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Bill Bail procedures. Provides that offenses other than murder are not bailable if the state proves: (1) by a preponderance of the evidence that the proof is evident or the presumption strong; and (2) by clear and convincing evidence that the arrestee is dangerous and that no conditions of release will reasonably protect the safety of other persons or the community. Establishes procedures for a bail hearing. Removes duplicative provisions concerning repeat violent arrestees. Permits a court to retain cash bail for the payment of certain costs without an indigency hearing if the defendant has executed an agreement permitting the court to retain the cash bail for these purposes. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2026 SB 2 Indiana SB 2 (2026)
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COURTS; Bail and Bail Bondsmen
COURTS; Judges
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Generally
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Rules of Trial Procedure
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Aaron Freeman
Chris Jeter
Cyndi Carrasco
Eric Koch
5 26 3 2026-01-08 2026-03-04 openstates ocd-bill/09fbcc67-eabf-47ab-84ef-ab56656e44c9 https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0002 415ed9801444e8456c7f737132cc4c82d5774b2531fe0c76cf0ad7a5b71e9c0f 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Indiana SB 2 (2026) — Bail procedures.

Provides that offenses other than murder are not bailable if the state proves: (1) by a preponderance of the evidence that the proof is evident or the presumption strong; and (2) by clear and convincing evidence that the arrestee is dangerous and that no conditions of release will reasonably protect the safety of other persons or the community. Establishes procedures for a bail hearing. Removes duplicative provisions concerning repeat violent arrestees. Permits a court to retain cash bail for the payment of certain costs without an indigency hearing if the defendant has executed an agreement permitting the court to retain the cash bail for these purposes.

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. Engrossed Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
  4. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
  5. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SB 2 - Freeman — 388 (pass) · upper
  • SB 2 - Jeter - 3rd Reading — 7513 (pass) · lower
  • SB 2 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — 398 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
  • Chris Jeter — primary (person)
  • Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
  • Eric Koch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2026-01-08 Authored by Senator Freeman
  • 2026-01-13 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2026-01-15 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-01-15 Amendment #1 (Pol) failed; voice vote amendment-failure, failure
  • 2026-01-15 Amendment #2 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2026-01-20 House sponsor: Representative Jeter
  • 2026-01-20 Motion to Correct Committee Report; adopted voice vote
  • 2026-01-20 Motion to Correct Committee Report; adopted voice vote
  • 2026-01-20 Rules Committee report: motion to correct committee report; adopted voice vote
  • 2026-01-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 33: yeas 39, nays 8 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2026-01-22 Senator Koch added as second author
  • 2026-01-22 Senator Carrasco 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
  • 2026-02-17 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 257: yeas 75, nays 13 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2026-02-18 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
  • 2026-02-23 Motion to concur filed filing
  • 2026-02-25 Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 267: yeas 38, nays 8
  • 2026-02-26 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2026-02-26 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-04 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2026-03-04 Public Law 64 became-law
  • 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/09fbcc67-eabf-47ab-84ef-ab56656e44c9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).