republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/sb-9.md

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Bill	Victim impact statements.	Requires a defendant to be present in the courtroom while a victim makes a statement concerning the crime and the sentence, unless the defendant presents a safety risk or causes a significant disruption. Provides that if a defendant fails to appear at sentencing and is later taken into custody, the court may hold a hearing to permit the victim to makes a statement concerning the crime and the sentence in the presence of the defendant.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	SB 9	Indiana SB 9 (2026)	bill	COURTS; Generally CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against Persons CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Sentencing CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Victims LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS; Prosecutors	enacted	Eric Bassler Joanna King Liz Brown Tyler Johnson	6	28	3	2025-12-08	2026-03-04	openstates	ocd-bill/c30861c8-017c-4692-9a08-89ba8c11f164	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0009	75464d4a03bd8d7e44066767a3d1deec4f9b4591f0d50630d2d9bcbf0556ab4b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 9 (2026) — Victim impact statements.

Requires a defendant to be present in the courtroom while a victim makes a statement concerning the crime and the sentence, unless the defendant presents a safety risk or causes a significant disruption. Provides that if a defendant fails to appear at sentencing and is later taken into custody, the court may hold a hearing to permit the victim to makes a statement concerning the crime and the sentence in the presence of the defendant.

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 9 - King - 3rd Reading — 90–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 9 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 9 - Brown L — 42–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Eric Bassler — primary (person)
• Joanna King — primary (person)
• Liz Brown — primary (person)
• Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
• Aaron Freeman — coauthor (person)
• Brett Clark — coauthor (person)
• Eric Koch — coauthor (person)
• Maureen Bauer — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Morris — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)
• Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)
• Spencer Deery — coauthor (person)
• Susan Glick — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-08 Authored by Senator Brown L
• 2025-12-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-13 Senator Bassler added as third author
• 2026-01-13 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-13 Senator Johnson T added as second author
• 2026-01-15 Senators Pol, Koch, Clark, Glick, Deery added as coauthors
• 2026-01-15 Senator Freeman added as coauthor
• 2026-01-20 Amendment #2 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-01-20 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-22 Senator Baldwin added as coauthor
• 2026-01-22 House sponsor: Representative King
• 2026-01-22 Cosponsor: Representative Morris
• 2026-01-22 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 46: yeas 45, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-23 Referred to the House referral
• 2026-01-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-12 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-16 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-16 Amendment #1 (Meltzer) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-02-17 Representative Bauer added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-17 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 258: yeas 90, 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 269: yeas 42, nays 0
• 2026-02-26 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-02-26 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-03-04 Public Law 66 became-law
• 2026-03-04 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c30861c8-017c-4692-9a08-89ba8c11f164. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).