---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child services provider background checks."
description: "Requires an employee of: (1) a preventative provider that operates a child welfare program; (2) a provider of home based family preservation services; (3) a child caring institution; (4) a group home; or (5) a child placing agency; to undergo a background check once every four years. Provides that the employee is not required to complete a separate federally required background check to provide additional child welfare services for the same employer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1357"
citation: "Indiana HB 1357 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS; Children in Need of Services (CHINS)", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Employment and Labor Law Issues", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth Rowray", "Greg Walker", "Stacey Donato", "Vaneta Becker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93995586-2228-4406-8cf7-068c3fac7a32"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1357"
source_hash: "0227ba7f816f344d937cbf0387b3a922cc5254099eecccc808e5a644ad3331eb"
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 1357 (2026) — Child services provider background checks.

Requires an employee of: (1) a preventative provider that operates a child welfare program; (2) a provider of home based family preservation services; (3) a child caring institution; (4) a group home; or (5) a child placing agency; to undergo a background check once every four years. Provides that the employee is not required to complete a separate federally required background check to provide additional child welfare services for the same employer.

## 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/HB1357/HB1357.04.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1357/HB1357.05.ENRS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1357/HB1357.03.COMS.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1357/HB1357.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1357 - Walker G - 3rd Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1357 - Rowray — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1357 - Rowray - 3rd Reading — **88–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elizabeth Rowray — primary (person)
- Greg Walker — primary (person)
- Stacey Donato — primary (person)
- Vaneta Becker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08** Authored by Representative Rowray
- **2026-01-14** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-23** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2026-01-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 80: yeas 88, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-01-22** Senate sponsor: Senator Walker G
- **2026-01-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-12** Amendment #1 (Walker G) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-12** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** Senator Donato added as third sponsor
- **2026-02-16** Senator Becker added as second sponsor
- **2026-02-18** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2026-02-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 192: yeas 44, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-24** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2026-02-25** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 369: yeas 92, nays 0
- **2026-02-25** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Public Law 62 `became-law`
- **2026-02-27** 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/93995586-2228-4406-8cf7-068c3fac7a32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).