republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1142.md

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Bill	Law enforcement recordings.	Provides that the direct cost that a state or local agency may charge for providing a copy of a law enforcement recording (recording) includes labor costs incurred to: (1) obscure nondisclosable information in the recording; and (2) perform an administrative review of the recording to determine if all nondisclosable information has been obscured. Specifies that the costs of reviewing and obscuring nondisclosable electronic data may not exceed reasonable attorney's fees if the actions are performed by an attorney. Provides that if a court issues an order for disclosure of a law enforcement recording, any copy of the recording must be made by the public agency. Makes a technical correction.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2023	HB 1142	Indiana HB 1142 (2023)	bill	CRIMES AND OFFENSES Criminal Courts and Court Procedures LAW ENFORCEMENT generally PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC RECORDS STATE AGENCIES	enacted	J.D. Prescott Jack Sandlin Rodney Pol Scott Alexander	4	23	1	2023-01-10	2023-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/22c56e69-8f23-4266-8579-065866e5fd50	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1142	507b6c21825c576a2ff4103ccb4db9116e1da3e70f9b410785a41add7a575e67	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1142 (2023) — Law enforcement recordings.

Provides that the direct cost that a state or local agency may charge for providing a copy of a law enforcement recording (recording) includes labor costs incurred to: (1) obscure nondisclosable information in the recording; and (2) perform an administrative review of the recording to determine if all nondisclosable information has been obscured. Specifies that the costs of reviewing and obscuring nondisclosable electronic data may not exceed reasonable attorney's fees if the actions are performed by an attorney. Provides that if a court issues an order for disclosure of a law enforcement recording, any copy of the recording must be made by the public agency. Makes a technical correction.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• HB 1142 - Alexander - 3rd Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• J.D. Prescott — primary (person)
• Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
• Rodney Pol — primary (person)
• Scott Alexander — primary (person)
• Mitch Gore — coauthor (person)
• Steve Bartels — coauthor (person)
• Wendy McNamara — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-10 Coauthored by Representative McNamara
• 2023-01-10 Authored by Representative Prescott
• 2023-01-10 First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-01-12 Representative Gore M added as coauthor
• 2023-01-12 Representative Bartels added as coauthor
• 2023-01-31 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-02-02 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-02-06 Senate sponsors: Senators Alexander and Sandlin
• 2023-02-06 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 72: yeas 94, nays 3 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-02-07 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2023-02-27 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-03-21 Senator Pol added as third sponsor
• 2023-03-23 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-03-27 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-03-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 267: yeas 49, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-03-29 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2023-03-30 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2023-04-03 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 342: yeas 92, nays 2
• 2023-04-11 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2023-04-13 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2023-04-17 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2023-04-20 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2023-04-20 Public Law 64 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/22c56e69-8f23-4266-8579-065866e5fd50. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).