# Indiana SB 231: Various corrections matters.

Indiana SB 231, Various corrections matters., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Mike Bohacek (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-06 (Signed by the Governor); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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- As of: 2026-10-19
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## Facts
- Bill: Indiana SB 231
- State: Indiana
- Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025)
- Title: Various corrections matters.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-08
- Last action: 2025-05-06, Signed by the Governor
- Sponsor: Mike Bohacek (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Subjects: corrections and criminal law, the house, courts and criminal code
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 5 (359 yes, 5 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

Eliminates requirements that the department of correction: (1) maintain farm programs for offenders committed to the department; and (2) prepare a report calculating the savings realized as a result of sentencing changes. Replaces a reference to a rule repealed by the department of correction with a requirement that the custody and treatment of juveniles meet the standards and licensing requirements adopted in the administrative rules of the department.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Farms removed from prison work rules: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana law no longer lists farms as part of the prison industry work program. Corrections officials retain authority to require people in custody to do general maintenance or work in department-run businesses. The law also removes farm-land lease revenue as a listed funding…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Mike Bohacek (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Cyndi Carrasco (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Lorissa Sweet (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Steve Bartels (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-24 | House | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House | pass | 77 | 2 |   |
| 2025-04-24 | Senate | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate | pass | 48 | 2 |   |
| 2025-03-20 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 90 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-17 | House | Amendment #1 (Summers) prevailed | pass | 96 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 48 | 1 |   |

## Actions (33)

- 2025-05-06: Signed by the Governor (Senate)
- 2025-05-06: Public Law 193 (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate)
- 2025-04-25: Signed by the Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-25: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Representative Gore removed as conferee (House)
- 2025-04-24: Representative Lawson added as conferee (House)
- 2025-04-24: CCR # 1 filed in the Senate (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 531: yeas 48, nays 2 (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 571: yeas 77, nays 2 (House)
- 2025-04-24: CCR # 1 filed in the House (House)
- 2025-04-10: Senate conferees appointed: Bohacek and Pol (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: Senate advisors appointed: Carrasco and Taylor G (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: House conferees appointed: Bartels and Gore (House)
- 2025-04-10: House advisors appointed: Meltzer, McNamara and Bauer (House)
- 2025-04-08: Motion to dissent filed (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Senate dissented from House amendments (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: Returned to the Senate with amendments (House)
- 2025-03-20: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 289: yeas 90, nays 0 (House)
- 2025-03-17: Amendment #1 (Summers) prevailed; Roll Call 267: yeas 96, nays 0 (House)
- 2025-03-17: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed (House)
- 2025-03-13: Committee report: do pass, adopted (House)
- 2025-03-03: First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code (House)
- 2025-02-21: Referred to the House (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 179: yeas 48, nays 1 (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: House sponsor: Representative Bartels (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Cosponsor: Representative Sweet (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: Amendment #2 (Bohacek) prevailed; voice vote (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: Senator Carrasco added as second author (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: Authored by Senator Bohacek (Senate)

## Bill text

- Engrossed Senate Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0231/versions/SB0231.03.ENGS?format=pdf)
- Engrossed Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0231/versions/SB0231.05.ENGH?format=pdf)
- Enrolled Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0231/versions/SB0231.06.ENRH?format=pdf)
- Introduced Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0231/versions/SB0231.01.INTR?format=pdf)
- Senate Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0231/versions/SB0231.04.COMH?format=pdf)
- Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0231/versions/SB0231.02.COMS?format=pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 324: Criminal procedures. (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)
- SB 289: Unlawful discrimination. (signed)

## Sources
- [Engrossed Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0231/versions/SB0231.03.ENGS?format=pdf)
- [Engrossed Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0231/versions/SB0231.05.ENGH?format=pdf)
- [Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0231/versions/SB0231.06.ENRH?format=pdf)
- [Introduced Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0231/versions/SB0231.01.INTR?format=pdf)
- [Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0231/versions/SB0231.04.COMH?format=pdf)
- [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0231/versions/SB0231.02.COMS?format=pdf)

## Related
- [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025)
- [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)
- [SB 289: Unlawful discrimination.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB289-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).