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type: "Bill"
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title: "Foster families."
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description: "Provides that the amount of foster care support tax credits allowed may not exceed $2,000,000 in each calendar year beginning after December 31, 2023, and ending before January 1, 2028. Requires the department of state revenue (department) to post certain information regarding the: (1) application for the tax credit; (2) timeline for receiving the tax credit; and (3) total amount of tax credits awarded during the current calendar year; on the department's website. Makes various changes to the process to apply for the tax credit. Provides that money in the insuring foster youth trust fund (fund) at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund. Provides that the fund's administrative expenses may not exceed 10% of the amounts deposited into the fund. Provides, in addition to inpatients of state or federally owned or operated hospitals or institutions and their supervisors, that the department of natural resources (DNR) may not charge an admission fee to foster families who reside together in the same licensed foster family home, or other certain foster youth, for the use of any property owned or managed by the DNR for purposes of the statutes concerning state parks and recreation areas. Requires the department of child services to make available a list provided by the Insurance Institute of Indiana that identifies insurers that may provide automobile insurance coverage for a minor without a guardian cosigner. Requires the Indiana assigned risk automobile insurance plan, subject to the rules of the plan, to make automobile insurance available to a foster youth who is between 16 and 23 years of age and is receiving services from the department of child services. Provides that a state or local government agency, a foster parent, or an entity providing services shall not be liable for any damages resulting from a foster youth's operation of an automobile owned and insured by the foster youth."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 151"
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citation: "Indiana SB 151 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Foster Care", "INCOME TAXES", "Credits"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Donna Schaibley", "Jon Ford", "Kyle Walker", "Travis Holdman"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-01-09"
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last_action: "2023-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/027e2b9d-aa77-4893-90ee-880fc8c98fda"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/151"
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source_hash: "c9c622133999cfdea07a2bbb0a823a3b505119995e06beab08fdf233d8835494"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana SB 151 (2023) — Foster families.
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Provides that the amount of foster care support tax credits allowed may not exceed $2,000,000 in each calendar year beginning after December 31, 2023, and ending before January 1, 2028. Requires the department of state revenue (department) to post certain information regarding the: (1) application for the tax credit; (2) timeline for receiving the tax credit; and (3) total amount of tax credits awarded during the current calendar year; on the department's website. Makes various changes to the process to apply for the tax credit. Provides that money in the insuring foster youth trust fund (fund) at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund. Provides that the fund's administrative expenses may not exceed 10% of the amounts deposited into the fund. Provides, in addition to inpatients of state or federally owned or operated hospitals or institutions and their supervisors, that the department of natural resources (DNR) may not charge an admission fee to foster families who reside together in the same licensed foster family home, or other certain foster youth, for the use of any property owned or managed by the DNR for purposes of the statutes concerning state parks and recreation areas. Requires the department of child services to make available a list provided by the Insurance Institute of Indiana that identifies insurers that may provide automobile insurance coverage for a minor without a guardian cosigner. Requires the Indiana assigned risk automobile insurance plan, subject to the rules of the plan, to make automobile insurance available to a foster youth who is between 16 and 23 years of age and is receiving services from the department of child services. Provides that a state or local government agency, a foster parent, or an entity providing services shall not be liable for any damages resulting from a foster youth's operation of an automobile owned and insured by the foster youth.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0151/versions/SB0151.05.ENGH)
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2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0151/versions/SB0151.03.ENGS)
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3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0151/versions/SB0151.06.ENRH)
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4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0151/versions/SB0151.01.INTR)
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5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0151/versions/SB0151.04.COMH)
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6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0151/versions/SB0151.02.COMS)
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## Votes
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- SB 151 - Walker K - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Donna Schaibley — primary (person)
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- Jon Ford — primary (person)
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- Kyle Walker — primary (person)
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- Travis Holdman — primary (person)
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- Andrea Hunley — coauthor (person)
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- Brian Buchanan — coauthor (person)
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- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
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- Eddie Melton — coauthor (person)
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- Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
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- Fady Qaddoura — coauthor (person)
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- Greg Walker — coauthor (person)
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- James Tomes — coauthor (person)
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- Julie Olthoff — cosponsor (person)
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- Linda Rogers — coauthor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
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- Mike Gaskill — coauthor (person)
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- Rick Niemeyer — coauthor (person)
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- Ron Alting — coauthor (person)
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- Ryan Lauer — cosponsor (person)
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- Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)
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- Shelli Yoder — coauthor (person)
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- Victoria Garcia Wilburn — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-09** Authored by Senator Walker K
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- **2023-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-11** Senator Ford Jon added as second author
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- **2023-01-19** Senator Hunley added as coauthor
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- **2023-01-24** Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
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- **2023-01-26** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-01-26** Senator Holdman added as third author
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- **2023-01-26** Senators Gaskill and Alting added as coauthors
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- **2023-01-26** Senators Rogers, Baldwin, Buchanan, Walker G, Niemeyer, Melton, Qaddoura added as coauthors
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- **2023-01-30** Amendment #1 (Walker K) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-01-30** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-01-31** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 44: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-01-31** House sponsor: Representative Schaibley
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- **2023-01-31** Cosponsors: Representatives Olthoff and Lauer
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- **2023-01-31** Senator Bassler added as coauthor
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- **2023-01-31** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
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- **2023-01-31** Senator Tomes added as coauthor
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- **2023-01-31** Senator Yoder added as coauthor
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- **2023-02-02** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2023-02-13** Representative Garcia Wilburn V added as cosponsor
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- **2023-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-30** Amendment #2 (Lehman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-03-30** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 334: yeas 93, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-04** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
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- **2023-04-06** Motion to concur filed `filing`
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- **2023-04-10** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 349: yeas 48, nays 0
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- **2023-04-13** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2023-04-21** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Public Law 97 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/027e2b9d-aa77-4893-90ee-880fc8c98fda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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