republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/hb-1360.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Access to public records."
description: "Allows a public agency to establish and maintain an electronic portal for submission of public records requests that: (1) incorporates CAPTCHA or an equivalent mechanism for ensuring that a requestor is a human; (2) requires verification of a requestor's physical address; (3) indicates to the public agency whether the requestor is a resident of Indiana; and (4) automatically tracks and reports submissions suspected to be automated or to have originated from known sources of phishing or data scraping. Provides that a public agency may deny a public record request if the request: (1) is made by a person that is a party to pending or ongoing litigation; and (2) is duplicative of a discovery request made by the person in the pending or ongoing litigation. Provides that: (1) a public agency may decline to respond to a public records request if the public agency suspects: (A) the request to be data scraping or phishing activity; or (B) that responding to the request electronically may: (i) expose the public agency's electronic systems or data to unauthorized access or alteration; or (ii) otherwise jeopardize the security of the public agency's electronic systems or data; and (2) if the public agency declines to respond to the request, the public agency must report: (A) the request; and (B) the public agency's reason for declining to respond to the request; to the public access counselor. Allows a public agency to collect a supplemental fee for processing public records requests submitted by non-Indiana residents or out-of-state entities. Allows a public agency to give priority in fulfilling public records requests to: (1) Indiana residents; and (2) requests submitted for civic, journalistic, academic, or personal use. Requires public agencies to report to the public access counselor regarding public records requests suspected of being automated, data scraping activity, or phishing activity (suspect public records requests). Provides that the general assembly may establish reasonable and narrowly tailored procedural safeguards to preserve the integrity and availability of public agency resources. Requires the public access counselor to: (1) take specified actions with regard to identifying excessive and suspect public records requests; and (2) include in the public access counselor's annual report: (A) information regarding the volume and nature of public records requests received by public agencies, including information regarding suspect public records requests reported by public agencies; and (B) recommendations to the general assembly regarding statutory or administrative remedies to excessive and suspect public records requests."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1360"
citation: "Indiana HB 1360 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Generally", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Generally", "PUBLIC RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liz Brown", "Matt Lehman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e098d0a-4823-4177-b5ce-0cde7f027745"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1360"
source_hash: "03a2952fac21c9bf30b0d6cf5dda92fd17e7bc50713682a4b02348cfff429d75"
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 HB 1360 (2026) — Access to public records.

Allows a public agency to establish and maintain an electronic portal for submission of public records requests that: (1) incorporates CAPTCHA or an equivalent mechanism for ensuring that a requestor is a human; (2) requires verification of a requestor's physical address; (3) indicates to the public agency whether the requestor is a resident of Indiana; and (4) automatically tracks and reports submissions suspected to be automated or to have originated from known sources of phishing or data scraping. Provides that a public agency may deny a public record request if the request: (1) is made by a person that is a party to pending or ongoing litigation; and (2) is duplicative of a discovery request made by the person in the pending or ongoing litigation. Provides that: (1) a public agency may decline to respond to a public records request if the public agency suspects: (A) the request to be data scraping or phishing activity; or (B) that responding to the request electronically may: (i) expose the public agency's electronic systems or data to unauthorized access or alteration; or (ii) otherwise jeopardize the security of the public agency's electronic systems or data; and (2) if the public agency declines to respond to the request, the public agency must report: (A) the request; and (B) the public agency's reason for declining to respond to the request; to the public access counselor. Allows a public agency to collect a supplemental fee for processing public records requests submitted by non-Indiana residents or out-of-state entities. Allows a public agency to give priority in fulfilling public records requests to: (1) Indiana residents; and (2) requests submitted for civic, journalistic, academic, or personal use. Requires public agencies to report to the public access counselor regarding public records requests suspected of being automated, data scraping activity, or phishing activity (suspect public records requests). Provides that the general assembly may establish reasonable and narrowly tailored procedural safeguards to preserve the integrity and availability of public agency resources. Requires the public access counselor to: (1) take specified actions with regard to identifying excessive and suspect public records requests; and (2) include in the public access counselor's annual report: (A) information regarding the volume and nature of public records requests received by public agencies, including information regarding suspect public records requests reported by public agencies; and (B) recommendations to the general assembly regarding statutory or administrative remedies to excessive and suspect public records requests.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1360/HB1360.03.ENGH.pdf)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1360/HB1360.05.ENRS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1360/HB1360.04.COMS.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1360/HB1360.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1360 - Lehman — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1360 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1360 - Lehman - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Liz Brown — primary (person)
- Matt Lehman — primary (person)
- Doug Miller — coauthor (person)
- Gregory Porter — coauthor (person)
- Martin Carbaugh — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08** Authored by Representative Lehman
- **2026-01-08** Coauthored by Representative Carbaugh
- **2026-01-15** Representative Porter added as coauthor
- **2026-01-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-22** Representative Miller D added as coauthor
- **2026-01-27** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-27** Amendment #1 (Lehman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-28** Senate sponsor: Senator Brown L
- **2026-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 115: yeas 94, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-01-29** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2026-02-02** First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 257: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 381: yeas 95, nays 0
- **2026-02-25** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2026-02-25** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Public Law 97 `became-law`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-03-04** 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/7e098d0a-4823-4177-b5ce-0cde7f027745`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).