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type: "Bill"
title: "Syringe exchange program."
description: "Prohibits a qualified entity that operates a syringe exchange program (program) from establishing or operating a fixed site for the distribution or exchange of a syringe or needle within 1,000 feet of specified facilities. Creates an exception. Allows the Indiana department of health to deny, suspend, or revoke a qualified entity's annual registration for a violation. Amends the duties of a qualified entity that operates a program. Establishes requirements for program participation. Prohibits a qualified entity that operates a program from providing chemical reagents or precursors. Requires the state health commissioner to investigate any complaint regarding a qualified entity's noncompliance with the qualified entity's duties concerning the operation of a program. Permits the state health commissioner to suspend or terminate the approval of a qualified entity for noncompliance. Extends the expiration of the program to July 1, 2031."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 91"
citation: "Indiana SB 91 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADDICTION SERVICES; Illicit Drugs", "Prescription Drugs", "Substances", "and Alcohol", "AGENCIES; Department of Health (IDOH)", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Illicit Drugs", "Substances", "and Alcohol Offenses", "HEALTH; Communicable Diseases", "Infectious Diseases", "HEALTH; Generally", "HEALTH; Prescription Drugs and Medications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brett Clark", "Ed Charbonneau", "Edward Clere", "Michael Crider"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-09"
last_action: "2026-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e96e7996-7eb4-46e8-91ee-4fbeed170dee"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0091"
source_hash: "6de8898ea339833460d73349dc49026d1c65bc96f7ac3987e0acb42a12f6fbde"
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 91 (2026) — Syringe exchange program.
Prohibits a qualified entity that operates a syringe exchange program (program) from establishing or operating a fixed site for the distribution or exchange of a syringe or needle within 1,000 feet of specified facilities. Creates an exception. Allows the Indiana department of health to deny, suspend, or revoke a qualified entity's annual registration for a violation. Amends the duties of a qualified entity that operates a program. Establishes requirements for program participation. Prohibits a qualified entity that operates a program from providing chemical reagents or precursors. Requires the state health commissioner to investigate any complaint regarding a qualified entity's noncompliance with the qualified entity's duties concerning the operation of a program. Permits the state health commissioner to suspend or terminate the approval of a qualified entity for noncompliance. Extends the expiration of the program to July 1, 2031.
## 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/SB0091/SB0091.03.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0091/SB0091.05.ENGH.pdf)
3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0091/SB0091.06.ENRH.pdf)
4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0091/SB0091.01.INTR.pdf)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0091/SB0091.04.COMH.pdf)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0091/SB0091.02.COMS.pdf)
## Votes
- SB 91 - Crider - 3rd Reading — **3313** (pass) · upper
- SB 91 - Clere - 3rd Reading — **7022** (pass) · lower
- SB 91 - Crider — **3810** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brett Clark — primary (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Edward Clere — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Alex Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
- Ethan Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Walker — coauthor (person)
- La Keisha Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
- Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)
- Shelli Yoder — coauthor (person)
- Victoria Garcia Wilburn — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-12-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-12-09** Authored by Senator Crider
- **2026-01-08** Senator Yoder added as coauthor
- **2026-01-08** Senator Clark added as third author
- **2026-01-08** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-08** Senator Charbonneau added as second author
- **2026-01-12** Senator Walker K added as coauthor
- **2026-01-13** Senators Bohacek, Jackson L added as coauthors
- **2026-01-20** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2026-01-26** Amendment #2 (Crider) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-26** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-27** Senator Pol added as coauthor
- **2026-01-27** House sponsor: Representative Clere
- **2026-01-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 93: yeas 33, nays 13 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-01-27** Cosponsors: Representatives Lawson, Goss-Reaves
- **2026-01-28** Representative Goss-Reaves removed as cosponsor
- **2026-01-28** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2026-01-29** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-17** Amendment #12 (Ireland) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-17** Amendment #14 (Clere) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-17** Representatives Zimmerman, Garcia Wilburn added as cosponsors
- **2026-02-17** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Amendment #11 (Mayfield) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 271: yeas 70, nays 22 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2026-02-19** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2026-02-25** Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 273: yeas 38, nays 10
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Bill Became Law on 8th Day Without Signature
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Public Law 144 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e96e7996-7eb4-46e8-91ee-4fbeed170dee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).