	Blake Doriot Donna Schaibley James Merritt John Ruckelshaus	6	31	2	2020-01-06	2020-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/3be3b862-a811-4527-b0c3-7191902cf625	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/146	89c3492661886ab74af0789ba7343df9f39cbe1da088e2daf19a0494236bd954	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 146 (2020) — Sexual assault victims' rights.

Provides rights to sexual assault victims, including the right to: (1) speak with a victim advocate or victim service provider, if available, and a victims assistance or a social worker, if a victim advocate or victim service provider is not available, before a forensic medical exam or during the course of an investigation; (2) the collection of sexual assault forensic evidence; and (3) notice. Requires a provider, before commencing a forensic medical examination, or as soon as possible, to notify a victim advocate or victim service provider, if available, or victims assistance or a social worker, if a victim advocate or victim service provider is not available.

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 (H) (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 146 - Doriot - 3rd Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 146 - Schaibley - 3rd Reading — 95–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Blake Doriot — primary (person)
• Donna Schaibley — primary (person)
• James Merritt — primary (person)
• John Ruckelshaus — primary (person)
• Dale DeVon — cosponsor (person)
• Doug Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Jack Sandlin — coauthor (person)
• Michael Crider — coauthor (person)
• Michael Young — coauthor (person)
• Sharon Negele — cosponsor (person)
• Sue Errington — cosponsor (person)
• Wendy McNamara — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-06 Authored by Senator Doriot
• 2020-01-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-01-07 Senator Ruckelshaus added as second author
• 2020-01-28 Senator Merritt added as third author
• 2020-01-28 Senator Sandlin added as coauthor
• 2020-01-28 Senator Young M added as coauthor
• 2020-01-30 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-02-03 Amendment #1 (Doriot) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2020-02-03 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-04 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 140: yeas 49, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-04 House sponsor: Representative Schaibley
• 2020-02-04 Cosponsors: Representatives DeVon, McNamara, Miller
• 2020-02-04 Senator Crider added as coauthor
• 2020-02-05 Referred to the House
• 2020-02-10 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-27 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-02-27 Rule 105.1 suspended
• 2020-02-27 Representative Errington added as cosponsor
• 2020-03-02 Amendment #3 (Schaibley) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2020-03-02 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-03-03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 272: yeas 95, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-03-03 Rule 105.1 suspended
• 2020-03-03 Representative Negele added as cosponsor
• 2020-03-04 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
• 2020-03-04 Motion to concur filed
• 2020-03-05 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 338: yeas 40, nays 2 amendment-failure
• 2020-03-09 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2020-03-16 Signed by the Speaker
• 2020-03-18 Public Law 58
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3be3b862-a811-4527-b0c3-7191902cf625. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).