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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedures."
description: "Increases the penalty levels of crimes related to fentanyl. Provides that a court shall consider requiring certain persons charged with a crime of domestic violence to wear a monitoring device as a condition of bail. Requires that a bail hearing for a violent arrestee or a repeat violent arrestee be held in open court and provides that before releasing a violent arrestee or a repeat violent arrestee on bail the court must review the probable cause affidavit or arrest warrant and impose money bail payable by surety bond or cash deposit. Provides that in accordance with IC 27-10-2-4.5(g)(2), a charitable bail organization may not pay money bail on behalf of a violent arrestee or a repeat violent arrestee. Makes conforming changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 324"
citation: "Indiana SB 324 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; Charitable Organizations and Nonprofits", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Crimes Against Children", "COURTS; Bail and Bail Bondsmen", "COURTS; Judges", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Illicit Drugs", "Substances", "and Alcohol Offenses", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against Persons", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Rules of Trial Procedure", "LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Chris Jeter", "Cyndi Carrasco", "Eric Koch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45fcd140-d13e-4255-b61b-94c74e928bae"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0324"
source_hash: "42a06825658d8e0eb7a9caee3a01a0e00569ba870f140ad59c7ac4fcb4ddd576"
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 324 (2025) — Criminal procedures.
Increases the penalty levels of crimes related to fentanyl. Provides that a court shall consider requiring certain persons charged with a crime of domestic violence to wear a monitoring device as a condition of bail. Requires that a bail hearing for a violent arrestee or a repeat violent arrestee be held in open court and provides that before releasing a violent arrestee or a repeat violent arrestee on bail the court must review the probable cause affidavit or arrest warrant and impose money bail payable by surety bond or cash deposit. Provides that in accordance with IC 27-10-2-4.5(g)(2), a charitable bail organization may not pay money bail on behalf of a violent arrestee or a repeat violent arrestee. Makes conforming changes.
## 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/SB0324/SB0324.04.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0324/SB0324.06.ENRH.pdf)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0324/SB0324.01.INTR.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0324/SB0324.05.COMH.pdf)
## Votes
- SB 324 - Jeter - 3rd Reading — **920** (pass) · lower
- SB 324 - Jeter — **890** (pass) · lower
- SB 324 - Freeman — **481** (pass) · upper
- SB 324 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — **463** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Chris Jeter — primary (person)
- Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- Daryl Schmitt — coauthor (person)
- Garrett Bascom — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Andrade — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Alexander — coauthor (person)
- Wendy McNamara — 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 Senator Freeman
- **2025-01-28** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Senator Koch added as second author
- **2025-01-30** Senator Carrasco added as third author
- **2025-02-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-17** Amendment #3 (Qaddoura) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Amendment #2 (Baldwin) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 153: yeas 46, nays 3 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** House sponsor: Representative Jeter
- **2025-02-19** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Representative Andrade added as cosponsor
- **2025-04-03** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-07** Representatives McNamara, Bascom, Andrade added as cosponsors
- **2025-04-07** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-04-07** Representative Andrade removed as cosponsor
- **2025-04-08** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 400: yeas 92, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Senator Alexander added as coauthor
- **2025-04-10** Senator Schmitt added as coauthor
- **2025-04-14** Senate dissented from House amendments
- **2025-04-14** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
- **2025-04-14** Senate conferees appointed: Freeman and Pol
- **2025-04-14** Senate advisors appointed: Taylor G, Koch and Carrasco
- **2025-04-15** Representative Bascom added as advisor
- **2025-04-15** House advisors appointed: McNamara, Steuerwald, Zimmerman and Pierce M
- **2025-04-15** House conferees appointed: Jeter and Andrade
- **2025-04-24** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
- **2025-04-24** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Public Law 197 `became-law`
- **2025-05-06** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 524: yeas 48, nays 1
- **2025-04-24** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 561: yeas 89, nays 0
- **2025-04-24** Senator Pol removed as conferee
- **2025-04-24** Senator Baldwin added as conferee
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45fcd140-d13e-4255-b61b-94c74e928bae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).