SB 140 Indiana Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Public safety.

Summary
Amends the definition of "threat" in the intimidation statute to include posting a person's personal information on a social media platform with the intent to cause: (1) bodily injury to the person; (2) damage to the person's property; or (3) the commission of a crime against the person. Increases the penalty for intimidation if committed against a legislator.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Mar 2026
Introduced Jan 5, 2026 Signed Mar 12, 2026
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Senate Bill (S) Senate Bill (S) · 2 edits
MINOR
This document is a formatting conversion of Senate Enrolled Act 140 into a standard Senate Bill format, removing the official 'Enrolled' status and printing code headers. The substantive legal text regarding the new doxxing statute remains identical to the original enrolled version, establishing new definitions for 'personal information' and 'post' and creating a new crime for sharing private data to threaten someone.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; only the document's presentation format was altered.
TECHNICAL

Removed the 'Enrolled Senate Bill' header and the explanatory 'Printing Code' text, converting the document to a standard 'Senate Bill' draft format.

Added legislative history notes, committee referral dates, and sponsor signatures that were present in the enrolled version but formatted differently in the bill draft.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 26, 2026 · House Feb 17, 2026

How they voted

440
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 48
Jan 26, 2026
D Democratic9
7 Yea 2
77% Yea
R Republican39
37 Yea 2
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
33
Key actions
11
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Mar 12, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
upper
Mar 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by the Speaker
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President of the Senate
upper
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 328: yeas 47, nays 0
upper
Feb 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 427: yeas 96, nays 0
lower
Feb 23, 2026
Introduced
Senate dissented from House amendments
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 264: yeas 88, nays 0
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
Jan 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 70: yeas 44, nays 0
upper
Jan 22, 2026
Upper · Passed
Amendment #3 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
4 primary · 9 co-sponsors

Sponsors