# Indiana SB 472: Cybersecurity.

Indiana SB 472, Cybersecurity., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Liz Brown (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-01 (Signed by the Governor) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Indiana SB 472
- State: Indiana
- Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025)
- Title: Cybersecurity.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-13
- Last action: 2025-05-01, Signed by the Governor
- Sponsor: Liz Brown (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Subjects: commerce and technology, appropriations, the house, government and regulatory reform
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (187 yes, 2 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Requires political subdivisions, state agencies, school corporations, and state educational institutions (public entities), with the exception of specified categories of hospitals and the Indianapolis department of public utilities (department), to adopt not later than December 31, 2027, a: (1) technology resources policy; and (2) cybersecurity policy; that meet specified requirements. Provides the department is not required to report a cybersecurity incident to the office of technology (office). Requires the office to develop: (1) standards and guidelines regarding cybersecurity for use by political subdivisions and state educational institutions; and (2) a uniform cybersecurity policy for use by state agencies. Requires the office to develop, in collaboration with the department of education: (1) a uniform technology resources policy governing use of technology resources by the employees of school corporations; and (2) a uniform cybersecurity policy for use by school corporations. Requires: (1) a public entity to biennially submit to the office the cybersecurity policy adopted by the public entity; and (2) the office to establish a procedure for collecting and maintaining a record of submitted cybersecurity policies. Requires a public entity that engages a third party to conduct an assessment of the public entity's cybersecurity policy to provide the results of the assessment to the office.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Liz Brown (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Brian Buchanan (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Danny Lopez (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Lonnie Randolph (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Matt Lehman (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Robert Morris (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Timothy O'Brien (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-21 | Senate | Senate concurred with House amendments | pass | 43 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-15 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 97 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 47 | 2 |   |

## Actions (27)

- 2025-05-01: Signed by the Governor (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: Public Law 142 (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Signed by the Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-21: Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 477: yeas 43, nays 0 (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Returned to the Senate with amendments (House)
- 2025-04-16: Motion to concur filed (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 454: yeas 97, nays 0 (House)
- 2025-04-14: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House)
- 2025-04-10: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House)
- 2025-03-24: Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3 (House)
- 2025-03-24: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House)
- 2025-03-17: Representative O'Brien added as cosponsor (House)
- 2025-03-03: First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform (House)
- 2025-02-21: Referred to the House (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Cosponsors: Representatives Morris and Lopez (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 200: yeas 47, nays 2 (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: House sponsor: Representative Lehman (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: Amendment #1 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Senator Randolph added as coauthor (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (Senate)
- 2025-01-23: Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations (Senate)
- 2025-01-16: Senator Buchanan added as second author (Senate)
- 2025-01-13: First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology (Senate)
- 2025-01-13: Authored by Senator Brown L (Senate)

## Bill text

- Engrossed Senate Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0472/versions/SB0472.04.ENGS?format=pdf)
- Enrolled Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0472/versions/SB0472.07.ENRH?format=pdf)
- Introduced Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0472/versions/SB0472.01.INTR?format=pdf)
- Senate Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0472/versions/SB0472.05.COMH?format=pdf)
- Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0472/versions/SB0472.02.COMS?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0472/versions/SB0472.03.COMS?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0472/versions/SB0472.06.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/SB0472/versions/SB0472.04.ENGS?format=pdf)
- [Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0472/versions/SB0472.07.ENRH?format=pdf)
- [Introduced Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0472/versions/SB0472.01.INTR?format=pdf)
- [Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0472/versions/SB0472.05.COMH?format=pdf)
- [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0472/versions/SB0472.02.COMS?format=pdf)
- [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0472/versions/SB0472.03.COMS?format=pdf)
- [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0472/versions/SB0472.06.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-SB472-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).