The City-County Council has passed Proposal No. 232, 2025, updating Marion County’s curfew rules for minors to improve youth safety and support secure neighborhoods.

The updated ordinance sets curfew hours based on a minor’s age and, in certain situations, whether a Public Safety Curfew is in effect. Public Safety Curfews are temporary, earlier curfews enacted during periods of heightened safety concerns.

Standard curfew hours now require minors ages 15–17 to be off public streets between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday and between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. Sunday through Thursday. Youth under age 15 must be off public streets from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. daily.

Public Safety Curfew hours, when enacted, move the curfew earlier: Minors ages 15–16 must be off public streets by 11 p.m. on Frid

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