republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/sb-160.md

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Bill	Public safety.	Makes wearing a mask during the commission of a criminal offense a sentencing aggravator. Makes it malicious littering, a Class A misdemeanor, for a person to place refuse on the property of another person with the intent to cause the owner or occupant of the property to reasonably fear for their physical safety.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	SB 160	Indiana SB 160 (2026)	bill	CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against Persons CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Sentencing HEALTH; Generally	enacted	Brett Clark Danny Lopez Scott Baldwin Spencer Deery	4	24	4	2026-01-05	2026-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/178ee71b-8a88-40c5-9c07-258badfd5d0c	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0160	d39c56078074559e4b92cdf4d6674b5a3a83c720014728c594661ff6b78da959	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 160 (2026) — Public safety.

Makes wearing a mask during the commission of a criminal offense a sentencing aggravator. Makes it malicious littering, a Class A misdemeanor, for a person to place refuse on the property of another person with the intent to cause the owner or occupant of the property to reasonably fear for their physical safety.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 160 - Lopez - 3rd Reading — 88–2 (pass) · lower
• SB 160 - Deery - 3rd Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 160 - Lopez - 2nd Reading — 33–59 (fail) · lower
• SB 160 - Deery — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brett Clark — primary (person)
• Danny Lopez — primary (person)
• Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
• Spencer Deery — primary (person)
• Tim Yocum — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-05 Authored by Senator Deery
• 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 committee-passage
• 2026-01-14 Senator Clark added as second author
• 2026-01-20 Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-01-20 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-22 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 51: yeas 45, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-22 House sponsor: Representative Lopez
• 2026-01-22 Senator Baldwin added as third author
• 2026-01-23 Referred to the House referral
• 2026-01-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-12 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-16 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-16 Amendment #1 (Pierce M) failed; Roll Call 242: yeas 33, nays 59 amendment-failure, failure
• 2026-02-17 Representative Yocum added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-17 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 265: yeas 88, nays 2 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-18 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2026-02-20 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2026-02-25 Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 276: yeas 46, nays 0
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-05 Public Law 112 became-law
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-03-05 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the Speaker passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/178ee71b-8a88-40c5-9c07-258badfd5d0c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).