Bill Sponsor
Indiana Senate Bill 159
Session 2025
Procedures for obtaining a warrant.
Became Law
Became Law
Signed by Governor on Apr 30, 2025
Sponsors
First Action
Jan 8, 2025
Latest Action
Apr 30, 2025
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
159
State
Indiana
Session
2025
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Author
Republican
Sponsor
Republican
Author
Republican
Coauthor
Democrat
Coauthor
Republican
Coauthor
Senate Votes (2)
House Votes (1)
Summary
Specifies that a request for a warrant made orally by telephone, radio, or similar electronic means must be recorded and typed or transcribed. (Under current law, the judge is required to record the request, and the court reporter to type or transcribe it.) Permits certain warrant requests to be: (1) made electronically (where current law only allows this by radio or telephone); and (2) recorded electronically (where current law only permits the use of audio tape). Requires the prosecuting attorney and a law enforcement agency to maintain all requests for warrants, and to provide them to a defendant in discovery.
04/30/2025
Office of the Governor
Signed by the Governor
04/30/2025
Senate
Public Law 113
04/23/2025
Senate
Signed by the President of the Senate
04/22/2025
House
Signed by the Speaker
04/17/2025
Senate
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
04/16/2025
Senate
Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 455: yeas 38, nays 0
04/10/2025
Senate
Motion to concur filed
03/21/2025
House
Returned to the Senate with amendments
03/20/2025
House
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 283: yeas 90, nays 0
03/17/2025
House
Second reading: ordered engrossed
03/13/2025
House
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
03/03/2025
House
First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
01/24/2025
Senate
Referred to the House
01/23/2025
Senate
House sponsor: Representative Bascom
01/23/2025
Senate
Senator Randolph added as coauthor
01/23/2025
Senate
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 15: yeas 49, nays 0
01/21/2025
Senate
Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote
01/21/2025
Senate
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
01/21/2025
Senate
Senators Pol, Koch, Glick added as coauthors
01/16/2025
Senate
Senator Bohacek added as second author
01/14/2025
Senate
Committee report: do pass, adopted
01/08/2025
Senate
First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
01/08/2025
Senate
Authored by Senator Freeman
Sources
Record Created
Dec 30, 2024 10:01:06 PM
Record Updated
Oct 4, 2025 6:42:53 AM