republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/sb-256.md

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Bill	Foreign agent registration, foreign terrorist organizations, and foreign adversaries.	Provides that contracts entered into, amended, or renewed by a qualified entity for the provision of a technological product or service must contain a provision requiring the contractor to confirm that the contractor and any subcontractors working under the contract for the contractor are not prohibited persons. Requires certain persons acting on behalf of a hostile foreign country to register with the attorney general. Establishes a procedure to deny state benefits to persons who aid a foreign terrorist organization. Requires a state educational institution to meet certain requirements regarding the admission and enrollment of a foreign student into qualifying programs at state educational institutions. Requires an approved postsecondary educational institution to provide to the commission for higher education the number of foreign students currently enrolled in a qualifying program and the number of foreign students enrolled in a qualifying program for each academic year for the preceding 10 years. Prohibits certain individuals and business entities from acquiring real property located in Indiana. Provides that an agreement or cooperative agreement between a unit and a prohibited person is contrary to public policy and is void and unenforceable. Repeals existing statutes regarding foreign ownership of agricultural land.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	SB 256	Indiana SB 256 (2026)	bill	AGENCIES; Commission for Higher Education (CHE) CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against Public Health Order and Decency ELECTIONS; Generally FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; Citizenship and Immigration FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; Generally GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Generally GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Lobbying and Lobbyists HIGHER EDUCATION; Generally LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; Collective Bargaining Benefits and Wages PROPERTY; Generally STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS; Attorney General	enacted	Aaron Freeman Chris Garten Eric Koch Matt Commons	6	45	4	2026-01-08	2026-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/b731fe68-e519-48ff-95ec-f94ed3c57109	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0256	7789350c332b2362b1c634f17f50090981483ab8b88420535153a0541be80e50	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 256 (2026) — Foreign agent registration, foreign terrorist organizations, and foreign adversaries.

Provides that contracts entered into, amended, or renewed by a qualified entity for the provision of a technological product or service must contain a provision requiring the contractor to confirm that the contractor and any subcontractors working under the contract for the contractor are not prohibited persons. Requires certain persons acting on behalf of a hostile foreign country to register with the attorney general. Establishes a procedure to deny state benefits to persons who aid a foreign terrorist organization. Requires a state educational institution to meet certain requirements regarding the admission and enrollment of a foreign student into qualifying programs at state educational institutions. Requires an approved postsecondary educational institution to provide to the commission for higher education the number of foreign students currently enrolled in a qualifying program and the number of foreign students enrolled in a qualifying program for each academic year for the preceding 10 years. Prohibits certain individuals and business entities from acquiring real property located in Indiana. Provides that an agreement or cooperative agreement between a unit and a prohibited person is contrary to public policy and is void and unenforceable. Repeals existing statutes regarding foreign ownership of agricultural land.

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 (H) (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 256 - Garten — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 256 - Commons — 82–13 (pass) · lower
• SB 256 - Garten - 3rd Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 256 - Commons - 3rd Reading — 93–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
• Chris Garten — primary (person)
• Eric Koch — primary (person)
• Matt Commons — primary (person)
• Andrew Ireland — cosponsor (person)
• Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
• Chris Jeter — cosponsor (person)
• Chris Judy — cosponsor (person)
• Daryl Schmitt — coauthor (person)
• Gary Byrne — coauthor (person)
• Justin Busch — coauthor (person)
• Liz Brown — coauthor (person)
• Randy Maxwell — coauthor (person)
• Ron Alting — coauthor (person)
• Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-08 Authored by Senators Garten, Koch, Freeman
• 2026-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-08 Coauthored by Senators Busch, Baldwin
• 2026-01-15 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-20 Amendment #1 (Garten) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-01-20 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-22 Senator Schmitt added as coauthor
• 2026-01-22 Senator Byrne added as coauthor
• 2026-01-26 Senator Doriot added as coauthor
• 2026-01-26 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 82: yeas 44, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-26 House sponsor: Representative Commons
• 2026-01-26 Cosponsors: Representatives Judy, Jeter
• 2026-01-27 Referred to the House referral
• 2026-01-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-16 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-18 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-18 Amendment #1 (Judy) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-02-18 Representative Ireland added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-18 Amendment #2 (Commons) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-02-19 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 292: yeas 93, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-20 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2026-02-24 Senator Maxwell added as coauthor
• 2026-02-24 House conferees appointed: Commons, Garcia Wilburn
• 2026-02-24 House advisors appointed: Judy, Jeter, Ireland, Burton
• 2026-02-24 Motion to dissent filed filing
• 2026-02-24 Senate dissented from House amendments
• 2026-02-25 Senator Brown L added as coauthor
• 2026-02-25 Senate conferees appointed: Garten, Taylor G
• 2026-02-25 Senate advisors appointed: Randolph Lonnie M, Baldwin, Koch
• 2026-02-26 Representative Judy added as conferee
• 2026-02-26 Representative Garcia Wilburn removed as conferee
• 2026-02-26 Representative Judy removed as advisor
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-03-05 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-03-05 Public Law 131 became-law
• 2026-02-27 Senator Alting added as coauthor
• 2026-02-27 Senator Baldwin removed as advisor
• 2026-02-27 Senator Taylor G removed as conferee
• 2026-02-27 Senator Baldwin added as conferee
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-02-27 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 316: yeas 49, nays 0
• 2026-02-27 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 412: yeas 82, nays 13
• 2026-02-27 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
• 2026-02-27 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b731fe68-e519-48ff-95ec-f94ed3c57109. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).