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type: "Bill"
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title: "Bail and release review commission."
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description: "Establishes the bail and release review commission to review data concerning bail, bail reform, pretrial release, and related matters. Provides that the commission expires June 30, 2026."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 70"
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citation: "Indiana SB 70 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "AND COUNCILS; Newly Created", "COURTS; Bail and Bail Bondsmen", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Legislative Council"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Eric Koch", "Gregory Steuerwald"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-08"
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last_action: "2024-03-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b14d8613-1107-4ae5-8d1d-cda6698c4f7e"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0070"
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source_hash: "374ef036db3b3eaba48dd3563663c3fc90d3787531b7025c19d452e4f38504bd"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana SB 70 (2024) — Bail and release review commission.
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Establishes the bail and release review commission to review data concerning bail, bail reform, pretrial release, and related matters. Provides that the commission expires June 30, 2026.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0070/SB0070.05.ENRH.pdf)
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2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0070/SB0070.01.INTR.pdf)
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3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0070/SB0070.03.COMS.pdf)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0070/SB0070.04.COMH.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SB 70 - Steuerwald - 3rd Reading — **93–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 70 - Koch - 3rd Reading — **47–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
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- Eric Koch — primary (person)
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- Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
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- Mike Gaskill — coauthor (person)
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- Susan Glick — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-08** Authored by Senator Bray
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- **2024-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-25** Senator Bray removed as author
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- **2024-01-25** Senator Koch added as author
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- **2024-01-25** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-01** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-05** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-05** Senator Freeman added as second author
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- **2024-02-06** Senators Glick and Gaskill added as coauthors
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- **2024-02-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 122: yeas 47, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-06** House sponsor: Representative Steuerwald
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- **2024-02-06** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2024-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-15** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-19** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-21** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
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- **2024-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 167: yeas 93, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-29** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-11** Public Law 14 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b14d8613-1107-4ae5-8d1d-cda6698c4f7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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