---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forensic diversion and drug courts."
description: "Provides that a pregnant woman charged with a drug crime may be referred to a forensic diversion program or a drug court at an initial hearing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1418"
citation: "Indiana HB 1418 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADDICTION SERVICES; Illicit Drugs", "Prescription Drugs", "Substances", "and Alcohol", "COURTS; Generally", "HEALTH; Pregnancy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lori Goss-Reaves", "Mike Bohacek", "Ron Alting"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35b7f797-cdd6-4ee2-885e-7439de6d3b36"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1418"
source_hash: "02c8b5fb122e0b53494eda2803c86290357a8b6683eb464bff00f08d9349be4c"
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 1418 (2024) — Forensic diversion and drug courts.

Provides that a pregnant woman charged with a drug crime may be referred to a forensic diversion program or a drug court at an initial hearing.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1418/HB1418.03.ENGH.pdf)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1418/HB1418.05.ENRS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1418/HB1418.04.COMS.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1418/HB1418.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1418 - Bohacek - 3rd Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1418 - Goss-Reaves — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1418 - Goss-Reaves - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lori Goss-Reaves — primary (person)
- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
- Ron Alting — primary (person)
- Joanna King — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria Garcia Wilburn — coauthor (person)
- Wendy McNamara — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** Coauthored by Representative McNamara
- **2024-01-16** Authored by Representative Goss-Reaves
- **2024-01-16** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-29** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** Amendment #1 (Goss-Reaves) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-30** Representatives Garcia Wilburn V and King J added as coauthors
- **2024-01-30** Senate sponsor: Senator Bohacek
- **2024-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 103: yeas 95, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-01-31** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2024-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-29** Senator Alting added as third sponsor
- **2024-02-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 229: yeas 46, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2024-03-05** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2024-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 285: yeas 89, nays 0
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Public Law 166 `became-law`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35b7f797-cdd6-4ee2-885e-7439de6d3b36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).