republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2017/sb-447.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 447	Indiana SB 447 (2017)	bill	CHILDREN AND MINORS Crimes Against Children CHILDREN AND MINORS Department of Child Services CHILDREN AND MINORS Juvenile Courts and Proceedings CRIMES AND OFFENSES Criminal History Information SCHOOLS Health and Safety Issues STUDY COMMITTEES	enacted	David Frizzell Erin Houchin James Merritt Ronald Grooms	5	27	2	2017-01-12	2017-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/a1023356-d9c7-4898-a917-2deab217afdf	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/447	24773df63c38451586833406018fea1fc4da672653a28f2fd9d996c7a9235359	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 447 (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 447 - Merritt - 3rd Reading — 46–3 (pass) · legislature
• SB 447 - Frizzell - 3rd Reading — 88–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• David Frizzell — primary (person)
• Erin Houchin — primary (person)
• James Merritt — primary (person)
• Ronald Grooms — primary (person)
• Joe Taylor — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy Lanane — coauthor (person)
• Vanessa Summers — cosponsor (person)
• Wendy McNamara — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-12 Authored by Senator Merritt
• 2017-01-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-01-30 Senator Grooms added as second author
• 2017-02-06 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2017-02-09 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-13 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 97: yeas 46, nays 3 reading-3, passage
• 2017-02-13 House sponsor: Representative Frizzell
• 2017-02-13 Cosponsor: Representative McNamara
• 2017-02-13 Senator Houchin added as third author
• 2017-02-13 Senator Lanane added as coauthor
• 2017-02-15 Referred to the House
• 2017-02-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-03-13 Representative Taylor J added as cosponsor
• 2017-03-30 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2017-04-03 Representative Summers added as cosponsor
• 2017-04-04 Amendment #1 (Frizzell) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2017-04-04 Amendment #3 (Klinker) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2017-04-04 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2017-04-05 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 390: yeas 88, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-06 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
• 2017-04-13 Motion to concur filed
• 2017-04-18 Senate concurred in House Amendments; Roll Call 478: yeas 38, nays 11 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
• 2017-04-26 Public Law 183
• 2017-04-26 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a1023356-d9c7-4898-a917-2deab217afdf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).