republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/sb-139.md

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Bill	Jury duty exemption for women breastfeeding.	Exempts a woman who is breastfeeding from jury duty. Sets forth requirements.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	SB 139	Indiana SB 139 (2026)	bill	COURTS; Generally COURTS; Juries HEALTH; Pregnancy	enacted	Blake Doriot Julie Olthoff Linda Rogers Stacey Donato	4	25	2	2026-01-05	2026-03-04	openstates	ocd-bill/24750632-0137-414c-b522-808a2e926f8c	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0139	7d1234752c4e1efa690c3ebfcdb07c78dce17f47e0300ad88956829b79ef7c2f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 139 (2026) — Jury duty exemption for women breastfeeding.

Exempts a woman who is breastfeeding from jury duty. Sets forth requirements.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 139 - Donato - 3rd Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 139 - Olthoff - 3rd Reading — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Blake Doriot — primary (person)
• Julie Olthoff — primary (person)
• Linda Rogers — primary (person)
• Stacey Donato — primary (person)
• Becky Cash — cosponsor (person)
• James Buck — coauthor (person)
• Jennifer Meltzer — cosponsor (person)
• Joanna King — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Michael Young — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-05 Authored by Senator Donato
• 2026-01-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-06 Senator Doriot added as second author
• 2026-01-08 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-12 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2026-01-12 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-13 Senator Young M added as coauthor
• 2026-01-13 Senator Buck added as coauthor
• 2026-01-13 House sponsor: Representative Olthoff
• 2026-01-13 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 22: yeas 49, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-13 Senator Rogers added as third author
• 2026-01-14 Referred to the House referral
• 2026-01-20 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 Representative King added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-02 Representative Meltzer added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-17 Representative Cash added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-18 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-23 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 340: yeas 98, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-25 Returned to the Senate without amendments receipt
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-04 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-03-04 Public Law 69 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/24750632-0137-414c-b522-808a2e926f8c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).