republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/sb-318.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Required disclosures and access of foreign media."
description: "Requires certain media entities operating in Indiana to disclose: (1) foreign ownership; (2) foreign funding; and (3) the use of foreign sourced or influenced content. Authorizes the secretary of state to impose a civil penalty of not more than $50,000 for a knowing or intentional violation of the disclosure requirements. Provides that the secretary of state shall publish a list of Indiana media entities that have complied with certain requirements. Requires certain media entities to obtain special accreditation from the department of administration to attend state media events, and allows the department of administration to revoke the special accreditation under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 318"
citation: "Indiana SB 318 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISEMENTS AND NOTICES", "AGENCIES; Department of Administration (IDOA)", "BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; Generally", "CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Liabilities", "Damages", "and Penalties", "FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; Citizenship and Immigration", "STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS; Secretary of State", "STATE GOVERNMENT; Generally", "TECHNOLOGY; Communication (Including Internet", "Phone Lines", "Print Media", "Radio", "and Television)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Buchanan", "Chris Garten", "Heath VanNatter", "Scott Baldwin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e074a927-f1b3-4c91-8014-de67a55da771"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0318"
source_hash: "55fae3ec1bc2e7a00decbfa6947bd793acb2e2aaaf3dc5e305d46b6ddf6ebf42"
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 318 (2025) — Required disclosures and access of foreign media.

Requires certain media entities operating in Indiana to disclose: (1) foreign ownership; (2) foreign funding; and (3) the use of foreign sourced or influenced content. Authorizes the secretary of state to impose a civil penalty of not more than $50,000 for a knowing or intentional violation of the disclosure requirements. Provides that the secretary of state shall publish a list of Indiana media entities that have complied with certain requirements. Requires certain media entities to obtain special accreditation from the department of administration to attend state media events, and allows the department of administration to revoke the special accreditation under certain circumstances.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0318/SB0318.04.ENRH.pdf)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0318/SB0318.01.INTR.pdf)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0318/SB0318.02.COMS.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0318/SB0318.03.COMH.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 318 - Baldwin — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 318 - Baldwin - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 318 - VanNatter - 3rd Reading — **61–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Buchanan — primary (person)
- Chris Garten — primary (person)
- Heath VanNatter — primary (person)
- Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
- Alaina Shonkwiler — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Judy — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Byrne — coauthor (person)
- Justin Busch — coauthor (person)
- Spencer Deery — coauthor (person)
- Steve Bartels — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Authored by Senator Baldwin
- **2025-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** Senator Buchanan added as second author
- **2025-01-23** Senator Garten added as third author
- **2025-01-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Senators Busch and Deery added as coauthors
- **2025-02-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 59: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-02-03** House sponsor: Representative VanNatter
- **2025-02-03** Senator Byrne added as coauthor
- **2025-02-04** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-04-07** Representatives Shonkwiler and Bartels added as cosponsors
- **2025-04-07** Representative Judy added as cosponsor
- **2025-04-07** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 373: yeas 61, nays 32 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2025-04-08** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2025-04-16** Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 459: 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** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-01** Public Law 132 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e074a927-f1b3-4c91-8014-de67a55da771`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).