---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning family law and juvenile law."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning family law and juvenile law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1406"
citation: "Indiana HB 1406 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Department of Child Services", "CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Child Support", "Custody", "and Visitation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peggy Mayfield", "Rodric Bray"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c1cb856-4a28-4ade-8451-813428066799"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1406"
source_hash: "f3bf5767a0891b8dd624096d3b86663aaa0f22d67e2ad1e78bd1fc0b37148a05"
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 1406 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning family law and juvenile law.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1406/versions/hb1406.05.engs)
2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1406/versions/hb1406.03.engh)
3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1406/versions/hb1406.06.enrs)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1406/versions/hb1406.02.comh)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1406/versions/hb1406.04.coms)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1406/versions/hb1406.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1406 - Bray - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1406 - Mayfield - 3rd Reading — **92–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Peggy Mayfield — primary (person)
- Rodric Bray — primary (person)
- John Young — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** Authored by Representative Mayfield
- **2018-01-16** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-29** Representative Young J added as coauthor
- **2018-01-31** Amendment #1 (DeLaney) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-01-31** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05** Senate sponsor: Senator Bray
- **2018-02-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 151: yeas 92, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-06** Referred to the Senate
- **2018-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26** Amendment #1 (Bray) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-26** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-26** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 273: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-05** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-08** Motion to concur filed
- **2018-03-08** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 362: yeas 81, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-13** Joint Rule 20 technical correction adopted by the House
- **2018-03-13** Joint Rule 20 technical correction adopted by the Senate
- **2018-03-14** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-19** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-19** Public Law 150
- **2018-03-19** 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/9c1cb856-4a28-4ade-8451-813428066799`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).