republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/sb-464.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jurisdiction."
description: "Provides that an adult criminal court has jurisdiction over a person at least 21 years of age who committed an offense as a child (an adult child offender), if the offense could have been waived to adult court, and provides that the juvenile court has jurisdiction over an adult child offender if the offense could not have been waived. Specifies that an adult child offender may be required to register as a sex offender in the same manner as a delinquent child, and permits a court to remove the obligation for an adult child offender and a delinquent child to register after the completion of sex offender treatment. Specifies when a child commits a delinquent act. Allows a court, in sentencing an adult child offender, to consider as a mitigating factor that the person was a child at the time the person committed the offense. Provides an additional opportunity for an adult child offender to obtain sentence modification. Permits a court to suspend a sentence imposed on an adult child offender, except for murder."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 464"
citation: "Indiana SB 464 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Juvenile Courts and Proceedings", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Criminal Courts and Court Procedures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Eric Koch", "Stacey Donato", "Wendy McNamara"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d09e840f-047d-4313-b6a4-f68052d8aeef"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/464"
source_hash: "9e611f059658f942bc59b7a652bf7960de4be41446a0d86f79beae7a596f76eb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---

# Indiana SB 464 (2023) — Jurisdiction.

Provides that an adult criminal court has jurisdiction over a person at least 21 years of age who committed an offense as a child (an adult child offender), if the offense could have been waived to adult court, and provides that the juvenile court has jurisdiction over an adult child offender if the offense could not have been waived. Specifies that an adult child offender may be required to register as a sex offender in the same manner as a delinquent child, and permits a court to remove the obligation for an adult child offender and a delinquent child to register after the completion of sex offender treatment. Specifies when a child commits a delinquent act. Allows a court, in sentencing an adult child offender, to consider as a mitigating factor that the person was a child at the time the person committed the offense. Provides an additional opportunity for an adult child offender to obtain sentence modification. Permits a court to suspend a sentence imposed on an adult child offender, except for murder.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0464/versions/SB0464.03.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0464/versions/SB0464.05.ENRH)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0464/versions/SB0464.01.INTR)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0464/versions/SB0464.04.COMH)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0464/versions/SB0464.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 464 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — **86–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- Stacey Donato — primary (person)
- Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
- Chris Jeter — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Young — coauthor (person)
- Michelle Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Robb Greene — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Authored by Senator Donato
- **2023-01-19** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Amendment #2 (Pol) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2023-02-20** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 147: yeas 31, nays 13 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** House sponsor: Representative Davis
- **2023-02-21** Cosponsors: Representatives Jeter C and Greene R
- **2023-02-21** Senator Freeman added as second author
- **2023-02-21** Senator Koch added as third author
- **2023-02-21** Senator Doriot added as coauthor
- **2023-02-21** Senator Young M added as coauthor
- **2023-02-22** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2023-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Representative Davis M removed as sponsor
- **2023-03-23** Representative McNamara added as sponsor
- **2023-03-23** Representatives Jeter C and Greene R removed as cosponsors
- **2023-03-23** Representatives Davis M, Jeter C, Greene R added as cosponsors
- **2023-03-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 360: yeas 86, nays 11 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2023-04-10** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 359: yeas 49, nays 0
- **2023-04-13** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Public Law 115 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d09e840f-047d-4313-b6a4-f68052d8aeef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).