# Indiana SB 324: Criminal procedures. Indiana SB 324, Criminal procedures., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Aaron Freeman (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-06 (Signed by the Governor); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Indiana SB 324 - State: Indiana - Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) - Title: Criminal procedures. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-13 - Last action: 2025-05-06, Signed by the Governor - Sponsor: Aaron Freeman (Republican) - Cosponsors: 8 - Subjects: corrections and criminal law, appropriations, the house, courts and criminal code - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (275 yes, 4 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary Increases the penalty levels of crimes related to fentanyl. Provides that a court shall consider requiring certain persons charged with a crime of domestic violence to wear a monitoring device as a condition of bail. Requires that a bail hearing for a violent arrestee or a repeat violent arrestee be held in open court and provides that before releasing a violent arrestee or a repeat violent arrestee on bail the court must review the probable cause affidavit or arrest warrant and impose money bail payable by surety bond or cash deposit. Provides that in accordance with IC 27-10-2-4.5(g)(2), a charitable bail organization may not pay money bail on behalf of a violent arrestee or a repeat violent arrestee. Makes conforming changes. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Higher felony levels for fentanyl dealing: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana lowers weight thresholds for higher felony levels in fentanyl dealing cases. Dealing less than 1 gram of a fentanyl-containing substance is a Level 4 felony. Amounts totaling at least 1 but under 5 grams over no more than 90 days are Level 3. That range becomes Level… - Monitoring review for domestic violence defendants: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana courts must consider electronic monitoring for domestic violence defendants with both required prior convictions. These are an unrelated violent-offense conviction and at least one invasion-of-privacy conviction. Courts do not have to order a device in every qualifyi… - Tighter bail rules for violent arrestees: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana requires an open-court hearing before bail release for people accused of listed violent felonies. The rules cover Level 1–5 violent felonies, including repeat violent arrestees with a prior violent-crime conviction. Courts must review the probable cause affidavit or… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Aaron Freeman (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Chris Jeter (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Cyndi Carrasco (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Daryl Schmitt (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Eric Koch (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Garrett Bascom (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Mike Andrade (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Scott Alexander (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Wendy McNamara (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-24 | Senate | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate | pass | 48 | 1 | | | 2025-04-24 | House | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House | pass | 89 | 0 | | | 2025-04-08 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 92 | 0 | | | 2025-02-18 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 46 | 3 | | ## Actions (40) - 2025-05-06: Signed by the Governor (Senate) - 2025-05-06: Public Law 197 (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-25: Signed by the Speaker (House) - 2025-04-24: Senator Baldwin added as conferee (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Senator Pol removed as conferee (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 561: yeas 89, nays 0 (House) - 2025-04-24: Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 524: yeas 48, nays 1 (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate) - 2025-04-24: CCR # 1 filed in the House (House) - 2025-04-24: CCR # 1 filed in the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-15: House conferees appointed: Jeter and Andrade (House) - 2025-04-15: House advisors appointed: McNamara, Steuerwald, Zimmerman and Pierce M (House) - 2025-04-15: Representative Bascom added as advisor (House) - 2025-04-14: Senate advisors appointed: Taylor G, Koch and Carrasco (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Senate conferees appointed: Freeman and Pol (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Motion to dissent filed (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Senate dissented from House amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Senator Schmitt added as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Senator Alexander added as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Returned to the Senate with amendments (House) - 2025-04-08: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 400: yeas 92, nays 0 (House) - 2025-04-07: Representative Andrade removed as cosponsor (House) - 2025-04-07: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House) - 2025-04-07: Representatives McNamara, Bascom, Andrade added as cosponsors (House) - 2025-04-03: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-03-20: Representative Andrade added as cosponsor (House) - 2025-03-03: First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code (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 153: yeas 46, nays 3 (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Amendment #2 (Baldwin) prevailed; voice vote (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Amendment #3 (Qaddoura) prevailed; voice vote (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Committee report: do pass, adopted (Senate) - 2025-01-30: Senator Carrasco added as third author (Senate) - 2025-01-30: Senator Koch added as second author (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations (Senate) - 2025-01-13: Authored by Senator Freeman (Senate) - 2025-01-13: First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law (Senate) ## Bill text - Engrossed Senate Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0324/versions/SB0324.04.ENGS?format=pdf) - Enrolled Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0324/versions/SB0324.06.ENRH?format=pdf) - Introduced Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0324/versions/SB0324.01.INTR?format=pdf) - Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0324/versions/SB0324.02.COMS?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0324/versions/SB0324.03.COMS?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0324/versions/SB0324.05.COMH?format=pdf) ## Related bills - 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) - SB 289: Unlawful discrimination. (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0324/versions/SB0324.04.ENGS?format=pdf) - [Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0324/versions/SB0324.06.ENRH?format=pdf) - [Introduced Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0324/versions/SB0324.01.INTR?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0324/versions/SB0324.02.COMS?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0324/versions/SB0324.03.COMS?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0324/versions/SB0324.05.COMH?format=pdf) ## Related - [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) - [SB 289: Unlawful discrimination.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB289-2025) - [Indiana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana/bills) - [Indiana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).