---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile court jurisdiction."
description: "Provides that a child who: (1) commits indecent display by a youth; or (2) commits dangerous possession of a firearm or provides a firearm to another child in certain circumstances; has committed a delinquent act subject to the jurisdiction of a juvenile court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1256"
citation: "Indiana HB 1256 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Juvenile Courts and Proceedings", "CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Juvenile Delinquents", "INDIANA CODE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack Sandlin", "Michael Young", "Wendy McNamara"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03342290-96b3-4799-a95a-e2d7495e6700"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1256"
source_hash: "51bb8a558c8b73cb36d968499e26cece03fc7ea68267876c759752828d908b0f"
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 1256 (2021) — Juvenile court jurisdiction.

Provides that a child who: (1) commits indecent display by a youth; or (2) commits dangerous possession of a firearm or provides a firearm to another child in certain circumstances; has committed a delinquent act subject to the jurisdiction of a juvenile court.

## 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/2021/bills/HB1256/versions/HB1256.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1256/versions/HB1256.02.COMH)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1256/versions/HB1256.03.COMS)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1256/versions/HB1256.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1256 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — **92–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
- Michael Young — primary (person)
- Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
- Gregory Steuerwald — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-14** Coauthored by Representative Steuerwald
- **2021-01-14** Authored by Representative McNamara
- **2021-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-08** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-11** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 109: yeas 92, nays 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-11** Senate sponsor: Senator Young M
- **2021-02-12** Referred to the Senate
- **2021-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22** Amendment #1 (Tallian) failed; Roll Call 240: yeas 17, nays 31 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-03-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-23** Senator Sandlin added as second sponsor
- **2021-03-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 262: yeas 36, nays 12 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-24** Returned to the House without amendments
- **2021-03-29** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-01** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-19** Public Law 84
- **2021-04-19** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-19** 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/03342290-96b3-4799-a95a-e2d7495e6700`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).