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type: "Bill"
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title: "Indigency determinations."
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description: "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.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 302"
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citation: "Indiana SB 302 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Criminal Courts and Court Procedures", "INDIGENT PERSONS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gregory Steuerwald", "Karen Tallian", "Michael Young"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-01-09"
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last_action: "2020-03-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92e011dc-1661-4d05-9f0c-ca3cd619bb32"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/302"
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source_hash: "78081abfb6fff2b375c32cb7a84eef89d7f117ef76c06ec4cf63538e8b651af5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana SB 302 (2020) — Indigency determinations.
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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.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0302/versions/SB0302.04.ENRH)
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2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0302/versions/SB0302.01.INTR)
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3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0302/versions/SB0302.02.COMS)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0302/versions/SB0302.03.COMH)
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## Votes
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- SB 302 - Steuerwald - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 302 - Tallian - 3rd Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
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- Karen Tallian — primary (person)
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- Michael Young — primary (person)
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- Aaron Freeman — coauthor (person)
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- Edward DeLaney — cosponsor (person)
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- James Tomes — coauthor (person)
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- Lisa Beck — cosponsor (person)
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- Susan Glick — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-09** Authored by Senator Tallian
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- **2020-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Senator Randolph added as second author
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- **2020-01-21** Senator Young M added as third author
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- **2020-01-21** Senators Freeman and Glick added as coauthors
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- **2020-01-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-27** Senator Randolph removed as second author
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- **2020-01-27** Senator Young M removed as third author
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- **2020-01-27** Senator Young M added as second author
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- **2020-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 83: yeas 50, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-01-28** House sponsor: Representative Steuerwald
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- **2020-01-28** Cosponsors: Representatives DeLaney and Beck
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- **2020-01-28** Senator Tomes added as coauthor
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- **2020-01-29** Referred to the House
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- **2020-02-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 200: yeas 94, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-02-25** Returned to the Senate without amendments
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- **2020-03-03** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2020-03-04** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2020-03-21** Public Law 140
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- **2020-03-21** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92e011dc-1661-4d05-9f0c-ca3cd619bb32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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