---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unlicensed caregiver intervention in juvenile court proceeding."
description: "Defines \"unlicensed caregiver\" and allows an unlicensed caregiver of a child to intervene as a party in a: (1) child in need of services proceeding; or (2) proceeding to terminate the parent-child relationship; concerning the child."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 410"
citation: "Indiana SB 410 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS generally", "CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Juvenile Courts and Proceedings", "MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LAW"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andy Zay", "Jim Pressel", "Mike Bohacek", "Ron Alting"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/060306cd-2f78-422d-836b-1f8ffe0d23ef"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/410"
source_hash: "7a59bf1f02c9aadca9085fef24b4d04a3ea51052b550859f86cb356d228ebf2f"
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 410 (2022) — Unlicensed caregiver intervention in juvenile court proceeding.

Defines "unlicensed caregiver" and allows an unlicensed caregiver of a child to intervene as a party in a: (1) child in need of services proceeding; or (2) proceeding to terminate the parent-child relationship; concerning the child.

## 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/SB0410/versions/SB0410.03.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0410/versions/SB0410.05.ENRH)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0410/versions/SB0410.01.INTR)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0410/versions/SB0410.04.COMH)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0410/versions/SB0410.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 410 - Pressel - 3rd Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andy Zay — primary (person)
- Jim Pressel — primary (person)
- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
- Ron Alting — primary (person)
- Chris Garten — coauthor (person)
- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
- Dennis Kruse — coauthor (person)
- Doug Gutwein — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Soliday — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
- Fady Qaddoura — coauthor (person)
- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
- Jack Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- James Buck — coauthor (person)
- Jon Ford — coauthor (person)
- Linda Rogers — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Michael Crider — coauthor (person)
- Michael Young — coauthor (person)
- Mike Gaskill — coauthor (person)
- Philip Boots — coauthor (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — coauthor (person)
- Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)
- Shelli Yoder — coauthor (person)
- Stacey Donato — coauthor (person)
- Timothy Lanane — coauthor (person)
- Vaneta Becker — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Authored by Senator Bohacek
- **2022-01-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-31** Senator Alting added as second author
- **2022-01-31** Senator Zay added as third author
- **2022-01-31** Senators Buck, Lanane, Young M, Garten, Randolph, Gaskill added as coauthors
- **2022-01-31** Amendment #1 (Bohacek) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-31** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-31** Senators Crider and Ford Jon added as coauthors
- **2022-02-01** Senator Pol added as coauthor
- **2022-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 190: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** House sponsor: Representative Pressel
- **2022-02-01** Cosponsors: Representatives Jordan, Gutwein, Soliday
- **2022-02-01** Senator Bassler added as coauthor
- **2022-02-01** Senator Kruse added as coauthor
- **2022-02-01** Senator Rogers added as coauthor
- **2022-02-02** Referred to the House
- **2022-02-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-21** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 245: yeas 92, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-23** Motion to dissent filed
- **2022-02-24** House conferees appointed: Pressel and Bauer M
- **2022-02-24** House advisors appointed: Jordan, Young J, Hatfield and Smith V
- **2022-02-24** Senate dissented from House amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-24** Dissent withdrawn
- **2022-02-24** Motion to concur filed
- **2022-03-02** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 327: yeas 47, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-02** Senator Becker added as coauthor
- **2022-03-02** Senators Boots and Donato added as coauthors
- **2022-03-02** Senators Ford J.D., Yoder, Niezgodski, Qaddoura added as coauthors
- **2022-03-02** Senator Niemeyer added as coauthor
- **2022-03-07** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-08** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-10** Public Law 68

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/060306cd-2f78-422d-836b-1f8ffe0d23ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).