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| Bill | Female genital mutilation. | Requires the office of women's health to perform certain actions relating to female genital mutilation. Provides that a child is a child in need of services if before the child becomes 18 years of age the child is a victim of female genital mutilation. Provides that a person who: (1) knowingly or intentionally performs the act of female genital mutilation on a child who is less than 18 years of age; (2) is a parent, guardian, or custodian of a child and consents to, permits, or facilitates the act of female genital mutilation to be performed on the child; or (3) knowingly transports or facilitates the transportation of a child for the purpose of having the act of female genital mutilation performed on the child; commits the offense of female genital mutilation, a Level 3 felony. Provides a defense to prosecution of female genital mutilation. Provides certain circumstances where a defense to prosecution of female genital mutilation does not apply. Defines "female genital mutilation". Provides that the license of a physician or a licensed health care professional shall be permanently revoked if the physician or licensed health care professional commits the offense of female genital mutilation. Provides that a person who has reason to believe that a child may be a victim of female genital mutilation has a duty to report the child abuse or neglect. Provides that an action for civil female genital mutilation must be commenced not later than 10 years after the eighteenth birthday of the child. Provides that a victim may seek certain remedies in an action against the defendant for civil female genital mutilation. | us/states/in | Indiana General Assembly | 2021 | SB 240 | Indiana SB 240 (2021) |
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Indiana SB 240 (2021) — Female genital mutilation.
Requires the office of women's health to perform certain actions relating to female genital mutilation. Provides that a child is a child in need of services if before the child becomes 18 years of age the child is a victim of female genital mutilation. Provides that a person who: (1) knowingly or intentionally performs the act of female genital mutilation on a child who is less than 18 years of age; (2) is a parent, guardian, or custodian of a child and consents to, permits, or facilitates the act of female genital mutilation to be performed on the child; or (3) knowingly transports or facilitates the transportation of a child for the purpose of having the act of female genital mutilation performed on the child; commits the offense of female genital mutilation, a Level 3 felony. Provides a defense to prosecution of female genital mutilation. Provides certain circumstances where a defense to prosecution of female genital mutilation does not apply. Defines "female genital mutilation". Provides that the license of a physician or a licensed health care professional shall be permanently revoked if the physician or licensed health care professional commits the offense of female genital mutilation. Provides that a person who has reason to believe that a child may be a victim of female genital mutilation has a duty to report the child abuse or neglect. Provides that an action for civil female genital mutilation must be commenced not later than 10 years after the eighteenth birthday of the child. Provides that a victim may seek certain remedies in an action against the defendant for civil female genital mutilation.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
- Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SB 240 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — 47–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Jean Breaux — primary (person)
- Karen Tallian — primary (person)
- Liz Brown — primary (person)
- Peggy Mayfield — primary (person)
- Karen Engleman — cosponsor (person)
- Rita Fleming — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Shackleford — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-11 Authored by Senator Brown L
- 2021-01-11 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
reading-1, referral-committee - 2021-02-04 Committee report: do pass, adopted
committee-passage - 2021-02-08 Second reading: ordered engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-02-09 House sponsor: Representative Mayfield
- 2021-02-09 Cosponsor: Representative Shackleford
- 2021-02-09 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 86: yeas 47, nays 0
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-09 Senator Breaux added as second author
- 2021-02-09 Senator Tallian added as third author
- 2021-02-10 Referred to the House
- 2021-03-02 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
reading-1, referral-committee - 2021-03-25 Committee report: do pass, adopted
committee-passage - 2021-03-25 Representatives Engleman and Fleming added as cosponsors
- 2021-03-29 Amendment #1 (Jacob) ruled out of order
amendment-failure - 2021-03-29 Second reading: ordered engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-03-30 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 331: yeas 94, nays 0
passage, reading-3 - 2021-03-31 Returned to the Senate without amendments
- 2021-04-05 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- 2021-04-07 Signed by the Speaker
- 2021-04-14 Signed by the President of the Senate
- 2021-04-15 Signed by the Governor
executive-signature - 2021-04-15 Public Law 51
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eb316e1a-4fc2-4139-bc70-ffa0c62834c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).