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+type: "Bill"
+title: "DCS technical changes and adoption subsidies."
+description: "Relocates the definition of \"foster youth\". Defines \"licensed kinship caregiver\". Makes the following changes with regard to state adoption subsidies: (1) Removes the age requirement for eligibility. (2) Provides that a child who is a ward of the department of child services (DCS) is considered hard to place for purposes of eligibility."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 1064"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1064 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Child Services (DCS)", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Adoption", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Foster Care", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Indiana Code", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Generally", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Generally", "HEALTH; Children and Minors", "HEALTH; Medical Records", "MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LAW; Child Support", "Custody", "and Visitation", "STATE GOVERNMENT; State and Local Funding"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dale DeVon", "Greg Walker", "Stacey Donato"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-01-08"
+last_action: "2024-03-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cb9c9ec-04c5-4930-b304-5789a2665ceb"
+source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1064"
+source_hash: "573c89811618e0ed1ed70b8767ec3a2b4d946526c76ad74503308af5268a4b2b"
+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 1064 (2024) — DCS technical changes and adoption subsidies.
+
+Relocates the definition of "foster youth". Defines "licensed kinship caregiver". Makes the following changes with regard to state adoption subsidies: (1) Removes the age requirement for eligibility. (2) Provides that a child who is a ward of the department of child services (DCS) is considered hard to place for purposes of eligibility.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1064/HB1064.05.ENRS.pdf)
+2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1064/HB1064.04.COMS.pdf)
+3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1064/HB1064.03.COMS.pdf)
+4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1064/HB1064.01.INTR.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1064 - DeVon — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+- HB 1064 - DeVon - 3rd Reading — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- HB 1064 - Donato - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dale DeVon — primary (person)
+- Greg Walker — primary (person)
+- Stacey Donato — primary (person)
+- Edward Clere — coauthor (person)
+- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
+- Lori Goss-Reaves — coauthor (person)
+- Ryan Lauer — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-08** Authored by Representative DeVon
+- **2024-01-18** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2024-01-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2024-01-22** Representative Lauer added as coauthor
+- **2024-01-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 30: yeas 96, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2024-01-23** Representative Clere added as coauthor
+- **2024-01-23** Senate sponsors: Senators Donato and Walker G
+- **2024-01-23** Representative Goss-Reaves added as coauthor
+- **2024-01-24** Referred to the Senate `referral`
+- **2024-02-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-12** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-26** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
+- **2024-02-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 205: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2024-02-28** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
+- **2024-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 274: yeas 93, nays 0
+- **2024-03-05** Motion to concur filed `filing`
+- **2024-03-07** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-03-07** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
+- **2024-03-11** Public Law 46 `became-law`
+- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cb9c9ec-04c5-4930-b304-5789a2665ceb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+