republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/sb-216.md

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Bill	Disclosure of personal information to offender.	Amends the access to public records act to provide that personal information regarding a correctional officer, probation officer, community corrections officer, law enforcement officer, judge, crime victim, or their family members may be withheld from disclosure when requested by a person confined in a prison, county jail, detention facility, or in a community corrections program as a result of the person's arrest or conviction for a crime, or that person's agent or relative. (Currently the law permits withholding personal information of officers, judges, victims, or their family members, if the information is requested by a person incarcerated in a penal institution after conviction for a crime.) Provides that the term "agent" does not include an attorney in good standing admitted to the practice of law in Indiana.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2020	SB 216	Indiana SB 216 (2020)	bill	PUBLIC RECORDS	enacted	Aaron Freeman Eric Koch Jack Sandlin Woody Burton	6	31	2	2020-01-06	2020-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/66fc91a0-eef4-4c09-9499-6a11f32f8b04	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/216	eaa109ed34be772c0e4503f2857b52c18edf7084da4ff60d65663bd6041cb498	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 216 (2020) — Disclosure of personal information to offender.

Amends the access to public records act to provide that personal information regarding a correctional officer, probation officer, community corrections officer, law enforcement officer, judge, crime victim, or their family members may be withheld from disclosure when requested by a person confined in a prison, county jail, detention facility, or in a community corrections program as a result of the person's arrest or conviction for a crime, or that person's agent or relative. (Currently the law permits withholding personal information of officers, judges, victims, or their family members, if the information is requested by a person incarcerated in a penal institution after conviction for a crime.) Provides that the term "agent" does not include an attorney in good standing admitted to the practice of law in Indiana.

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 216 - Sandlin - 3rd Reading — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 216 - Burton - 3rd Reading — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
• Eric Koch — primary (person)
• Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
• Woody Burton — primary (person)
• Dollyne Sherman — cosponsor (person)
• Erin Houchin — coauthor (person)
• James Buck — coauthor (person)
• John Young — cosponsor (person)
• Jon Ford — coauthor (person)
• Linda Rogers — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Matt Pierce — cosponsor (person)
• Susan Glick — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-06 Authored by Senator Sandlin
• 2020-01-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-01-21 Senator Freeman added as second author
• 2020-01-23 Senator Freeman removed as second author
• 2020-01-23 Senator Koch added as second author
• 2020-01-23 Senator Freeman added as third author
• 2020-01-23 Senators Ford Jon, Glick, Rogers added as coauthors
• 2020-01-30 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-01-30 Senator Buck added as coauthor
• 2020-01-30 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2020-02-03 Amendment #1 (Sandlin) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2020-02-03 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-03 Senator Houchin added as coauthor
• 2020-02-04 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 147: yeas 47, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-04 House sponsor: Representative Burton
• 2020-02-04 Cosponsor: Representative Sherman D
• 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 Representatives Pierce and Young J added as cosponsors
• 2020-03-02 Amendment #2 (Burton) 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 278: yeas 94, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-03-04 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
• 2020-03-05 Motion to concur filed
• 2020-03-09 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 347: yeas 49, nays 0 amendment-failure
• 2020-03-12 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2020-03-16 Signed by the Speaker
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-03-18 Public Law 64

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/66fc91a0-eef4-4c09-9499-6a11f32f8b04. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).