Indiana Senate panel scales back tort reform bill, sets up summer study committee instead

By: Casey Smith

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: February 19, 2026

Words: 487

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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A tort reform push was dramatically pared back in the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday, leaving behind narrow public nuisance language and a proposed summer study of Indiana’s civil litigation climate.

House Bill 1417, authored by Rep. Matt Lehman, R-Berne, previously cleared the House in a 61-34 vote. But senators adopted two amendments that stripped out provisions dealing with qualified settlement offers and attorney fee awards — and instead created a tort reform …

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