republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/sb-318.md

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Bill	Required disclosures and access of foreign media.	Requires certain media entities operating in Indiana to disclose: (1) foreign ownership; (2) foreign funding; and (3) the use of foreign sourced or influenced content. Authorizes the secretary of state to impose a civil penalty of not more than $50,000 for a knowing or intentional violation of the disclosure requirements. Provides that the secretary of state shall publish a list of Indiana media entities that have complied with certain requirements. Requires certain media entities to obtain special accreditation from the department of administration to attend state media events, and allows the department of administration to revoke the special accreditation under certain circumstances.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	SB 318	Indiana SB 318 (2025)	bill	ADVERTISEMENTS AND NOTICES AGENCIES; Department of Administration (IDOA) BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; Generally CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Liabilities Damages and Penalties FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; Citizenship and Immigration STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS; Secretary of State STATE GOVERNMENT; Generally TECHNOLOGY; Communication (Including Internet Phone Lines Print Media Radio and Television)	enacted	Brian Buchanan Chris Garten Heath VanNatter Scott Baldwin	4	25	3	2025-01-13	2025-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e074a927-f1b3-4c91-8014-de67a55da771	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0318	55fae3ec1bc2e7a00decbfa6947bd793acb2e2aaaf3dc5e305d46b6ddf6ebf42	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 318 (2025) — Required disclosures and access of foreign media.

Requires certain media entities operating in Indiana to disclose: (1) foreign ownership; (2) foreign funding; and (3) the use of foreign sourced or influenced content. Authorizes the secretary of state to impose a civil penalty of not more than $50,000 for a knowing or intentional violation of the disclosure requirements. Provides that the secretary of state shall publish a list of Indiana media entities that have complied with certain requirements. Requires certain media entities to obtain special accreditation from the department of administration to attend state media events, and allows the department of administration to revoke the special accreditation under certain circumstances.

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 318 - Baldwin — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 318 - Baldwin - 3rd Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 318 - VanNatter - 3rd Reading — 61–32 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Buchanan — primary (person)
• Chris Garten — primary (person)
• Heath VanNatter — primary (person)
• Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
• Alaina Shonkwiler — cosponsor (person)
• Chris Judy — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Byrne — coauthor (person)
• Justin Busch — coauthor (person)
• Spencer Deery — coauthor (person)
• Steve Bartels — 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 Commerce and Technology reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-13 Senator Buchanan added as second author
• 2025-01-23 Senator Garten added as third author
• 2025-01-27 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-01-30 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-03 Senators Busch and Deery added as coauthors
• 2025-02-03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 59: yeas 49, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-02-03 House sponsor: Representative VanNatter
• 2025-02-03 Senator Byrne added as coauthor
• 2025-02-04 Referred to the House referral
• 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-31 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-04-03 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-04-07 Representatives Shonkwiler and Bartels added as cosponsors
• 2025-04-07 Representative Judy added as cosponsor
• 2025-04-07 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 373: yeas 61, nays 32 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-04-08 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2025-04-08 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2025-04-16 Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 459: yeas 39, nays 0
• 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
• 2025-05-01 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-01 Public Law 132 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e074a927-f1b3-4c91-8014-de67a55da771. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).