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Bill Advanced DNA testing for cold cases. Establishes a process concerning eligibility for advanced DNA testing for cold cases. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2026 HB 1248 Indiana HB 1248 (2026)
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CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; DNA and Fingerprinting
TECHNOLOGY; Generally
enacted
Carey Hamilton
Cyndi Carrasco
Rodney Pol
4 26 3 2026-01-05 2026-03-03 openstates ocd-bill/952560ee-fc9b-45f7-83ac-5a92313d8311 https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1248 3117f7b082b078e1f10ab2455c00f7bd39a45aceeb49d32cef03ede24322aae8 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Indiana HB 1248 (2026) — Advanced DNA testing for cold cases.

Establishes a process concerning eligibility for advanced DNA testing for cold cases.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

  • HB 1248 - Hamilton - 3rd Reading — 920 (pass) · lower
  • HB 1248 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading — 460 (pass) · upper
  • HB 1248 - Hamilton — 860 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Carey Hamilton — primary (person)
  • Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
  • Rodney Pol — primary (person)
  • Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
  • Garrett Bascom — coauthor (person)
  • J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
  • James Buck — cosponsor (person)
  • Maureen Bauer — coauthor (person)
  • Scott Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
  • Susan Glick — cosponsor (person)
  • Wendy McNamara — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2026-01-05 Authored by Representative Hamilton
  • 2026-01-12 Representatives McNamara, Bascom added as coauthors
  • 2026-01-13 Representative Bauer added as coauthor
  • 2026-01-14 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2026-01-20 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-01-22 Senate sponsors: Senators Carrasco, Pol
  • 2026-01-22 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 75: yeas 92, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2026-01-23 Referred to the Senate referral
  • 2026-01-27 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2026-02-10 Senator Glick added as cosponsor
  • 2026-02-12 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2026-02-12 Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
  • 2026-02-16 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-02-19 Senator Buck added as cosponsor
  • 2026-02-19 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 206: yeas 46, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2026-02-19 Senator Baldwin added as cosponsor
  • 2026-02-19 Senator Qaddoura added as cosponsor
  • 2026-02-23 Motion to concur filed filing
  • 2026-02-20 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
  • 2026-02-25 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 365: yeas 86, nays 0
  • 2026-02-25 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2026-02-26 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2026-03-03 Public Law 56 became-law
  • 2026-03-03 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/952560ee-fc9b-45f7-83ac-5a92313d8311. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).