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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 231: Various corrections matters.

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 231 is a bill introduced in the Indiana Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Various corrections matters. Primary sponsor: Steve Bartels (Republican), Cyndi Carrasco (Republican), Mike Bohacek (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (May 6, 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.

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 Replaces a reference to a rule repealed by the department of correction with a requirement that the custody and treatment of juveniles meet the standards and licensing requirements adopted in the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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Steve BartelsPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse74
Cyndi CarrascoPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate36
Mike BohacekPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate8
Lorissa SweetCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse50

“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 193
  3. Signed by the President of the Senate
  4. Signed by the Speaker
  5. Signed by the President Pro Tempore
  6. Representative Gore removed as conferee
  7. Representative Lawson added as conferee
  8. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
  9. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 531: yeas 48, nays 2
  10. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 571: yeas 77, nays 2
  11. CCR # 1 filed in the House
  12. Senate conferees appointed: Bohacek and Pol

Showing 12 most recent of 33 actions. Full history

Sources

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