republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/sb-231.md

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Bill	Various corrections matters.	Eliminates requirements that the department of correction: (1) maintain farm programs for offenders committed to the department; and (2) prepare a report calculating the savings realized as a result of sentencing changes. Replaces a reference to a rule repealed by the department of correction with a requirement that the custody and treatment of juveniles meet the standards and licensing requirements adopted in the administrative rules of the department.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	SB 231	Indiana SB 231 (2025)	bill	AGENCIES; Department of Corrections (DOC) AGRICULTURE; Generally CORRECTIONS; Adult Inmates and Facilities CORRECTIONS; Juvenile Inmates and Facilities	enacted	Cyndi Carrasco Mike Bohacek Steve Bartels	6	33	5	2025-01-08	2025-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/316dd226-99d6-4932-9e3b-dfb21b6c481e	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0231	cfb96553ab7ca381231039cb3b8ed555df6579be9701cc71c4914a04578b335f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 231 (2025) — Various corrections matters.

Eliminates requirements that the department of correction: (1) maintain farm programs for offenders committed to the department; and (2) prepare a report calculating the savings realized as a result of sentencing changes. Replaces a reference to a rule repealed by the department of correction with a requirement that the custody and treatment of juveniles meet the standards and licensing requirements adopted in the administrative rules of the department.

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

Votes

• SB 231 - Bartels — 77–2 (pass) · lower
• SB 231 - Bohacek - 3rd Reading — 48–1 (pass) · upper
• SB 231 - Bartels - 2nd Reading — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 231 - Bohacek — 48–2 (pass) · upper
• SB 231 - Bartels - 3rd Reading — 90–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
• Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
• Steve Bartels — primary (person)
• Lorissa Sweet — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-08 Authored by Senator Bohacek
• 2025-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-02-13 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-02-17 Senator Carrasco added as second author
• 2025-02-18 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-18 Amendment #2 (Bohacek) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2025-02-21 Referred to the House referral
• 2025-02-20 Cosponsor: Representative Sweet
• 2025-02-20 House sponsor: Representative Bartels
• 2025-02-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 179: 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
• 2025-03-13 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-03-17 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-03-17 Amendment #1 (Summers) prevailed; Roll Call 267: yeas 96, nays 0 amendment-passage
• 2025-03-21 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2025-03-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 289: yeas 90, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-04-08 Senate dissented from House amendments
• 2025-04-08 Motion to dissent filed filing
• 2025-04-10 House advisors appointed: Meltzer, McNamara and Bauer
• 2025-04-10 House conferees appointed: Bartels and Gore
• 2025-04-10 Senate advisors appointed: Carrasco and Taylor G
• 2025-04-10 Senate conferees appointed: Bohacek and Pol
• 2025-04-29 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2025-04-24 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
• 2025-04-24 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 571: yeas 77, nays 2
• 2025-04-25 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-04-25 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2025-04-24 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 531: yeas 48, nays 2
• 2025-04-24 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
• 2025-04-24 Representative Lawson added as conferee
• 2025-04-24 Representative Gore removed as conferee
• 2025-05-06 Public Law 193 became-law
• 2025-05-06 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/316dd226-99d6-4932-9e3b-dfb21b6c481e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).