Indiana 2023 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 2 D · 1 R cosponsors

HB 1128 — Reporting of child abuse or neglect.

Last action — Representative Bartlett added as coauthor

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

This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Provides that coaches and athletic facility staff members have a duty to report child abuse to: (1) the department of child services (department) or the local law enforcement agency; and (2) the individual in charge of the school or athletic facility. Provides that the individual in charge of the school or athletic facility has a duty to report or cause the child abuse to be reported. Provides that a criminal investigation under this law does not affect a victim's right to seek civil remedies. Requires that if a report alleges that a youth coach is the abuser, the department shall investigate the school or athletic facility to determine whether the school or athletic facility reasonably should have known that the alleged abuse was happening. Provides that in determining whether the school or athletic facility reasonably should have known, the department may consider: (1) whether there have been previous allegations against the coach; (2) whether there are disciplinary records for the coach involving inappropriate behavior with a minor; and (3) whether the school or athletic facility properly reported any previous allegations against the coach or disciplinary records involving the coach's inappropriate behavior with a minor. Raises the penalty for failure to report to a Level 5 felony. (Under current law, it is a Class B misdemeanor.)

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Representative Bartlett added as coauthor

  2. Representatives Schaibley and Garcia Wilburn V added as coauthors

  3. Reassigned to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code

  4. First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs

  5. Authored by Representative Cash

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

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Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (146)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1128 do?
Provides that coaches and athletic facility staff members have a duty to report child abuse to: (1) the department of child services (department) or the local law enforcement agency; and (2) the individual in charge of the school or athletic facility. Provides that the individual in charge of the school or athletic facility has a duty to report or cause the child abuse to be reported. Provides that a criminal investigation under this law does not affect a victim's right to seek civil remedies. Requires that if a report alleges that a youth coach is the abuser, the department shall investigate the school or athletic facility to determine whether the school or athletic facility reasonably should have known that the alleged abuse was happening. Provides that in determining whether the school or athletic facility reasonably should have known, the department may consider: (1) whether there have been previous allegations against the coach; (2) whether there are disciplinary records for the coach involving inappropriate behavior with a minor; and (3) whether the school or athletic facility properly reported any previous allegations against the coach or disciplinary records involving the coach's inappropriate behavior with a minor. Raises the penalty for failure to report to a Level 5 felony. (Under current law, it is a Class B misdemeanor.)
Who sponsors HB 1128?
HB 1128 is sponsored by John Bartlett (Democrat), Donna Schaibley, Becky Cash (Republican), and Victoria Garcia Wilburn (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 1128?
This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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