Indiana SB 246 — Redaction of court records.

Indiana, 2026. SB 246: Redaction of court records.

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Latest action

March 5, 2026 — Public Law 129

Summary

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.

Sponsors

• Aaron Freeman — primary sponsor
• Cyndi Carrasco — primary sponsor
• Rodney Pol
• Eric Koch
• Brett Clark
• Susan Glick
• Scott Baldwin
• Garrett Bascom — primary sponsor
• Andrew Ireland
• Alex Zimmerman
• Tony Isa

Bill text

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Recorded votes

Legislative history

1. March 5, 2026Public Law 129
2. February 27, 2026Signed by the President of the Senate
3. February 27, 2026Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4. March 5, 2026Signed by the Governor
5. February 27, 2026Signed by the Speaker
6. February 25, 2026Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 286: yeas 47, nays 0
7. February 23, 2026Motion to concur filed
8. February 18, 2026Returned to the Senate with amendments
9. February 17, 2026Third reading: passed; Roll Call 269: yeas 88, nays 0
10. February 16, 2026Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
11. February 16, 2026Amendment #1 (Bascom) prevailed; voice vote
12. February 9, 2026Representative Isa added as cosponsor
13. February 5, 2026Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
14. January 29, 2026Representatives Ireland, Zimmerman added as cosponsors
15. January 28, 2026First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
16. January 22, 2026Referred to the House
17. January 22, 2026Senator Baldwin added as coauthor
18. January 20, 2026Third reading: passed; Roll Call 39: yeas 46, nays 0
19. January 20, 2026House sponsor: Representative Bascom
20. January 15, 2026Second reading: ordered engrossed
21. January 15, 2026Senators Pol, Koch, Clark, Glick added as coauthors
22. January 14, 2026Senator Carrasco added as second author
23. January 13, 2026Committee report: do pass, adopted
24. January 8, 2026First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
25. January 8, 2026Authored by Senator Freeman

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