republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/hb-1160.md

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Bill	Civil proceeding advance payment contracts and commercial litigation financing.	Prevents a CPAP provider from making any decision, having any influence, or directing the consumer claimant or the consumer claimant's attorney with respect to the conduct of the underlying civil proceeding. Provides that a commercial litigation financier may not provide funding to a commercial litigation financing agreement that is financed by a foreign entity of concern. Prevents a party from sharing information subject to a court order to seal or protect that is received in the course of the civil proceeding with a commercial litigation financier. Provides that a commercial litigation financier may not make any decision, have any influence, or direct the plaintiff with respect to the underlying civil proceeding. Specifies that a commercial litigation financing agreement is subject to discovery. Requires the plaintiff or the plaintiff's attorney to provide written notice of a commercial litigation financing agreement if the agreement is directly or indirectly financed by a foreign person.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	HB 1160	Indiana HB 1160 (2024)	bill	CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Contracts and Legal Documents COURTS; Attorneys INSURANCE; Generally TRADE REGULATIONS; Consumer Credit and Consumer Protection (Including the Uniform Consumer Credit Code (UCCC))	enacted	Liz Brown Mark Messmer Matt Lehman	4	22	3	2024-01-08	2024-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/a93686d0-2f2f-4ca1-81ae-fa6a6dc3677f	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1160	54d82dde5904d7436affe0df851467e416e270f9084b8d109686877c7a8a2891	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1160 (2024) — Civil proceeding advance payment contracts and commercial litigation financing.

Prevents a CPAP provider from making any decision, having any influence, or directing the consumer claimant or the consumer claimant's attorney with respect to the conduct of the underlying civil proceeding. Provides that a commercial litigation financier may not provide funding to a commercial litigation financing agreement that is financed by a foreign entity of concern. Prevents a party from sharing information subject to a court order to seal or protect that is received in the course of the civil proceeding with a commercial litigation financier. Provides that a commercial litigation financier may not make any decision, have any influence, or direct the plaintiff with respect to the underlying civil proceeding. Specifies that a commercial litigation financing agreement is subject to discovery. Requires the plaintiff or the plaintiff's attorney to provide written notice of a commercial litigation financing agreement if the agreement is directly or indirectly financed by a foreign person.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• HB 1160 - Lehman - 3rd Reading — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1160 - Lehman — 92–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1160 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — 46–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Liz Brown — primary (person)
• Mark Messmer — primary (person)
• Matt Lehman — primary (person)
• Chris Jeter — coauthor (person)
• Gregory Steuerwald — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-08 Authored by Representative Lehman
• 2024-01-29 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-01-30 Representatives Jeter and Steuerwald added as coauthors
• 2024-01-31 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-01 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 120: yeas 96, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-01 Senate sponsors: Senators Brown L and Messmer
• 2024-02-02 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2024-02-07 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2024-02-22 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-29 Amendment #2 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-02-29 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-03-04 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 254: yeas 46, nays 2 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-03-05 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2024-03-05 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2024-03-06 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 287: yeas 92, nays 0
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-13 Public Law 140 became-law
• 2024-03-12 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-13 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a93686d0-2f2f-4ca1-81ae-fa6a6dc3677f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).