Files
2026-07-06 17:27:20 -04:00

4.9 KiB
Raw Permalink Blame History

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill Indigency determinations. Establishes a procedure for a criminal court to use in determining if a defendant is indigent. Provides that, if a court has ordered a defendant to pay part of the cost of representation, the court shall inquire at sentencing whether the defendant has paid the required amount. Specifies that a court may prorate fines, fees, and court costs based on the person's reasonable ability to pay. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on corrections and criminal code.) us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2020 SB 302 Indiana SB 302 (2020)
bill
CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Criminal Courts and Court Procedures
INDIGENT PERSONS
enacted
Gregory Steuerwald
Karen Tallian
Michael Young
4 25 2 2020-01-09 2020-03-21 openstates ocd-bill/92e011dc-1661-4d05-9f0c-ca3cd619bb32 http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/302 78081abfb6fff2b375c32cb7a84eef89d7f117ef76c06ec4cf63538e8b651af5 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-in

Indiana SB 302 (2020) — Indigency determinations.

Establishes a procedure for a criminal court to use in determining if a defendant is indigent. Provides that, if a court has ordered a defendant to pay part of the cost of representation, the court shall inquire at sentencing whether the defendant has paid the required amount. Specifies that a court may prorate fines, fees, and court costs based on the person's reasonable ability to pay. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on corrections and criminal code.)

Version chain

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

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

Votes

  • SB 302 - Steuerwald - 3rd Reading — 940 (pass) · lower
  • SB 302 - Tallian - 3rd Reading — 500 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
  • Karen Tallian — primary (person)
  • Michael Young — primary (person)
  • Aaron Freeman — coauthor (person)
  • Edward DeLaney — cosponsor (person)
  • James Tomes — coauthor (person)
  • Lisa Beck — cosponsor (person)
  • Susan Glick — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-09 Authored by Senator Tallian
  • 2020-01-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2020-01-14 Senator Randolph added as second author
  • 2020-01-21 Senator Young M added as third author
  • 2020-01-21 Senators Freeman and Glick added as coauthors
  • 2020-01-23 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2020-01-27 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2020-01-27 Senator Randolph removed as second author
  • 2020-01-27 Senator Young M removed as third author
  • 2020-01-27 Senator Young M added as second author
  • 2020-01-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 83: yeas 50, nays 0 reading-3, passage
  • 2020-01-28 House sponsor: Representative Steuerwald
  • 2020-01-28 Cosponsors: Representatives DeLaney and Beck
  • 2020-01-28 Senator Tomes added as coauthor
  • 2020-01-29 Referred to the House
  • 2020-02-10 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2020-02-13 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2020-02-20 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2020-02-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 200: yeas 94, nays 0 reading-3, passage
  • 2020-02-25 Returned to the Senate without amendments
  • 2020-03-03 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
  • 2020-03-04 Signed by the Speaker
  • 2020-03-18 Signed by the President of the Senate
  • 2020-03-21 Public Law 140
  • 2020-03-21 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/92e011dc-1661-4d05-9f0c-ca3cd619bb32. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).