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Read. Follow. Verify.Indiana Senate Bill 192 requires courts to treat military protective orders as evidence in state protection order proceedings
Last action · January 5, 2026: First reading: referred to Committee on JudiciarySponsor: Cyndi Carrasco
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What This Bill Proposed
Indiana Senate Bill 192 requires parties involved in protective order proceedings to disclose any active s issued by a military commander. It allows parties to submit these military orders as evidence and permits courts to issue protective orders based on them, effective July 1, 2026.
Litigants and domestic violence petitioners involved in cases with military personnel gain the legal mechanism to use military command-issued protective orders as direct evidence for obtaining expedited state court protection.
- Military protective orders are command-issued administrative orders used to restrict a service member's contact with individuals, separate from civilian judicial protective orders. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
parties to a protective order proceeding
Parties gain a continuing duty to disclose military protective orders and the legal right to submit them as evidence to obtain ex parte protection orders.
Key Facts
- Parties in a protective order proceeding have a continuing duty to inform the court of any military protective orders issued by a military commander in effect between the parties.
- Parties are required to include the case name, case number, county, and state of the proceeding if known.
- If a petitioner presents evidence of an active military protective order, the court must consider it as evidence.
- Courts are authorized to issue an ex parte order for protection or modify an existing order based upon military protective order evidence.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Jan 5, 2026SenateIntroducedFirst reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
- Jan 5, 2026SenateAuthored by Senator Carrasco
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 50)
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