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Bill Child sex offenses. Provides that a criminal prosecution of a sex offense committed against a child that is otherwise barred by the statute of limitations may nevertheless be commenced within five years from the date on which: (1) the state discovers DNA evidence; (2) the state learns of a recording that provides evidence sufficient to charge the offender; or (3) a person confesses to the offense. Specifies that a person commits human trafficking if the person pays money to a human trafficking victim. (Current law provides that the person commits the offense by paying money for a human trafficking victim.) us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2023 SB 48 Indiana SB 48 (2023)
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CHILDREN AND MINORS
Crimes Against Children
CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Sex Crimes
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
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Kyle Walker
Michael Crider
Wendy McNamara
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Indiana SB 48 (2023) — Child sex offenses.

Provides that a criminal prosecution of a sex offense committed against a child that is otherwise barred by the statute of limitations may nevertheless be commenced within five years from the date on which: (1) the state discovers DNA evidence; (2) the state learns of a recording that provides evidence sufficient to charge the offender; or (3) a person confesses to the offense. Specifies that a person commits human trafficking if the person pays money to a human trafficking victim. (Current law provides that the person commits the offense by paying money for a human trafficking victim.)

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 48 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — 900 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Kyle Walker — primary (person)
  • Michael Crider — primary (person)
  • Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
  • Aaron Freeman — coauthor (person)
  • Elizabeth Rowray — cosponsor (person)
  • Eric Koch — coauthor (person)
  • Jack Sandlin — coauthor (person)
  • Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)
  • Susan Glick — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-09 Authored by Senator Crider
  • 2023-01-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2023-01-10 Senator Walker K added as second author
  • 2023-01-19 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2023-01-19 Senators Freeman, Sandlin, Koch, Glick added as coauthors
  • 2023-01-23 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-01-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 16: yeas 50, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2023-01-24 House sponsor: Representative McNamara
  • 2023-01-24 Senator Baldwin added as coauthor
  • 2023-01-25 Referred to the House referral
  • 2023-02-07 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2023-02-27 Representative Rowray E added as cosponsor
  • 2023-03-09 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2023-03-13 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-03-14 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 258: yeas 90, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2023-03-15 Returned to the Senate without amendments receipt
  • 2023-03-20 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2023-03-22 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2023-03-29 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2023-04-05 Public Law 3 became-law
  • 2023-04-05 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d049a69d-de04-4c6c-9cce-fe6f511519b3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).