republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2018/sb-431.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	2018	SB 431	Indiana SB 431 (2018)	bill	CIVIL ACTIONS Immunity and Exemption from Liability ABUSE generally CHILDREN AND MINORS Crimes Against Children	enacted	Gregory Steuerwald James Buck Liz Brown	4	22	2	2018-01-10	2018-03-15	openstates	ocd-bill/cf67e9ce-bbe6-4259-a3b4-62f48fff7029	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/431	b8a0efffcd964db112f413754128e37954f2425b8766ada293193ef8a75f9e3e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 431 (2018) — 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. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 431 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · legislature
• SB 431 - Steuerwald - 3rd Reading — 96–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
• James Buck — primary (person)
• Liz Brown — primary (person)
• Dale DeVon — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin Mahan — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-10 Authored by Senator Brown L
• 2018-01-10 First reading: referred to Committee on Civil Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-01-22 Senator Buck added as second author
• 2018-01-29 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2018-02-01 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2018-02-05 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 150: yeas 48, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2018-02-05 House sponsor: Representative Steuerwald
• 2018-02-05 Cosponsors: Representatives Mahan and DeVon
• 2018-02-05 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2018-02-06 Referred to the House
• 2018-02-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-02-26 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2018-02-28 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2018-03-01 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 294: yeas 96, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2018-03-02 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
• 2018-03-05 Motion to concur filed
• 2018-03-06 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 353: yeas 49, nays 0 amendment-failure
• 2018-03-12 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2018-03-13 Signed by the Speaker
• 2018-03-14 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2018-03-15 Public Law 106
• 2018-03-15 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cf67e9ce-bbe6-4259-a3b4-62f48fff7029. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).