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type: "Bill"
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title: "Redaction of court records."
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description: "Requires the names and specified other information of child victims, child witnesses, and certain other persons to be redacted in criminal actions. Requires the use of an anonymous designator such as \"Child Witness No. 1\" when redacting a name, and prohibits redaction that uses the person's initials or that describes the person in terms of a family relationship."
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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 246"
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citation: "Indiana SB 246 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS; Generally", "COURTS; Witnesses", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Victims"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Cyndi Carrasco", "Garrett Bascom"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-01-08"
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last_action: "2026-03-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18cb4d9a-35a4-4bf3-bdf8-a3801f74b3c5"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0246"
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source_hash: "1b882e85ec8272b47eef39d0d395f5eb73d1dc453477ffb9f8e5971486b93c45"
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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 246 (2026) — Redaction of court records.
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Requires the names and specified other information of child victims, child witnesses, and certain other persons to be redacted in criminal actions. Requires the use of an anonymous designator such as "Child Witness No. 1" when redacting a name, and prohibits redaction that uses the person's initials or that describes the person in terms of a family relationship.
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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 (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0246/SB0246.04.ENGH.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0246/SB0246.05.ENRH.pdf)
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3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0246/SB0246.01.INTR.pdf)
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4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0246/SB0246.03.COMH.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SB 246 - Freeman — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 246 - Bascom - 3rd Reading — **88–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 246 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
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- Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
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- Garrett Bascom — primary (person)
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- Alex Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
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- Andrew Ireland — cosponsor (person)
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- Brett Clark — coauthor (person)
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- Eric Koch — coauthor (person)
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- Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)
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- Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)
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- Susan Glick — coauthor (person)
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- Tony Isa — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-08** Authored by Senator Freeman
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- **2026-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-14** Senator Carrasco added as second author
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- **2026-01-15** Senators Pol, Koch, Clark, Glick added as coauthors
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- **2026-01-15** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-20** House sponsor: Representative Bascom
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- **2026-01-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 39: yeas 46, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-01-22** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2026-01-22** Senator Baldwin added as coauthor
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- **2026-01-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** Representatives Ireland, Zimmerman added as cosponsors
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- **2026-02-05** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-09** Representative Isa added as cosponsor
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- **2026-02-16** Amendment #1 (Bascom) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-16** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 269: yeas 88, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
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- **2026-02-23** Motion to concur filed `filing`
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- **2026-02-25** Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 286: yeas 47, nays 0
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Public Law 129 `became-law`
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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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## 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/18cb4d9a-35a4-4bf3-bdf8-a3801f74b3c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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