# Indiana SB 222: Civil legal aid fund.

Indiana SB 222, Civil legal aid fund., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Cyndi Carrasco (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-31 (Signed by the Governor) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Indiana SB 222
- State: Indiana
- Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025)
- Title: Civil legal aid fund.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-08
- Last action: 2025-03-31, Signed by the Governor
- Sponsor: Cyndi Carrasco (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Subjects: judiciary, appropriations, the house
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (142 yes, 3 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Limits how a legal services provider may use funds from the civil legal aid fund. Relocates a provision concerning fund distribution. Repeals the distribution formula of the civil legal aid fund statute. Requires the office of judicial administration to annually report certain information regarding the civil legal aid fund to the state budget committee.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Cyndi Carrasco (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Aaron Freeman (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Alex Zimmerman (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chris Jeter (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Scott Alexander (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-17 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 94 | 2 |   |
| 2025-02-18 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 48 | 1 |   |

## Actions (21)

- 2025-03-31: Signed by the Governor (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: Public Law 8 (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Signed by the Speaker (House)
- 2025-03-18: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 272: yeas 94, nays 2 (House)
- 2025-03-17: Returned to the Senate without amendments (House)
- 2025-03-13: Representative Zimmerman added as cosponsor (House)
- 2025-03-13: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House)
- 2025-03-10: Committee report: do pass, adopted (House)
- 2025-03-03: First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary (House)
- 2025-02-19: Referred to the House (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: House sponsor: Representative Jeter (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 149: yeas 48, nays 1 (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: Second reading: ordered engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (Senate)
- 2025-02-06: Senator Alexander added as coauthor (Senate)
- 2025-02-06: Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations (Senate)
- 2025-01-16: Senator Freeman added as second author (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: Authored by Senator Carrasco (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0222/versions/SB0222.05.ENRH?format=pdf)
- Introduced Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0222/versions/SB0222.01.INTR?format=pdf)
- Senate Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0222/versions/SB0222.03.COMS?format=pdf)
- Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0222/versions/SB0222.02.COMS?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0222/versions/SB0222.04.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
- [Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0222/versions/SB0222.05.ENRH?format=pdf)
- [Introduced Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0222/versions/SB0222.01.INTR?format=pdf)
- [Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0222/versions/SB0222.03.COMS?format=pdf)
- [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0222/versions/SB0222.02.COMS?format=pdf)
- [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0222/versions/SB0222.04.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-SB222-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).