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type: "Bill"
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title: "Reunification plan for a child in need of services."
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description: "Amends the circumstances under which reasonable efforts to reunify a child with the child's parent, guardian, or custodian or preserve a child's family are not required."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 171"
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citation: "Indiana SB 171 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS; Children in Need of Services (CHINS)", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Crimes Against Children", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Generally", "MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LAW; Generally"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Greg Walker", "Ryan Lauer", "Stacey Donato", "Tyler Johnson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-08"
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last_action: "2024-03-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc871f4e-ecc3-42eb-86cc-c12913b41a62"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0171"
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source_hash: "a8ec5794984023d3a0a8fd534e27b64912f4b105ce0726ccad71840d690d3a07"
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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 171 (2024) — Reunification plan for a child in need of services.
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Amends the circumstances under which reasonable efforts to reunify a child with the child's parent, guardian, or custodian or preserve a child's family are not required.
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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. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0171/SB0171.04.ENRH.pdf)
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2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0171/SB0171.01.INTR.pdf)
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3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0171/SB0171.02.COMS.pdf)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0171/SB0171.03.COMH.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SB 171 - Walker G - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 171 - Lauer - 3rd Reading — **91–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Greg Walker — primary (person)
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- Ryan Lauer — primary (person)
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- Stacey Donato — primary (person)
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- Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
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- Cindy Ledbetter — cosponsor (person)
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- Julie Olthoff — cosponsor (person)
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- Lindsay Patterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
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- Vanessa Summers — cosponsor (person)
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- Vaneta Becker — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-08** Authored by Senator Walker G
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- **2024-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-22** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-30** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
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- **2024-01-30** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 86: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-01** Cosponsors: Representatives Ledbetter, Patterson, Olthoff
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- **2024-02-01** Senator Donato added as second author
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- **2024-02-01** Senator Johnson T added as third author
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- **2024-02-01** Senator Becker added as coauthor
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- **2024-02-01** House sponsor: Representative Lauer
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- **2024-02-02** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2024-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-15** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-19** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-20** Representative Summers added as cosponsor
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- **2024-02-21** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
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- **2024-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 172: yeas 91, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-20** Rule 105.1 suspended
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- **2024-03-04** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-11** Public Law 19 `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/bc871f4e-ecc3-42eb-86cc-c12913b41a62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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