republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/hb-1099.md

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Bill	Safe haven infants and foster youth.	Provides that the maximum age for a safe haven infant is 60 days of age. Repeals the definition of "abandoned child". Amends the definition of "foster youth". Makes conforming changes.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	HB 1099	Indiana HB 1099 (2025)	bill	CHILDREN AND MINORS; Foster Care CHILDREN AND MINORS; Generally MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LAW; Generally	enacted	Dale DeVon Stacey Donato	4	21	2	2025-01-08	2025-04-03	openstates	ocd-bill/28e1ea64-f855-4311-95a3-3611741454dd	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1099	4bf5dda2bf96a02b50168dffa185bed7caca9d7fc57ca732087c3f3b1537d445	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1099 (2025) — Safe haven infants and foster youth.

Provides that the maximum age for a safe haven infant is 60 days of age. Repeals the definition of "abandoned child". Amends the definition of "foster youth". 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. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1099 - DeVon - 3rd Reading — 90–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1099 - Donato - 3rd Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dale DeVon — primary (person)
• Stacey Donato — primary (person)
• Greg Walker — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Pierce — coauthor (person)
• Lori Goss-Reaves — coauthor (person)
• Travis Holdman — cosponsor (person)
• Vanessa Summers — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-08 Authored by Representative DeVon
• 2025-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-21 Representative Pierce K added as coauthor
• 2025-01-27 Representative Goss-Reaves added as coauthor
• 2025-01-30 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-02-03 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-03 Representative Summers added as coauthor
• 2025-02-04 Cosponsors: Senators Holdman and Walker G
• 2025-02-04 Senate sponsor: Senator Donato
• 2025-02-04 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 80: yeas 90, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-02-05 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2025-02-18 First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-10 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-03-13 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-03-19 Returned to the House without amendments receipt
• 2025-03-18 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 243: yeas 49, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-03-20 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2025-03-24 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-03-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2025-04-03 Public Law 30 became-law
• 2025-04-03 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/28e1ea64-f855-4311-95a3-3611741454dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).