republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/hb-1047.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual offenses."
description: "Provides that an action for injury to a person that results from the sexual abuse of a child, that has expired under the current statute of limitations, may be commenced before July 1, 2025, against specified entities seeking bankruptcy protection, if certain circumstances exist. Provides that certain images created by artificial intelligence or similar means constitute an \"intimate image\" for purposes of: (1) a civil action involving nonconsensual pornography; or (2) the crime of distributing an intimate image. Specifies that an intimate image, for purposes of the criminal offense, must appear to depict the alleged victim. Exempts certain news media and internet and cloud service providers from the criminal offense under certain circumstances. Provides that \"peep\", for purposes of the voyeurism statute, includes the use of a concealed camera with the intent of capturing an intimate image. Makes conforming amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1047"
citation: "Indiana HB 1047 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Sex Offenses", "OBSCENITY AND PORNOGRAPHY", "TECHNOLOGY; Artificial Intelligence and Robotics", "TECHNOLOGY; Computers", "Cell Phones", "and Devices"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cyndi Carrasco", "Sharon Negele", "Susan Glick"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9fc9b4e-5329-44fc-9179-e80cb9d7f5d6"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1047"
source_hash: "884ac0ae030abc51f3e3419dca03755063064bf98305579d78d49ae1f47689a9"
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 1047 (2024) — Sexual offenses.

Provides that an action for injury to a person that results from the sexual abuse of a child, that has expired under the current statute of limitations, may be commenced before July 1, 2025, against specified entities seeking bankruptcy protection, if certain circumstances exist. Provides that certain images created by artificial intelligence or similar means constitute an "intimate image" for purposes of: (1) a civil action involving nonconsensual pornography; or (2) the crime of distributing an intimate image. Specifies that an intimate image, for purposes of the criminal offense, must appear to depict the alleged victim. Exempts certain news media and internet and cloud service providers from the criminal offense under certain circumstances. Provides that "peep", for purposes of the voyeurism statute, includes the use of a concealed camera with the intent of capturing an intimate image. Makes conforming amendments.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1047/HB1047.05.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1047/HB1047.03.ENGH.pdf)
3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1047/HB1047.06.ENRS.pdf)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1047/HB1047.02.COMH.pdf)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1047/HB1047.04.COMS.pdf)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1047/HB1047.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1047 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- HB 1047 - Negele - 3rd Reading — **82–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1047 - Negele — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
- Sharon Negele — primary (person)
- Susan Glick — primary (person)
- Chris Jeter — coauthor (person)
- David Vinzant — cosponsor (person)
- Lori Goss-Reaves — coauthor (person)
- Rodney Pol — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** Authored by Representative Negele
- **2024-01-11** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-16** Amendment #2 (Negele) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-16** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-18** Senate sponsor: Senator Carrasco
- **2024-01-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 14: yeas 82, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-01-18** Representative Jeter C added as coauthor
- **2024-01-19** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2024-01-18** Representative Goss-Reaves added as coauthor
- **2024-01-25** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Senator Glick added as second sponsor
- **2024-02-26** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-26** Senator Pol added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-26** Senator Vinzant added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-26** Amendment #1 (Bohacek) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Amendment #2 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 204: yeas 48, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2024-03-05** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2024-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 273: yeas 95, nays 0
- **2024-03-07** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Public Law 79 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9fc9b4e-5329-44fc-9179-e80cb9d7f5d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).