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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child sex offenses."
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description: "Provides that a criminal prosecution of a sex offense committed against a child that is otherwise barred by the statute of limitations may nevertheless be commenced within five years from the date on which: (1) the state discovers DNA evidence; (2) the state learns of a recording that provides evidence sufficient to charge the offender; or (3) a person confesses to the offense. Specifies that a person commits human trafficking if the person pays money to a human trafficking victim. (Current law provides that the person commits the offense by paying money for a human trafficking victim.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 48"
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citation: "Indiana SB 48 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Crimes Against Children", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Sex Crimes", "CRIMINAL JUSTICE"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kyle Walker", "Michael Crider", "Wendy McNamara"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-01-09"
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last_action: "2023-04-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d049a69d-de04-4c6c-9cce-fe6f511519b3"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/48"
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source_hash: "677f54ccf4adb24577709956ad8299c2708c5948d1b8a536412967810c1b33bd"
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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 48 (2023) — Child sex offenses.
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Provides that a criminal prosecution of a sex offense committed against a child that is otherwise barred by the statute of limitations may nevertheless be commenced within five years from the date on which: (1) the state discovers DNA evidence; (2) the state learns of a recording that provides evidence sufficient to charge the offender; or (3) a person confesses to the offense. Specifies that a person commits human trafficking if the person pays money to a human trafficking victim. (Current law provides that the person commits the offense by paying money for a human trafficking victim.)
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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. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0048/versions/SB0048.04.ENRH)
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2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0048/versions/SB0048.01.INTR)
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3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0048/versions/SB0048.03.COMH)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0048/versions/SB0048.02.COMS)
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## Votes
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- SB 48 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — **90–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kyle Walker — primary (person)
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- Michael Crider — primary (person)
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- Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
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- Aaron Freeman — coauthor (person)
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- Elizabeth Rowray — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Koch — coauthor (person)
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- Jack Sandlin — coauthor (person)
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- Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)
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- Susan Glick — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-09** Authored by Senator Crider
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- **2023-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-10** Senator Walker K added as second author
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- **2023-01-19** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-01-19** Senators Freeman, Sandlin, Koch, Glick added as coauthors
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- **2023-01-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-01-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 16: yeas 50, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-01-24** House sponsor: Representative McNamara
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- **2023-01-24** Senator Baldwin added as coauthor
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- **2023-01-25** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2023-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-27** Representative Rowray E added as cosponsor
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- **2023-03-09** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-14** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 258: yeas 90, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-15** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
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- **2023-03-20** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2023-03-22** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-03-29** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-04-05** Public Law 3 `became-law`
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- **2023-04-05** 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/d049a69d-de04-4c6c-9cce-fe6f511519b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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