---
type: "Bill"
title: "Safe haven infants and foster youth."
description: "Provides that the maximum age for a safe haven infant is 60 days of age. Repeals the definition of \"abandoned child\". Amends the definition of \"foster youth\". Makes conforming changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1099"
citation: "Indiana HB 1099 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS; Foster Care", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Generally", "MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LAW; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale DeVon", "Stacey Donato"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28e1ea64-f855-4311-95a3-3611741454dd"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1099"
source_hash: "4bf5dda2bf96a02b50168dffa185bed7caca9d7fc57ca732087c3f3b1537d445"
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 1099 (2025) — Safe haven infants and foster youth.

Provides that the maximum age for a safe haven infant is 60 days of age. Repeals the definition of "abandoned child". Amends the definition of "foster youth". Makes conforming changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1099/HB1099.04.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1099/HB1099.03.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1099/HB1099.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1099/HB1099.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1099 - DeVon - 3rd Reading — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1099 - Donato - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dale DeVon — primary (person)
- Stacey Donato — primary (person)
- Greg Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Pierce — coauthor (person)
- Lori Goss-Reaves — coauthor (person)
- Travis Holdman — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Summers — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Authored by Representative DeVon
- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Representative Pierce K added as coauthor
- **2025-01-27** Representative Goss-Reaves added as coauthor
- **2025-01-30** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Representative Summers added as coauthor
- **2025-02-04** Cosponsors: Senators Holdman and Walker G
- **2025-02-04** Senate sponsor: Senator Donato
- **2025-02-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 80: yeas 90, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2025-02-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 243: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Public Law 30 `became-law`
- **2025-04-03** 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/28e1ea64-f855-4311-95a3-3611741454dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).