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Bill Fetal remains. Requires the state department of health (state department) to develop forms that provide: (1) that a pregnant woman has a right after a surgical abortion to dispose of the remains by interment or cremation or have the provider dispose of the remains; and (2) that, after an abortion induced by an abortion inducing drug, the pregnant woman will expel an aborted fetus and set forth the disposition policy of the health care facility or abortion clinic concerning the disposition of the aborted fetus, including allowing a pregnant woman to return an aborted fetus to the health care facility or abortion clinic for disposition by interment or cremation. States that a pregnant woman who has an abortion has the right to have the health care facility or abortion clinic dispose of the aborted fetus by cremation or interment and to ask the health care facility or abortion clinic the method of disposition used. Requires the pregnant woman to inform the health care facility or abortion clinic of the pregnant woman's decision for disposition or, in the case of an abortion induced by an abortion inducing drug, whether the pregnant woman will return the aborted fetus to the health care facility or abortion clinic for disposition. Requires the health care facility or abortion clinic to dispose of the returned fetus by cremation or interment. Requires that a burial transit permit that includes multiple aborted fetal remains be accompanied by a log prescribed by the state department containing certain information, except in certain circumstances, about each fetus included under the burial transit permit. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2020 SB 299 Indiana SB 299 (2020)
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ABORTION
CEMETERIES AND DEAD BODIES
HEALTH
State Department and Agencies
enacted
Andy Zay
Christy Stutzman
Linda Rogers
Liz Brown
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Indiana SB 299 (2020) — Fetal remains.

Requires the state department of health (state department) to develop forms that provide: (1) that a pregnant woman has a right after a surgical abortion to dispose of the remains by interment or cremation or have the provider dispose of the remains; and (2) that, after an abortion induced by an abortion inducing drug, the pregnant woman will expel an aborted fetus and set forth the disposition policy of the health care facility or abortion clinic concerning the disposition of the aborted fetus, including allowing a pregnant woman to return an aborted fetus to the health care facility or abortion clinic for disposition by interment or cremation. States that a pregnant woman who has an abortion has the right to have the health care facility or abortion clinic dispose of the aborted fetus by cremation or interment and to ask the health care facility or abortion clinic the method of disposition used. Requires the pregnant woman to inform the health care facility or abortion clinic of the pregnant woman's decision for disposition or, in the case of an abortion induced by an abortion inducing drug, whether the pregnant woman will return the aborted fetus to the health care facility or abortion clinic for disposition. Requires the health care facility or abortion clinic to dispose of the returned fetus by cremation or interment. Requires that a burial transit permit that includes multiple aborted fetal remains be accompanied by a log prescribed by the state department containing certain information, except in certain circumstances, about each fetus included under the burial transit permit.

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 299 - Stutzman - 3rd Reading — 7813 (pass) · lower
  • SB 299 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — 409 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Andy Zay — primary (person)
  • Christy Stutzman — primary (person)
  • Linda Rogers — primary (person)
  • Liz Brown — primary (person)
  • Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
  • Dennis Kruse — coauthor (person)
  • Erin Houchin — coauthor (person)
  • Jeff Raatz — coauthor (person)
  • John Crane — coauthor (person)
  • Peggy Mayfield — cosponsor (person)
  • Robert Morris — cosponsor (person)
  • Ronald Bacon — cosponsor (person)
  • Victoria Spartz — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-09 Authored by Senator Brown L
  • 2020-01-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2020-01-23 Senator Rogers added as second author
  • 2020-01-23 Senator Zay added as third author
  • 2020-01-30 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2020-01-30 Senator Crane added as coauthor
  • 2020-02-03 Amendment #1 (Breaux) failed; voice vote amendment-failure
  • 2020-02-03 Amendment #2 (Breaux) failed; voice vote amendment-failure
  • 2020-02-03 Amendment #3 (Breaux) failed; voice vote amendment-failure
  • 2020-02-03 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2020-02-03 Senator Doriot added as coauthor
  • 2020-02-03 Senator Houchin added as coauthor
  • 2020-02-03 Senator Kruse added as coauthor
  • 2020-02-03 Senator Spartz added as coauthor
  • 2020-02-04 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 159: yeas 40, nays 9 reading-3, passage
  • 2020-02-04 House sponsor: Representative Stutzman
  • 2020-02-04 Cosponsors: Representatives Bacon, Mayfield, Morris
  • 2020-02-04 Senator Raatz added as coauthor
  • 2020-02-05 Referred to the House
  • 2020-02-13 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2020-02-20 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2020-02-24 Amendment #1 (Bacon) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
  • 2020-02-24 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2020-02-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 220: yeas 78, nays 13 reading-3, passage
  • 2020-02-28 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
  • 2020-03-03 Motion to dissent filed
  • 2020-03-03 Senate dissented from House amendments amendment-failure
  • 2020-03-03 Senate conferees appointed: Brown L and Breaux
  • 2020-03-03 Senate advisors appointed: Rogers, Tallian, Zay and Ford J.D.
  • 2020-03-04 House conferees appointed: Stutzman and Errington
  • 2020-03-04 House advisors appointed: Bacon, Lehman, Fleming, Porter and Shackleford
  • 2020-03-10 Representative Bacon removed as advisor
  • 2020-03-10 Representative Errington removed as conferee
  • 2020-03-10 Representative Bacon added as conferee
  • 2020-03-10 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
  • 2020-03-10 Senator Breaux removed as conferee
  • 2020-03-10 Senator Kruse added as conferee
  • 2020-03-10 CCR # 1 filed in the House
  • 2020-03-10 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 363: yeas 39, nays 10
  • 2020-03-11 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 369: yeas 81, nays 15
  • 2020-03-12 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
  • 2020-03-16 Signed by the Speaker
  • 2020-03-18 Signed by the President of the Senate
  • 2020-03-18 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2020-03-18 Public Law 77

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4cbe8d83-8106-43df-b3f3-91e2cca8da7b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).