IDACS., the official text

First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)

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  HOUSE ENROLLED ACT No. 1232

   AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning public safety.

   Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

   SECTION 1. IC 5-2-13-8 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 8. (a) An agency may apply to the
criminal justice institute to receive grants from the fund under this
chapter.

   (b) Subject to IC 10-13-3-35(d), the criminal justice institute shall
approve or deny a grant application submitted under this chapter.

   (c) An agency may receive a grant in the amount of one hundred
thousand dollars ($100,000) to train, equip, and pay the first three (3)
years' salary for one (1) officer. An agency may receive a grant for an
amount of up to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to purchase
equipment or hire and train persons to permit the agency to increase by
one (1) the number of officers on patrol in the community. An agency
may receive more than one (1) grant under this chapter.

   (d) A grant awarded under this chapter must be used to supplement
funds available to an agency, and an agency may not use a grant to
replace funds that the agency would normally spend for training,
personnel, equipment, and other agency expenses.

   SECTION 2. IC 10-13-3-35, AS AMENDED BY P.L.23-2023,
SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 35. (a) On a daily basis, All law enforcement
agencies shall enter into the Indiana data and communication system
(IDACS) computer the following information within twenty-four

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(24) hours of receipt or modification of the information required
by IDACS, unless otherwise provided by law:

      (1) All information concerning stolen or recovered property,
      including the following:

         (A) Motor vehicles.
         (B) Firearms.
         (C) Securities.
         (D) Boats.
         (E) License plates.
         (F) Other stolen or recovered property.
      (2) All information concerning fugitives charged with a crime,
      including information concerning extradition.
      (3) All information concerning runaways, missing and
      unidentified persons, and missing children (as defined in
      IC 10-13-5-4), including information concerning the release of
      those persons to the custody of a parent or guardian.
      (4) Information contained in a protective order, including any
      modifications or extensions issued by a court and filed with a law
      enforcement agency as required in IC 5-2-9-6(f).
      (5) Information received from a court concerning a prohibited
      person under IC 33-24-6-15.
   (b) On a daily basis, All law enforcement agencies shall do the
following with the information described in subsection (a) within
twenty-four (24) hours of receipt or modification of the
information required by IDACS, unless otherwise provided by law:
      (1) Enter all information concerning missing children (as defined
      in IC 10-13-5-4) into the National Crime Information Center's
      Missing Person File.
      (2) Enter all information concerning warrants issued for a person
      who allegedly abducted or unlawfully retained a missing child
      into the National Crime Information Center's Wanted Person File.
      (3) Enter all information concerning unidentified persons into the
      National Crime Information Center's Unidentified Person File.
      (4) Enter all information concerning a protective order, a
      workplace violence restraining order, or a no contact order
      involving intimate partners into the National Crime Information
      Center's (NCIC) Protection Order File if the order qualifies under
      NCIC rules.
   (c) If a protective order, a no contact order, or a workplace violence
restraining order is removed from a depository established under
IC 5-2-9, the law enforcement agency responsible for the depository
shall delete the information entered under subsection (a)(4) from the

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Indiana data and communication system (IDACS) computer.
   (d) Notwithstanding any other law, the department, in

consultation with the institute, may determine that a law
enforcement agency is ineligible to receive any law enforcement
grants from the institute if the law enforcement agency fails to
timely enter or modify information in accordance with the
requirements set forth in this section. The law enforcement agency
remains ineligible for law enforcement grants until the law
enforcement agency remedies the deficiency in a manner
prescribed by the department. The institute may not award a law
enforcement grant to a law enforcement agency that is determined
to be ineligible for a grant under this subsection until the
department notifies the institute that the law enforcement agency
has remedied its deficiency.

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Speaker of the House of Representatives

President of the Senate

President Pro Tempore

Governor of the State of Indiana

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