IndianaPosts sharing at least two of someone’s details with multiple people on public social media to injure them could count as threats
Starting July 1, 2026, posts sharing at least two of someone’s personal details with multiple people on public social media could count as threats if meant to injure them, damage their property, or cause a crime against them.
What it does
Starting July 1, 2026, sharing at least two of someone’s personal details with multiple people on a public social media platform could count as a threat if meant to injure them, damage their property, or cause a crime against them.
Argument forTreating posts that share at least two of someone’s details with multiple social media users to injure them as threats could help address targeted intimidation.
Argument againstDisputes over a poster’s intent could make cases hard to judge when at least two of someone’s details reach multiple users on a public social media platform.
More detail
Posting at least two of someone’s personal details to multiple people on a public social media platform with intent to cause specified harm would count as a threat. Personal information combines at least two listed details, such as a name, home address, or phone number. The post must reach more than one person through a public website or app where users have accounts, share content, and comment or message. The poster must intend the post to cause bodily injury to that person, damage their property, or lead to a crime against them. A real estate or mapping platform address is excluded if it is not shown with information identifying the property’s owner or occupant. The definition takes effect July 1, 2026.
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- Passed House
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History
- 2026
- Mar 12Signed by the Governor Mike BraunBecame Law
- Mar 12Public Law 146Major
- Mar 5Signed by the President Pro TemporeMajor
- Mar 3Signed by the SpeakerMajor
- Mar 2Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- Feb 27Senator Young M added as coauthor
- Vote recorded SB 140 - Zimmerman. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded SB 140 - Becker. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 27CCR # 1 filed in the HouseMinor
- Feb 27CCR # 1 filed in the SenateMinor
- Feb 27Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 328: yeas 47, nays 0
- Feb 27Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 427: yeas 96, nays 0
- Feb 23Senate advisors appointed: Pol, Freeman
- Feb 23Senate conferees appointed: Becker, Taylor G
- Feb 23House advisors appointed: Bascom, Ireland, Bauer
- Feb 23House conferees appointed: Zimmerman, Gore
- Feb 23Senate dissented from House amendments
- Feb 20Motion to dissent filedMinor
- Feb 18Returned to the Senate with amendmentsMinor
- Feb 17Third reading: passed; Roll Call 264: yeas 88, nays 0Passed House
- Vote recorded SB 140 - Zimmerman - 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 16Second reading: ordered engrossedMinor
- Feb 16Representative Lucas added as cosponsor
- Feb 12Committee report: amend do pass, adoptedMinor
- Feb 2Representative Bascom added as cosponsor
- Jan 28First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal CodeMinor
- Jan 27Referred to the HouseMinor
- Jan 26Third reading: passed; Roll Call 70: yeas 44, nays 0Passed Senate
- Vote recorded SB 140 - Becker - 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 26House sponsor: Representative Zimmerman
- Jan 22Amendment #3 (Freeman) prevailed; voice voteMajor
- Jan 22Second reading: amended, ordered engrossedMinor
- Jan 13Committee report: amend do pass, adoptedMinor
- Jan 8Senator Walker K added as coauthor
- Jan 5Coauthored by Senators Leising, Goode, Charbonneau, Deery, Walker G
- Jan 5Authored by Senators Becker, Freeman, Glick
- Jan 5First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal LawIntroduced
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