republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/sb-185.md

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Bill	Newborn safety device.	Modifies the newborn safety device requirements that apply to a fire department. Modifies the immunity provisions applicable to certain individuals and entities that take custody of a child or operate a newborn safety device. Makes conforming changes.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2022	SB 185	Indiana SB 185 (2022)	bill	CHILDREN AND MINORS generally CHILDREN AND MINORS Child Support Custody and Visitation CIVIL ACTIONS Immunity and Exemption from Liability FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND DISTRICTS	enacted	Erin Houchin Jon Ford Martin Carbaugh Travis Holdman	5	31	1	2022-01-06	2022-03-14	openstates	ocd-bill/926820c3-e2d5-42ba-99e6-40d58ed5f7cb	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/185	5268765ebbde0c8086123915714f905568d2ca6e759ce819efdc3a8cfc23ae90	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 185 (2022) — Newborn safety device.

Modifies the newborn safety device requirements that apply to a fire department. Modifies the immunity provisions applicable to certain individuals and entities that take custody of a child or operate a newborn safety device. Makes conforming changes.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 185 - Carbaugh - 3rd Reading — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Erin Houchin — primary (person)
• Jon Ford — primary (person)
• Martin Carbaugh — primary (person)
• Travis Holdman — primary (person)
• Chris Judy — cosponsor (person)
• Dave Heine — cosponsor (person)
• Dennis Kruse — coauthor (person)
• Fady Qaddoura — coauthor (person)
• J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
• John Crane — coauthor (person)
• Matt Lehman — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
• Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-06 Authored by Senator Holdman
• 2022-01-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-01-11 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-01-11 Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
• 2022-01-18 Amendment #1 (Holdman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2022-01-18 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-01-18 Senator Houchin added as second author
• 2022-01-18 Senators Ford Jon and Qaddoura added as coauthors
• 2022-01-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 31: yeas 46, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2022-01-20 House sponsor: Representative Carbaugh
• 2022-01-20 Cosponsors: Representatives Lehman, Judy, Heine
• 2022-01-20 Senator Crane added as coauthor
• 2022-01-20 Senators Kruse and Bohacek added as coauthors
• 2022-01-20 Senator Pol added as coauthor
• 2022-01-21 Referred to the House
• 2022-01-31 First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-02-01 Senator Houchin removed as second author
• 2022-02-01 Senator Ford Jon removed as coauthor
• 2022-02-01 Senator Ford Jon added as second author
• 2022-02-01 Senator Houchin added as third author
• 2022-02-22 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-02-24 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 291: yeas 94, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-01 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
• 2022-03-02 Motion to concur filed
• 2022-03-03 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 334: yeas 46, nays 0 amendment-failure
• 2022-03-07 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2022-03-08 Signed by the Speaker
• 2022-03-14 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2022-03-14 Public Law 107
• 2022-03-14 Signed by the President of the Senate

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/926820c3-e2d5-42ba-99e6-40d58ed5f7cb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).