republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/hb-1137.md

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Bill	Protective orders.	Provides that an order for protection issued ex parte or upon notice and a hearing, or a modification of an order for protection issued ex parte or upon notice and a hearing, is effective: (1) for two years after the date of issuance; or (2) indefinitely after the date of issuance if the respondent is a sex or violent offender and is required to register as a lifetime sex or violent offender and the petitioner was the victim of the crime that resulted in the requirement that the respondent register as a lifetime sex or violent offender. Requires a respondent who is subject to an indefinite order for protection to request a hearing in objection to the order of protection within 30 days of the order being issued. Allows any party to request a hearing on a two year order for protection at any time. Provides that a person may only request one judicial review hearing on a protection order.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2022	HB 1137	Indiana HB 1137 (2022)	bill	COURTS generally CRIMES AND OFFENSES Criminal Courts and Court Procedures CRIMES AND OFFENSES Sex Crimes MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LAW	enacted	Aaron Freeman Anthony Cook Kevin Boehnlein	6	38	1	2022-01-06	2022-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/34259e81-d654-4a09-850b-39a385e0f336	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1137	d2f2ade66937c474565523d016ebe8fe4cb345882b2326e19d0b3fbe57fd5e7b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1137 (2022) — Protective orders.

Provides that an order for protection issued ex parte or upon notice and a hearing, or a modification of an order for protection issued ex parte or upon notice and a hearing, is effective: (1) for two years after the date of issuance; or (2) indefinitely after the date of issuance if the respondent is a sex or violent offender and is required to register as a lifetime sex or violent offender and the petitioner was the victim of the crime that resulted in the requirement that the respondent register as a lifetime sex or violent offender. Requires a respondent who is subject to an indefinite order for protection to request a hearing in objection to the order of protection within 30 days of the order being issued. Allows any party to request a hearing on a two year order for protection at any time. Provides that a person may only request one judicial review hearing on a protection order.

Version chain

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

1. Engrossed House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
4. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
5. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
6. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1137 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
• Anthony Cook — primary (person)
• Kevin Boehnlein — primary (person)
• Blake Doriot — cosponsor (person)
• Donna Schaibley — coauthor (person)
• James Buck — cosponsor (person)
• Liz Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Bohacek — cosponsor (person)
• Robin Shackleford — coauthor (person)
• Vaneta Becker — cosponsor (person)
• Wendy McNamara — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-06 Coauthored by Representative McNamara
• 2022-01-06 Authored by Representative Cook
• 2022-01-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-01-13 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-01-13 Representative Schaibley added as coauthor
• 2022-01-18 Representative Shackleford added as coauthor
• 2022-01-24 Amendment #1 (Young J) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2022-01-24 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-01-25 Senate sponsor: Senator Freeman
• 2022-01-25 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 73: yeas 93, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2022-01-26 Referred to the Senate
• 2022-02-02 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-02-17 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-02-17 Senator Boehnlein added as second sponsor
• 2022-02-17 Senators Bohacek and Brown L added as cosponsors
• 2022-02-17 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2022-02-21 Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2022-02-21 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-22 Senator Buck added as cosponsor
• 2022-02-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 252: yeas 48, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-24 Senator Becker added as cosponsor
• 2022-02-24 Senator Doriot added as cosponsor
• 2022-02-25 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2022-02-28 Motion to dissent filed
• 2022-02-28 House dissented from Senate amendments amendment-failure
• 2022-02-28 House conferees appointed: Cook and Shackleford
• 2022-02-28 House advisors appointed: McNamara, Aylesworth, Hatcher and Pierce
• 2022-03-01 Senate conferees appointed: Freeman and Lanane
• 2022-03-01 Senate advisors appointed: Boehnlein, Pol and Brown L
• 2022-03-03 CCR # 1 filed in the House
• 2022-03-07 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
• 2022-03-07 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 346: yeas 93, nays 0
• 2022-03-08 Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 348: yeas 49, nays 1
• 2022-03-09 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2022-03-09 Signed by the Speaker
• 2022-03-15 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2022-03-18 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2022-03-18 Public Law 159

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/34259e81-d654-4a09-850b-39a385e0f336. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).