Legislative record

SB 271STATE · IndianaIntroduced

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.

Voted 3/5/2026

Roll-call record

How representatives voted

124 yea·21 nay·3 other

Docket history

Action history

  1. 3/5/2026Public Law 142
  2. 3/5/2026Signed by the Governor
  3. 3/3/2026Signed by the Speaker
  4. 2/27/2026CCR # 1 filed in the House
  5. 2/27/2026Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 323: yeas 50, nays 0
  6. 2/27/2026Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 418: yeas 94, nays 2
  7. 2/27/2026CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
  8. 2/27/2026Signed by the President of the Senate
  9. 2/27/2026Signed by the President Pro Tempore
  10. 2/25/2026Senate advisors appointed: Schmitt, Randolph Lonnie M