republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/sb-140.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public safety."
description: "Amends the definition of \"threat\" in the intimidation statute to include posting a person's personal information on a social media platform with the intent to cause: (1) bodily injury to the person; (2) damage to the person's property; or (3) the commission of a crime against the person. Increases the penalty for intimidation if committed against a legislator."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 140"
citation: "Indiana SB 140 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Creation of New Offenses", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against Persons", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against Public Health", "Order", "and Decency", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against State Public Administration", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Generally", "TECHNOLOGY; Communication (Including Internet", "Phone Lines", "Print Media", "Radio", "and Television)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Alex Zimmerman", "Susan Glick", "Vaneta Becker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-05"
last_action: "2026-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/649ef916-f438-4530-9ddc-68c9686c6cfb"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0140"
source_hash: "acb2931a7597a1ea5896f0353831c1237b8a71741b6e1f5ac4f69c314ae3126a"
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 140 (2026) — Public safety.

Amends the definition of "threat" in the intimidation statute to include posting a person's personal information on a social media platform with the intent to cause: (1) bodily injury to the person; (2) damage to the person's property; or (3) the commission of a crime against the person. Increases the penalty for intimidation if committed against a legislator.

## 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/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0140/SB0140.03.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0140/SB0140.05.ENRH.pdf)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0140/SB0140.01.INTR.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0140/SB0140.04.COMH.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 140 - Zimmerman - 3rd Reading — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 140 - Becker — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 140 - Zimmerman — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 140 - Becker - 3rd Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Alex Zimmerman — primary (person)
- Susan Glick — primary (person)
- Vaneta Becker — primary (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — coauthor (person)
- Garrett Bascom — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Goode — coauthor (person)
- Greg Walker — coauthor (person)
- Jean Leising — coauthor (person)
- Jim Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Walker — coauthor (person)
- Michael Young — coauthor (person)
- Spencer Deery — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** Authored by Senators Becker, Freeman, Glick
- **2026-01-05** Coauthored by Senators Leising, Goode, Charbonneau, Deery, Walker G
- **2026-01-08** Senator Walker K added as coauthor
- **2026-01-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-22** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-22** Amendment #3 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-26** House sponsor: Representative Zimmerman
- **2026-01-26** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 70: yeas 44, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-01-27** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2026-01-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** Representative Bascom added as cosponsor
- **2026-02-12** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-16** Representative Lucas added as cosponsor
- **2026-02-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 264: yeas 88, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2026-02-20** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
- **2026-02-23** Senate dissented from House amendments
- **2026-02-23** House conferees appointed: Zimmerman, Gore
- **2026-02-23** House advisors appointed: Bascom, Ireland, Bauer
- **2026-02-23** Senate conferees appointed: Becker, Taylor G
- **2026-02-23** Senate advisors appointed: Pol, Freeman
- **2026-02-27** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 427: yeas 96, nays 0
- **2026-02-27** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 328: yeas 47, nays 0
- **2026-02-27** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
- **2026-02-27** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
- **2026-03-12** Public Law 146 `became-law`
- **2026-03-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-05** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Senator Young M added as coauthor
- **2026-03-03** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/649ef916-f438-4530-9ddc-68c9686c6cfb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).