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type: "Bill"
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title: "Procedures for obtaining a warrant."
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description: "Specifies that a request for a warrant made orally by telephone, radio, or similar electronic means must be recorded and typed or transcribed. (Under current law, the judge is required to record the request, and the court reporter to type or transcribe it.) Permits certain warrant requests to be: (1) made electronically (where current law only allows this by radio or telephone); and (2) recorded electronically (where current law only permits the use of audio tape). Requires the prosecuting attorney and a law enforcement agency to maintain all requests for warrants, and to provide them to a defendant in discovery."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 159"
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citation: "Indiana SB 159 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Contracts and Legal Documents", "COURTS; Judges", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Evidence", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Prosecuting Attorneys (Non-Elected)", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Warrants", "LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally", "TECHNOLOGY; Computers", "Cell Phones", "and Devices", "TECHNOLOGY; Generally"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Garrett Bascom", "Mike Bohacek"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-08"
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last_action: "2025-04-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0c1bc84-3ad4-48cc-8274-90798973a958"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0159"
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source_hash: "66b02a4d1c12392c1931a4e11dbe63a5318066bf79b07a7c984bba6f47c69070"
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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 159 (2025) — Procedures for obtaining a warrant.
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Specifies that a request for a warrant made orally by telephone, radio, or similar electronic means must be recorded and typed or transcribed. (Under current law, the judge is required to record the request, and the court reporter to type or transcribe it.) Permits certain warrant requests to be: (1) made electronically (where current law only allows this by radio or telephone); and (2) recorded electronically (where current law only permits the use of audio tape). Requires the prosecuting attorney and a law enforcement agency to maintain all requests for warrants, and to provide them to a defendant in discovery.
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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. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0159/SB0159.03.ENGS.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0159/SB0159.05.ENRH.pdf)
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3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0159/SB0159.01.INTR.pdf)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0159/SB0159.04.COMH.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SB 159 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 159 - Bascom - 3rd Reading — **90–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 159 - Freeman — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
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- Garrett Bascom — primary (person)
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- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
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- Eric Koch — coauthor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
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- Rodney Pol — 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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- **2025-01-08** Authored by Senator Freeman
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- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-14** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-16** Senator Bohacek added as second author
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- **2025-01-21** Senators Pol, Koch, Glick added as coauthors
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- **2025-01-21** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-21** Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-01-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 15: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-23** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
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- **2025-01-23** House sponsor: Representative Bascom
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- **2025-01-24** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-21** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-03-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 283: yeas 90, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-10** Motion to concur filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-16** Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 455: yeas 38, nays 0
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- **2025-04-17** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2025-04-22** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-23** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-04-30** Public Law 113 `became-law`
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- **2025-04-30** 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/e0c1bc84-3ad4-48cc-8274-90798973a958`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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