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Bill Toxicology screening for xylazine. Provides that, if the coroner reasonably suspects the cause of the person's death to be accidental or intentional overdose of an opioid or if the person was administered an overdose intervention drug prior to death and was unresponsive to the overdose intervention drug, the coroner shall test certain bodily fluids to determine whether the bodily fluid contained any amount, including a trace amount, of xylazine at the time of the person's death. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2023 HB 1286 Indiana HB 1286 (2023)
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Indiana HB 1286 (2023) — Toxicology screening for xylazine.

Provides that, if the coroner reasonably suspects the cause of the person's death to be accidental or intentional overdose of an opioid or if the person was administered an overdose intervention drug prior to death and was unresponsive to the overdose intervention drug, the coroner shall test certain bodily fluids to determine whether the bodily fluid contained any amount, including a trace amount, of xylazine at the time of the person's death.

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 1286 - Johnson - 3rd Reading — 490 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Jean Leising — primary (person)
  • Jennifer Meltzer — primary (person)
  • Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
  • Ann Vermilion — coauthor (person)
  • Greg Taylor — cosponsor (person)
  • Ryan Lauer — coauthor (person)
  • Victoria Garcia Wilburn — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-11 Coauthored by Representative Lauer
  • 2023-01-11 Authored by Representative Meltzer
  • 2023-01-11 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2023-01-19 Representative Vermilion A added as coauthor
  • 2023-01-31 Representative Garcia Wilburn V added as coauthor
  • 2023-02-14 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2023-02-16 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-02-20 Senate sponsors: Senators Johnson and Leising
  • 2023-02-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 154: yeas 96, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2023-02-21 Referred to the Senate referral
  • 2023-02-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2023-03-20 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2023-03-20 Senator Taylor G added as cosponsor
  • 2023-03-23 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-03-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 253: yeas 49, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2023-03-28 Returned to the House without amendments receipt
  • 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 71 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e352ea8e-124e-419a-8d33-df8d5d415546. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).