Indiana · 2026 Regular Session · Bill
SB 119: Grooming.
Enacted Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
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Plain-language summary
SB 119 is a bill introduced in the Indiana Senate on December 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Grooming. Primary sponsor: Dan Dernulc (Republican), Rick Niemeyer (Republican), Liz Brown (Republican), Julie Olthoff (Republican). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 5, 2026): Public Law 111.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Adds a facility or event that provides entertainment or programming primarily directed toward a child less than 18 years of age to the list of facilities at which a sexually violent predator or an offender against children may not work or volunteer. Adds entering a facility or location holding an event that provides entertainment or programming primarily directed toward a child less than 18 years of age by a serious sex offender to the crime of unlawful entry by a serious sex offender. Renames the offense of "inappropriate communication with a child" to "sexual grooming", and provides (in addition to the current elements of the offense) that a person commits the offense if the person engages in a pattern of repeated or continuous contact with an individual whom the person believes to be a child less than 14 years of age, with the intent to condition the individual to be less resistant to future sexual conduct or sexual activity. Specifies that "computer network" includes cellular telephones.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Republican 8
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Dernulc | Primary sponsor | Republican | Senate | 1 |
| Rick Niemeyer | Primary sponsor | Republican | Senate | 6 |
| Liz Brown | Primary sponsor | Republican | Senate | 15 |
| Julie Olthoff | Primary sponsor | Republican | House | 19 |
| John Bartlett | Co-sponsor | Democratic | House | 95 |
| Becky Cash | Co-sponsor | Republican | House | 25 |
| Brett Clark | Co-sponsor | Republican | Senate | 24 |
| Blake Doriot | Co-sponsor | Republican | Senate | 12 |
| Rodney Pol | Co-sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 4 |
| Lonnie Randolph | Co-sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 2 |
| Mike Young | Co-sponsor | Republican | Senate | 35 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Public Law 111
- Signed by the Governor
- Signed by the Speaker
- Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- Signed by the President of the Senate
- Senator Doriot added as coauthor
- Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 293: yeas 48, nays 0
- Motion to concur filed
- Returned to the Senate with amendments
- Third reading: passed; Roll Call 339: yeas 98, nays 0
- Amendment #2 (Ireland) prevailed; voice vote
- Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
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