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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Paternity actions."
+description: "Allows a child, by the child's next friend, to commence a child custody proceeding under certain circumstances. Defines \"next friend.\" Provides that a court having jurisdiction over a child who is the subject of a child in need of services proceeding or juvenile delinquency proceeding has concurrent jurisdiction with a court having jurisdiction over a paternity proceeding for the purpose of establishing or modifying paternity, custody, parenting time, or child support of the child."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1172"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1172 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Child Support", "Custody", "and Visitation", "CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Juvenile Courts and Proceedings", "CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Juvenile Delinquents"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Edward Clere", "Greg Walker", "Jon Ford", "Rodney Pol"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-10"
+last_action: "2023-04-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c81e9e18-bf2e-41d8-9910-6004fa42b448"
+source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1172"
+source_hash: "028a90655242b3584493ca0f4f564e9c4819e43862a5638919a8e73f299af4a4"
+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 1172 (2023) — Paternity actions.
+
+Allows a child, by the child's next friend, to commence a child custody proceeding under certain circumstances. Defines "next friend." Provides that a court having jurisdiction over a child who is the subject of a child in need of services proceeding or juvenile delinquency proceeding has concurrent jurisdiction with a court having jurisdiction over a paternity proceeding for the purpose of establishing or modifying paternity, custody, parenting time, or child support of the child.
+
+## 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/2023/bills/HB1172/versions/HB1172.05.ENRS)
+2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1172/versions/HB1172.02.COMH)
+3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1172/versions/HB1172.03.COMH)
+4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1172/versions/HB1172.04.COMS)
+5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1172/versions/HB1172.01.INTR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1172 - Walker G - 3rd Reading — **41–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Edward Clere — primary (person)
+- Greg Walker — primary (person)
+- Jon Ford — primary (person)
+- Rodney Pol — primary (person)
+- Carolyn Jackson — coauthor (person)
+- Dale DeVon — coauthor (person)
+- Gregory Steuerwald — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-10** Coauthored by Representatives DeVon and Jackson
+- **2023-01-10** Authored by Representative Clere
+- **2023-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-16** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
+- **2023-02-21** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-23** Representative Steuerwald added as coauthor
+- **2023-02-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 239: yeas 95, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-27** Senate sponsors: Senators Walker G, Ford Jon, Pol
+- **2023-02-28** Referred to the Senate `referral`
+- **2023-03-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 239: yeas 41, nays 2 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-22** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
+- **2023-03-27** Motion to concur filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-28** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 321: yeas 95, nays 0
+- **2023-04-06** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
+- **2023-04-06** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-04-17** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-04-20** Public Law 66 `became-law`
+- **2023-04-20** 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/c81e9e18-bf2e-41d8-9910-6004fa42b448`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+