republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/hb-1252.md

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Bill	Probate and guardianship matters.	Removes conflicts between probate and guardianship statutes regarding classification of claims. Requires, for purposes of the power of attorney act, that a principal may not be a minor. Creates a tenant's representative for a deceased tenant or a tenant who is under a guardianship and specifies who may accept an appointment as a tenant's representative. Protects the proceeds from the sale of real property where no estate administration has been opened within five months of the decedent's date of death from claims of all creditors. Lists the claims having priority and preference in certain circumstances. Makes a technical correction between SEA 276 and HB 1252.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2021	HB 1252	Indiana HB 1252 (2021)	bill	GUARDIANSHIPS AND CONSERVATORSHIPS LANDLORDS AND TENANTS PROBATE COURTS AND PROCEEDINGS	enacted	Aaron Freeman Eric Koch John Young	4	22	1	2021-01-14	2021-04-29	openstates	ocd-bill/62b7cc5d-60ae-455f-a8bc-4b31d3270337	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1252	1b437e8caab18a9150f20c53be884bb734e331ae0bb90002a1e8264d2d3dd0a7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1252 (2021) — Probate and guardianship matters.

Removes conflicts between probate and guardianship statutes regarding classification of claims. Requires, for purposes of the power of attorney act, that a principal may not be a minor. Creates a tenant's representative for a deceased tenant or a tenant who is under a guardianship and specifies who may accept an appointment as a tenant's representative. Protects the proceeds from the sale of real property where no estate administration has been opened within five months of the decedent's date of death from claims of all creditors. Lists the claims having priority and preference in certain circumstances. Makes a technical correction between SEA 276 and HB 1252.

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
3. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1252 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
• Eric Koch — primary (person)
• John Young — primary (person)
• Jerry Torr — coauthor (person)
• Ryan Hatfield — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-14 Coauthored by Representative Torr
• 2021-01-14 Authored by Representative Young J
• 2021-01-14 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-01-26 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-01-28 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-01-28 Representative Hatfield added as coauthor
• 2021-02-01 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 26: yeas 96, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-01 Senate sponsor: Senator Freeman
• 2021-02-02 Referred to the Senate
• 2021-02-18 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-25 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-03-29 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-03-30 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 292: yeas 50, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-30 Senator Koch added as second sponsor
• 2021-03-31 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2021-04-08 Motion to concur filed
• 2021-04-12 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 403: yeas 89, nays 0 amendment-failure
• 2021-04-13 Signed by the Speaker
• 2021-04-23 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2021-04-28 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-04-29 Public Law 184
• 2021-04-29 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/62b7cc5d-60ae-455f-a8bc-4b31d3270337. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).