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105 lines
6.4 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Telecommunications wire and valuable metal dealers."
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description: "Adds telecommunications network wire to the definition of \"valuable metal\" for purposes of Indiana law governing valuable metal dealers. Moves existing criminal penalties concerning valuable metals to the criminal code. Provides that a person may not sell or attempt to sell, and a valuable metal dealer may not purchase or attempt to purchase, telecommunications network wire in any amount unless specified conditions are satisfied. Provides that a person who suffers a pecuniary loss as a result of a violation of Indiana law governing valuable metal dealers may bring a civil action for specified damages against the person who caused the loss."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 271"
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citation: "Indiana SB 271 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Creation of New Offenses", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against Property", "METALS AND METAL DEALERS", "TECHNOLOGY; Communication (Including Internet", "Phone Lines", "Print Media", "Radio", "and Television)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Eric Koch", "Rodney Pol", "Wendy McNamara"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2026-01-08"
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last_action: "2026-03-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d54ea39e-5f19-43bb-9507-26e3cd3928e3"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0271"
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source_hash: "0d8a937ab2c6e23bd09bd0d3ca8c142705d8fd387c7a5c684f664e5526280d68"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana SB 271 (2026) — Telecommunications wire and valuable metal dealers.
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Adds telecommunications network wire to the definition of "valuable metal" for purposes of Indiana law governing valuable metal dealers. Moves existing criminal penalties concerning valuable metals to the criminal code. Provides that a person may not sell or attempt to sell, and a valuable metal dealer may not purchase or attempt to purchase, telecommunications network wire in any amount unless specified conditions are satisfied. Provides that a person who suffers a pecuniary loss as a result of a violation of Indiana law governing valuable metal dealers may bring a civil action for specified damages against the person who caused the loss.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0271/SB0271.04.ENGH.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0271/SB0271.05.ENRH.pdf)
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3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0271/SB0271.01.INTR.pdf)
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4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0271/SB0271.03.COMH.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SB 271 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — **76–21** (pass) · lower
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- SB 271 - Koch - 3rd Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
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- SB 271 - McNamara — **94–2** (pass) · lower
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- SB 271 - Koch — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
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- Eric Koch — primary (person)
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- Rodney Pol — primary (person)
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- Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
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- Daryl Schmitt — coauthor (person)
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- Edmond Soliday — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-08** Authored by Senator Koch
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- **2026-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-15** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-15** Senator Pol added as third author
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- **2026-01-15** Senator Freeman added as second author
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- **2026-01-22** Cosponsor: Representative Soliday
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- **2026-01-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 62: yeas 44, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-01-22** Senator Schmitt added as coauthor
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- **2026-01-22** House sponsor: Representative McNamara
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- **2026-01-23** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2026-01-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-19** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-23** Amendment #2 (Zimmerman) motion withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
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- **2026-02-23** Amendment #1 (Zimmerman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 354: yeas 76, nays 21 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-25** Senate advisors appointed: Schmitt, Randolph Lonnie M
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- **2026-02-25** Senate dissented from House amendments
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- **2026-02-25** House conferees appointed: McNamara, Pierce M
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- **2026-02-25** House advisors appointed: Soliday, Lindauer, Gore
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- **2026-02-25** Representative McNamara removed as conferee
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- **2026-02-25** Representative Lindauer removed as advisor
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- **2026-02-25** Representative Lindauer added as conferee
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- **2026-02-25** Representative McNamara added as advisor
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- **2026-02-25** Senate conferees appointed: Koch, Taylor G
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- **2026-02-25** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
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- **2026-02-25** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
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- **2026-02-27** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
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- **2026-02-27** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 323: yeas 50, nays 0
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- **2026-02-27** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 418: yeas 94, nays 2
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- **2026-02-27** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Public Law 142 `became-law`
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- **2026-03-03** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d54ea39e-5f19-43bb-9507-26e3cd3928e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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