republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/sb-148.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prosecuting attorneys."
description: "Permits a prosecuting attorney to purchase a crime insurance policy instead of executing a surety bond. Permits the department of child services or a prosecuting attorney to file a paternity action in certain cases. Renames the drug prosecution fund as the substance abuse prosecution fund. Broadens the types of expenses a county auditor shall pay the prosecuting attorney in connection with a criminal case. Allows a prosecuting attorney to appoint employees with the approval of the county council. Allows the prosecuting attorneys council of Indiana to call two conferences each year and specifies who may attend the conferences. Requires the prosecuting attorneys council of Indiana to conduct certain training. Provides a prosecuting attorney with defense and indemnification in a disciplinary action for conduct that occurred within the scope of employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 148"
citation: "Indiana SB 148 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTY GOVERNMENT", "PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Eric Koch", "Gregory Steuerwald"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-04"
last_action: "2022-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54617cd7-dab2-4b35-8673-34f3a86c9257"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/148"
source_hash: "2497d936b28c389cf752c9a1539a91b7389700ce9e1d39ed7147d3e7fbb20887"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---

# Indiana SB 148 (2022) — Prosecuting attorneys.

Permits a prosecuting attorney to purchase a crime insurance policy instead of executing a surety bond. Permits the department of child services or a prosecuting attorney to file a paternity action in certain cases. Renames the drug prosecution fund as the substance abuse prosecution fund. Broadens the types of expenses a county auditor shall pay the prosecuting attorney in connection with a criminal case. Allows a prosecuting attorney to appoint employees with the approval of the county council. Allows the prosecuting attorneys council of Indiana to call two conferences each year and specifies who may attend the conferences. Requires the prosecuting attorneys council of Indiana to conduct certain training. Provides a prosecuting attorney with defense and indemnification in a disciplinary action for conduct that occurred within the scope of employment.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0148/versions/SB0148.05.ENGH)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0148/versions/SB0148.06.ENRH)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0148/versions/SB0148.01.INTR)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0148/versions/SB0148.04.COMH)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0148/versions/SB0148.03.COMS)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0148/versions/SB0148.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 148 - Steuerwald - 3rd Reading — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-04** Authored by Senator Koch
- **2022-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Committee report: without recommendation, adopted
- **2022-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-31** Senator Freeman added as second author
- **2022-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 150: yeas 40, nays 9 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** House sponsor: Representative Steuerwald
- **2022-02-02** Referred to the House
- **2022-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-21** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** Placed back on second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24** Amendment #1 (Steuerwald) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 292: yeas 93, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-01** Motion to concur filed
- **2022-03-02** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 319: yeas 36, nays 8 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-07** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-08** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-10** Public Law 55
- **2022-03-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54617cd7-dab2-4b35-8673-34f3a86c9257`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).