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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Juvenile court jurisdiction."
+description: "Provides that a child who: (1) commits indecent display by a youth; or (2) commits dangerous possession of a firearm or provides a firearm to another child in certain circumstances; has committed a delinquent act subject to the jurisdiction of a juvenile court."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 1256"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1256 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Juvenile Courts and Proceedings", "CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Juvenile Delinquents", "INDIANA CODE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jack Sandlin", "Michael Young", "Wendy McNamara"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-14"
+last_action: "2021-04-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03342290-96b3-4799-a95a-e2d7495e6700"
+source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1256"
+source_hash: "51bb8a558c8b73cb36d968499e26cece03fc7ea68267876c759752828d908b0f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
+---
+
+# Indiana HB 1256 (2021) — Juvenile court jurisdiction.
+
+Provides that a child who: (1) commits indecent display by a youth; or (2) commits dangerous possession of a firearm or provides a firearm to another child in certain circumstances; has committed a delinquent act subject to the jurisdiction of a juvenile court.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1256/versions/HB1256.04.ENRS)
+2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1256/versions/HB1256.02.COMH)
+3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1256/versions/HB1256.03.COMS)
+4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1256/versions/HB1256.01.INTR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1256 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — **92–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
+- Michael Young — primary (person)
+- Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
+- Gregory Steuerwald — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-14** Coauthored by Representative Steuerwald
+- **2021-01-14** Authored by Representative McNamara
+- **2021-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-04** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-08** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-11** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 109: yeas 92, nays 1 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-11** Senate sponsor: Senator Young M
+- **2021-02-12** Referred to the Senate
+- **2021-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-18** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-22** Amendment #1 (Tallian) failed; Roll Call 240: yeas 17, nays 31 `amendment-failure`
+- **2021-03-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-23** Senator Sandlin added as second sponsor
+- **2021-03-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 262: yeas 36, nays 12 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-24** Returned to the House without amendments
+- **2021-03-29** Signed by the Speaker
+- **2021-04-01** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
+- **2021-04-19** Public Law 84
+- **2021-04-19** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2021-04-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03342290-96b3-4799-a95a-e2d7495e6700`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+