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type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual assault victims' rights."
description: "Provides rights to sexual assault victims, including the right to: (1) speak with a victim advocate or victim service provider, if available, and a victims assistance or a social worker, if a victim advocate or victim service provider is not available, before a forensic medical exam or during the course of an investigation; (2) the collection of sexual assault forensic evidence; and (3) notice. Requires a provider, before commencing a forensic medical examination, or as soon as possible, to notify a victim advocate or victim service provider, if available, or victims assistance or a social worker, if a victim advocate or victim service provider is not available."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 146"
citation: "Indiana SB 146 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["VICTIMS OF CRIME", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Sex Crimes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Donna Schaibley", "James Merritt", "John Ruckelshaus"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3be3b862-a811-4527-b0c3-7191902cf625"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/146"
source_hash: "89c3492661886ab74af0789ba7343df9f39cbe1da088e2daf19a0494236bd954"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---
# Indiana SB 146 (2020) — Sexual assault victims' rights.
Provides rights to sexual assault victims, including the right to: (1) speak with a victim advocate or victim service provider, if available, and a victims assistance or a social worker, if a victim advocate or victim service provider is not available, before a forensic medical exam or during the course of an investigation; (2) the collection of sexual assault forensic evidence; and (3) notice. Requires a provider, before commencing a forensic medical examination, or as soon as possible, to notify a victim advocate or victim service provider, if available, or victims assistance or a social worker, if a victim advocate or victim service provider is not available.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0146/versions/SB0146.03.ENGS)
2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0146/versions/SB0146.05.ENGH)
3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0146/versions/SB0146.06.ENRH)
4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0146/versions/SB0146.01.INTR)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0146/versions/SB0146.04.COMH)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0146/versions/SB0146.02.COMS)
## Votes
- SB 146 - Doriot - 3rd Reading — **490** (pass) · upper
- SB 146 - Schaibley - 3rd Reading — **950** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Donna Schaibley — primary (person)
- James Merritt — primary (person)
- John Ruckelshaus — primary (person)
- Dale DeVon — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Sandlin — coauthor (person)
- Michael Crider — coauthor (person)
- Michael Young — coauthor (person)
- Sharon Negele — cosponsor (person)
- Sue Errington — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy McNamara — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-06** Authored by Senator Doriot
- **2020-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-07** Senator Ruckelshaus added as second author
- **2020-01-28** Senator Merritt added as third author
- **2020-01-28** Senator Sandlin added as coauthor
- **2020-01-28** Senator Young M added as coauthor
- **2020-01-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-03** Amendment #1 (Doriot) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2020-02-03** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 140: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-04** House sponsor: Representative Schaibley
- **2020-02-04** Cosponsors: Representatives DeVon, McNamara, Miller
- **2020-02-04** Senator Crider added as coauthor
- **2020-02-05** Referred to the House
- **2020-02-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-27** Rule 105.1 suspended
- **2020-02-27** Representative Errington added as cosponsor
- **2020-03-02** Amendment #3 (Schaibley) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-02** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 272: yeas 95, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-03** Rule 105.1 suspended
- **2020-03-03** Representative Negele added as cosponsor
- **2020-03-04** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-04** Motion to concur filed
- **2020-03-05** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 338: yeas 40, nays 2 `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2020-03-16** Signed by the Speaker
- **2020-03-18** Public Law 58
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3be3b862-a811-4527-b0c3-7191902cf625`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).