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Read. Follow. Verify.Indiana Senate Bill 126 Repeals Separate Health Code Crime for Syringe Possession
Last action · December 11, 2025: First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal LawSponsor: Brett Clark
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What This Bill Proposed
Indiana Senate Bill 126 eliminates the specific crime of possessing a hypodermic syringe under the state health code, effective July 1, 2026. Possession of a syringe continues to remain a criminal offense under the broader category of drug paraphernalia in the criminal code.
Removes one statutory classification for syringe possession while leaving criminal liability intact under existing drug paraphernalia statutes for individuals throughout Indiana.
Who It Would Have Affected
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Individuals possessing hypodermic syringes
Their legal liability shifts from a specific health code felony provision to general drug paraphernalia statutes.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Dec 11, 2025SenateIntroducedFirst reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
- Dec 11, 2025SenateAuthored by Senator Clark
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0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
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