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type: "Bill"
title: "Various corrections matters."
description: "Eliminates requirements that the department of correction: (1) maintain farm programs for offenders committed to the department; and (2) prepare a report calculating the savings realized as a result of sentencing changes. Replaces a reference to a rule repealed by the department of correction with a requirement that the custody and treatment of juveniles meet the standards and licensing requirements adopted in the administrative rules of the department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 231"
citation: "Indiana SB 231 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Corrections (DOC)", "AGRICULTURE; Generally", "CORRECTIONS; Adult Inmates and Facilities", "CORRECTIONS; Juvenile Inmates and Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cyndi Carrasco", "Mike Bohacek", "Steve Bartels"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/316dd226-99d6-4932-9e3b-dfb21b6c481e"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0231"
source_hash: "cfb96553ab7ca381231039cb3b8ed555df6579be9701cc71c4914a04578b335f"
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 231 (2025) — Various corrections matters.
Eliminates requirements that the department of correction: (1) maintain farm programs for offenders committed to the department; and (2) prepare a report calculating the savings realized as a result of sentencing changes. Replaces a reference to a rule repealed by the department of correction with a requirement that the custody and treatment of juveniles meet the standards and licensing requirements adopted in the administrative rules of the department.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0231/SB0231.03.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0231/SB0231.05.ENGH.pdf)
3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0231/SB0231.06.ENRH.pdf)
4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0231/SB0231.01.INTR.pdf)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0231/SB0231.04.COMH.pdf)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0231/SB0231.02.COMS.pdf)
## Votes
- SB 231 - Bartels — **772** (pass) · lower
- SB 231 - Bohacek - 3rd Reading — **481** (pass) · upper
- SB 231 - Bartels - 2nd Reading — **960** (pass) · lower
- SB 231 - Bohacek — **482** (pass) · upper
- SB 231 - Bartels - 3rd Reading — **900** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
- Steve Bartels — primary (person)
- Lorissa Sweet — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-08** Authored by Senator Bohacek
- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Senator Carrasco added as second author
- **2025-02-18** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** Amendment #2 (Bohacek) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2025-02-20** Cosponsor: Representative Sweet
- **2025-02-20** House sponsor: Representative Bartels
- **2025-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 179: yeas 48, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-17** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-03-17** Amendment #1 (Summers) prevailed; Roll Call 267: yeas 96, nays 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-21** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2025-03-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 289: yeas 90, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08** Senate dissented from House amendments
- **2025-04-08** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
- **2025-04-10** House advisors appointed: Meltzer, McNamara and Bauer
- **2025-04-10** House conferees appointed: Bartels and Gore
- **2025-04-10** Senate advisors appointed: Carrasco and Taylor G
- **2025-04-10** Senate conferees appointed: Bohacek and Pol
- **2025-04-29** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-24** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
- **2025-04-24** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 571: yeas 77, nays 2
- **2025-04-25** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 531: yeas 48, nays 2
- **2025-04-24** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
- **2025-04-24** Representative Lawson added as conferee
- **2025-04-24** Representative Gore removed as conferee
- **2025-05-06** Public Law 193 `became-law`
- **2025-05-06** 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/316dd226-99d6-4932-9e3b-dfb21b6c481e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).