republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/sb-343.md

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Bill	Various criminal law matters.	Makes it organized retail theft, a Level 6 felony, for a person to exercise unauthorized control over the property of a retail merchant with the intent to directly or indirectly distribute the property for resale, and increases the penalty to a Level 5 felony if certain circumstances exist. Permits a person to petition for expungement of an arrest if no charges have been filed within one year of the arrest. (Under current law, the arrest is expunged without a petition after 180 days.) Requires a court, in granting a petition for expungement, to include in the order statutory language specifying that the person's civil rights are restored. Allows disclosure of expunged records to a school in connection with the employment of a person likely to have contact with a student. Specifies that an expunged record may not be destroyed or deleted. Repeals the requirement that certain acts taken by a prosecuting attorney are invalid without a seal. Makes conforming amendments and a technical correction.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2023	SB 343	Indiana SB 343 (2023)	bill	CRIMES AND OFFENSES generally CRIMES AND OFFENSES Offenses Against Property CRIMES AND OFFENSES Sentencing CRIMES AND OFFENSES Weapons PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS SCHOOLS Health and Safety Issues	enacted	Aaron Freeman Jack Sandlin Jerry Torr	5	32	1	2023-01-19	2023-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/77459c5d-f2a6-404f-9f5e-a796a1e1a629	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/343	ec99eac804375b9b2c254471945f96e8a2bd5917c90f2f253116468ca83cce3a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 343 (2023) — Various criminal law matters.

Makes it organized retail theft, a Level 6 felony, for a person to exercise unauthorized control over the property of a retail merchant with the intent to directly or indirectly distribute the property for resale, and increases the penalty to a Level 5 felony if certain circumstances exist. Permits a person to petition for expungement of an arrest if no charges have been filed within one year of the arrest. (Under current law, the arrest is expunged without a petition after 180 days.) Requires a court, in granting a petition for expungement, to include in the order statutory language specifying that the person's civil rights are restored. Allows disclosure of expunged records to a school in connection with the employment of a person likely to have contact with a student. Specifies that an expunged record may not be destroyed or deleted. Repeals the requirement that certain acts taken by a prosecuting attorney are invalid without a seal. Makes conforming amendments and a technical correction.

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 343 - Torr - 3rd Reading — 85–12 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
• Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
• Jerry Torr — primary (person)
• Mitch Gore — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-19 Authored by Senator Freeman
• 2023-01-19 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-02-23 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-02-27 Amendment #2 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2023-02-27 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-02-27 Senator Sandlin added as second author
• 2023-02-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 196: yeas 39, nays 10 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-02-28 House sponsor: Representative Torr
• 2023-03-01 Referred to the House referral
• 2023-03-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-03-30 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-04-06 Amendment #1 (Errington) failed; Roll Call 365: yeas 33, nays 56 amendment-failure, failure
• 2023-04-06 Amendment #2 (Pierce) failed; Division of the House: yeas 27, nays 61 amendment-failure, failure
• 2023-04-06 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-04-10 Representative Gore M added as cosponsor
• 2023-04-10 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 377: yeas 85, nays 12 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-04-11 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2023-04-19 Motion to dissent filed filing
• 2023-04-19 Senate dissented from House amendments
• 2023-04-20 House conferees appointed: Torr and Gore
• 2023-04-20 House advisors appointed: Steuerwald, Negele, McNamara and Pierce M
• 2023-04-20 Senate conferees appointed: Freeman and Pol
• 2023-04-20 Senate advisors appointed: Taylor G and Sandlin
• 2023-04-25 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
• 2023-04-26 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
• 2023-04-26 Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 491: yeas 40, nays 9
• 2023-04-26 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 516: yeas 83, nays 12
• 2023-04-28 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2023-04-28 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2023-05-01 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2023-05-04 Public Law 185 became-law
• 2023-05-04 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77459c5d-f2a6-404f-9f5e-a796a1e1a629. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).