republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/sb-261.md

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Bill	Criminal vandalism.	Renames the crime of "criminal mischief" to "criminal vandalism". Repeals: (1) institutional criminal mischief; (2) cemetery mischief; (3) railroad mischief; and (4) critical infrastructure facility mischief; places them in the "criminal vandalism" statute, and preserves the original penalties and defenses. Repeals and places provisions involving damage to a cave in the criminal vandalism statute. Repeals and places provisions involving depositing refuse in a cave in the littering statute. Makes conforming amendments.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	SB 261	Indiana SB 261 (2026)	bill	CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Creation of New Offenses CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against Persons CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against Property CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against Public Health Order and Decency NATURAL RESOURCES; Generally PROPERTY; Generally	enacted	Aaron Freeman Garrett Bascom Michael Young Scott Baldwin	4	23	2	2026-01-08	2026-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/f5394e07-7e8b-4b25-8a15-40ae57cff2a1	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0261	1db021a18353305e793f8c91fd51a2257d6c33cba1db6eebbbdfb27646e38aad	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 261 (2026) — Criminal vandalism.

Renames the crime of "criminal mischief" to "criminal vandalism". Repeals: (1) institutional criminal mischief; (2) cemetery mischief; (3) railroad mischief; and (4) critical infrastructure facility mischief; places them in the "criminal vandalism" statute, and preserves the original penalties and defenses. Repeals and places provisions involving damage to a cave in the criminal vandalism statute. Repeals and places provisions involving depositing refuse in a cave in the littering statute. Makes conforming amendments.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 261 - Bascom - 3rd Reading — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 261 - Young M - 3rd Reading — 47–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
• Garrett Bascom — primary (person)
• Michael Young — primary (person)
• Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
• Andrew Ireland — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney Pol — coauthor (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 Young M
• 2026-01-22 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-26 Senator Freeman added as second author
• 2026-01-26 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-28 House sponsor: Representative Bascom
• 2026-01-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 126: yeas 47, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-28 Cosponsor: Representative Ireland
• 2026-01-28 Representative Ireland removed as sponsor
• 2026-01-28 Senator Baldwin added as third author
• 2026-01-28 Senator Pol added as coauthor
• 2026-01-28 House sponsor: Representative Ireland
• 2026-01-29 Referred to the House referral
• 2026-02-02 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 352: yeas 97, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-25 Returned to the Senate without amendments receipt
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 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 132 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f5394e07-7e8b-4b25-8a15-40ae57cff2a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).