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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal appeals."
description: "Provides that an order granting a motion to discharge a defendant before trial may be appealed to the supreme court or the court of appeals. Provides that the state may appeal an interlocutory order if the trial court certifies the appeal and the court on appeal makes certain findings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1293"
citation: "Indiana HB 1293 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT OF APPEALS", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES generally", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Criminal Courts and Court Procedures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Jeter", "Eric Koch", "Michael Young"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c5e630a-fb4b-4283-be85-a9f1c018c47a"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1293"
source_hash: "ace561655721aa4949728bda6f97ff69e67db3f473d841983192ed1306930b2d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---
# Indiana HB 1293 (2021) — Criminal appeals.
Provides that an order granting a motion to discharge a defendant before trial may be appealed to the supreme court or the court of appeals. Provides that the state may appeal an interlocutory order if the trial court certifies the appeal and the court on appeal makes certain findings.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1293/versions/HB1293.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1293/versions/HB1293.02.COMH)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1293/versions/HB1293.03.COMS)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1293/versions/HB1293.01.INTR)
## Votes
- HB 1293 - Jeter C - 3rd Reading — **7720** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chris Jeter — primary (person)
- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- Michael Young — primary (person)
- Gregory Steuerwald — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-14** Coauthored by Representative Steuerwald
- **2021-01-14** Authored by Representative Jeter
- **2021-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** Senate sponsor: Senator Young M
- **2021-02-16** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 143: yeas 77, nays 20 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** Referred to the Senate
- **2021-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01** Senator Koch added as second sponsor
- **2021-04-05** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 354: yeas 40, nays 10 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Returned to the House without amendments
- **2021-04-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-22** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-23** Public Law 112
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c5e630a-fb4b-4283-be85-a9f1c018c47a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).