republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2017/sb-246.md

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Bill	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning family law and juvenile law.	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning family law and juvenile law.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2017	SB 246	Indiana SB 246 (2017)	bill	CHILDREN AND MINORS Crimes Against Children HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL FACILITIES MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LAW CIVIL ACTIONS Immunity and Exemption from Liability	enacted	Martin Carbaugh Randall Head Travis Holdman	5	23	2	2017-01-09	2017-05-02	openstates	ocd-bill/828eb8d7-6ffd-4d68-b6f6-b198a05f259a	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/246	aa525f96d5eda50aed2f087456cb68fe8da308fa1b92236342b0a3b6745320ad	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 246 (2017) — 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 Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 246 - Carbaugh - 3rd Reading — 92–4 (pass) · legislature
• SB 246 - Holdman - 3rd Reading — 46–3 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Martin Carbaugh — primary (person)
• Randall Head — primary (person)
• Travis Holdman — primary (person)
• Jon Ford — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-09 Authored by Senator Holdman
• 2017-01-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-02-02 Senator Head added as second author
• 2017-02-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2017-02-20 Senator Ford added as coauthor
• 2017-02-23 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-23 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2017-02-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 199: yeas 46, nays 3 reading-3, passage
• 2017-02-27 House sponsor: Representative Carbaugh
• 2017-02-28 Referred to the House
• 2017-03-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-04-03 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2017-04-05 Amendment #1 (Heine) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2017-04-05 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2017-04-06 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 411: yeas 92, nays 4 reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-07 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
• 2017-04-10 Motion to concur filed
• 2017-04-13 Senate concurred in House Amendments; Roll Call 467: yeas 47, nays 3 amendment-failure
• 2017-04-21 Signed by the Speaker
• 2017-04-21 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2017-04-25 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-05-02 Public Law 263
• 2017-05-02 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/828eb8d7-6ffd-4d68-b6f6-b198a05f259a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).