republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/hb-1250.md

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Bill	Public safety procedures.	Requires the department of correction to electronically notify, at least seven days in advance, the: (1) county sheriff; (2) prosecuting attorney; and (3) chief of police; of the county or municipality into which the department will release a serious violent felon, including a juvenile adjudicated for an act that would be a serious violent felony, and of the county or municipality where the serious violent felon or juvenile committed the offense. Requires the department of correction to notify a registered victim through the department's automated victim notification system. Requires: (1) a court; and (2) the prosecuting attorney or the prosecuting attorney's victim assistance program; to notify a victim of the automated victim assistance notification program, and provides that a victim has the right to be informed, upon request, about the progress of the criminal case involving the victim. Requires that, before hiring a person as a law enforcement officer, a law enforcement hiring department or agency shall request from prior law enforcement employers all documents relating to disciplinary action or internal investigations that involve the person. (Under current law, a hiring agency must request all findings and orders).	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	HB 1250	Indiana HB 1250 (2026)	bill	AGENCIES; Department of Corrections (DOC) CORRECTIONS; Juvenile Inmates and Facilities CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against Persons CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Prosecuting Attorneys (Non-Elected) LAW ENFORCEMENT; County Sheriffs' Departments LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally	enacted	Cyndi Carrasco Scott Baldwin Timothy O'Brien Vaneta Becker	4	23	3	2026-01-05	2026-03-03	openstates	ocd-bill/b89d11f5-7ebd-4aad-9e79-34e4b13456b7	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1250	867ab084457eca11827527a6b7f4ccd47461b9de507a4680452d383162ba8f6c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1250 (2026) — Public safety procedures.

Requires the department of correction to electronically notify, at least seven days in advance, the: (1) county sheriff; (2) prosecuting attorney; and (3) chief of police; of the county or municipality into which the department will release a serious violent felon, including a juvenile adjudicated for an act that would be a serious violent felony, and of the county or municipality where the serious violent felon or juvenile committed the offense. Requires the department of correction to notify a registered victim through the department's automated victim notification system. Requires: (1) a court; and (2) the prosecuting attorney or the prosecuting attorney's victim assistance program; to notify a victim of the automated victim assistance notification program, and provides that a victim has the right to be informed, upon request, about the progress of the criminal case involving the victim. Requires that, before hiring a person as a law enforcement officer, a law enforcement hiring department or agency shall request from prior law enforcement employers all documents relating to disciplinary action or internal investigations that involve the person. (Under current law, a hiring agency must request all findings and orders).

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 1250 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 1250 - O'Brien - 3rd Reading — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1250 - O'Brien — 92–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
• Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
• Timothy O'Brien — primary (person)
• Vaneta Becker — primary (person)
• Alex Zimmerman — coauthor (person)
• Brett Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Daryl Schmitt — cosponsor (person)
• Garrett Bascom — coauthor (person)
• James Tomes — 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 O'Brien
• 2026-01-05 Coauthored by Representatives McNamara, Bascom
• 2026-01-08 Representative Zimmerman added as coauthor
• 2026-01-22 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-27 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-28 Cosponsors: Senators Tomes, Schmitt
• 2026-01-28 Senate sponsors: Senators Carrasco, Baldwin, Becker
• 2026-01-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 134: yeas 94, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-29 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2026-02-02 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-12 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-12 Senator Clark added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-16 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-19 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 208: yeas 46, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-20 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2026-02-24 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2026-02-25 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-02-25 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 366: yeas 92, nays 0
• 2026-02-26 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-03-03 Public Law 57 became-law
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-03 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b89d11f5-7ebd-4aad-9e79-34e4b13456b7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).