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type: "Bill"
title: "Law enforcement procedures."
description: "Requires an affidavit for probable cause, or a person testifying at a probable cause hearing, to make certain disclosures relating to a possible conflict of interest. Specifies that a probable cause affidavit must be redacted under certain circumstances. Prohibits a law enforcement officer from directing, encouraging, or knowingly permitting a person who is not a law enforcement officer to question a person in custody under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 259"
citation: "Indiana SB 259 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Contracts and Legal Documents", "COURTS; Judges", "COURTS; Witnesses", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Evidence", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Rules of Trial Procedure", "LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Garrett Bascom", "Michael Young", "Ron Alting"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7476e31d-afd6-4e74-b0c9-fa48462aa408"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0259"
source_hash: "f3ee46a8aaac4deabe66dff7a2d08e6ea9fe3e69ffd048d3aade2f38f47b1abb"
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 259 (2025) — Law enforcement procedures.
Requires an affidavit for probable cause, or a person testifying at a probable cause hearing, to make certain disclosures relating to a possible conflict of interest. Specifies that a probable cause affidavit must be redacted under certain circumstances. Prohibits a law enforcement officer from directing, encouraging, or knowingly permitting a person who is not a law enforcement officer to question a person in custody under certain circumstances.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0259/SB0259.04.ENGH.pdf)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0259/SB0259.05.ENRH.pdf)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0259/SB0259.01.INTR.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0259/SB0259.03.COMH.pdf)
## Votes
- SB 259 - Alting — **390** (pass) · upper
- SB 259 - Bascom - 3rd Reading — **900** (pass) · lower
- SB 259 - Alting - 3rd Reading — **490** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Garrett Bascom — primary (person)
- Michael Young — primary (person)
- Ron Alting — primary (person)
- Andrew Ireland — cosponsor (person)
- Mitch Gore — cosponsor (person)
- Sheila Klinker — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** Authored by Senators Alting and Freeman
- **2025-02-04** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-06** Senator Young M added as third author
- **2025-02-06** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-10** House sponsor: Representative Bascom
- **2025-02-10** Cosponsor: Representative Klinker
- **2025-02-10** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 87: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-02-11** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-07** Representative Ireland added as cosponsor
- **2025-04-07** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-04-07** Amendment #1 (Ireland) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-08** Representative Gore added as cosponsor
- **2025-04-08** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 399: yeas 90, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2025-04-16** Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 458: yeas 39, nays 0
- **2025-04-17** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Public Law 131 `became-law`
- **2025-05-01** 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/7476e31d-afd6-4e74-b0c9-fa48462aa408`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).