republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/hb-1309.md

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Bill	Pregnancy accommodation.	Allows an employee to request an accommodation for the employee's pregnancy. Requires an employer to respond to an employee's request for an accommodation within a reasonable time frame. Provides that a request for accommodation does not require an employer to provide an accommodation for an employee's pregnancy, or impose a duty or obligation upon the employer to provide an accommodation or an exception to the employer's policies unless existing federal or state laws require that an accommodation must be made. Prohibits an employer from disciplining, terminating, or retaliating against an employee because the employee has requested or used an accommodation for the employee's pregnancy.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2021	HB 1309	Indiana HB 1309 (2021)	bill	LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT Work Environment PREGNANCIES WOMEN'S ISSUES	enacted	Andy Zay Karen Engleman Philip Boots Ron Alting	5	26	0	2021-01-14	2021-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/e30aa937-e0a1-407f-991a-88d6d4268bad	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1309	b6df6a91c38d981ece302b2a824832687dba60a6d9f0e66806646c68a02be513	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1309 (2021) — Pregnancy accommodation.

Allows an employee to request an accommodation for the employee's pregnancy. Requires an employer to respond to an employee's request for an accommodation within a reasonable time frame. Provides that a request for accommodation does not require an employer to provide an accommodation for an employee's pregnancy, or impose a duty or obligation upon the employer to provide an accommodation or an exception to the employer's policies unless existing federal or state laws require that an accommodation must be made. Prohibits an employer from disciplining, terminating, or retaliating against an employee because the employee has requested or used an accommodation for the employee's pregnancy.

Version chain

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

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

Sponsors

• Andy Zay — primary (person)
• Karen Engleman — primary (person)
• Philip Boots — primary (person)
• Ron Alting — primary (person)
• Blake Doriot — cosponsor (person)
• Brad Barrett — coauthor (person)
• Dennis Kruse — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Bohacek — cosponsor (person)
• Rita Fleming — coauthor (person)
• Sharon Negele — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-14 Coauthored by Representatives Negele, Barrett, Fleming
• 2021-01-14 Authored by Representative Engleman
• 2021-01-14 First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-02-09 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-02-16 Amendment #1 (Bartlett) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2021-02-16 Amendment #4 (Bauer M) failed; Roll Call 130: yeas 30, nays 68 amendment-failure
• 2021-02-16 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-02-17 Senate sponsors: Senators Alting and Boots
• 2021-02-17 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 183: yeas 95, nays 2 passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-18 Referred to the Senate
• 2021-02-24 First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-04-01 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-04-05 Amendment #1 (Tallian) failed; Roll Call 327: yeas 10, nays 37 amendment-failure
• 2021-04-05 Amendment #2 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 328: yeas 13, nays 34 amendment-failure
• 2021-04-05 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-04-05 Senator Zay added as third sponsor
• 2021-04-06 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 355: yeas 31, nays 19 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-06 Senator Bohacek added as cosponsor
• 2021-04-06 Senators Doriot and Kruse added as cosponsors
• 2021-04-06 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2021-04-07 Returned to the House without amendments
• 2021-04-13 Signed by the Speaker
• 2021-04-19 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2021-04-19 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-04-20 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2021-04-20 Public Law 87

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e30aa937-e0a1-407f-991a-88d6d4268bad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).