republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/sb-281.md

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Bill	Expungement.	Specifies that certain records relating to juvenile offenses are accessible to a law enforcement officer acting within the scope of the officer's duties, and requires persons having custody of these records to take steps to ensure that these records are available in a timely manner. Specifies that the juvenile court shall cooperate to ensure that certain records are available to the prosecuting attorney or a deputy. Allows the expungement of official misconduct if: (1) the person seeking the expungement is not an elected official; and (2) the prosecuting attorney consents. Permits disclosure to the state police department of certain sealed records if disclosure is required for the purpose of expunging or marking as expunged records in the central repository for criminal history information. Prohibits expungement for a person convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon. Requires the office of judicial administration, before July 1, 2025, to establish an electronic system for transmitting a chronological case summary to the state police department for purposes of expungement. Prohibits the expungement of certain records of a person holding a commercial driver's license or permit. Makes certain expungement provisions that apply to elected officials also apply to elected or appointed judicial officers.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	SB 281	Indiana SB 281 (2025)	bill	CORRECTIONS; Juvenile Inmates and Facilities COURTS; Judges COURTS; Juvenile Courts CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Criminal History and Expungements CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Prosecuting Attorneys (Non-Elected) CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Sentencing LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS; Generally STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS; Generally TRANSPORTATION; Licenses Plates Registration and Titles	enacted	Aaron Freeman Gregory Steuerwald Scott Baldwin	6	28	3	2025-01-13	2025-04-16	openstates	ocd-bill/ef9a482b-f67f-4fee-b431-0c53fb31afce	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0281	fd9b9ea6e7d94f3ece62ef02f553897af98f32378f561cc9eda6bb44ab53c636	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 281 (2025) — Expungement.

Specifies that certain records relating to juvenile offenses are accessible to a law enforcement officer acting within the scope of the officer's duties, and requires persons having custody of these records to take steps to ensure that these records are available in a timely manner. Specifies that the juvenile court shall cooperate to ensure that certain records are available to the prosecuting attorney or a deputy. Allows the expungement of official misconduct if: (1) the person seeking the expungement is not an elected official; and (2) the prosecuting attorney consents. Permits disclosure to the state police department of certain sealed records if disclosure is required for the purpose of expunging or marking as expunged records in the central repository for criminal history information. Prohibits expungement for a person convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon. Requires the office of judicial administration, before July 1, 2025, to establish an electronic system for transmitting a chronological case summary to the state police department for purposes of expungement. Prohibits the expungement of certain records of a person holding a commercial driver's license or permit. Makes certain expungement provisions that apply to elected officials also apply to elected or appointed judicial officers.

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 281 - Baldwin — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 281 - Steuerwald - 3rd Reading — 71–21 (pass) · lower
• SB 281 - Baldwin - 3rd Reading — 47–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
• Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
• Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
• Alex Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Mitch Gore — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13 Authored by Senator Baldwin
• 2025-01-13 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-21 Senator Freeman added as second author
• 2025-02-13 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-02-18 Amendment #1 (Pol) failed; voice vote amendment-failure, failure
• 2025-02-18 Amendment #2 (Pol) failed; voice vote amendment-failure, failure
• 2025-02-18 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-18 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2025-02-18 Amendment #3 (Young M) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2025-02-20 House sponsor: Representative Steuerwald
• 2025-02-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 182: yeas 47, nays 2 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-02-21 Referred to the House referral
• 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-20 Representative Zimmerman added as cosponsor
• 2025-03-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-03-24 Representative Gore added as cosponsor
• 2025-03-24 Amendment #1 (Zimmerman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2025-03-24 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-03-25 Third reading: call withdrawn reading-3, withdrawal
• 2025-03-28 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2025-03-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 321: yeas 71, nays 21 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-03-31 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2025-04-07 Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 355: yeas 48, nays 0
• 2025-04-08 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2025-04-08 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-04-09 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2025-04-16 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2025-04-16 Public Law 77 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ef9a482b-f67f-4fee-b431-0c53fb31afce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).