republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1493.md

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Bill	Elimination of costs and fees in juvenile court.	Provides that a parent is presumed indigent for purposes of parental payment or reimbursement for services provided by the department of child services to a child adjudicated delinquent or a child in need of services. Further provides that, when the department of correction is awarded wardship of a child, the juvenile court may not order a parent to pay or reimburse the department unless the juvenile court makes a specific finding that the parent is able to pay. Removes fees and costs associated with a child alleged to be a delinquent child from the supplemental public defender services fund and the public defense administration fee. Allows the alternative dispute resolution fund (fund) to be used for guardian ad litem services. Requires the court to determine whether, when a party is charged or convicted with a crime against the person, participation in services provided by the fund poses an unreasonable risk of harm. Makes conforming changes.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2023	HB 1493	Indiana HB 1493 (2023)	bill	CHILDREN AND MINORS Department of Child Services CHILDREN AND MINORS Juvenile Courts and Proceedings CORRECTION Department of	enacted	Jon Ford Michael Crider Wendy McNamara	5	21	1	2023-01-17	2023-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/8c68f0c0-3817-4c77-b545-f543231aaab5	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1493	e411283a6b07b75bf6ec6bcd7b4ac9dc7fad6fe23b26fb29e99410aa2550ad56	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1493 (2023) — Elimination of costs and fees in juvenile court.

Provides that a parent is presumed indigent for purposes of parental payment or reimbursement for services provided by the department of child services to a child adjudicated delinquent or a child in need of services. Further provides that, when the department of correction is awarded wardship of a child, the juvenile court may not order a parent to pay or reimburse the department unless the juvenile court makes a specific finding that the parent is able to pay. Removes fees and costs associated with a child alleged to be a delinquent child from the supplemental public defender services fund and the public defense administration fee. Allows the alternative dispute resolution fund (fund) to be used for guardian ad litem services. Requires the court to determine whether, when a party is charged or convicted with a crime against the person, participation in services provided by the fund poses an unreasonable risk of harm. Makes conforming changes.

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

Votes

• HB 1493 - Crider - 3rd Reading — 32–18 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jon Ford — primary (person)
• Michael Crider — primary (person)
• Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
• Alan Morrison — coauthor (person)
• Gregory Steuerwald — coauthor (person)
• Sheila Klinker — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-17 Coauthored by Representative Steuerwald
• 2023-01-17 Authored by Representative McNamara
• 2023-01-17 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-02-09 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-02-13 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-02-13 Representatives Klinker and Morrison added as coauthors
• 2023-02-14 Senate sponsor: Senator Crider
• 2023-02-14 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 132: yeas 94, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-02-15 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2023-02-27 First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-03-13 Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-03-13 Senator Ford Jon added as second sponsor
• 2023-04-13 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-04-17 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-04-18 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 445: yeas 32, nays 18 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-04-19 Returned to the House without amendments receipt
• 2023-04-24 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2023-04-25 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2023-04-26 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2023-05-01 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-01 Public Law 151 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c68f0c0-3817-4c77-b545-f543231aaab5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).