republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/sb-79.md

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Bill	Protection orders and domestic battery.	Provides that if a petition for an order for protection is filed by a person or on behalf of an unemancipated minor, the court shall determine, after reviewing the petition or making an inquiry, whether issuing the order for protection may impact a school corporation's ability to provide in-person instruction for the person or the unemancipated minor. Creates a procedure that requires a school corporation to receive notice if the court determines that issuing the order for protection may impact the school corporation's ability to provide in-person instruction for the person or the unemancipated minor. Enhances the penalty for domestic battery to a Level 6 felony if the offense is committed against a family or household member: (1) who has been issued a protection order that protects the family or household member from the person and the protection order was in effect at the time the person committed the offense; or (2) while a no contact order issued by the court directing the person to refrain from having any direct or indirect contact with the family or household member was in effect at the time the person committed the offense. Enhances the penalty for domestic battery to a Level 5 felony when the offender has a prior conviction for strangulation against the same family or household member.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2021	SB 79	Indiana SB 79 (2021)	bill	ABUSE generally CHILDREN AND MINORS generally MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LAW SCHOOLS generally (K-12)	enacted	Michael Crider Michael Young Wendy McNamara	4	27	1	2021-01-05	2021-04-19	openstates	ocd-bill/b6a60976-76f0-4756-9cec-7b33e16c501c	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/79	ea536601a2842baca8bd270a17885cca381b8da4fd6baea1ea6107f5e8f47cda	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 79 (2021) — Protection orders and domestic battery.

Provides that if a petition for an order for protection is filed by a person or on behalf of an unemancipated minor, the court shall determine, after reviewing the petition or making an inquiry, whether issuing the order for protection may impact a school corporation's ability to provide in-person instruction for the person or the unemancipated minor. Creates a procedure that requires a school corporation to receive notice if the court determines that issuing the order for protection may impact the school corporation's ability to provide in-person instruction for the person or the unemancipated minor. Enhances the penalty for domestic battery to a Level 6 felony if the offense is committed against a family or household member: (1) who has been issued a protection order that protects the family or household member from the person and the protection order was in effect at the time the person committed the offense; or (2) while a no contact order issued by the court directing the person to refrain from having any direct or indirect contact with the family or household member was in effect at the time the person committed the offense. Enhances the penalty for domestic battery to a Level 5 felony when the offender has a prior conviction for strangulation against the same family or household member.

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 79 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Michael Crider — primary (person)
• Michael Young — primary (person)
• Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
• Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
• Fady Qaddoura — coauthor (person)
• Greg Taylor — coauthor (person)
• Jack Sandlin — coauthor (person)
• Kyle Walker — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
• Mike Speedy — cosponsor (person)
• Sharon Negele — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-05 Authored by Senator Crider
• 2021-01-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-01-11 Senator Walker K added as coauthor
• 2021-01-25 Senator Bassler added as coauthor
• 2021-01-26 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-01-28 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-01-28 Senator Young M added as second author
• 2021-01-28 Senators Sandlin and Taylor G added as coauthors
• 2021-01-28 Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
• 2021-02-01 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 30: yeas 48, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-01 House sponsor: Representative McNamara
• 2021-02-02 Referred to the House
• 2021-03-01 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-18 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-03-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-03-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 287: yeas 94, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-23 Representatives Negele and Speedy added as cosponsors
• 2021-03-24 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
• 2021-03-31 Motion to concur filed
• 2021-04-01 Senator Qaddoura added as coauthor
• 2021-04-01 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2021-04-05 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 343: yeas 47, nays 0 amendment-failure
• 2021-04-12 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2021-04-13 Signed by the Speaker
• 2021-04-19 Public Law 67
• 2021-04-19 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-04-19 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b6a60976-76f0-4756-9cec-7b33e16c501c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).