Indiana lawmakers seek to criminalize doxing after threats during redistricting

(INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — Indiana lawmakers hope to crack down on doxing after more than a dozen of their own became victims of threats amid a turbulent but unsuccessful redistricting campaign.

Doxing is the public release of someone’s personal information, without their consent, as a threat.

Senate Bill 140 would make that a Class A misdemeanor, or a felony if the doxing results in serious injury or death.

“Basically it’s what Sen. (Spencer) Deery and Sen. (Greg) Goode and Sen. (Jean) Leising and several others over the redistricting … experienced,” said bill author Sen. Vaneta Becker, R-Evansville, told the Senate’s Corrections and Criminal Law committee Tuesday.

Targeted lawmakers included those for and against President Donald Trump’s failed push to eliminate Indiana’s two Democratic congressional seats in favor of a 9-0 Republican delegation, ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

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