republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/hb-1256.md

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Bill	Juvenile court jurisdiction.	Provides that a child who: (1) commits indecent display by a youth; or (2) commits dangerous possession of a firearm or provides a firearm to another child in certain circumstances; has committed a delinquent act subject to the jurisdiction of a juvenile court.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2021	HB 1256	Indiana HB 1256 (2021)	bill	CHILDREN AND MINORS Juvenile Courts and Proceedings CHILDREN AND MINORS Juvenile Delinquents INDIANA CODE	enacted	Jack Sandlin Michael Young Wendy McNamara	4	20	1	2021-01-14	2021-04-19	openstates	ocd-bill/03342290-96b3-4799-a95a-e2d7495e6700	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1256	51bb8a558c8b73cb36d968499e26cece03fc7ea68267876c759752828d908b0f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1256 (2021) — Juvenile court jurisdiction.

Provides that a child who: (1) commits indecent display by a youth; or (2) commits dangerous possession of a firearm or provides a firearm to another child in certain circumstances; has committed a delinquent act subject to the jurisdiction of a juvenile court.

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 1256 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — 92–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
• Michael Young — primary (person)
• Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
• Gregory Steuerwald — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-14 Coauthored by Representative Steuerwald
• 2021-01-14 Authored by Representative McNamara
• 2021-01-14 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-02-04 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-02-08 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-02-11 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 109: yeas 92, nays 1 passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-11 Senate sponsor: Senator Young M
• 2021-02-12 Referred to the Senate
• 2021-02-23 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-18 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-03-22 Amendment #1 (Tallian) failed; Roll Call 240: yeas 17, nays 31 amendment-failure
• 2021-03-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-03-23 Senator Sandlin added as second sponsor
• 2021-03-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 262: yeas 36, nays 12 passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-24 Returned to the House without amendments
• 2021-03-29 Signed by the Speaker
• 2021-04-01 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2021-04-19 Public Law 84
• 2021-04-19 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-04-19 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/03342290-96b3-4799-a95a-e2d7495e6700. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).