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type: "Bill"
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title: "Grooming."
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description: "Adds a facility or event that provides entertainment or programming primarily directed toward a child less than 18 years of age to the list of facilities at which a sexually violent predator or an offender against children may not work or volunteer. Adds entering a facility or location holding an event that provides entertainment or programming primarily directed toward a child less than 18 years of age by a serious sex offender to the crime of unlawful entry by a serious sex offender. Renames the offense of \"inappropriate communication with a child\" to \"sexual grooming\", and provides (in addition to the current elements of the offense) that a person commits the offense if the person engages in a pattern of repeated or continuous contact with an individual whom the person believes to be a child less than 14 years of age, with the intent to condition the individual to be less resistant to future sexual conduct or sexual activity. Specifies that \"computer network\" includes cellular telephones."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 119"
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citation: "Indiana SB 119 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ADULT ENTERTAINMENT AND SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Crimes Against Children", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Generally", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Generally", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Sex Offenses"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dan Dernulc", "Julie Olthoff", "Liz Brown", "Rick Niemeyer"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-12-09"
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last_action: "2026-03-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2b2420b-4676-49fc-99ec-f0ddb035fe42"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0119"
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source_hash: "d2d73c72570aea51eeda353b666327f5288c471174b4bc1b0fa2cb0ef01c3f38"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana SB 119 (2026) — Grooming.
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Adds a facility or event that provides entertainment or programming primarily directed toward a child less than 18 years of age to the list of facilities at which a sexually violent predator or an offender against children may not work or volunteer. Adds entering a facility or location holding an event that provides entertainment or programming primarily directed toward a child less than 18 years of age by a serious sex offender to the crime of unlawful entry by a serious sex offender. Renames the offense of "inappropriate communication with a child" to "sexual grooming", and provides (in addition to the current elements of the offense) that a person commits the offense if the person engages in a pattern of repeated or continuous contact with an individual whom the person believes to be a child less than 14 years of age, with the intent to condition the individual to be less resistant to future sexual conduct or sexual activity. Specifies that "computer network" includes cellular telephones.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0119/SB0119.03.ENGS.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0119/SB0119.05.ENGH.pdf)
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3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0119/SB0119.06.ENRH.pdf)
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4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0119/SB0119.01.INTR.pdf)
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5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0119/SB0119.04.COMH.pdf)
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6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0119/SB0119.02.COMS.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SB 119 - Dernulc - 3rd Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 119 - Dernulc — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 119 - Olthoff - 3rd Reading — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dan Dernulc — primary (person)
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- Julie Olthoff — primary (person)
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- Liz Brown — primary (person)
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- Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
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- Becky Cash — cosponsor (person)
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- Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
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- Brett Clark — coauthor (person)
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- John Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
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- Michael Young — coauthor (person)
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- Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-09** Authored by Senator Dernulc
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- **2025-12-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-22** Senators Clark, Pol added as coauthors
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- **2026-01-22** Senator Niemeyer added as second author
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- **2026-01-26** Amendment #2 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-01-26** Senator Brown L added as third author
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- **2026-01-26** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-27** House sponsor: Representative Olthoff
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- **2026-01-27** Cosponsor: Representative Bartlett
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- **2026-01-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 96: yeas 46, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-01-27** Senator Young M added as coauthor
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- **2026-01-28** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2026-01-28** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
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- **2026-01-28** Representative Cash added as cosponsor
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- **2026-01-29** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-19** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Amendment #1 (Zimmerman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-23** Amendment #2 (Ireland) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 339: yeas 98, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-25** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
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- **2026-02-25** Motion to concur filed `filing`
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- **2026-02-25** Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 293: yeas 48, nays 0
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- **2026-02-26** Senator Doriot added as coauthor
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Public Law 111 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2b2420b-4676-49fc-99ec-f0ddb035fe42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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