republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/hb-1217.md

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Bill	Coerced abortion.	Requires that a pregnant woman seeking an abortion must be informed that a coerced abortion is illegal. Provides that certain medical personnel must inquire with a pregnant woman seeking an abortion whether the abortion is coerced. Requires certain medical personnel who believe that an abortion is coerced to offer the pregnant woman information on certain services, the use of a telephone, and an alternative exit from the health care facility. Makes it a Level 6 felony if a person knowingly or intentionally coerces a pregnant woman into having an abortion. Mandates reports of a coerced abortion to law enforcement. Provides that a law enforcement agency must immediately respond and initiate an investigation upon receipt of a complaint of coercion or attempted coercion. Makes it a Class C infraction if a reproductive health facility knowingly employs a mandatory reporter who violates the mandatory reporting statute.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2022	HB 1217	Indiana HB 1217 (2022)	bill	ABORTION CRIMES AND OFFENSES Criminal Courts and Court Procedures HEALTH Health Care Professionals LAW ENFORCEMENT generally	enacted	Joanna King Linda Rogers Liz Brown	5	28	1	2022-01-06	2022-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/c386a01e-8a94-447f-92a2-de7bef43dcce	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1217	55e4c4b65994d6fe40fa928dfeecfdb128f08d357733d0843aca8b2a458e06e1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1217 (2022) — Coerced abortion.

Requires that a pregnant woman seeking an abortion must be informed that a coerced abortion is illegal. Provides that certain medical personnel must inquire with a pregnant woman seeking an abortion whether the abortion is coerced. Requires certain medical personnel who believe that an abortion is coerced to offer the pregnant woman information on certain services, the use of a telephone, and an alternative exit from the health care facility. Makes it a Level 6 felony if a person knowingly or intentionally coerces a pregnant woman into having an abortion. Mandates reports of a coerced abortion to law enforcement. Provides that a law enforcement agency must immediately respond and initiate an investigation upon receipt of a complaint of coercion or attempted coercion. Makes it a Class C infraction if a reproductive health facility knowingly employs a mandatory reporter who violates the mandatory reporting statute.

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

Votes

• HB 1217 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — 38–10 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Joanna King — primary (person)
• Linda Rogers — primary (person)
• Liz Brown — primary (person)
• Chris Jeter — coauthor (person)
• Dennis Kruse — cosponsor (person)
• James Tomes — cosponsor (person)
• John Crane — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin Boehnlein — cosponsor (person)
• Peggy Mayfield — coauthor (person)
• Rita Fleming — coauthor (person)
• Stacey Donato — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-06 Authored by Representative King
• 2022-01-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-01-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-01-20 Representatives Mayfield, Fleming, Jeter C added as coauthors
• 2022-01-24 Amendment #4 (King) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2022-01-24 Amendment #1 (Austin) failed; voice vote amendment-failure
• 2022-01-24 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-01-25 Senate sponsor: Senator Brown L
• 2022-01-25 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 101: yeas 73, nays 18 passage, reading-3
• 2022-01-26 Referred to the Senate
• 2022-02-02 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-02-07 Senator Rogers added as second sponsor
• 2022-02-15 Senator Donato added as cosponsor
• 2022-02-17 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-02-17 Senator Boehnlein added as cosponsor
• 2022-02-21 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-22 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 235: yeas 38, nays 10 passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-22 Senator Crane added as cosponsor
• 2022-02-22 Senator Kruse added as cosponsor
• 2022-02-22 Senator Tomes added as cosponsor
• 2022-02-23 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2022-02-28 Motion to concur filed
• 2022-03-01 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 315: yeas 75, nays 17 amendment-failure
• 2022-03-04 Signed by the Speaker
• 2022-03-07 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2022-03-11 Public Law 93
• 2022-03-11 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2022-03-11 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c386a01e-8a94-447f-92a2-de7bef43dcce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).