Indiana 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 6 R · 2 D cosponsors

HB 1412 — Reporting of child abuse or neglect.

Last action — Signed by the Governor

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 13, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Mike Braun (Republican) on May 01, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 8 sponsors

    3 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (6 R · 2 D) — cross-party backing.

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Summary

Provides that an individual's duty to report suspected child abuse or neglect may only be delegated to another person if certain conditions are met. Requires that if a report of suspected child abuse or neglect alleges that a staff member, youth coach, or volunteer of an institution, school, facility, organization, or agency is the abuser, law enforcement shall investigate to determine whether the institution, school, facility, organization, or agency knew that the alleged abuse was happening and failed to report the alleged abuse. Allows law enforcement to consider certain facts when determining whether the institution, school, facility, organization, or agency knew about the alleged abuse. Provides that a child is not a child in need of services due to a parent, guardian, or custodian referring to and raising a child consistent with the child's biological sex. Makes conforming changes.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor

  2. Public Law 168

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  5. Signed by the Speaker

  6. House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 474: yeas 59, nays 19

  7. Motion to concur filed

  8. Returned to the House with amendments

  9. Senator Randolph added as cosponsor

  10. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 346: yeas 31, nays 18

  11. Amendment #1 (Young M) prevailed; voice vote

  12. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  13. Amendment #4 (Johnson T) prevailed; voice vote

  14. Senator Carrasco removed as third sponsor

  15. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  16. First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services

  17. Referred to the Senate

  18. Representatives Sweet and Garcia Wilburn added as coauthors

  19. Cosponsor: Senator Dernulc

  20. Senate sponsors: Senators Goode, Crider, Carrasco

  21. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 138: yeas 91, nays 0

  22. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  23. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  24. Recommitted to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code pursuant to House Rule 126.3

  25. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

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

  27. Coauthored by Representative Olthoff

  28. Authored by Representative Cash

Sponsors

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3 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 142 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (142)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1412 do?
Provides that an individual's duty to report suspected child abuse or neglect may only be delegated to another person if certain conditions are met. Requires that if a report of suspected child abuse or neglect alleges that a staff member, youth coach, or volunteer of an institution, school, facility, organization, or agency is the abuser, law enforcement shall investigate to determine whether the institution, school, facility, organization, or agency knew that the alleged abuse was happening and failed to report the alleged abuse. Allows law enforcement to consider certain facts when determining whether the institution, school, facility, organization, or agency knew about the alleged abuse. Provides that a child is not a child in need of services due to a parent, guardian, or custodian referring to and raising a child consistent with the child's biological sex. Makes conforming changes.
Who sponsors HB 1412?
HB 1412 is sponsored by Lonnie Randolph (Democrat), Dan Dernulc (Republican), Michael Crider (Republican), Greg Goode (Republican), Lorissa Sweet (Republican), Julie Olthoff (Republican), Becky Cash (Republican), and Victoria Garcia Wilburn (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 1412?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 13, 2025. Enacted.
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