republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1169.md

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Bill	Separation of siblings in child placement.	Provides that if a child is placed in a temporary out-of-home placement in a location in which a sibling of the child resides, the department of child services shall, before changing the placement of the child, consider whether separating the child from the child's sibling is in the child's best interest. Provides that if a child is placed under a dispositional decree in an out-of-home placement in a location in which a sibling of the child resides, a court shall, in considering a motion requesting a change in the child's placement, consider whether separating the child from the child's sibling is in the child's best interest. Requires a court, in determining whether reunification of a child with a parent, guardian, or custodian from whom the child has been removed is in the child's best interest, to consider whether reunifying the child with the parent, guardian, or custodian will result in separation of the child from a sibling of the child, and if so, whether separating the child from the child's sibling is in the child's best interest.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2023	HB 1169	Indiana HB 1169 (2023)	bill	CHILDREN AND MINORS Child Support Custody and Visitation CHILDREN AND MINORS Department of Child Services CHILDREN AND MINORS Juvenile Courts and Proceedings	enacted	Donna Schaibley Greg Walker Kyle Walker	4	24	1	2023-01-10	2023-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/11b5d900-a41c-44f3-9762-d0262b586738	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1169	226db2de91430d7b83dc7b29ef40220719d7a829dfba1721d91b6e813249aa16	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1169 (2023) — Separation of siblings in child placement.

Provides that if a child is placed in a temporary out-of-home placement in a location in which a sibling of the child resides, the department of child services shall, before changing the placement of the child, consider whether separating the child from the child's sibling is in the child's best interest. Provides that if a child is placed under a dispositional decree in an out-of-home placement in a location in which a sibling of the child resides, a court shall, in considering a motion requesting a change in the child's placement, consider whether separating the child from the child's sibling is in the child's best interest. Requires a court, in determining whether reunification of a child with a parent, guardian, or custodian from whom the child has been removed is in the child's best interest, to consider whether reunifying the child with the parent, guardian, or custodian will result in separation of the child from a sibling of the child, and if so, whether separating the child from the child's sibling is in the child's best interest.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• HB 1169 - Walker K - 3rd Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Donna Schaibley — primary (person)
• Greg Walker — primary (person)
• Kyle Walker — primary (person)
• Carolyn Jackson — coauthor (person)
• Jon Ford — cosponsor (person)
• Julie Olthoff — coauthor (person)
• Ryan Lauer — coauthor (person)
• Tyler Johnson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-10 Authored by Representative Schaibley
• 2023-01-10 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-01-30 Representatives Lauer and Olthoff added as coauthors
• 2023-01-30 Representative Jackson added as coauthor
• 2023-02-02 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-02-06 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-02-07 Senate sponsor: Senator Walker K
• 2023-02-07 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 87: yeas 93, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-02-08 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2023-02-27 First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-02-28 Senator Walker G added as second sponsor
• 2023-03-09 Senator Ford Jon added as cosponsor
• 2023-03-13 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-03-16 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-03-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 229: yeas 49, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-03-20 Senator Johnson added as cosponsor
• 2023-03-21 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2023-03-27 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2023-03-28 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 320: yeas 95, nays 0
• 2023-04-03 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2023-04-04 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2023-04-17 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2023-04-20 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2023-04-20 Public Law 65 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/11b5d900-a41c-44f3-9762-d0262b586738. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).