republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/hb-1283.md

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Bill	Exoneration payments.	Provides that a person applying to the Indiana criminal justice institute seeking compensation for wrongful incarceration must prove that he or she is actually innocent by a preponderance of the evidence. Specifies that payments may be suspended while a defendant is incarcerated for a different offense.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2022	HB 1283	Indiana HB 1283 (2022)	bill	CRIMINAL JUSTICE	enacted	Aaron Freeman Gregory Steuerwald Michael Young Ryan Mishler	5	30	1	2022-01-10	2022-03-15	openstates	ocd-bill/4dd59564-8e87-4605-ac38-417dc1cd0a76	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1283	ba75d8b460502a050df7734a0132f428a3cc63e39c3bbe93cbb3727c2a22af88	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1283 (2022) — Exoneration payments.

Provides that a person applying to the Indiana criminal justice institute seeking compensation for wrongful incarceration must prove that he or she is actually innocent by a preponderance of the evidence. Specifies that payments may be suspended while a defendant is incarcerated for a different offense.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• HB 1283 - Steuerwald - 3rd Reading — 89–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
• Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
• Michael Young — primary (person)
• Ryan Mishler — primary (person)
• Ben Smaltz — coauthor (person)
• Greg Taylor — cosponsor (person)
• Gregory Porter — coauthor (person)
• Jeffrey Thompson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-10 Coauthored by Representatives Thompson, Smaltz, Porter
• 2022-01-10 Authored by Representative Steuerwald
• 2022-01-10 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-01-20 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-01-24 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-01-25 Senate sponsors: Senators Young M, Mishler, Freeman
• 2022-01-25 Cosponsor: Senator Taylor G
• 2022-01-25 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 83: yeas 89, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2022-01-26 Referred to the Senate
• 2022-02-02 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-02-10 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-02-14 Amendment #1 (Pol) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2022-02-14 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-15 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 205: yeas 46, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-16 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2022-02-17 Motion to dissent filed
• 2022-02-17 House dissented from Senate amendments amendment-failure
• 2022-02-18 House conferees appointed: Steuerwald and Porter
• 2022-02-18 House advisors appointed: Thompson, Smaltz, Hatcher and Shackleford
• 2022-02-22 Senate conferees appointed: Young M and Taylor G
• 2022-02-22 Senate advisors appointed: Mishler and Pol
• 2022-03-07 CCR # 1 filed in the House
• 2022-03-07 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
• 2022-03-08 Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 352: yeas 36, nays 14
• 2022-03-08 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 366: yeas 94, nays 1
• 2022-03-09 Signed by the Speaker
• 2022-03-09 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2022-03-15 Public Law 146
• 2022-03-15 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2022-03-15 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4dd59564-8e87-4605-ac38-417dc1cd0a76. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).