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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Child welfare task force."
+description: "Establishes the child welfare task force (task force) to study specified topics regarding child welfare services in Indiana. Requires the task force to submit a report not later than October 15, 2026, and not later than October 15, 2027, for review by the interim study committee on child services."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 1273"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1273 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AGENCIES; Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA)", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Children in Need of Services (CHINS)", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Foster Care", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Generally", "COURTS; Juvenile Courts", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Behavioral Health", "TASK FORCES AND COMMITTEES; New"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dale DeVon", "Linda Rogers", "Liz Brown", "Stacey Donato"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-13"
+last_action: "2025-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/943f2739-0643-46d7-9ee8-e7dad61ea786"
+source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1273"
+source_hash: "216a1ac6d2b6c463d613fe61defc231f89fee03096ff92a85e7de819833f87a0"
+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 1273 (2025) — Child welfare task force.
+
+Establishes the child welfare task force (task force) to study specified topics regarding child welfare services in Indiana. Requires the task force to submit a report not later than October 15, 2026, and not later than October 15, 2027, for review by the interim study committee on child services.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1273/HB1273.04.ENGS.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1273/HB1273.05.ENRS.pdf)
+3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1273/HB1273.03.COMS.pdf)
+4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1273/HB1273.01.INTR.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1273 - DeVon — **81–0** (pass) · lower
+- HB 1273 - DeVon - 3rd Reading — **90–0** (pass) · lower
+- HB 1273 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — **42–4** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dale DeVon — primary (person)
+- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
+- Liz Brown — primary (person)
+- Stacey Donato — primary (person)
+- Carolyn Jackson — coauthor (person)
+- Julie McGuire — coauthor (person)
+- La Keisha Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryan Lauer — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-13** Authored by Representative DeVon
+- **2025-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-27** Representative McGuire added as coauthor
+- **2025-01-30** Representative Lauer added as coauthor
+- **2025-01-30** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-03** Representative Jackson C added as coauthor
+- **2025-02-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 87: yeas 90, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-04** Senate sponsor: Senator Rogers
+- **2025-02-05** Referred to the Senate `referral`
+- **2025-02-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-18** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-27** Senator Brown L added as third sponsor
+- **2025-03-27** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-27** Amendment #2 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-03-27** Senator Donato added as second sponsor
+- **2025-03-31** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
+- **2025-03-31** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
+- **2025-03-31** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 308: yeas 42, nays 4 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-31** Senator Jackson L added as cosponsor
+- **2025-04-14** Motion to concur filed `filing`
+- **2025-04-16** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 468: yeas 81, nays 0
+- **2025-04-17** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
+- **2025-04-23** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-01** Public Law 162 `became-law`
+- **2025-05-01** 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/943f2739-0643-46d7-9ee8-e7dad61ea786`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+