Indiana Senate Bill 155 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 20-2)
Status: Passed on March 18 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-03-18 - Public Law 153
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Human trafficking. Modifies the definition of "protected person" for purposes of the admission of a statement or videotape of an individual who is less than 14 years of age at the time of the offense but less than 18 years of age at the time of trial. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally: (1) pays, or offers or agrees to pay, money or other property; or (2) offers a benefit; for a human trafficking victim with the specific intent to induce or obtain the product or act for which the human trafficking victim was trafficked commits human trafficking, a Level 4 felony. Specifies that consent by the human trafficking victim is not a defense to a prosecution. Requires law enforcement agencies to report human trafficking investigations to the attorney general within 30 days after an investigation begins. Makes a technical correction.

Human trafficking.

Sen. Michael Crider [R]	Sen. Michael Young [R]	Sen. Jon Ford [R]	Sen. James Buck [R]
Sen. Susan Glick [R]	Sen. Mike Bohacek [R]	Sen. Kyle Walker [R]	Sen. Jack Sandlin [R]
Sen. Erin Houchin [R]	Sen. Eric Bassler [R]	Sen. Vaneta Becker [R]	Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R]
Sen. Travis Holdman [R]	Sen. James Tomes [R]	Sen. Elizabeth Brown [R]	Sen. Eddie Melton [D]
Sen. John Crane [R]	Sen. Dennis Kruse [R]	Rep. Wendy McNamara [R]	Rep. Gregory Steuerwald [R]
Rep. John Bartlett [D]	Rep. Julie Olthoff [R]

2022-02-24 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House amendments (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-02-17 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 88 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 11) [PASS]
2022-02-09 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-01-24 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-01-18 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-18	Senate	Public Law 153
2022-03-18	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2022-03-15	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2022-03-04	House	Signed by the Speaker
2022-03-01	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2022-02-24	Senate	Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 258: yeas 48, nays 0
2022-02-22	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2022-02-18	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2022-02-17	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 198: yeas 88, nays 0
2022-02-15	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2022-02-10	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2022-02-08	House	Representative Olthoff added as cosponsor
2022-01-31	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2022-01-26	Senate	Referred to the House
2022-01-24	Senate	Senator Kruse added as coauthor
2022-01-24	Senate	Senator Crane added as coauthor
2022-01-24	Senate	Senators Charbonneau, Holdman, Tomes, Brown L, Melton added as coauthors
2022-01-24	Senate	Senator Becker added as coauthor
2022-01-24	Senate	Senator Bassler added as coauthor
2022-01-24	Senate	Senators Glick, Bohacek, Walker K, Sandlin, Houchin added as coauthors
2022-01-24	Senate	Senator Ford Jon added as third author
2022-01-24	Senate	Senator Young M added as second author
2022-01-24	Senate	Senator Houchin removed as third author
2022-01-24	Senate	Cosponsors: Representatives Steuerwald and Bartlett
2022-01-24	Senate	House sponsor: Representative McNamara
2022-01-24	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 52: yeas 47, nays 0
2022-01-20	Senate	Senator Buck added as coauthor
2022-01-20	Senate	Senator Ford Jon removed as second author
2022-01-20	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2022-01-18	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2022-01-11	Senate	Senator Houchin added as third author
2022-01-10	Senate	Senator Ford Jon added as second author
2022-01-04	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
2022-01-04	Senate	Authored by Senator Crider

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/155/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/d/5/7/0d5708e1/SB0155.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/f/9/9/9f993c8b/SB0155.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/a/5/8/0a587b63/SB0155.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/0/9/9/1099d392/SB0155.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/c/7/6/bc76bff2/SB0155.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/e/c/1/dec12ff3/SB0155.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/0/6/f/906f8ade/SB0155.04.ENRH.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/8/4/f/884fc7ec/SB0155.03.COMH.AMH001.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/7/7/7/87772574/SB0155.03.COMH.AMH002.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/2/a/3/32a33a5f/SB0155.03.COMH.AMH003.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/e/6/6/0e66644c/SB0155.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/1/3/f/f13f94ad/SB0155.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/a/c/f/7acf2368/SB0155.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/5/f/d/d5fdc4c7/SB0155.02.COMS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/4/0/f/d40f3d5c/SB0155.02.COMS.FN003.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/4/9/a/949ab1f4/SB0155.02.COMS.CRH001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/f/0/c/3f0c975a/SB0155.03.COMH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/e/1/a/ce1a3280/SB0155.03.COMH.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/9/6/f/496f13dc/SB0155.03.COMH.FN003.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/e/0/f/1e0f5bbd/SB0155.03.COMH.CON01.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/f/b/3/6fb3058e/SB0155.04.ENRH.FN001.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/a/5/4/8a546b43/SB0155.01.INTR.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/1/d/0/d1d0066a/SB0155.52_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/8/5/b/d85bfb00/SB0155.02.COMS.03.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/a/b/0/5ab04acf/SB0155.198_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/2/4/f/b24facf9/SB0155.258_S.pdf