republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/hb-1194.md

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Bill	County coroners.	Requires the coroner where the incident occurred to respond to the coroner where the death occurred not more than 24 hours after being contacted to discuss the need for an autopsy. Provides that if the coroner where the incident occurred does not timely respond, the coroner where the death occurred may conduct an autopsy and bill the coroner where the incident occurred. Provides that beginning January 1, 2026, a licensed hospital is required to have a blood retention protocol for the preservation of the first sample of blood drawn from an individual after arriving at a hospital for treatment. Specifies the required elements of the blood retention protocol, including how long a laboratory is required to hold a blood sample in storage. Provides for waiver of the blood sample storage requirement in any case where the sample is tested and cannot be retained for reasons of medical necessity in the clinical care of the patient.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	HB 1194	Indiana HB 1194 (2025)	bill	AGENCIES; Prosecuting Attorneys Council (IPAC) AGENCIES; State Department of Toxicology (ISDT) DEATH AND DECEASED; Generally HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Hospitals HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Doctors and Physicians HEALTH; Medical Records LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS; Coroners	enacted	Blake Doriot David Abbott Tyler Johnson	4	30	4	2025-01-08	2025-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/0fd9cec7-b5ea-4f4a-be80-8dbc0c68f91c	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1194	7c44ea773ff6be2d0d2d10da367f1f97ffde2377e9963df0644a7235d4e754ba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1194 (2025) — County coroners.

Requires the coroner where the incident occurred to respond to the coroner where the death occurred not more than 24 hours after being contacted to discuss the need for an autopsy. Provides that if the coroner where the incident occurred does not timely respond, the coroner where the death occurred may conduct an autopsy and bill the coroner where the incident occurred. Provides that beginning January 1, 2026, a licensed hospital is required to have a blood retention protocol for the preservation of the first sample of blood drawn from an individual after arriving at a hospital for treatment. Specifies the required elements of the blood retention protocol, including how long a laboratory is required to hold a blood sample in storage. Provides for waiver of the blood sample storage requirement in any case where the sample is tested and cannot be retained for reasons of medical necessity in the clinical care of the patient.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• HB 1194 - Doriot - 3rd Reading — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 1194 - Doriot — 43–1 (pass) · upper
• HB 1194 - Abbott - 3rd Reading — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1194 - Abbott — 93–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Blake Doriot — primary (person)
• David Abbott — primary (person)
• Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
• Heath VanNatter — coauthor (person)
• Mark Genda — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-08 Authored by Representative Abbott
• 2025-01-08 Coauthored by Representative VanNatter
• 2025-01-27 Representative Genda added as coauthor
• 2025-02-11 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-02-13 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-17 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 169: yeas 94, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-02-17 Senate sponsors: Senators Doriot and Johnson T
• 2025-02-18 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-17 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-03-24 Amendment #1 (Johnson T) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2025-03-24 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-03-25 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 281: yeas 47, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-03-26 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2025-04-07 Motion to dissent filed filing
• 2025-04-07 House dissented from Senate amendments
• 2025-04-10 Senate advisors appointed: Taylor G and Johnson T
• 2025-04-10 Senate conferees appointed: Doriot and Jackson L
• 2025-04-10 House conferees appointed: Abbott and Moed
• 2025-04-10 House advisors appointed: VanNatter and Genda
• 2025-04-21 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
• 2025-04-21 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
• 2025-04-22 Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 485: yeas 43, nays 1
• 2025-04-23 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 531: yeas 93, nays 0
• 2025-04-23 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2025-04-24 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-05-06 Public Law 225 became-law
• 2025-04-29 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2025-05-06 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0fd9cec7-b5ea-4f4a-be80-8dbc0c68f91c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).