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HB1432 • 2026

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

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

Crime
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Representative Garrett Bascom
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
House Bill (S)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on how the determination process will work or what specific steps are required by courts.

Procedure for Intellectual Disability Determination in Death Penalty Cases

This bill establishes a process to decide before trial if someone charged with a crime that could lead to the death penalty has an intellectual disability.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishes a procedure to determine pretrial whether a defendant in a death penalty case has an intellectual disability.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People accused of crimes that could result in the death penalty
  • Courts and judges handling death penalty cases

Terms To Know

Intellectual Disability
A condition where someone has significant limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior, usually identified during childhood.
Death Penalty
The most severe punishment for a crime, which is the execution of the person found guilty.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify how to determine if someone has an intellectual disability.
  • It does not change other parts of criminal law or procedure outside death penalty cases.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HB1432.01.INTR.AMH01

Committee Introduced House Bill (H) • Representative Garrett Bascom

Filed

Plain English: The amendment adds a new section to the Indiana Code that defines intellectual disability and sets criteria for determining if someone has an intellectual disability.

  • Adds a definition of 'intellectual disability' in the criminal law and procedure code.
  • Establishes criteria, including significant limitations in adaptive behavior and cognitive functioning, for identifying individuals with intellectual disabilities.
  • The amendment does not specify how this new section will be used or what changes it might bring to existing laws or procedures.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 Senate

    First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law

  2. 2026-01-29 House

    Referred to the Senate

  3. 2026-01-28 House

    Third reading: passed; Roll Call 110: yeas 96, nays 0

  4. 2026-01-28 House

    Senate sponsor: Senator Freeman

  5. 2026-01-22 House

    Second reading: ordered engrossed

  6. 2026-01-20 House

    Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  7. 2026-01-08 House

    Authored by Representative Bascom

  8. 2026-01-08 House

    Coauthored by Representatives Zimmerman, Greene

  9. 2026-01-08 House

    First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure.
Death sentence and intellectual disabilities.

Current Bill Text

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

Death sentence and intellectual disabilities.

Establishes a procedure to determine pretrial whether a defendant in a death penalty case has an intellectual disability.