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SB 119

Indiana - Session 2026

Senate enacted 2026-03-05
Bill Details

Title: Grooming.

Summary

Adds a facility or event that provides entertainment or programming primarily directed toward a child less than 18 years of age to the list of facilities at which a sexually violent predator or an offender against children may not work or volunteer. Adds entering a facility or location holding an event that provides entertainment or programming primarily directed toward a child less than 18 years of age by a serious sex offender to the crime of unlawful entry by a serious sex offender. Renames the offense of "inappropriate communication with a child"" to ""sexual grooming"", and provides (in addition to the current elements of the offense) that a person commits the offense if the person engages in a pattern of repeated or continuous contact with an individual whom the person believes to be a child less than 14 years of age, with the intent to condition the individual to be less resistant to future sexual conduct or sexual activity. Specifies that ""computer network"" includes cellular telephones."

Sponsor
Dan Dernulc
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Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
2025-12-09 Introduced Bill introduced
2026-03-05 Status enacted
2026-03-05 Latest Action Public Law 111
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