republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/hb-1303.md

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Bill	Sex crimes and child safety.	Specifies the sex offender reporting requirements for persons who are sex offenders or required to register in other jurisdictions. Adds "high risk missing person" to the definition of "missing child". Specifies that the silver alert program applies to missing children. Removes provisions concerning possession of child sex abuse material (CSAM) from the statute containing the offense of child exploitation, and makes a new section for CSAM offenses. Creates a new crime for distribution of CSAM, and generally conforms the sentencing enhancements for possession of CSAM, distribution of CSAM, and child exploitation. Specifies that certain restrictions on CSAM in discovery also apply in civil proceedings (under current law, they only apply in criminal proceedings). Provides a defense in specified circumstances. Removes certain duplicative provisions and makes conforming amendments and technical corrections.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	HB 1303	Indiana HB 1303 (2026)	bill	CHILDREN AND MINORS; Crimes Against Children CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Creation of New Offenses CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Sex Offenses	enacted	Brett Clark Cyndi Carrasco Wendy McNamara	6	27	3	2026-01-06	2026-03-04	openstates	ocd-bill/87a7641c-cd1c-4b93-8ecd-9072dd728c14	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1303	4067ad5e682288b76b88a7a46cce21019390b3375975f0ff6412d54784f2f0dd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1303 (2026) — Sex crimes and child safety.

Specifies the sex offender reporting requirements for persons who are sex offenders or required to register in other jurisdictions. Adds "high risk missing person" to the definition of "missing child". Specifies that the silver alert program applies to missing children. Removes provisions concerning possession of child sex abuse material (CSAM) from the statute containing the offense of child exploitation, and makes a new section for CSAM offenses. Creates a new crime for distribution of CSAM, and generally conforms the sentencing enhancements for possession of CSAM, distribution of CSAM, and child exploitation. Specifies that certain restrictions on CSAM in discovery also apply in civil proceedings (under current law, they only apply in criminal proceedings). Provides a defense in specified circumstances. Removes certain duplicative provisions and makes conforming amendments and technical corrections.

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 1303 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — 89–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1303 - McNamara — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1303 - Clark - 3rd Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brett Clark — primary (person)
• Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
• Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
• Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer Meltzer — coauthor (person)
• Jim Pressel — coauthor (person)
• Liz Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Karickhoff — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-06 Coauthored by Representatives Karickhoff, Meltzer, Pressel
• 2026-01-06 Authored by Representative McNamara
• 2026-01-14 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-20 Amendment #3 (Zimmerman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-01-20 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-20 Amendment #1 (Bascom) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-01-23 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2026-01-22 Senate sponsors: Senators Clark, Carrasco
• 2026-01-22 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 79: yeas 89, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-27 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-27 Senator Brown L added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-12 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-19 Senator Qaddoura added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-19 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-23 Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-02-23 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 253: yeas 46, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-25 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2026-02-25 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2026-02-25 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 377: yeas 96, nays 0
• 2026-02-26 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-03-04 Public Law 92 became-law
• 2026-03-04 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/87a7641c-cd1c-4b93-8ecd-9072dd728c14. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).