republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1172.md

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Bill	Paternity actions.	Allows a child, by the child's next friend, to commence a child custody proceeding under certain circumstances. Defines "next friend." Provides that a court having jurisdiction over a child who is the subject of a child in need of services proceeding or juvenile delinquency proceeding has concurrent jurisdiction with a court having jurisdiction over a paternity proceeding for the purpose of establishing or modifying paternity, custody, parenting time, or child support of the child.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2023	HB 1172	Indiana HB 1172 (2023)	bill	CHILDREN AND MINORS Child Support Custody and Visitation CHILDREN AND MINORS Juvenile Courts and Proceedings CHILDREN AND MINORS Juvenile Delinquents	enacted	Edward Clere Greg Walker Jon Ford Rodney Pol	5	23	1	2023-01-10	2023-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/c81e9e18-bf2e-41d8-9910-6004fa42b448	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1172	028a90655242b3584493ca0f4f564e9c4819e43862a5638919a8e73f299af4a4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1172 (2023) — Paternity actions.

Allows a child, by the child's next friend, to commence a child custody proceeding under certain circumstances. Defines "next friend." Provides that a court having jurisdiction over a child who is the subject of a child in need of services proceeding or juvenile delinquency proceeding has concurrent jurisdiction with a court having jurisdiction over a paternity proceeding for the purpose of establishing or modifying paternity, custody, parenting time, or child support of the child.

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 (H) (committee substitute) — source
4. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1172 - Walker G - 3rd Reading — 41–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Edward Clere — primary (person)
• Greg Walker — primary (person)
• Jon Ford — primary (person)
• Rodney Pol — primary (person)
• Carolyn Jackson — coauthor (person)
• Dale DeVon — coauthor (person)
• Gregory Steuerwald — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-10 Coauthored by Representatives DeVon and Jackson
• 2023-01-10 Authored by Representative Clere
• 2023-01-10 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-02-16 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-02-16 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
• 2023-02-21 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-02-23 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-02-23 Representative Steuerwald added as coauthor
• 2023-02-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 239: yeas 95, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-02-27 Senate sponsors: Senators Walker G, Ford Jon, Pol
• 2023-02-28 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2023-03-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-03-16 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-03-20 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-03-21 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 239: yeas 41, nays 2 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-03-22 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 321: yeas 95, nays 0
• 2023-04-06 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2023-04-06 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2023-04-17 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2023-04-20 Public Law 66 became-law
• 2023-04-20 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c81e9e18-bf2e-41d8-9910-6004fa42b448. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).