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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill Encroachment on an investigation. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally approaches within 25 feet of a law enforcement officer after the law enforcement officer has ordered the person to stop commits a Class C misdemeanor. Specifies that "emergency incident area" may include an area 25 feet in all directions from the perimeter of an emergency incident area. (Under current law, the area is 150 feet). us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2023 HB 1186 Indiana HB 1186 (2023)
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Aaron Freeman
Jack Sandlin
Wendy McNamara
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Indiana HB 1186 (2023) — Encroachment on an investigation.

Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally approaches within 25 feet of a law enforcement officer after the law enforcement officer has ordered the person to stop commits a Class C misdemeanor. Specifies that "emergency incident area" may include an area 25 feet in all directions from the perimeter of an emergency incident area. (Under current law, the area is 150 feet).

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 1186 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — 7520 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
  • Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
  • Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
  • Jim Pressel — coauthor (person)
  • Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark Messmer — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael Karickhoff — coauthor (person)
  • Steve Bartels — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-10 Coauthored by Representatives Karickhoff and Pressel
  • 2023-01-10 Authored by Representative McNamara
  • 2023-01-10 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2023-01-12 Representative Bartels added as coauthor
  • 2023-02-09 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2023-02-13 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-02-14 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 124: yeas 75, nays 20 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2023-02-14 Senate sponsors: Senators Freeman and Sandlin
  • 2023-02-15 Referred to the Senate referral
  • 2023-02-27 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2023-03-07 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2023-03-07 Senator Messmer added as cosponsor
  • 2023-03-13 Senator Rogers added as cosponsor
  • 2023-03-20 Amendment #7 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2023-03-20 Amendment #1 (Young M) failed; Roll Call 226: yeas 16, nays 33 amendment-failure, failure
  • 2023-03-20 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-03-21 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 240: yeas 32, nays 10 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2023-03-22 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
  • 2023-03-27 Motion to concur filed filing
  • 2023-03-28 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 322: yeas 68, nays 26
  • 2023-04-03 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2023-04-04 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2023-04-17 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2023-04-20 Public Law 67 became-law
  • 2023-04-20 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3fa6da12-72c0-40f1-84c5-0e90de1a6e43. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).