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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Concurrent Resolution

SCR 8: Condemning religious persecution worldwide.

Passed both chambers 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

SCR 8 is a concurrent resolution introduced in the Indiana Senate on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Condemning religious persecution worldwide. Primary sponsor: Matt Lehman (Republican), Travis Holdman (Republican). It lists 55 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 11, 2025): Returned to the Senate.

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.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION condemning religious persecution worldwide.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 10 · Independent 1 · Republican 46

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Matt LehmanPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse79
Travis HoldmanPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Ron AltingCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate22
Mike AylesworthCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Beau BairdCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse44
John BartlettCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Bruce BordersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse45
Alex BurtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse77
Martin CarbaughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse81
Wendy Dant ChesserCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Ed ClereCo-sponsorIndependentHouse72
Matt CommonsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Cory CriswellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse54
Kendell CulpCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Michelle DavisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Spencer DeeryCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Dale DeVonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Karen EnglemanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse70
Phil GiaQuintaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Mitch GoreCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse89
Craig HaggardCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse57
Earl HarrisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse2
Bob HeatonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse46
Dave HeineCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Andrew IrelandCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse90
Tony IsaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Carolyn JacksonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1
Jack JordanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse17
Chris JudyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse83
Ryan LauerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
Cindy LedbetterCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse75
Danny LopezCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse39
Chris MayCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse65
Julie McGuireCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse93
Wendy McNamaraCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse76
Doug MillerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse48
Bob MorrisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84
David NiezgodskiCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate10
Tim O'BrienCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse78
Lindsay PattersonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Kyle PierceCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Matt PierceCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse61
Jim PresselCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20
Cherrish PryorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse94
Elizabeth RowrayCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse35
Alaina ShonkwilerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse29
Hal SlagerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse15
Ben SmaltzCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse52
Craig SnowCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse22
Ed SolidayCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Lorissa SweetCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse50
Jake TeshkaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse7
Jeff ThompsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Heath VanNatterCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Tim WescoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse21
Tim YocumCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse42
Alex ZimmermanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67

“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. Returned to the Senate
  2. Representatives Patterson, Clere, McGuire, McNamara, Ledbetter, Judy, O'Brien, Pressel, Carbaugh, Heaton, Yocum, Criswell, DeVon, VanNatter, Engleman, Jackson C, Pryor, Gore, Davis, Pierce M, Haggard, Snow, Jordan, Heine, Teshka, Smaltz, Thompson, Borders, Burton, Wesco, Isa, Shonkwiler, Ireland, Morris, GiaQuinta, Dant Chesser, Lauer, Pierce K, Rowray, May, Zimmerman, Lopez, Commons, Miller D, Aylesworth, Soliday, Baird, Culp, Sweet, Slager, Harris, Bartlett added as cosponsors
  3. Returned to the Senate
  4. Second reading: adopted Roll Call 361: yeas 90, nays 0
  5. Committee report: do pass, adopted
  6. First reading: referred to the Committee on Public Policy
  7. Referred to the House
  8. Senator Deery added as coauthor
  9. Second reading: adopted voice vote
  10. House sponsor: Representative Lehman
  11. Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
  12. Committee report: do pass, adopted

Showing 12 most recent of 15 actions. Full history

Sources

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