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Bill Commission on improving the status of children. Changes the membership of the commission on improving the status of children in Indiana (commission). Provides that the affirmative votes of a majority of the voting members appointed to the commission are required for the commission to take action on any measure. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2021 HB 1537 Indiana HB 1537 (2021)
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CHILDREN AND MINORS
Department of Child Services
COMMISSIONS OR COUNCILS
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Dale DeVon
Jon Ford
Stacey Donato
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Indiana HB 1537 (2021) — Commission on improving the status of children.

Changes the membership of the commission on improving the status of children in Indiana (commission). Provides that the affirmative votes of a majority of the voting members appointed to the commission are required for the commission to take action on any measure.

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 1537 - Donato - 3rd Reading — 490 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Dale DeVon — primary (person)
  • Jon Ford — primary (person)
  • Stacey Donato — primary (person)
  • Jean Breaux — cosponsor (person)
  • Jean Leising — cosponsor (person)
  • Karen Engleman — coauthor (person)
  • Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
  • Vanessa Summers — coauthor (person)
  • Wendy McNamara — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-14 Coauthored by Representatives Engleman, McNamara, Summers
  • 2021-01-14 Authored by Representative DeVon
  • 2021-01-14 First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2021-01-28 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2021-02-01 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2021-02-02 Senate sponsor: Senator Donato
  • 2021-02-02 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 56: yeas 93, 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
  • 2021-03-22 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2021-03-22 Senator Breaux added as cosponsor
  • 2021-03-23 Senator Ford Jon added as second sponsor
  • 2021-03-25 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2021-03-29 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 283: yeas 49, nays 0 passage, reading-3
  • 2021-03-29 Senator Leising added as cosponsor
  • 2021-03-30 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
  • 2021-03-30 Returned to the House without amendments
  • 2021-04-07 Signed by the Speaker
  • 2021-04-08 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
  • 2021-04-14 Signed by the President of the Senate
  • 2021-04-15 Public Law 62
  • 2021-04-15 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fb5361f2-42ed-4b06-9d8f-9f2f524086c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).