republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/hb-1240.md

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Bill	Criminal law issues.	Makes numerous changes to the criminal law, including: (1) changing references from "county prosecuting attorney" to "prosecuting attorney"; (2) specifying the membership of county school safety commissions; (3) removing and replacing the organized theft statute; (4) increasing the penalty for fraud and battery under certain circumstances; and (5) defining "abusive head trauma" and permitting it to be used as an aggravating circumstance. Makes unlawful carrying of a handgun by a child a waivable offense. Specifies that "telephone sales call" includes certain types of electronically transmitted information. Makes certain other changes for consistency.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	HB 1240	Indiana HB 1240 (2024)	bill	CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Generally CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against Persons CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Prosecuting Attorneys (Non-Elected)	enacted	Aaron Freeman Gregory Steuerwald	4	22	3	2024-01-09	2024-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/ca83a84b-246a-41d6-a05a-69142931d697	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1240	b9ee2e031e439b5b8449762c38f00e18cf733146093b7930766bf0e7600a3f24	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1240 (2024) — Criminal law issues.

Makes numerous changes to the criminal law, including: (1) changing references from "county prosecuting attorney" to "prosecuting attorney"; (2) specifying the membership of county school safety commissions; (3) removing and replacing the organized theft statute; (4) increasing the penalty for fraud and battery under certain circumstances; and (5) defining "abusive head trauma" and permitting it to be used as an aggravating circumstance. Makes unlawful carrying of a handgun by a child a waivable offense. Specifies that "telephone sales call" includes certain types of electronically transmitted information. Makes certain other changes for consistency.

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 1240 - Steuerwald — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1240 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — 47–1 (pass) · upper
• HB 1240 - Steuerwald - 3rd Reading — 95–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
• Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
• Alex Zimmerman — coauthor (person)
• Wendy McNamara — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Coauthored by Representative McNamara
• 2024-01-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-09 Authored by Representative Steuerwald
• 2024-01-22 Representative Zimmerman added as coauthor
• 2024-01-25 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-01-29 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-30 Senate sponsor: Senator Freeman
• 2024-01-30 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 89: yeas 95, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-01-31 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2024-02-07 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-27 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-03-05 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 281: yeas 47, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-03-05 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2024-03-06 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2024-03-06 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 300: yeas 93, nays 0
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-12 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-13 Public Law 148 became-law
• 2024-03-13 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca83a84b-246a-41d6-a05a-69142931d697. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).