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type: "Bill"
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title: "Law enforcement civilian oversight boards."
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description: "Provides that any type of law enforcement civilian oversight board or commission or any other entity established by a county, municipality, or township to provide civilian oversight over a law enforcement agency, excluding merit boards and commissions, may operate only in an advisory capacity to the applicable law enforcement agency and does not have binding authority over the law enforcement agency."
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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 284"
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citation: "Indiana SB 284 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "AND COUNCILS; Generally", "LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Alex Zimmerman", "Brett Clark", "Cyndi Carrasco"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-12"
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last_action: "2026-03-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9bb41b7-6dfb-4a2f-99b6-b3c1fa341ea3"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0284"
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source_hash: "14aae4b6b535cbde021df21d396250565d584e2640c059b39507b32c3d756512"
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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 284 (2026) — Law enforcement civilian oversight boards.
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Provides that any type of law enforcement civilian oversight board or commission or any other entity established by a county, municipality, or township to provide civilian oversight over a law enforcement agency, excluding merit boards and commissions, may operate only in an advisory capacity to the applicable law enforcement agency and does not have binding authority over the law enforcement agency.
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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/SB0284/SB0284.04.ENRH.pdf)
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2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0284/SB0284.01.INTR.pdf)
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3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0284/SB0284.02.COMS.pdf)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0284/SB0284.03.COMH.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SB 284 - Zimmerman - 3rd Reading — **70–25** (pass) · lower
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- SB 284 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading — **38–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
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- Alex Zimmerman — primary (person)
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- Brett Clark — primary (person)
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- Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
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- Julie McGuire — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Behning — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-12** Authored by Senators Carrasco, Freeman
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- **2026-01-12** 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** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-22** Senator Clark added as third author
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- **2026-01-26** House sponsor: Representative Zimmerman
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- **2026-01-26** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 85: yeas 38, nays 6 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-01-26** Cosponsors: Representatives McGuire, Behning
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- **2026-01-27** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2026-01-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-19** 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 358: yeas 70, nays 25 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-25** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
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- **2026-03-05** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-05** Public Law 137 `became-law`
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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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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## 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/b9bb41b7-6dfb-4a2f-99b6-b3c1fa341ea3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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