republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/sb-182.md

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Bill	Regulation of drones near correctional facilities.	Provides that the crime of trafficking with an inmate includes the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) to deliver contraband, and that the crime of public safety remote aerial interference includes operation of a drone to intentionally obstruct or interfere with the duties of a correctional officer, including a county jail officer.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	SB 182	Indiana SB 182 (2024)	bill	CORRECTIONS; Adult Inmates and Facilities CORRECTIONS; Juvenile Inmates and Facilities CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Generally TECHNOLOGY; Artificial Intelligence and Robotics TRANSPORTATION; Aircraft	enacted	Aaron Freeman Eric Koch Gregory Steuerwald Mike Bohacek	4	27	2	2024-01-09	2024-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/e4b09003-9fa7-47a0-af74-c97c7c3546d8	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0182	59ef8485868807515f6812256e31c4dc64ff531b1bd8a6c1f2f4e25fbf7d8a68	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 182 (2024) — Regulation of drones near correctional facilities.

Provides that the crime of trafficking with an inmate includes the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) to deliver contraband, and that the crime of public safety remote aerial interference includes operation of a drone to intentionally obstruct or interfere with the duties of a correctional officer, including a county jail officer.

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 182 - Koch - 3rd Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 182 - Steuerwald - 3rd Reading — 92–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
• Eric Koch — primary (person)
• Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
• Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
• James Buck — coauthor (person)
• Linda Rogers — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Mark Messmer — coauthor (person)
• Michael Crider — coauthor (person)
• Mike Gaskill — coauthor (person)
• Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)
• Steve Bartels — cosponsor (person)
• Susan Glick — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-09 Authored by Senator Koch
• 2024-01-16 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-01-18 Senator Bohacek added as third author
• 2024-01-18 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-18 Senator Glick added as coauthor
• 2024-01-18 Senator Freeman added as second author
• 2024-01-18 Senator Baldwin added as coauthor
• 2024-01-22 Senator Buck added as coauthor
• 2024-01-22 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 17: yeas 46, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-01-22 House sponsor: Representative Steuerwald
• 2024-01-22 Senators Crider and Rogers added as coauthors
• 2024-01-22 Senator Gaskill added as coauthor
• 2024-01-22 Senator Messmer added as coauthor
• 2024-01-22 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2024-01-23 Referred to the House referral
• 2024-02-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Representative Bartels added as cosponsor
• 2024-02-15 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 174: yeas 92, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Returned to the Senate without amendments receipt
• 2024-02-29 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-04 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-08 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-11 Public Law 22 became-law
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e4b09003-9fa7-47a0-af74-c97c7c3546d8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).