republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/hb-1626.md

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Bill	Child custody orders.	Requires the following to be included in a custody order: (1) a trial court shall include the court's findings of fact and conclusions of law on which the custody order is based; and (2) an appellate decision shall include the facts upon which the appellate court relied to affirm or reverse an order.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	HB 1626	Indiana HB 1626 (2025)	bill	COURTS; Judges MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LAW; Child Support Custody and Visitation	enacted	Chris Judy Liz Brown	4	23	3	2025-01-21	2025-04-03	openstates	ocd-bill/eafc726c-d999-41fd-acb7-2f79576851c6	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1626	86e68fd9c58e8d3f9d50e6510ebfe37657684ccbb42477fd34ca0f03d5af776d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1626 (2025) — Child custody orders.

Requires the following to be included in a custody order: (1) a trial court shall include the court's findings of fact and conclusions of law on which the custody order is based; and (2) an appellate decision shall include the facts upon which the appellate court relied to affirm or reverse an order.

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 1626 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 1626 - Judy - 3rd Reading — 87–2 (pass) · lower
• HB 1626 - Judy — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chris Judy — primary (person)
• Liz Brown — primary (person)
• Chris Jeter — coauthor (person)
• Heath VanNatter — coauthor (person)
• Victoria Garcia Wilburn — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-21 Authored by Representative Judy
• 2025-01-21 Coauthored by Representative Jeter
• 2025-01-21 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-27 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-01-27 Representative VanNatter added as coauthor
• 2025-01-29 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-01-30 Representative Garcia Wilburn added as coauthor
• 2025-02-03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 71: yeas 87, nays 2 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-02-03 Senate sponsor: Senator Brown L
• 2025-02-04 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2025-02-19 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-06 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-03-10 Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2025-03-10 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-03-12 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2025-03-11 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 230: yeas 50, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-03-13 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2025-03-17 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 275: yeas 96, nays 0
• 2025-03-20 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-03-20 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2025-03-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2025-04-03 Public Law 38 became-law
• 2025-04-03 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eafc726c-d999-41fd-acb7-2f79576851c6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).