Signed by Governor Mike Braun

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report and pass a bill that amends terms of imprisonment for misdemeanors in Indiana.

Highlights:

• Amends terms of imprisonment for misdemeanors in Indiana (Sec. 1-24).

• Prohibits local governments from hosting or funding “obscene” performances and the ability for “anyone” to sue a local entity they believe violates the language (Sec. 1-24).

• Limits the total of the consecutive terms of imprisonment to which a defendant is sentenced for misdemeanor convictions arising out of an episode of criminal conduct (Sec. 1-24).

• Establishes that depositing or causing or allowing the deposit of contaminants or solid waste upon land is a Class C misdemeanor in certain circumstances and makes it a sentencing aggravator that (Sec. 1-24):

• The individual is in the United States unlawfully; or

• An individual distributed a controlled substance to at least three different individuals in 180 days. 

• Specifies that it is a sentencing mitigator for certain controlled substance offenses that the person sought and completed treatment for a substance use disorder (Sec. 1-24):

• In the year before the commission of the offense; or

• After committing the offense and before sentencing.

• Specifies that a governmental entity may not organize or host an obscene performance or fund an obscene performance using public funds, and authorizes a person to seek injunctive relief as a remedy for a violation (Sec. 1-24).

• Increases the penalty for resisting law enforcement under certain circumstances. Replaces the term "child pornography" with the term "child sex abuse material" throughout the Indiana Code (Sec. 1-24).

• Amends certain provisions concerning juvenile court jurisdiction retroactively (Sec. 1-24).

• Specifies that a facility having custody of a person arrested for certain crimes may not release the person on bail for at least 24 hours. 

• Authorizes virtual bail hearings (Sec. 1-24).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect beginning July 1, 2025 (Sec. 25).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report and pass a bill that amends terms of imprisonment for misdemeanors in Indiana.

Highlights:

• Amends terms of imprisonment for misdemeanors in Indiana (Sec. 1-24).

• Prohibits local governments from hosting or funding “obscene” performances and the ability for “anyone” to sue a local entity they believe violates the language (Sec. 1-24).

• Limits the total of the consecutive terms of imprisonment to which a defendant is sentenced for misdemeanor convictions arising out of an episode of criminal conduct (Sec. 1-24).

• Establishes that depositing or causing or allowing the deposit of contaminants or solid waste upon land is a Class C misdemeanor in certain circumstances and makes it a sentencing aggravator that (Sec. 1-24):

• The individual is in the United States unlawfully; or

• An individual distributed a controlled substance to at least three different individuals in 180 days. 

• Specifies that it is a sentencing mitigator for certain controlled substance offenses that the person sought and completed treatment for a substance use disorder (Sec. 1-24):

• In the year before the commission of the offense; or

• After committing the offense and before sentencing.

• Specifies that a governmental entity may not organize or host an obscene performance or fund an obscene performance using public funds, and authorizes a person to seek injunctive relief as a remedy for a violation (Sec. 1-24).

• Increases the penalty for resisting law enforcement under certain circumstances. Replaces the term "child pornography" with the term "child sex abuse material" throughout the Indiana Code (Sec. 1-24).

• Amends certain provisions concerning juvenile court jurisdiction retroactively (Sec. 1-24).

• Specifies that a facility having custody of a person arrested for certain crimes may not release the person on bail for at least 24 hours. 

• Authorizes virtual bail hearings (Sec. 1-24).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect beginning July 1, 2025 (Sec. 25).

Full Bill Text