republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/hb-1122.md

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Bill	Unlawful encroachment.	Authorizes a law enforcement officer to order a person to stop approaching the law enforcement officer if the officer reasonably believes that the person's presence within 25 feet of the officer will interfere with the performance of the officer's duties. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally approaches within 25 feet of a law enforcement officer after being ordered to stop approaching commits unlawful encroachment on a law enforcement officer, a Class C misdemeanor.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	HB 1122	Indiana HB 1122 (2025)	bill	CORRECTIONS; Adult Inmates and Facilities CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Generally CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Sentencing LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally	enacted	Scott Baldwin Wendy McNamara	4	20	2	2025-01-08	2025-03-25	openstates	ocd-bill/ed02565b-c9dc-41e8-b474-5813554c4332	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1122	71980eb4f132af356ce633737f2bd9708dc857e440a6078018b67275e1ae6c77	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1122 (2025) — Unlawful encroachment.

Authorizes a law enforcement officer to order a person to stop approaching the law enforcement officer if the officer reasonably believes that the person's presence within 25 feet of the officer will interfere with the performance of the officer's duties. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally approaches within 25 feet of a law enforcement officer after being ordered to stop approaching commits unlawful encroachment on a law enforcement officer, a Class C misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• HB 1122 - Baldwin - 3rd Reading — 39–10 (pass) · upper
• HB 1122 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — 71–19 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
• Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
• Brett Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Jim Pressel — coauthor (person)
• Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Karickhoff — coauthor (person)
• Steve Bartels — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-08 Authored by Representative McNamara
• 2025-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-08 Coauthored by Representatives Karickhoff, Bartels, Pressel
• 2025-01-30 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-02-03 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-04 Senate sponsor: Senator Baldwin
• 2025-02-04 Cosponsor: Senator Clark
• 2025-02-04 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 81: yeas 71, nays 19 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-02-05 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2025-02-18 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-04 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-03-10 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-03-11 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 225: yeas 39, nays 10 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-03-11 Senator Rogers added as cosponsor
• 2025-03-12 Returned to the House without amendments receipt
• 2025-03-13 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-03-13 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2025-03-18 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2025-03-25 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2025-03-25 Public Law 4 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ed02565b-c9dc-41e8-b474-5813554c4332. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).