republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/sb-246.md

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Bill	Motor vehicle insurance for foster children.	Establishes the insuring foster youth trust fund (fund). Provides that the department of child services shall administer the fund. Provides that the money in the fund may be used to provide payments to foster youth to help defray the cost of: (1) automobile insurance coverage for foster youth; and (2) not more than 44 of the 50 hours of supervised driving practice for foster youth. Provides that a state or local government agency, a foster parent, or an entity providing services shall not be liable for any damages resulting from a foster youth's operation of an automobile owned and insured by the foster youth. Makes conforming changes. Makes an appropriation.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2022	SB 246	Indiana SB 246 (2022)	bill	CHILDREN AND MINORS Department of Child Services CHILDREN AND MINORS Foster Care MOTOR VEHICLES Accidents and Vehicle Insurance PUBLIC FUNDS	enacted	Andy Zay Jeff Raatz Kyle Walker Matt Lehman	7	37	1	2022-01-10	2022-03-10	openstates	ocd-bill/04b958f7-559b-4dd3-95a0-bd882a2f71f6	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/246	36834fc7c4f20fa26730113c645e1c8062915725d3b7dca2889fd2092eed59b3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 246 (2022) — Motor vehicle insurance for foster children.

Establishes the insuring foster youth trust fund (fund). Provides that the department of child services shall administer the fund. Provides that the money in the fund may be used to provide payments to foster youth to help defray the cost of: (1) automobile insurance coverage for foster youth; and (2) not more than 44 of the 50 hours of supervised driving practice for foster youth. Provides that a state or local government agency, a foster parent, or an entity providing services shall not be liable for any damages resulting from a foster youth's operation of an automobile owned and insured by the foster youth. Makes conforming changes. Makes an appropriation.

Version chain

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

1. Engrossed Senate Bill (H) (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 (H) (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 246 - Walker K - 3rd Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Andy Zay — primary (person)
• Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
• Kyle Walker — primary (person)
• Matt Lehman — primary (person)
• Aaron Freeman — coauthor (person)
• Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
• Chuck Goodrich — cosponsor (person)
• David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
• Donna Schaibley — cosponsor (person)
• Edward Clere — cosponsor (person)
• Fady Qaddoura — coauthor (person)
• Gregory Porter — cosponsor (person)
• J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
• Jack Sandlin — coauthor (person)
• Jon Ford — coauthor (person)
• Liz Brown — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
• Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)
• Terri Jo Austin — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy Lanane — coauthor (person)
• Travis Holdman — coauthor (person)
• Wendy McNamara — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-10 Authored by Senator Walker K
• 2022-01-10 First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial Institutions reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-01-12 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-01-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-01-20 Senator Zay added as second author
• 2022-01-20 Senator Raatz added as third author
• 2022-01-20 Senators Bohacek, Freeman, Sandlin, Doriot added as coauthors
• 2022-01-20 Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
• 2022-01-20 Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
• 2022-01-24 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-01-25 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 72: yeas 46, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2022-01-25 House sponsor: Representative Lehman
• 2022-01-25 Cosponsor: Representative Clere
• 2022-01-25 Senators Baldwin, Brown L, Holdman, Lanane, Qaddoura added as coauthors
• 2022-01-25 Senator Ford Jon added as coauthor
• 2022-01-25 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2022-01-26 Referred to the House
• 2022-02-01 First reading: referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-02-08 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-02-08 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 referral-committee
• 2022-02-08 Representatives Austin and McNamara added as cosponsors
• 2022-02-17 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-02-17 Rule 105.2 suspended
• 2022-02-17 Representatives Schaibley and Porter added as cosponsors
• 2022-02-23 Amendment #2 (Lehman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2022-02-23 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 270: yeas 84, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-24 Rule 105.2 suspended
• 2022-02-24 Representative Goodrich added as cosponsor
• 2022-02-25 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
• 2022-02-25 Motion to concur filed
• 2022-03-02 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 321: yeas 46, nays 0 amendment-failure
• 2022-03-07 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2022-03-08 Signed by the Speaker
• 2022-03-09 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2022-03-10 Public Law 59
• 2022-03-10 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/04b958f7-559b-4dd3-95a0-bd882a2f71f6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).