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type: "Bill"
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title: "Forensic nurses."
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description: "Specifies requirements that a registered nurse must meet in order to practice as a forensic nurse. Requires biennial continuing education for a forensic nurse. Provides that a forensic nurse who is practicing as a forensic nurse on June 30, 2021, is not required to meet the biennial forensic nursing education requirements until June 30, 2023."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 7"
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citation: "Indiana SB 7 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["FORENSIC SCIENCES", "NURSES AND NURSING"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ed Charbonneau", "Julie Olthoff", "Michael Crider"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-01-07"
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last_action: "2021-04-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7540074-b872-4c58-bb7a-51f3a3e66da6"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/7"
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source_hash: "3721c903965c045c66379eb4bfe809d442901a96d1af1806577b8de4c5cb40f8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana SB 7 (2021) — Forensic nurses.
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Specifies requirements that a registered nurse must meet in order to practice as a forensic nurse. Requires biennial continuing education for a forensic nurse. Provides that a forensic nurse who is practicing as a forensic nurse on June 30, 2021, is not required to meet the biennial forensic nursing education requirements until June 30, 2023.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0007/versions/SB0007.04.ENRH)
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2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0007/versions/SB0007.01.INTR)
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3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0007/versions/SB0007.03.COMH)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0007/versions/SB0007.02.COMS)
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## Votes
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- SB 7 - Olthoff - 3rd Reading — **93–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
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- Julie Olthoff — primary (person)
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- Michael Crider — primary (person)
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- Cindy Ledbetter — cosponsor (person)
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- Eddie Melton — coauthor (person)
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- Jean Breaux — coauthor (person)
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- Joanna King — cosponsor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
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- Maureen Bauer — cosponsor (person)
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- Vaneta Becker — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-07** Authored by Senator Crider
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- **2021-01-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-04** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-08** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-09** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 77: yeas 47, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-09** House sponsor: Representative Olthoff
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- **2021-02-09** Senator Charbonneau added as second author
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- **2021-02-09** Senators Becker, Breaux, Melton added as coauthors
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- **2021-02-10** Referred to the House
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- **2021-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-11** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2021-03-11** Representative Vermilion A added as cosponsor
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- **2021-03-15** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-16** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 263: yeas 93, nays 3 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-03-16** Representative Vermilion A removed as cosponsor
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- **2021-03-16** Representatives Ledbetter C, King J, Bauer M added as cosponsors
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- **2021-03-17** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
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- **2021-03-29** Motion to concur filed
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- **2021-04-01** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
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- **2021-04-05** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 341: yeas 47, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
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- **2021-04-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2021-04-13** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2021-04-21** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2021-04-22** Public Law 90
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- **2021-04-22** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7540074-b872-4c58-bb7a-51f3a3e66da6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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