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Bill Protection of monuments, memorials, and statues. Requires the state police department to prioritize the investigation and prosecution of persons who destroy, damage, vandalize, or desecrate a monument, memorial, or statue. Requires the state police department to assist political subdivisions in the investigation and prosecution of persons who destroy, damage, vandalize, or desecrate a monument, memorial, or statue. Provides that discretionary funding for a political subdivision may not be withheld from a political subdivision in certain circumstances. Provides that a state agency may provide discretionary funding to a political subdivision for a respective grant program after considering whether the political subdivision has taken all appropriate enforcement actions to protect public monuments, memorials, and statues from destruction or vandalism. Defines "discretionary funding". Adds enhanced penalties to the crime of rioting. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2021 SB 187 Indiana SB 187 (2021)
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CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Offenses Against Public Health
Order and Decency
LAW ENFORCEMENT
State Police
PUBLIC WORKS AND IMPROVEMENTS; PUBLIC BUILDINGS; PUBLIC PROPERTY
enacted
Aaron Freeman
Eric Koch
Jack Sandlin
Matt Lehman
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Indiana SB 187 (2021) — Protection of monuments, memorials, and statues.

Requires the state police department to prioritize the investigation and prosecution of persons who destroy, damage, vandalize, or desecrate a monument, memorial, or statue. Requires the state police department to assist political subdivisions in the investigation and prosecution of persons who destroy, damage, vandalize, or desecrate a monument, memorial, or statue. Provides that discretionary funding for a political subdivision may not be withheld from a political subdivision in certain circumstances. Provides that a state agency may provide discretionary funding to a political subdivision for a respective grant program after considering whether the political subdivision has taken all appropriate enforcement actions to protect public monuments, memorials, and statues from destruction or vandalism. Defines "discretionary funding". Adds enhanced penalties to the crime of rioting.

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 (H) (committee substitute) — source
  5. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SB 187 - Lehman - 3rd Reading — 6825 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
  • Eric Koch — primary (person)
  • Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
  • Matt Lehman — primary (person)
  • Andy Zay — coauthor (person)
  • Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
  • Chris Judy — cosponsor (person)
  • Cindy Ledbetter — cosponsor (person)
  • Erin Houchin — coauthor (person)
  • Linda Rogers — coauthor (person)
  • Michael Young — coauthor (person)
  • Wendy McNamara — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-12 Authored by Senator Koch
  • 2021-01-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2021-01-25 Senator Zay added as coauthor
  • 2021-02-02 Senator Freeman added as second author
  • 2021-02-02 Senator Sandlin added as third author
  • 2021-02-02 Senator Houchin added as coauthor
  • 2021-02-04 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2021-02-08 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2021-02-09 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 85: yeas 41, nays 6 passage, reading-3
  • 2021-02-09 House sponsor: Representative Lehman
  • 2021-02-09 Senator Doriot added as coauthor
  • 2021-02-09 Senator Rogers added as coauthor
  • 2021-02-09 Senator Young M added as coauthor
  • 2021-02-10 Referred to the House
  • 2021-03-01 First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2021-03-09 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2021-03-09 Referred to the Courts and Criminal Code pursuant to House Rule 127
  • 2021-04-01 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2021-04-05 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2021-04-05 Representatives McNamara, Judy, Ledbetter C added as cosponsors
  • 2021-04-06 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 365: yeas 68, nays 25 passage, reading-3
  • 2021-04-07 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
  • 2021-04-07 Motion to concur filed
  • 2021-04-08 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 376: yeas 36, nays 10 amendment-failure
  • 2021-04-12 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
  • 2021-04-13 Signed by the Speaker
  • 2021-04-19 Signed by the President of the Senate
  • 2021-04-22 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2021-04-22 Public Law 94

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e2ec76e0-d154-4ee9-885f-e35327f331e9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).