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SB0271Introduced in the Senate

Telecommunications wire and valuable metal dealers.

Passed

Introduced by Eric Koch, District 44

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Telecommunications wire and valuable metal dealers. Adds telecommunications network wire to the definition of "valuable metal" for purposes of Indiana law governing valuable metal dealers. Moves existing criminal penalties concerning valuable metals to the criminal code. Provides that a person may not sell or attempt to sell, and a valuable metal dealer may not purchase or attempt to purchase, telecommunications network wire in any amount unless specified conditions are satisfied. Provides that a person who suffers a pecuniary loss as a result of a violation of Indiana law governing valuable metal dealers may bring a civil action for specified damages against the person who caused the loss.

Where it stands

Public Law 142

March 5, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: House - Conference Committee Report 1 · February 27, 2026

94

Yes

2

No

4

Absent or Not Voting

100 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Carolyn Jackson1Yes
Earl Harris2Yes
Ragen Hatcher3Yes
Edmond Soliday4Yes
Dale DeVon5Yes
Maureen Bauer6Yes
Jake Teshka7Yes
Ryan Dvorak8Yes
Randy Novak9Yes
Charles Moseley10Yes

Bill history

  1. Authored by Senator Koch

  2. First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law

  3. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  4. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  5. Senator Freeman added as second author

  6. Senator Pol added as third author

  7. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 62: yeas 44, nays 1

  8. House sponsor: Representative McNamara

  9. Cosponsor: Representative Soliday

  10. Senator Schmitt added as coauthor

  11. Referred to the House

  12. First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code

  13. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  14. Amendment #2 (Zimmerman) motion withdrawn

  15. Amendment #1 (Zimmerman) prevailed; voice vote

  16. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  17. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 354: yeas 76, nays 21

  18. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  19. Motion to dissent filed

  20. Senate dissented from House amendments

  21. House conferees appointed: McNamara, Pierce M

  22. House advisors appointed: Soliday, Lindauer, Gore

  23. Representative McNamara removed as conferee

  24. Representative Lindauer removed as advisor

  25. Representative Lindauer added as conferee

  26. Representative McNamara added as advisor

  27. Senate conferees appointed: Koch, Taylor G

  28. Senate advisors appointed: Schmitt, Randolph Lonnie M

  29. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  30. Signed by the President of the Senate

  31. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  32. CCR # 1 filed in the House

  33. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 323: yeas 50, nays 0

  34. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 418: yeas 94, nays 2

  35. Signed by the Speaker

  36. Signed by the Governor

  37. Public Law 142

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