republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/sb-148.md

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Bill	Indiana crime guns task force.	Beginning July 1, 2027, adds LaPorte County and Porter County to the task force area of the Indiana crime guns task force (task force), and specifies the number required for a quorum and to take official action in the event of a tie vote.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	SB 148	Indiana SB 148 (2026)	bill	COUNTIES; La Porte COUNTIES; Porter CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Generally FIREARMS AND WEAPONS TASK FORCES AND COMMITTEES; Generally	enacted	Aaron Freeman Chris Jeter Mike Bohacek Rodney Pol	4	24	2	2026-01-05	2026-03-04	openstates	ocd-bill/c2e31b64-985f-4953-bac3-cd995729eb5f	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0148	5573c8b6ca8975bd2646d05bca4744704551d6fe3350555ffb873c2aa11911ba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 148 (2026) — Indiana crime guns task force.

Beginning July 1, 2027, adds LaPorte County and Porter County to the task force area of the Indiana crime guns task force (task force), and specifies the number required for a quorum and to take official action in the event of a tie vote.

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 148 - Pol - 3rd Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 148 - Jeter - 3rd Reading — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
• Chris Jeter — primary (person)
• Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
• Rodney Pol — primary (person)
• Chuck Moseley — cosponsor (person)
• Ed Charbonneau — coauthor (person)
• Fady Qaddoura — coauthor (person)
• Jim Pressel — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Walker — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Michael Crider — coauthor (person)
• Randy Novak — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-05 Authored by Senators Pol, Freeman
• 2026-01-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-13 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-01-15 Senator Bohacek added as third author
• 2026-01-15 Senators Walker K, Charbonneau added as coauthors
• 2026-01-22 Senator Qaddoura added as coauthor
• 2026-01-22 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2026-01-22 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-26 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-27 House sponsor: Representative Jeter
• 2026-01-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 97: yeas 46, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-27 Cosponsors: Representatives Novak R, Moseley, Pressel
• 2026-01-28 Senator Crider added as coauthor
• 2026-01-28 Referred to the House referral
• 2026-01-29 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 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 342: 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
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-03-04 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-03-04 Public Law 70 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c2e31b64-985f-4953-bac3-cd995729eb5f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).