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Bill Parental rights. Provides that a governmental entity may not substantially burden certain parental rights unless the burden, as applied to the parent and the child, is required to advance a compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of advancing the governmental interest. Prohibits a governmental entity from: (1) advising, directing, or coercing a child to withhold certain information from the child's parent; or (2) denying a child's parent access to certain information. Allows a parent to bring an action against a governmental entity for certain violations and provides for certain relief. Specifies that the parent of a child does not have a right to access certain medical care on behalf of the child if the child does not have an affirmative right of access to the medical care. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2025 SB 143 Indiana SB 143 (2025)
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CHILDREN AND MINORS; Generally
CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Rules of Trial Procedure
COURTS; Generally
HEALTH; Children and Minors
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LAW; Generally
STATE GOVERNMENT; Generally
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Brett Clark
Liz Brown
Scott Alexander
Shane Lindauer
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Indiana SB 143 (2025) — Parental rights.

Provides that a governmental entity may not substantially burden certain parental rights unless the burden, as applied to the parent and the child, is required to advance a compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of advancing the governmental interest. Prohibits a governmental entity from: (1) advising, directing, or coercing a child to withhold certain information from the child's parent; or (2) denying a child's parent access to certain information. Allows a parent to bring an action against a governmental entity for certain violations and provides for certain relief. Specifies that the parent of a child does not have a right to access certain medical care on behalf of the child if the child does not have an affirmative right of access to the medical care.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

  • SB 143 - Brown L — 434 (pass) · upper
  • SB 143 - Lindauer - 3rd Reading — 6924 (pass) · lower
  • SB 143 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — 445 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Brett Clark — primary (person)
  • Liz Brown — primary (person)
  • Scott Alexander — primary (person)
  • Shane Lindauer — primary (person)
  • Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
  • Brian Buchanan — coauthor (person)
  • Chris Garten — coauthor (person)
  • Gary Byrne — coauthor (person)
  • Greg Goode — coauthor (person)
  • J.D. Prescott — cosponsor (person)
  • James Buck — coauthor (person)
  • James Tomes — coauthor (person)
  • Jeff Raatz — coauthor (person)
  • Linda Rogers — coauthor (person)
  • Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
  • Matt Commons — cosponsor (person)
  • Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
  • Mike Gaskill — coauthor (person)
  • Randy Maxwell — coauthor (person)
  • Stacey Donato — coauthor (person)
  • Timothy Wesco — cosponsor (person)
  • Tyler Johnson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2025-01-08 Authored by Senator Brown L
  • 2025-01-13 Senator Byrne added as coauthor
  • 2025-01-16 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2025-01-21 Senator Garten added as coauthor
  • 2025-01-21 Senator Rogers added as coauthor
  • 2025-01-21 Senator Alexander added as second author
  • 2025-01-21 Senator Clark added as third author
  • 2025-01-21 Senators Gaskill, Johnson T, Donato, Doriot, Buchanan, Tomes, Goode, Randolph, Maxwell added as coauthors
  • 2025-01-23 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-01-23 Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
  • 2025-01-23 Senator Raatz added as coauthor
  • 2025-01-23 Amendment #3 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2025-01-27 House sponsor: Representative Lindauer
  • 2025-01-27 Senator Buck added as coauthor
  • 2025-01-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 23: yeas 44, nays 5 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2025-01-28 Referred to the House referral
  • 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-13 Representative Prescott added as cosponsor
  • 2025-03-13 Representative Commons added as cosponsor
  • 2025-03-24 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2025-03-27 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-03-31 Representative Wesco added as cosponsor
  • 2025-04-02 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
  • 2025-04-01 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 344: yeas 69, nays 24 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2025-04-09 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2025-04-08 Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 371: yeas 43, nays 4
  • 2025-04-08 Motion to concur filed filing
  • 2025-04-09 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2025-04-15 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2025-04-22 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2025-04-22 Public Law 101 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f4df8f77-39eb-4bfb-820c-76d910131f03. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).