# Indiana SB 159: Procedures for obtaining a warrant.

Indiana SB 159, Procedures for obtaining a warrant., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Aaron Freeman (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-30 (Signed by the Governor) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Indiana SB 159
- State: Indiana
- Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025)
- Title: Procedures for obtaining a warrant.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-08
- Last action: 2025-04-30, Signed by the Governor
- Sponsor: Aaron Freeman (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Subjects: corrections and criminal law, the house, courts and criminal code
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (177 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## 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.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Aaron Freeman (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Eric Koch (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Garrett Bascom (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Lonnie Randolph (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mike Bohacek (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rodney Pol (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Susan Glick (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-16 | Senate | Senate concurred with House amendments | pass | 38 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-20 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 90 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-23 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 49 | 0 |   |

## Actions (23)

- 2025-04-30: Signed by the Governor (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: Public Law 113 (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Signed by the Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-17: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 455: yeas 38, nays 0 (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: Motion to concur filed (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: Returned to the Senate with amendments (House)
- 2025-03-20: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 283: yeas 90, nays 0 (House)
- 2025-03-17: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House)
- 2025-03-13: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House)
- 2025-03-03: First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code (House)
- 2025-01-24: Referred to the House (Senate)
- 2025-01-23: House sponsor: Representative Bascom (Senate)
- 2025-01-23: Senator Randolph added as coauthor (Senate)
- 2025-01-23: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 15: yeas 49, nays 0 (Senate)
- 2025-01-21: Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote (Senate)
- 2025-01-21: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-01-21: Senators Pol, Koch, Glick added as coauthors (Senate)
- 2025-01-16: Senator Bohacek added as second author (Senate)
- 2025-01-14: Committee report: do pass, adopted (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: Authored by Senator Freeman (Senate)

## Bill text

- Engrossed Senate Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0159/versions/SB0159.03.ENGS?format=pdf)
- Enrolled Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0159/versions/SB0159.05.ENRH?format=pdf)
- Introduced Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0159/versions/SB0159.01.INTR?format=pdf)
- Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0159/versions/SB0159.02.COMS?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0159/versions/SB0159.04.COMH?format=pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 324: Criminal procedures. (signed)
- SB 231: Various corrections matters. (signed)
- SB 80: Code publication. (signed)
- SB 453: Various tax matters. (signed)
- SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit. (signed)
- SB 371: Workforce matters. (signed)

## Sources
- [Engrossed Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0159/versions/SB0159.03.ENGS?format=pdf)
- [Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0159/versions/SB0159.05.ENRH?format=pdf)
- [Introduced Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0159/versions/SB0159.01.INTR?format=pdf)
- [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0159/versions/SB0159.02.COMS?format=pdf)
- [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0159/versions/SB0159.04.COMH?format=pdf)

## Related
- [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025)
- [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025)
- [SB 80: Code publication.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB80-2025)
- [SB 453: Various tax matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB453-2025)
- [SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB464-2025)
- [SB 371: Workforce matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB371-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB159-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).