republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1560.md

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Bill	Adoptions.	Provides that certain consent to adoption may be withdrawn not later than 15 days after the consent to adoption is signed and that certain persons must file a motion to contest an adoption after receiving certain notice. (Current law allows 30 days to withdraw.) Allows a consent to adoption to be executed or acknowledged in court, in person or by video conferencing. Requires a man to consent to the adoption of a child if he has established paternity and is a biological parent of the child to be adopted. Provides that a court may only require the consent to adopt of a man who has established paternity but is not a biological parent of the child if it is in the best interest of the child to require his consent. Specifies that consent to adopt of a deceased person is not required. Requires a court to expedite certain adoption proceedings.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2023	HB 1560	Indiana HB 1560 (2023)	bill	CHILDREN AND MINORS Adoption	enacted	Elizabeth Rowray Liz Brown Scott Alexander	4	22	1	2023-01-19	2023-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/3245aca8-d6fe-4e06-ac55-d4e2e7e764b9	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1560	a91ccdadc9a2e67f51be2d725d65c2efc4c5d50c672ad358acbf0a707509d11c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1560 (2023) — Adoptions.

Provides that certain consent to adoption may be withdrawn not later than 15 days after the consent to adoption is signed and that certain persons must file a motion to contest an adoption after receiving certain notice. (Current law allows 30 days to withdraw.) Allows a consent to adoption to be executed or acknowledged in court, in person or by video conferencing. Requires a man to consent to the adoption of a child if he has established paternity and is a biological parent of the child to be adopted. Provides that a court may only require the consent to adopt of a man who has established paternity but is not a biological parent of the child if it is in the best interest of the child to require his consent. Specifies that consent to adopt of a deceased person is not required. Requires a court to expedite certain adoption proceedings.

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 1560 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — 39–8 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Elizabeth Rowray — primary (person)
• Liz Brown — primary (person)
• Scott Alexander — primary (person)
• Julie McGuire — coauthor (person)
• Victoria Garcia Wilburn — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-19 Authored by Representative Rowray
• 2023-01-19 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 Representative McGuire J added as coauthor
• 2023-02-20 Representative Garcia Wilburn V added as coauthor
• 2023-02-20 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-02-21 Senate sponsors: Senators Brown L and Alexander
• 2023-02-21 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 192: yeas 89, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-02-22 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2023-03-01 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-03-14 Amendment #1 (Pol) failed; Roll Call 214: yeas 14, nays 33 amendment-failure, failure
• 2023-03-14 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-03-16 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 224: yeas 39, nays 8 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-03-16 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 327: yeas 92, nays 2
• 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 89 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3245aca8-d6fe-4e06-ac55-d4e2e7e764b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).