republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/hb-1032.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Newborn safety devices."
description: "Provides for placement of a newborn safety device at any facility that is staffed by an emergency medical services provider on a 24 hour per day, seven day per week basis, provided the newborn safety device: (1) is located in an area that is conspicuous and visible to staff; and (2) includes a dual alarm system that is connected to the facility and is tested at least one time per month to ensure the alarm system is in working order. Provides for placement of a newborn safety device at any fire department, including a volunteer fire department that: (1) meets the minimum response time established by the county, not to exceed four minutes; (2) is located within one mile of a hospital, police station, or emergency medical services station that meets certain requirements; (3) is equipped with an alert system that, when the newborn safety device is opened, automatically connects to the 911 system and transmits a request for immediate dispatch of an emergency medical services provider to the location of the newborn safety device and is tested at least one time per month to ensure the alert system is in working order; and (4) is equipped with an independent video surveillance system that allows at least two members of a fire department to monitor inside the newborn safety device at all times. Provides that a person who in good faith voluntarily leaves a child in a newborn safety device located at such a facility or fire station is not obligated to disclose the parent's name or the person's name. Makes conforming amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1032"
citation: "Indiana HB 1032 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS generally", "FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND DISTRICTS", "HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erin Houchin", "John Crane", "Jon Ford", "Randall Frye"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c14a8c49-31c5-4a5e-880a-10d40258f799"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1032"
source_hash: "cb98cae7772f605d8d6ff5b13934395010ae28d6c42169d6a36d3689b98a2929"
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 1032 (2021) — Newborn safety devices.

Provides for placement of a newborn safety device at any facility that is staffed by an emergency medical services provider on a 24 hour per day, seven day per week basis, provided the newborn safety device: (1) is located in an area that is conspicuous and visible to staff; and (2) includes a dual alarm system that is connected to the facility and is tested at least one time per month to ensure the alarm system is in working order. Provides for placement of a newborn safety device at any fire department, including a volunteer fire department that: (1) meets the minimum response time established by the county, not to exceed four minutes; (2) is located within one mile of a hospital, police station, or emergency medical services station that meets certain requirements; (3) is equipped with an alert system that, when the newborn safety device is opened, automatically connects to the 911 system and transmits a request for immediate dispatch of an emergency medical services provider to the location of the newborn safety device and is tested at least one time per month to ensure the alert system is in working order; and (4) is equipped with an independent video surveillance system that allows at least two members of a fire department to monitor inside the newborn safety device at all times. Provides that a person who in good faith voluntarily leaves a child in a newborn safety device located at such a facility or fire station is not obligated to disclose the parent's name or the person's name. Makes conforming amendments.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1032/versions/HB1032.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1032/versions/HB1032.02.COMH)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1032/versions/HB1032.03.COMS)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1032/versions/HB1032.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1032 - Houchin - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Erin Houchin — primary (person)
- John Crane — primary (person)
- Jon Ford — primary (person)
- Randall Frye — primary (person)
- Dennis Kruse — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Gutwein — coauthor (person)
- Eric Koch — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Olthoff — coauthor (person)
- Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Andrade — coauthor (person)
- Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Holdman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Authored by Representative Frye R
- **2021-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** Representatives Gutwein, Olthoff, Andrade M added as coauthors
- **2021-02-02** Senate sponsor: Senator Houchin
- **2021-02-02** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 34: yeas 95, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03** Referred to the Senate
- **2021-02-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Senator Ford Jon added as second sponsor
- **2021-03-18** Senator Crane added as third sponsor
- **2021-03-18** Senator Walker G added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2021-04-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 350: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06** Senators Rogers, Koch, Kruse, Sandlin, Holdman added as cosponsors
- **2021-04-06** Senator Yoder added as cosponsor
- **2021-04-07** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-14** Motion to concur filed
- **2021-04-14** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 444: yeas 81, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-19** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Public Law 170
- **2021-04-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c14a8c49-31c5-4a5e-880a-10d40258f799`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).