Public safety., the official text

Second Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2026)

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  SENATE ENROLLED ACT No. 140

   AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and
procedure.

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

   SECTION 1. IC 35-31.5-2-234.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026]: Sec. 234.5. (a) "Personal information"
means information or a combination of information, regardless of
whether the information is publicly available, that consists of two
(2) or more of the following:

      (1) The individual's name.
      (2) The individual's Social Security number.
      (3) The address of the individual's residence or any other real
      property owned by the individual.
      (4) A legal name previously used by the individual.
      (5) The individual's telephone number.
      (6) The name or address of the individual's employer.
      (7) The name or address of a location that the individual:

         (A) has frequently visited in the past; and
         (B) is likely to visit in the future.
   (b) The term does not include the address of real property
provided on a real estate or mapping platform if the address is not
displayed or disclosed in connection with any information
identifying the owner or occupant of the real property.

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   SECTION 2. IC 35-31.5-2-239.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026]: Sec. 239.5. "Post" means to deliver,
disseminate, or transmit information, regardless of whether the
information transmitted is an audio file, a video, an image, or in a
text format, to more than one (1) person through a social media
platform.

   SECTION 3. IC 35-31.5-2-306.8 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026]: Sec. 306.8. "Social media platform"
means a website or application that:

      (1) is open to the public;
      (2) allows users to create accounts;
      (3) enables users to communicate or interact with other users;
      (4) permits users to create or post content, messages,
      information, or images that are viewable by other users; and
      (5) permits users to comment on or message other users
      regarding such content, messages, information, or images.
   SECTION 4. IC 35-45-2-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.5-2022,
SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2026]: Sec. 1. (a) A person who communicates a threat with
the intent:
      (1) that another person engage in conduct against the other
      person's will;
      (2) that another person be placed in fear of retaliation for a prior
      lawful act;
      (3) of:

         (A) causing:
            (i) a dwelling, a building, or other structure; or
            (ii) a vehicle;

         to be evacuated; or
         (B) interfering with the occupancy of:

            (i) a dwelling, building, or other structure; or
            (ii) a vehicle; or
      (4) that another person be placed in fear that the threat will be
      carried out, if the threat is a threat described in:
         (A) subsection (c)(1) through (c)(5); (c)(1)(A) through
         (c)(1)(E); or
         (B) subsection (c)(7) through (c)(8); (c)(1)(G) through
         (c)(1)(H);
commits intimidation, a Class A misdemeanor.
   (b) However, the offense is a:

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      (1) Level 6 felony if:
         (A) the threat is to commit a forcible felony;
         (B) the subject of the threat or the person to whom the threat
         is communicated is a witness (or the spouse or child of a
         witness) in any pending criminal proceeding against the
         person making the threat;
         (C) the threat is communicated because of the occupation,
         profession, employment status, or ownership status of a person
         or the threat relates to or is made in connection with the
         occupation, profession, employment status, or ownership
         status of a person;
         (D) the person has a prior unrelated conviction for an offense
         under this section concerning the same victim; or
         (E) the threat is communicated using property, including
         electronic equipment or systems, of a school corporation or
         other governmental entity; and

      (2) Level 5 felony if:
         (A) while committing it, the person draws or uses a deadly
         weapon;
         (B) the subject of the threat or the person to whom the threat
         is communicated:
            (i) is a judicial officer or bailiff of any court; or
            (ii) is a prosecuting attorney or a deputy prosecuting
            attorney; or
            (iii) is a member of the general assembly;
         and the threat relates to the person's status as a judicial officer,
         bailiff, prosecuting attorney, or deputy prosecuting attorney, or
         member of the general assembly, or is made in connection
         with the official duties of the judicial officer, bailiff,
         prosecuting attorney, or deputy prosecuting attorney, or
         member of the general assembly; or
         (C) the threat is:
            (i) to commit terrorism; or
            (ii) made in furtherance of an act of terrorism.

   (c) "Threat" means:
      (1) an expression, by words or action, of an intention to:
         (1) (A) unlawfully injure the person threatened or another
         person, or damage property;
         (2) (B) unlawfully subject a person to physical confinement or
         restraint;
         (3) (C) commit a crime;
         (4) (D) unlawfully withhold official action, or cause such

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         withholding;
         (5) (E) unlawfully withhold testimony or information with
         respect to another person's legal claim or defense, except for
         a reasonable claim for witness fees or expenses;
         (6) (F) expose the person threatened to hatred, contempt,
         disgrace, or ridicule;
         (7) (G) falsely harm the credit or business reputation of a
         person; or
         (8) (H) cause the evacuation of a dwelling, a building, another
         structure, or a vehicle. For purposes of this subdivision, the
         term includes an expression that would cause a reasonable
         person to consider the evacuation of a dwelling, a building,
         another structure, or a vehicle, even if the dwelling, building,
         structure, or vehicle is not evacuated; or
      (2) posting personal information of a person with the intent
      that the posting of the personal information will result in:
         (A) bodily injury to the person;
         (B) damage to the person's property; or
         (C) the commission of a crime against the person.

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President of the Senate

President Pro Tempore

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Governor of the State of Indiana

Date:                             Time:

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