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Bill DNA samples at time of arrest. Requires a sheriff to take a DNA sample of a person taken into custody for a felony. Provides that it is a Class C misdemeanor if a person refuses to provide a DNA sample to a sheriff. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2025 SB 120 Indiana SB 120 (2025)
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CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Creation of New Offenses
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; DNA and Fingerprinting
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Generally
LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally
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Brett Clark
Michael Crider
Mike Bohacek
Wendy McNamara
4 21 3 2025-01-08 2025-04-10 openstates ocd-bill/c48ad4ef-cf1a-4152-9ad5-c980a6c961f7 https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0120 ef3c8a92cf640c6991ebfc88039efd48083a56efe61330e688e70cd15a3e27b8 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Indiana SB 120 (2025) — DNA samples at time of arrest.

Requires a sheriff to take a DNA sample of a person taken into custody for a felony. Provides that it is a Class C misdemeanor if a person refuses to provide a DNA sample to a sheriff.

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 120 - Crider — 398 (pass) · upper
  • SB 120 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — 8010 (pass) · lower
  • SB 120 - Crider - 3rd Reading — 409 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Brett Clark — primary (person)
  • Michael Crider — primary (person)
  • Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
  • Wendy McNamara — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2025-01-08 Authored by Senator Crider
  • 2025-01-14 Senator Bohacek added as second author
  • 2025-02-04 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2025-02-04 Senator Clark added as third author
  • 2025-02-06 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-02-10 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 84: yeas 40, nays 9 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2025-02-10 House sponsor: Representative McNamara
  • 2025-02-11 Referred to the House referral
  • 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-13 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2025-03-17 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-03-21 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
  • 2025-03-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 281: yeas 80, nays 10 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2025-03-24 Motion to concur filed filing
  • 2025-03-26 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2025-03-25 Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 296: yeas 39, nays 8
  • 2025-03-27 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2025-04-03 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2025-04-10 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2025-04-10 Public Law 44 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c48ad4ef-cf1a-4152-9ad5-c980a6c961f7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).