republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/sb-246.md

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Bill	Redaction of court records.	Requires the names and specified other information of child victims, child witnesses, and certain other persons to be redacted in criminal actions. Requires the use of an anonymous designator such as "Child Witness No. 1" when redacting a name, and prohibits redaction that uses the person's initials or that describes the person in terms of a family relationship.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	SB 246	Indiana SB 246 (2026)	bill	CHILDREN AND MINORS; Generally COURTS; Witnesses CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Victims	enacted	Aaron Freeman Cyndi Carrasco Garrett Bascom	4	25	3	2026-01-08	2026-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/18cb4d9a-35a4-4bf3-bdf8-a3801f74b3c5	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0246	1b882e85ec8272b47eef39d0d395f5eb73d1dc453477ffb9f8e5971486b93c45	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 246 (2026) — Redaction of court records.

Requires the names and specified other information of child victims, child witnesses, and certain other persons to be redacted in criminal actions. Requires the use of an anonymous designator such as "Child Witness No. 1" when redacting a name, and prohibits redaction that uses the person's initials or that describes the person in terms of a family relationship.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 246 - Freeman — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 246 - Bascom - 3rd Reading — 88–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 246 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
• Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
• Garrett Bascom — primary (person)
• Alex Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
• Andrew Ireland — cosponsor (person)
• Brett Clark — coauthor (person)
• Eric Koch — coauthor (person)
• Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)
• Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)
• Susan Glick — coauthor (person)
• Tony Isa — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-08 Authored by Senator Freeman
• 2026-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-13 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-14 Senator Carrasco added as second author
• 2026-01-15 Senators Pol, Koch, Clark, Glick added as coauthors
• 2026-01-15 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-20 House sponsor: Representative Bascom
• 2026-01-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 39: yeas 46, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-22 Referred to the House referral
• 2026-01-22 Senator Baldwin added as coauthor
• 2026-01-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 Representatives Ireland, Zimmerman added as cosponsors
• 2026-02-05 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-09 Representative Isa added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-16 Amendment #1 (Bascom) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-02-16 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-17 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 269: yeas 88, nays 0 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 286: yeas 47, nays 0
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-03-05 Public Law 129 became-law
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-05 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/18cb4d9a-35a4-4bf3-bdf8-a3801f74b3c5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).