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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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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.
- Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
- House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
- House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
- Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- HB 1248 - Hamilton - 3rd Reading — 92–0 (pass) · lower
- HB 1248 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper
- HB 1248 - Hamilton — 86–0 (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).