republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/hb-1258.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Crimes of violence.	Revises and consolidates the definition of "crime of violence". Amends the definition of violent offender to mean a person who is convicted of an offense or attempted offense that is a crime of violence or a person who is charged with an offense or attempted offense that is a crime of violence. Amends the definition of "violent arrestee" to mean a person arrested for or charged with a crime of violence that is a Level 1 felony, Level 2 felony, Level 3 felony, Level 4 felony, or a Level 5 felony. Removes provisions concerning repeat violent arrestees. Amends the definition of "violent criminal" to mean a person convicted of a crime of violence. Adds: (1) dangerous possession of a firearm with two priors; and (2) unlawful carrying of a handgun with two priors; to the crimes of violence list. Makes a technical correction and conforming changes.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	HB 1258	Indiana HB 1258 (2026)	bill	CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against Persons	enacted	Aaron Freeman Chris Jeter	6	23	3	2026-01-05	2026-03-04	openstates	ocd-bill/595b7336-54a5-48ad-b4c9-453c88f30587	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1258	fd1221a572bdbe98d97db12cd2c89151a8c9fa95ef9300d16b82c68521992c9b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1258 (2026) — Crimes of violence.

Revises and consolidates the definition of "crime of violence". Amends the definition of violent offender to mean a person who is convicted of an offense or attempted offense that is a crime of violence or a person who is charged with an offense or attempted offense that is a crime of violence. Amends the definition of "violent arrestee" to mean a person arrested for or charged with a crime of violence that is a Level 1 felony, Level 2 felony, Level 3 felony, Level 4 felony, or a Level 5 felony. Removes provisions concerning repeat violent arrestees. Amends the definition of "violent criminal" to mean a person convicted of a crime of violence. Adds: (1) dangerous possession of a firearm with two priors; and (2) unlawful carrying of a handgun with two priors; to the crimes of violence list. Makes a technical correction and conforming changes.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• HB 1258 - Jeter - 3rd Reading — 92–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1258 - Jeter — 78–15 (pass) · lower
• HB 1258 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — 46–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
• Chris Jeter — primary (person)
• Gregory Porter — coauthor (person)
• Joanna King — coauthor (person)
• Martin Carbaugh — 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 Jeter
• 2026-01-14 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-20 Representatives King, Carbaugh, Porter added as coauthors
• 2026-01-22 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-22 Amendment #1 (Jeter) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-01-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 131: yeas 92, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-28 Senate sponsor: Senator Freeman
• 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
• 2026-02-19 Amendment #4 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-02-19 Amendment #6 (Taylor G) failed; voice vote amendment-failure, failure
• 2026-02-19 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 244: yeas 46, nays 2 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-24 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2026-02-25 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2026-02-26 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-02-26 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 393: yeas 78, nays 15
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-03-04 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-03-04 Public Law 85 became-law
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/595b7336-54a5-48ad-b4c9-453c88f30587. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).