republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/sb-331.md

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Bill	Deposition of child victim.	Specifies that "deposition" or "depose", for purposes of a criminal case with a child victim, means a deposition pursuant to Indiana Trial Rule 30 or 31, or any other formal or informal statement or interview. Adds certain additional healthcare professionals to the list of healthcare professionals who may assist a court in determining whether a protected person can reasonably communicate in the physical presence of a defendant.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2023	SB 331	Indiana SB 331 (2023)	bill	CHILDREN AND MINORS generally CRIMES AND OFFENSES Criminal Courts and Court Procedures VICTIMS OF CRIME	enacted	Chris Jeter Eric Koch Mark Messmer	4	23	1	2023-01-12	2023-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/d12443ef-ee53-49dc-95bf-8b45981b73ad	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/331	7d21d795a50e50a33b74634ff6dec556c60d4c550cbf4622129b857449dc3d1e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 331 (2023) — Deposition of child victim.

Specifies that "deposition" or "depose", for purposes of a criminal case with a child victim, means a deposition pursuant to Indiana Trial Rule 30 or 31, or any other formal or informal statement or interview. Adds certain additional healthcare professionals to the list of healthcare professionals who may assist a court in determining whether a protected person can reasonably communicate in the physical presence of a defendant.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 331 - Jeter C - 3rd Reading — 92–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chris Jeter — primary (person)
• Eric Koch — primary (person)
• Mark Messmer — primary (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Michael Crider — coauthor (person)
• Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-12 Authored by Senator Messmer
• 2023-01-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-01-26 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-01-30 Senator Koch added as second author
• 2023-01-31 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2023-02-02 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-02-06 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 68: yeas 49, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-02-06 House sponsor: Representative Jeter
• 2023-02-06 Senator Baldwin added as coauthor
• 2023-02-06 Senator Crider added as coauthor
• 2023-02-07 Referred to the House referral
• 2023-02-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-03-13 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-03-14 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 261: yeas 92, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-03-15 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2023-04-03 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2023-04-04 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 322: yeas 48, nays 0
• 2023-04-06 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2023-04-11 Signed by the Speaker 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 42 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d12443ef-ee53-49dc-95bf-8b45981b73ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).