---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court ordered expenses."
description: "Specifies what a court shall order a father to pay for pregnancy and childbirth expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1009"
citation: "Indiana HB 1009 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Child Support", "Custody", "and Visitation", "HEALTH generally", "PREGNANCIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Dernulc", "Elizabeth Rowray", "Liz Brown", "Scott Alexander"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b224a541-cfa6-4fa0-bb3e-05af3dd227c7"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1009"
source_hash: "5b65259196603260bda101e4664820f0348e6d228a805c8def7bac6ff0b95d15"
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 1009 (2023) — Court ordered expenses.

Specifies what a court shall order a father to pay for pregnancy and childbirth expenses.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1009/versions/HB1009.04.ENGS)
2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1009/versions/HB1009.05.ENGS)
3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1009/versions/HB1009.06.ENRS)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1009/versions/HB1009.02.COMH)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1009/versions/HB1009.03.COMS)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1009/versions/HB1009.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1009 - Rowray E - 3rd Reading — **94–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Dernulc — primary (person)
- Elizabeth Rowray — primary (person)
- Liz Brown — primary (person)
- Scott Alexander — primary (person)
- Craig Snow — coauthor (person)
- Joanna King — coauthor (person)
- Wendy McNamara — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Coauthored by Representatives Jeter, King and McNamara
- **2023-01-12** Authored by Representative Rowray
- **2023-01-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Representatives Jeter C, King J, McNamara removed as coauthors
- **2023-01-23** Representatives McNamara, King J, Snow C added as coauthors
- **2023-02-09** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Amendment #1 (Pryor) ruled out of order
- **2023-02-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** Appeal the ruling of the chair (Pryor); ruling of the chair sustained Roll Call 98: yeas 69, nays 29
- **2023-02-14** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 113: yeas 94, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Senate sponsors: Senators Brown L and Alexander
- **2023-02-15** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2023-02-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-13** Senator Dernulc added as third sponsor
- **2023-03-14** Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-14** Amendment #4 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-14** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Placed back on second reading
- **2023-03-20** Amendment #5 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-20** Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 235: yeas 42, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2023-04-04** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2023-04-11** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 390: yeas 99, nays 0
- **2023-04-21** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Public Law 119 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b224a541-cfa6-4fa0-bb3e-05af3dd227c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).