---
type: "Bill"
title: "Newborn safety device."
description: "Modifies the newborn safety device requirements that apply to a fire department. Modifies the immunity provisions applicable to certain individuals and entities that take custody of a child or operate a newborn safety device. Makes conforming changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 185"
citation: "Indiana SB 185 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS generally", "CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Child Support", "Custody", "and Visitation", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "Immunity and Exemption from Liability", "FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erin Houchin", "Jon Ford", "Martin Carbaugh", "Travis Holdman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/926820c3-e2d5-42ba-99e6-40d58ed5f7cb"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/185"
source_hash: "5268765ebbde0c8086123915714f905568d2ca6e759ce819efdc3a8cfc23ae90"
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 SB 185 (2022) — Newborn safety device.

Modifies the newborn safety device requirements that apply to a fire department. Modifies the immunity provisions applicable to certain individuals and entities that take custody of a child or operate a newborn safety device. Makes conforming changes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0185/versions/SB0185.03.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0185/versions/SB0185.05.ENRH)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0185/versions/SB0185.01.INTR)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0185/versions/SB0185.04.COMH)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0185/versions/SB0185.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 185 - Carbaugh - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Erin Houchin — primary (person)
- Jon Ford — primary (person)
- Martin Carbaugh — primary (person)
- Travis Holdman — primary (person)
- Chris Judy — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Heine — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Kruse — coauthor (person)
- Fady Qaddoura — coauthor (person)
- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
- John Crane — coauthor (person)
- Matt Lehman — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
- Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06** Authored by Senator Holdman
- **2022-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-11** Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
- **2022-01-18** Amendment #1 (Holdman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-18** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-18** Senator Houchin added as second author
- **2022-01-18** Senators Ford Jon and Qaddoura added as coauthors
- **2022-01-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 31: yeas 46, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-20** House sponsor: Representative Carbaugh
- **2022-01-20** Cosponsors: Representatives Lehman, Judy, Heine
- **2022-01-20** Senator Crane added as coauthor
- **2022-01-20** Senators Kruse and Bohacek added as coauthors
- **2022-01-20** Senator Pol added as coauthor
- **2022-01-21** Referred to the House
- **2022-01-31** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Senator Houchin removed as second author
- **2022-02-01** Senator Ford Jon removed as coauthor
- **2022-02-01** Senator Ford Jon added as second author
- **2022-02-01** Senator Houchin added as third author
- **2022-02-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 291: yeas 94, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-02** Motion to concur filed
- **2022-03-03** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 334: yeas 46, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-07** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-08** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-14** Public Law 107
- **2022-03-14** Signed by the President of the Senate

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/926820c3-e2d5-42ba-99e6-40d58ed5f7cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).