republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/sb-284.md

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Bill	Law enforcement civilian oversight boards.	Provides that any type of law enforcement civilian oversight board or commission or any other entity established by a county, municipality, or township to provide civilian oversight over a law enforcement agency, excluding merit boards and commissions, may operate only in an advisory capacity to the applicable law enforcement agency and does not have binding authority over the law enforcement agency.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	SB 284	Indiana SB 284 (2026)	bill	BOARDS COMMISSIONS AND COUNCILS; Generally LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally	enacted	Aaron Freeman Alex Zimmerman Brett Clark Cyndi Carrasco	4	19	2	2026-01-12	2026-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/b9bb41b7-6dfb-4a2f-99b6-b3c1fa341ea3	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0284	14aae4b6b535cbde021df21d396250565d584e2640c059b39507b32c3d756512	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 284 (2026) — Law enforcement civilian oversight boards.

Provides that any type of law enforcement civilian oversight board or commission or any other entity established by a county, municipality, or township to provide civilian oversight over a law enforcement agency, excluding merit boards and commissions, may operate only in an advisory capacity to the applicable law enforcement agency and does not have binding authority over the law enforcement agency.

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 284 - Zimmerman - 3rd Reading — 70–25 (pass) · lower
• SB 284 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading — 38–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
• Alex Zimmerman — primary (person)
• Brett Clark — primary (person)
• Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
• Julie McGuire — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Behning — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-12 Authored by Senators Carrasco, Freeman
• 2026-01-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-22 Senator Clark added as third author
• 2026-01-26 House sponsor: Representative Zimmerman
• 2026-01-26 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 85: yeas 38, nays 6 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-26 Cosponsors: Representatives McGuire, Behning
• 2026-01-27 Referred to the House referral
• 2026-01-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-23 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 358: yeas 70, nays 25 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-25 Returned to the Senate without amendments receipt
• 2026-03-05 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-03-05 Public Law 137 became-law
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the Speaker passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b9bb41b7-6dfb-4a2f-99b6-b3c1fa341ea3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).