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type: "Bill"
title: "Bail."
description: "Defines \"charitable bail organization\" and allows a charitable organization to pay bail on behalf of specified defendants if the organization meets certain criteria and is certified by the commissioner of the department of insurance (commissioner). Specifies the circumstances under which a certification may be revoked, and exempts from the certification requirement a person that pays bail for: (1) not more than three individuals in any 180 day period; or (2) a relative. Requires the commissioner to adopt rules, including emergency rules, for the certification of charitable bail organizations. Prohibits the state and a political subdivision from: (1) posting bail for any person; or (2) for the purpose of posting bail for any person, providing a grant or other funding, directly or indirectly, to an entity that posts bail for any person. Requires a person paying cash bail, including a charitable bail organization, to execute an agreement allowing the court to retain all or part of the bail to pay certain court costs. Requires that bail be returned to the person who posted it. Provides that a case management system developed and operated by the office of judicial administration must include a searchable field for certain information of the bail agent or a person authorized by the surety that pays bail for an individual."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1300"
citation: "Indiana HB 1300 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BAIL AND BAIL BONDSMEN", "CITIES AND TOWNS", "COUNTY GOVERNMENT", "INSURANCE", "State Department and Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Jack Sandlin", "Michael Young", "Peggy Mayfield"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c892c04c-ea60-4965-aa84-f00f363aebeb"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1300"
source_hash: "5031af59f32a2ce1f32d174cfdf8754bd2712c6ab8bb33bc5fa6839e8850ae49"
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 HB 1300 (2022) — Bail.
Defines "charitable bail organization" and allows a charitable organization to pay bail on behalf of specified defendants if the organization meets certain criteria and is certified by the commissioner of the department of insurance (commissioner). Specifies the circumstances under which a certification may be revoked, and exempts from the certification requirement a person that pays bail for: (1) not more than three individuals in any 180 day period; or (2) a relative. Requires the commissioner to adopt rules, including emergency rules, for the certification of charitable bail organizations. Prohibits the state and a political subdivision from: (1) posting bail for any person; or (2) for the purpose of posting bail for any person, providing a grant or other funding, directly or indirectly, to an entity that posts bail for any person. Requires a person paying cash bail, including a charitable bail organization, to execute an agreement allowing the court to retain all or part of the bail to pay certain court costs. Requires that bail be returned to the person who posted it. Provides that a case management system developed and operated by the office of judicial administration must include a searchable field for certain information of the bail agent or a person authorized by the surety that pays bail for an individual.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1300/versions/HB1300.03.ENGH)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1300/versions/HB1300.05.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1300/versions/HB1300.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1300/versions/HB1300.04.COMS)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1300/versions/HB1300.01.INTR)
## Votes
- HB 1300 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — **35–13** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
- Michael Young — primary (person)
- Peggy Mayfield — primary (person)
- Donna Schaibley — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** Authored by Representative Mayfield
- **2022-01-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Representative Schaibley added as coauthor
- **2022-01-25** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Amendment #3 (Mayfield) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Amendment #2 (Mayfield) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Amendment #1 (Young J) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Amendment #5 (Austin) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-31** Senate sponsors: Senators Freeman, Sandlin, Young M
- **2022-01-31** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 157: yeas 66, nays 24 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** Referred to the Senate
- **2022-02-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-22** Amendment #1 (Taylor G) failed; Roll Call 226: yeas 13, nays 36 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-22** Amendment #3 (Taylor G) failed; Roll Call 227: yeas 13, nays 36 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 256: yeas 35, nays 13 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-28** Motion to dissent filed
- **2022-02-28** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-28** House conferees appointed: Mayfield and Porter
- **2022-02-28** House advisors appointed: Steuerwald, McNamara, Smaltz and Austin
- **2022-03-01** Senate conferees appointed: Freeman and Taylor G
- **2022-03-01** Senate advisors appointed: Sandlin and Pol
- **2022-03-08** Representative Porter removed as conferee
- **2022-03-08** Representative Young J added as conferee
- **2022-03-08** Senator Sandlin removed as advisor
- **2022-03-08** Senator Taylor G removed as conferee
- **2022-03-08** Senator Sandlin added as conferee
- **2022-03-08** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2022-03-08** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2022-03-08** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 397: yeas 68, nays 27
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-09** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 377: yeas 35, nays 15
- **2022-03-15** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-15** Public Law 147
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c892c04c-ea60-4965-aa84-f00f363aebeb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).