republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/sb-249.md

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Bill	Exploitation of dependents and endangered adults.	Defines "person in a position of trust" and "self-dealing". Provides that a: (1) person commits exploitation of a dependent or an endangered adult if the person recklessly uses or exerts control over the personal services or property of an endangered adult or dependent; and (2) person in a position of trust commits exploitation of a dependent or an endangered adult if the person recklessly engages in self-dealing with the property of the dependent or endangered adult. Increases the penalty if the person has a prior unrelated conviction. Removes: (1) provisions relating to the Social Security Act; (2) a sentencing enhancement that applies if the victim is at least 60 years of age; and (3) a sentencing enhancement based on the value of the property.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2020	SB 249	Indiana SB 249 (2020)	bill	CRIMES AND OFFENSES Offenses Against Persons	enacted	Eric Koch Michael Young Wendy McNamara	5	25	2	2020-01-09	2020-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/5b62021f-3942-4a14-ad4c-b04db90ffd10	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/249	26aca8a2b8758378a644fc4b13da5a4644c4ecf6a3efd62d247bab715cb8ca9b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 249 (2020) — Exploitation of dependents and endangered adults.

Defines "person in a position of trust" and "self-dealing". Provides that a: (1) person commits exploitation of a dependent or an endangered adult if the person recklessly uses or exerts control over the personal services or property of an endangered adult or dependent; and (2) person in a position of trust commits exploitation of a dependent or an endangered adult if the person recklessly engages in self-dealing with the property of the dependent or endangered adult. Increases the penalty if the person has a prior unrelated conviction. Removes: (1) provisions relating to the Social Security Act; (2) a sentencing enhancement that applies if the victim is at least 60 years of age; and (3) a sentencing enhancement based on the value of the property.

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. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 249 - Young M - 3rd Reading — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 249 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — 95–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Eric Koch — primary (person)
• Michael Young — primary (person)
• Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
• J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
• Jean Leising — coauthor (person)
• John Crane — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Matt Lehman — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Speedy — cosponsor (person)
• Vaneta Becker — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-09 Authored by Senator Young M
• 2020-01-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
• 2020-01-14 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2020-01-16 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-01-16 Senator Koch added as second author
• 2020-01-21 Second reading: call withdrawn reading-2
• 2020-01-23 Amendment #1 (Tallian) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2020-01-23 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 61: yeas 50, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-01-27 House sponsor: Representative McNamara
• 2020-01-27 Senators Becker and Leising added as coauthors
• 2020-01-27 Senator Crane added as coauthor
• 2020-01-28 Referred to the House
• 2020-02-10 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-11 Representatives Lehman and Speedy added as cosponsors
• 2020-02-20 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-02-24 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-25 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 211: yeas 95, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-26 Returned to the Senate without amendments
• 2020-03-02 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2020-03-03 Signed by the Speaker
• 2020-03-18 Public Law 70
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the President of the Senate

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5b62021f-3942-4a14-ad4c-b04db90ffd10. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).