Indiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 3 R · 1 D cosponsors

SB 52 — Grandparent visitation.

Last action — First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced December 08, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House.

Odds of enactment

Moderate chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Advancing 50% · moderate confidence

  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 4 sponsors

    3 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (3 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Summary

Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee certain topics related to grandparent visitation rights.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

  2. Referred to the House

  3. House sponsor: Representative Jeter

  4. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 47: yeas 45, nays 0

  5. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  6. Senator Randolph added as coauthor

  7. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  8. Authored by Senator Clark

  9. Senator Walker K added as second author

  10. First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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3 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (146)

146 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 52 do?
Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee certain topics related to grandparent visitation rights.
Who sponsors SB 52?
SB 52 is sponsored by Chris Jeter (Republican), Lonnie Randolph (Democrat), Kyle Walker (Republican), and Brett Clark (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 52?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced December 08, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
Where can I track SB 52?
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