republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/hb-1300.md

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Bill	Bail.	Defines "charitable bail organization" and allows a charitable organization to pay bail on behalf of specified defendants if the organization meets certain criteria and is certified by the commissioner of the department of insurance (commissioner). Specifies the circumstances under which a certification may be revoked, and exempts from the certification requirement a person that pays bail for: (1) not more than three individuals in any 180 day period; or (2) a relative. Requires the commissioner to adopt rules, including emergency rules, for the certification of charitable bail organizations. Prohibits the state and a political subdivision from: (1) posting bail for any person; or (2) for the purpose of posting bail for any person, providing a grant or other funding, directly or indirectly, to an entity that posts bail for any person. Requires a person paying cash bail, including a charitable bail organization, to execute an agreement allowing the court to retain all or part of the bail to pay certain court costs. Requires that bail be returned to the person who posted it. Provides that a case management system developed and operated by the office of judicial administration must include a searchable field for certain information of the bail agent or a person authorized by the surety that pays bail for an individual.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2022	HB 1300	Indiana HB 1300 (2022)	bill	BAIL AND BAIL BONDSMEN CITIES AND TOWNS COUNTY GOVERNMENT INSURANCE State Department and Agencies	enacted	Aaron Freeman Jack Sandlin Michael Young Peggy Mayfield	5	39	1	2022-01-11	2022-03-15	openstates	ocd-bill/c892c04c-ea60-4965-aa84-f00f363aebeb	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1300	5031af59f32a2ce1f32d174cfdf8754bd2712c6ab8bb33bc5fa6839e8850ae49	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1300 (2022) — Bail.

Defines "charitable bail organization" and allows a charitable organization to pay bail on behalf of specified defendants if the organization meets certain criteria and is certified by the commissioner of the department of insurance (commissioner). Specifies the circumstances under which a certification may be revoked, and exempts from the certification requirement a person that pays bail for: (1) not more than three individuals in any 180 day period; or (2) a relative. Requires the commissioner to adopt rules, including emergency rules, for the certification of charitable bail organizations. Prohibits the state and a political subdivision from: (1) posting bail for any person; or (2) for the purpose of posting bail for any person, providing a grant or other funding, directly or indirectly, to an entity that posts bail for any person. Requires a person paying cash bail, including a charitable bail organization, to execute an agreement allowing the court to retain all or part of the bail to pay certain court costs. Requires that bail be returned to the person who posted it. Provides that a case management system developed and operated by the office of judicial administration must include a searchable field for certain information of the bail agent or a person authorized by the surety that pays bail for an individual.

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. 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 1300 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — 35–13 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
• Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
• Michael Young — primary (person)
• Peggy Mayfield — primary (person)
• Donna Schaibley — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Authored by Representative Mayfield
• 2022-01-11 First reading: referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-01-18 Representative Schaibley added as coauthor
• 2022-01-25 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-01-27 Amendment #3 (Mayfield) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2022-01-27 Amendment #2 (Mayfield) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2022-01-27 Amendment #1 (Young J) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2022-01-27 Amendment #5 (Austin) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2022-01-27 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-01-31 Senate sponsors: Senators Freeman, Sandlin, Young M
• 2022-01-31 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 157: yeas 66, nays 24 passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-01 Referred to the Senate
• 2022-02-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-02-17 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-02-22 Amendment #1 (Taylor G) failed; Roll Call 226: yeas 13, nays 36 amendment-failure
• 2022-02-22 Amendment #3 (Taylor G) failed; Roll Call 227: yeas 13, nays 36 amendment-failure
• 2022-02-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 256: yeas 35, nays 13 passage, reading-3
• 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: Mayfield and Porter
• 2022-02-28 House advisors appointed: Steuerwald, McNamara, Smaltz and Austin
• 2022-03-01 Senate conferees appointed: Freeman and Taylor G
• 2022-03-01 Senate advisors appointed: Sandlin and Pol
• 2022-03-08 Representative Porter removed as conferee
• 2022-03-08 Representative Young J added as conferee
• 2022-03-08 Senator Sandlin removed as advisor
• 2022-03-08 Senator Taylor G removed as conferee
• 2022-03-08 Senator Sandlin added as conferee
• 2022-03-08 CCR # 1 filed in the House
• 2022-03-08 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
• 2022-03-08 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 397: yeas 68, nays 27
• 2022-03-09 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2022-03-09 Signed by the Speaker
• 2022-03-09 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 377: yeas 35, nays 15
• 2022-03-15 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2022-03-15 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2022-03-15 Public Law 147

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c892c04c-ea60-4965-aa84-f00f363aebeb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).