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type: "Bill"
title: "Indiana crime guns task force."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 148"
citation: "Indiana SB 148 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES; La Porte", "COUNTIES; Porter", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Generally", "FIREARMS AND WEAPONS", "TASK FORCES AND COMMITTEES; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Chris Jeter", "Mike Bohacek", "Rodney Pol"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-05"
last_action: "2026-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2e31b64-985f-4953-bac3-cd995729eb5f"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0148"
source_hash: "5573c8b6ca8975bd2646d05bca4744704551d6fe3350555ffb873c2aa11911ba"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0148/SB0148.05.ENRH.pdf)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0148/SB0148.01.INTR.pdf)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0148/SB0148.03.COMS.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0148/SB0148.04.COMH.pdf)
## Votes
- SB 148 - Pol - 3rd Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
- SB 148 - Jeter - 3rd Reading — **980** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2e31b64-985f-4953-bac3-cd995729eb5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).