---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various labor and safety matters."
description: "Repeals various provisions concerning the Indiana department of labor employer data base for youth employment. Removes provisions relating to a belt examiner certificate. Makes corresponding changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1302"
citation: "Indiana HB 1302 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Employment and Labor Law Issues", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Youth Programs", "HOMELAND SECURITY; Fire and Public Safety Training and Certification", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; Worker's Compensation", "STATE GOVERNMENT; State and Local Funding"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Walker", "Jake Teshka", "Linda Rogers", "Stacey Donato"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7dc8d66-2b11-4841-9c73-5c1dfd3de548"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1302"
source_hash: "d424802a1c0eb9a6e3e377c5e77ab620f3886da8f5af6826c11ee6d666c1f105"
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 1302 (2026) — Various labor and safety matters.

Repeals various provisions concerning the Indiana department of labor employer data base for youth employment. Removes provisions relating to a belt examiner certificate. Makes corresponding changes.

## 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/HB1302/HB1302.04.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1302/HB1302.05.ENRS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1302/HB1302.03.COMS.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1302/HB1302.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1302 - Teshka — **69–25** (pass) · lower
- HB 1302 - Teshka - 3rd Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1302 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — **40–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Greg Walker — primary (person)
- Jake Teshka — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Stacey Donato — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — cosponsor (person)
- Nick McKinley — cosponsor (person)
- Randy Maxwell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06** Authored by Representative Teshka
- **2026-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 126: yeas 92, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-01-28** Senate sponsor: Senator Rogers
- **2026-01-29** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2026-02-02** First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-16** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** Amendment #1 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Senators Doriot, Maxwell added as cosponsors
- **2026-02-24** Senator Donato added as third sponsor
- **2026-02-24** Senator McKinley added as cosponsor
- **2026-02-24** Senator Walker G added as second sponsor
- **2026-02-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 252: yeas 40, nays 7 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2026-02-25** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-26** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 394: yeas 69, nays 25
- **2026-03-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Public Law 91 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7dc8d66-2b11-4841-9c73-5c1dfd3de548`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).