Indiana 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 21 R · 1 D cosponsors

SB 143 — Parental rights.

Last action — Public Law 101

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Mike Braun (Republican) on April 22, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 22 sponsors

    4 primary, 18 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (21 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

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Summary

Provides that a governmental entity may not substantially burden certain parental rights unless the burden, as applied to the parent and the child, is required to advance a compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of advancing the governmental interest. Prohibits a governmental entity from: (1) advising, directing, or coercing a child to withhold certain information from the child's parent; or (2) denying a child's parent access to certain information. Allows a parent to bring an action against a governmental entity for certain violations and provides for certain relief. Specifies that the parent of a child does not have a right to access certain medical care on behalf of the child if the child does not have an affirmative right of access to the medical care.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Public Law 101

  2. Signed by the Governor

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the Speaker

  5. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  6. Motion to concur filed

  7. Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 371: yeas 43, nays 4

  8. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  9. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 344: yeas 69, nays 24

  10. Representative Wesco added as cosponsor

  11. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  12. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  13. Representative Commons added as cosponsor

  14. Representative Prescott added as cosponsor

  15. First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

  16. Referred to the House

  17. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 23: yeas 44, nays 5

  18. Senator Buck added as coauthor

  19. House sponsor: Representative Lindauer

  20. Amendment #3 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote

  21. Senator Raatz added as coauthor

  22. Senator Bohacek added as coauthor

  23. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  24. Senators Gaskill, Johnson T, Donato, Doriot, Buchanan, Tomes, Goode, Randolph, Maxwell added as coauthors

  25. Senator Clark added as third author

  26. Senator Alexander added as second author

  27. Senator Rogers added as coauthor

  28. Senator Garten added as coauthor

  29. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  30. Senator Byrne added as coauthor

  31. Authored by Senator Brown L

  32. First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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4 sponsors · 18 co-sponsors · 128 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (18)

Not signed on (128)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 143 do?
Provides that a governmental entity may not substantially burden certain parental rights unless the burden, as applied to the parent and the child, is required to advance a compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of advancing the governmental interest. Prohibits a governmental entity from: (1) advising, directing, or coercing a child to withhold certain information from the child's parent; or (2) denying a child's parent access to certain information. Allows a parent to bring an action against a governmental entity for certain violations and provides for certain relief. Specifies that the parent of a child does not have a right to access certain medical care on behalf of the child if the child does not have an affirmative right of access to the medical care.
Who sponsors SB 143?
SB 143 is sponsored by Timothy Wesco (Republican), J.D. Prescott (Republican), Matt Commons (Republican), Shane Lindauer (Republican), James Buck (Republican), Jeff Raatz (Republican), Mike Bohacek (Republican), Linda Rogers (Republican), Chris Garten (Republican), Randy Maxwell (Republican), Lonnie Randolph (Democrat), Greg Goode (Republican), James Tomes (Republican), Brian Buchanan (Republican), Blake Doriot (Republican), Stacey Donato (Republican), Tyler Johnson (Republican), Mike Gaskill (Republican), Gary Byrne (Republican), Brett Clark (Republican), Scott Alexander (Republican), and Liz Brown (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 143?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2025. Enacted.
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