republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/hb-1273.md

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Bill	Child welfare task force.	Establishes the child welfare task force (task force) to study specified topics regarding child welfare services in Indiana. Requires the task force to submit a report not later than October 15, 2026, and not later than October 15, 2027, for review by the interim study committee on child services.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	HB 1273	Indiana HB 1273 (2025)	bill	AGENCIES; Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) CHILDREN AND MINORS; Children in Need of Services (CHINS) CHILDREN AND MINORS; Foster Care CHILDREN AND MINORS; Generally COURTS; Juvenile Courts HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Behavioral Health TASK FORCES AND COMMITTEES; New	enacted	Dale DeVon Linda Rogers Liz Brown Stacey Donato	4	27	3	2025-01-13	2025-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/943f2739-0643-46d7-9ee8-e7dad61ea786	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1273	216a1ac6d2b6c463d613fe61defc231f89fee03096ff92a85e7de819833f87a0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1273 (2025) — Child welfare task force.

Establishes the child welfare task force (task force) to study specified topics regarding child welfare services in Indiana. Requires the task force to submit a report not later than October 15, 2026, and not later than October 15, 2027, for review by the interim study committee on child services.

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 1273 - DeVon — 81–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1273 - DeVon - 3rd Reading — 90–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1273 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — 42–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dale DeVon — primary (person)
• Linda Rogers — primary (person)
• Liz Brown — primary (person)
• Stacey Donato — primary (person)
• Carolyn Jackson — coauthor (person)
• Julie McGuire — coauthor (person)
• La Keisha Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan Lauer — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13 Authored by Representative DeVon
• 2025-01-13 First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-27 Representative McGuire added as coauthor
• 2025-01-30 Representative Lauer 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 Jackson C added as coauthor
• 2025-02-04 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 87: yeas 90, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-02-04 Senate sponsor: Senator Rogers
• 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
• 2025-03-18 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-03-27 Senator Brown L added as third sponsor
• 2025-03-27 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-03-27 Amendment #2 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2025-03-27 Senator Donato added as second sponsor
• 2025-03-31 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2025-03-31 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2025-03-31 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 308: yeas 42, nays 4 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-03-31 Senator Jackson L added as cosponsor
• 2025-04-14 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2025-04-16 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 468: yeas 81, nays 0
• 2025-04-17 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2025-04-21 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-04-23 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2025-05-01 Public Law 162 became-law
• 2025-05-01 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/943f2739-0643-46d7-9ee8-e7dad61ea786. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).