Introduced Version
SENATE BILL No. 492
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 36-1-8.5-2.
Synopsis: Restricted address program. Adds: (1) public safety
telecommunicators; and (2) 911 emergency call dispatch center
administrators; to the persons who may restrict access to their home
address on a local government's public property data base website.
Effective: July 1, 2025.
Crider
January 14, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary.
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First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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SENATE BILL No. 492
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local
government.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 36-1-8.5-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.180-2023,
2 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "covered person"
4 means any of the following:
5 (1) A judge.
6 (2) A law enforcement officer.
7 (3) An address confidentiality program participant.
8 (4) A public official.
9 (5) The surviving spouse of a person described in subdivision (2),
10 if the person was killed in the line of duty.
11 (6) An employee of the department of child services.
12 (7) A current or former probation officer.
13 (8) A current or former community corrections officer.
14 (9) A regular, paid firefighter or a volunteer firefighter (as defined
15 in IC 36-8-12-2).
16 (10) A public safety telecommunicator (as defined in
17 IC 10-10.5-1-6).
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1 (11) An administrator for a 911 emergency call dispatch
2 center.
3 (10) (12) Any person who resides in the same household as a
4 person described in subdivisions (1) through (9). (11).
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