republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/sb-151.md

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Bill	Statute of limitations.	Specifies that a prosecution for rape as a Level 3 felony that is barred by the statute of limitations may still be brought within 10 years from the discovery of DNA evidence.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	SB 151	Indiana SB 151 (2025)	bill	CHILDREN AND MINORS; Crimes Against Children CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Statute of Limitations CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; DNA and Fingerprinting CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Generally CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Sex Offenses CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Statute of Limitations	enacted	Aaron Freeman Alex Zimmerman Michael Crider Scott Alexander	4	27	3	2025-01-08	2025-04-30	openstates	ocd-bill/d4223284-5b9e-4d4c-a83a-efcd2610e5d7	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0151	2833a4a4f595017c458510158e649399a38630a78578ded77a366e1b1977a013	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 151 (2025) — Statute of limitations.

Specifies that a prosecution for rape as a Level 3 felony that is barred by the statute of limitations may still be brought within 10 years from the discovery of DNA evidence.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 151 - Alexander - 3rd Reading — 48–1 (pass) · upper
• SB 151 - Zimmerman - 3rd Reading — 87–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 151 - Alexander — 34–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
• Alex Zimmerman — primary (person)
• Michael Crider — primary (person)
• Scott Alexander — primary (person)
• Carey Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
• Daryl Schmitt — coauthor (person)
• J.D. Prescott — cosponsor (person)
• Joanna King — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
• Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-08 Authored by Senator Alexander
• 2025-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-13 Senator Freeman added as second author
• 2025-01-13 Senator Crider added as third author
• 2025-01-13 Senator Schmitt added as coauthor
• 2025-01-21 Senator Baldwin added as coauthor
• 2025-02-04 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-02-04 Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
• 2025-02-10 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-10 Amendment #3 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2025-02-12 Referred to the House referral
• 2025-02-11 Cosponsors: Representatives Prescott and King
• 2025-02-11 House sponsor: Representative Zimmerman
• 2025-02-11 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 99: yeas 48, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-04-03 Representative Hamilton added as cosponsor
• 2025-04-03 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-04-07 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-04-08 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 396: yeas 87, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-04-09 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2025-04-09 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2025-04-16 Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 454: yeas 34, nays 3
• 2025-04-17 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-04-22 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2025-04-23 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2025-04-30 Public Law 112 became-law
• 2025-04-30 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4223284-5b9e-4d4c-a83a-efcd2610e5d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).