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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Competency evaluation."
+description: "Requires the division of mental health and addiction to establish a training program to certify a competency evaluator to assist a court in determining competency. Provides that certain licensed individuals may examine a defendant and testify as to whether the defendant can understand the criminal proceedings and assist in the preparation of the defendant's defense. Allows a court to dismiss criminal charges, without prejudice if the defendant has a certain diagnosis and the defendant is charged with a misdemeanor or Level 6 felony. Makes conforming changes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 1238"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1238 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Generally"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Liz Brown", "Mark Messmer", "Michael Crider", "Wendy McNamara"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-01-09"
+last_action: "2024-03-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46936a8a-a3f1-478c-adaf-966a09827c31"
+source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1238"
+source_hash: "fb168c53f9937a318e4e679a4159ecb40a2deb36ce73dec67c169c1816cf3943"
+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 1238 (2024) — Competency evaluation.
+
+Requires the division of mental health and addiction to establish a training program to certify a competency evaluator to assist a court in determining competency. Provides that certain licensed individuals may examine a defendant and testify as to whether the defendant can understand the criminal proceedings and assist in the preparation of the defendant's defense. Allows a court to dismiss criminal charges, without prejudice if the defendant has a certain diagnosis and the defendant is charged with a misdemeanor or Level 6 felony. Makes conforming changes.
+
+## 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/HB1238/HB1238.05.ENRS.pdf)
+2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1238/HB1238.04.COMS.pdf)
+3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1238/HB1238.03.COMH.pdf)
+4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1238/HB1238.01.INTR.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1238 - McNamara — **87–2** (pass) · lower
+- HB 1238 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- HB 1238 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — **43–6** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Liz Brown — primary (person)
+- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
+- Michael Crider — primary (person)
+- Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
+- Gregory Steuerwald — coauthor (person)
+- Jennifer Meltzer — coauthor (person)
+- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
+- Mitch Gore — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-09** Authored by Representative McNamara
+- **2024-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-09** Coauthored by Representatives Meltzer, Steuerwald, Gore
+- **2024-01-25** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
+- **2024-01-25** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2024-01-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-01** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-05** Senate sponsors: Senators Brown L, Messmer, Crider
+- **2024-02-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 138: yeas 97, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2024-02-06** Referred to the Senate `referral`
+- **2024-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-27** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
+- **2024-02-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 220: yeas 43, nays 6 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2024-03-01** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
+- **2024-03-05** Motion to concur filed `filing`
+- **2024-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 282: yeas 87, nays 2
+- **2024-03-07** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
+- **2024-03-07** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2024-03-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-12** Public Law 85 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46936a8a-a3f1-478c-adaf-966a09827c31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+