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Bill Tribal law enforcement. Authorizes police officers appointed by a tribe to exercise police powers in Indiana if the tribal police officer meets the standards of the Indiana law enforcement academy. Provides that a tribe may authorize a tribal police officer to exercise police powers in the entire state, or in any part of the state, if certain conditions are met. Requires a tribe seeking to employ an individual as a tribal police officer who will exercise police powers in Indiana to request the individual's employment history, if the individual was previously employed by a law enforcement agency. Makes conforming amendments. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2022 SB 347 Indiana SB 347 (2022)
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David Niezgodski
Jake Teshka
Ryan Mishler
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Indiana SB 347 (2022) — Tribal law enforcement.

Authorizes police officers appointed by a tribe to exercise police powers in Indiana if the tribal police officer meets the standards of the Indiana law enforcement academy. Provides that a tribe may authorize a tribal police officer to exercise police powers in the entire state, or in any part of the state, if certain conditions are met. Requires a tribe seeking to employ an individual as a tribal police officer who will exercise police powers in Indiana to request the individual's employment history, if the individual was previously employed by a law enforcement agency. Makes conforming amendments.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

  • SB 347 - Teshka J - 3rd Reading — 950 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • David Niezgodski — primary (person)
  • Jake Teshka — primary (person)
  • Ryan Mishler — primary (person)
  • Edward DeLaney — cosponsor (person)
  • Gregory Steuerwald — cosponsor (person)
  • Linda Rogers — coauthor (person)
  • Maureen Bauer — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-11 Authored by Senators Mishler and Niezgodski
  • 2022-01-11 First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2022-01-25 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2022-01-31 Amendment #1 (Mishler) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
  • 2022-01-31 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2022-02-01 Senator Rogers added as coauthor
  • 2022-02-01 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 176: yeas 49, nays 0 passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-01 House sponsor: Representative Steuerwald
  • 2022-02-01 Cosponsor: Representative Teshka J
  • 2022-02-02 Referred to the House
  • 2022-02-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2022-02-15 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2022-02-15 Representative Steuerwald removed as sponsor
  • 2022-02-15 Representative Teshka J added as sponsor
  • 2022-02-15 Representative Teshka J removed as cosponsor
  • 2022-02-15 Representative Steuerwald added as cosponsor
  • 2022-02-17 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2022-02-21 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 212: yeas 95, nays 0 passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-21 Representatives Bauer M and DeLaney added as cosponsors
  • 2022-02-22 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 324: yeas 41, nays 5 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 64
  • 2022-03-10 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ffbb7b2-f4d9-4eea-a702-9eb629668a1b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).