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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 198: Crime of swatting.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 198 is a bill introduced in the Indiana Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Crime of swatting. Primary sponsor: Andrew Ireland (Republican), Eric Koch (Republican), Aaron Freeman (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 1, 2025): Signed by the Governor.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Specifies that, for purposes of the crime of false informing, hindering a "law enforcement process" includes causing a law enforcement officer to be dispatched. Enhances the penalty for making a false report that a person is dangerous to a Level 6 felony if the offense would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, or threatened.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Andrew IrelandPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse90
Eric KochPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate44
Aaron FreemanPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate32
Jim BuckCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate21
Jim LucasCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse69

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Signed by the Governor
  2. Public Law 129
  3. Signed by the President of the Senate
  4. Signed by the Speaker
  5. Signed by the President Pro Tempore
  6. Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 456: yeas 34, nays 0
  7. Motion to concur filed
  8. Returned to the Senate with amendments
  9. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 309: yeas 95, nays 0
  10. Representative Lucas added as cosponsor
  11. Second reading: ordered engrossed
  12. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

Showing 12 most recent of 22 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source