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type: "Bill"
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title: "Jury duty exemption for women breastfeeding."
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description: "Exempts a woman who is breastfeeding from jury duty. Sets forth requirements."
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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 139"
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citation: "Indiana SB 139 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["COURTS; Generally", "COURTS; Juries", "HEALTH; Pregnancy"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Julie Olthoff", "Linda Rogers", "Stacey Donato"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-05"
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last_action: "2026-03-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24750632-0137-414c-b522-808a2e926f8c"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0139"
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source_hash: "7d1234752c4e1efa690c3ebfcdb07c78dce17f47e0300ad88956829b79ef7c2f"
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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 139 (2026) — Jury duty exemption for women breastfeeding.
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Exempts a woman who is breastfeeding from jury duty. Sets forth requirements.
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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. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0139/SB0139.04.ENRH.pdf)
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2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0139/SB0139.01.INTR.pdf)
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3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0139/SB0139.02.COMS.pdf)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0139/SB0139.03.COMH.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SB 139 - Donato - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 139 - Olthoff - 3rd Reading — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
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- Julie Olthoff — primary (person)
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- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
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- Stacey Donato — primary (person)
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- Becky Cash — cosponsor (person)
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- James Buck — coauthor (person)
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- Jennifer Meltzer — cosponsor (person)
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- Joanna King — cosponsor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
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- Michael Young — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-05** Authored by Senator Donato
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- **2026-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-06** Senator Doriot added as second author
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- **2026-01-08** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-12** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
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- **2026-01-12** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-13** Senator Young M added as coauthor
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- **2026-01-13** Senator Buck added as coauthor
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- **2026-01-13** House sponsor: Representative Olthoff
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- **2026-01-13** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 22: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-01-13** Senator Rogers added as third author
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- **2026-01-14** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2026-01-20** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** Representative King added as cosponsor
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- **2026-02-02** Representative Meltzer added as cosponsor
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- **2026-02-17** Representative Cash added as cosponsor
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- **2026-02-18** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 340: yeas 98, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-25** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Public Law 69 `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/24750632-0137-414c-b522-808a2e926f8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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