republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/sb-169.md

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Bill	Child caring institutions and group homes.	Requires specified types of residential child care facilities to: (1) implement specified personnel policies, including with regard to: (A) minimum qualifications for specified employee classifications; and (B) maintenance of personnel records; (2) comply with specified restrictions on caseloads; (3) obtain specified health records, immunizations, and examinations for each child under the facility's care; and (4) follow specified processes in providing medical care for children in the facility's care, including with regard to administering psychotropic medications. Provides that certain individuals at least 18 years of age but less than 21 years of age are included in the definitions for "child", "child abuse or neglect", and "victim of child abuse or neglect". Makes conforming and technical changes.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	SB 169	Indiana SB 169 (2024)	bill	CHILDREN AND MINORS; Adoption CHILDREN AND MINORS; Child Care Programs CHILDREN AND MINORS; Foster Care CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Victims HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Long Term Care Facilities HEALTH; Generally HEALTH; Medical Records HEALTH; Vaccines and Vaccinations MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LAW; Generally SOCIAL SERVICES; Housing STATE GOVERNMENT; Administrative Code	enacted	Chris Judy Greg Walker Tyler Johnson	6	23	3	2024-01-08	2024-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/3563eeb9-ec4c-40b4-aa73-ee41fca290b8	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0169	177f8d59c7b6740726cebd9cec73b25bc1a06716cb28652f91c3b33c1d446e79	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 169 (2024) — Child caring institutions and group homes.

Requires specified types of residential child care facilities to: (1) implement specified personnel policies, including with regard to: (A) minimum qualifications for specified employee classifications; and (B) maintenance of personnel records; (2) comply with specified restrictions on caseloads; (3) obtain specified health records, immunizations, and examinations for each child under the facility's care; and (4) follow specified processes in providing medical care for children in the facility's care, including with regard to administering psychotropic medications. Provides that certain individuals at least 18 years of age but less than 21 years of age are included in the definitions for "child", "child abuse or neglect", and "victim of child abuse or neglect". Makes conforming and technical changes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Engrossed Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 169 - Judy - 3rd Reading — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 169 - Walker G — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 169 - Walker G - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris Judy — primary (person)
• Greg Walker — primary (person)
• Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
• Dale DeVon — cosponsor (person)
• Dave Heine — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan Lauer — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Authored by Senator Walker G
• 2024-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Senator Johnson T added as second author
• 2024-01-29 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-01 Amendment #2 (Johnson T) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-02-01 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-05 Cosponsors: Representatives DeVon, Lauer, Heine
• 2024-02-05 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 107: yeas 48, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-05 House sponsor: Representative Judy
• 2024-02-06 Referred to the House referral
• 2024-02-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-29 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-29 Amendment #4 (Judy) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-03-04 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 261: yeas 97, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-03-05 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2024-03-05 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2024-03-06 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 294: yeas 47, nays 0
• 2024-03-07 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-13 Public Law 109 became-law
• 2024-03-13 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-12 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the Speaker passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3563eeb9-ec4c-40b4-aa73-ee41fca290b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).