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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Children in need of services."
+description: "Requires the department of child services, subject to certain procedural safeguards, to have in-person contact with an alleged victim of child abuse or neglect: (1) before concluding an assessment; and (2) before dismissing or terminating a pending child in need of services case with the juvenile court."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1036"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1036 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Child Services (DCS)", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Children in Need of Services (CHINS)", "COURTS; Juvenile Courts"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brett Clark", "Linda Rogers", "Rodney Pol", "Victoria Garcia Wilburn"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-12-01"
+last_action: "2026-02-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26a21f5a-95b6-4037-9b0e-689faf8ad85e"
+source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1036"
+source_hash: "d69d32dfb5dec6a9eaf86a3f7ec79845afd307d579eae8353286c2c331137ce6"
+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 1036 (2026) — Children in need of services.
+
+Requires the department of child services, subject to certain procedural safeguards, to have in-person contact with an alleged victim of child abuse or neglect: (1) before concluding an assessment; and (2) before dismissing or terminating a pending child in need of services case with the juvenile court.
+
+## 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/124/2026/house/bills/HB1036/HB1036.04.ENGS.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1036/HB1036.05.ENRS.pdf)
+3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1036/HB1036.03.COMS.pdf)
+4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1036/HB1036.01.INTR.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1036 - Garcia Wilburn — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+- HB 1036 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- HB 1036 - Garcia Wilburn - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brett Clark — primary (person)
+- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
+- Rodney Pol — primary (person)
+- Victoria Garcia Wilburn — primary (person)
+- Alex Burton — coauthor (person)
+- Andrea Hunley — cosponsor (person)
+- Daryl Schmitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
+- Greg Goode — cosponsor (person)
+- Greg Walker — cosponsor (person)
+- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
+- Julie McGuire — coauthor (person)
+- Lori Goss-Reaves — coauthor (person)
+- Mike Gaskill — cosponsor (person)
+- Randy Maxwell — cosponsor (person)
+- Stacey Donato — cosponsor (person)
+- Tyler Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-12-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-12-01** Coauthored by Representative Burton
+- **2025-12-01** Authored by Representative Garcia Wilburn
+- **2025-12-04** Representative McGuire added as coauthor
+- **2026-01-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2026-01-29** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-02** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 189: yeas 95, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-02** Representative Goss-Reaves added as coauthor
+- **2026-02-02** Senate sponsors: Senators Rogers, Pol, Clark
+- **2026-02-02** Cosponsor: Senator Ford J.D.
+- **2026-02-03** Referred to the Senate `referral`
+- **2026-02-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-09** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-16** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-16** Senator Hunley added as cosponsor
+- **2026-02-16** Senators Schmitt, Gaskill, Johnson T added as cosponsors
+- **2026-02-16** Senators Goode, Donato, Walker G, Qaddoura added as cosponsors
+- **2026-02-16** Amendment #2 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-02-18** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
+- **2026-02-17** Senator Maxwell added as cosponsor
+- **2026-02-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 175: yeas 45, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-19** Motion to concur filed `filing`
+- **2026-02-19** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 294: yeas 94, nays 0
+- **2026-02-23** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-02-24** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
+- **2026-02-25** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2026-02-26** Public Law 37 `became-law`
+- **2026-02-26** 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/26a21f5a-95b6-4037-9b0e-689faf8ad85e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+