---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adult protective services."
description: "Allows the division of aging to contract with a person qualified to provide adult protective services. Removes language that allowed the division to contract with a governmental entity if a prosecuting attorney decides not to enter into a contract."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 109"
citation: "Indiana SB 109 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA)", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Prosecuting Attorneys (Non-Elected)", "SENIOR CITIZENS", "STATE GOVERNMENT; Contracts", "Procurements", "and Purchases"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale DeVon", "Michael Crider", "Tyler Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb6a7e2e-e4da-4a9a-990a-be0fef26c338"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0109"
source_hash: "8c8415d38c5fde443c02f01dc8a6372838c1c886e040ecff5159ec0f41dee05f"
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 109 (2024) — Adult protective services.

Allows the division of aging to contract with a person qualified to provide adult protective services. Removes language that allowed the division to contract with a governmental entity if a prosecuting attorney decides not to enter into a contract.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0109/SB0109.04.ENRH.pdf)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0109/SB0109.01.INTR.pdf)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0109/SB0109.02.COMS.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0109/SB0109.03.COMH.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 109 - DeVon - 3rd Reading — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 109 - Crider - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dale DeVon — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Lori Goss-Reaves — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** Authored by Senator Crider
- **2024-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-22** Senator Johnson T added as second author
- **2024-01-25** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 46: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-01-29** House sponsor: Representative DeVon
- **2024-01-29** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2024-01-31** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2024-02-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Representative Goss-Reaves added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-19** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
- **2024-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 169: yeas 90, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-11** Public Law 16 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb6a7e2e-e4da-4a9a-990a-be0fef26c338`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).