republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/sb-182.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adult protective services."
description: "Specifies that the adult protective services reporting applies to reports received through a statewide toll free telephone call or through online reporting. Requires an adult protective services unit (unit) to investigate and determine whether a report is to be referred to law enforcement or another agency for investigation. Removes language specifying entities to be informed of an endangered adult report. Removes language requiring the prosecuting attorneys council of Indiana to concur on standards of practice concerning services provided by the unit. Removes language that required the division of aging to maintain nonidentifying statistical records concerning unsubstantiated reports about endangered adults. Authorizes the division to determine when endangered adult reports may be made available and only requires the alleged victim to give consent of the release. (Current law requires all parties to give consent.) Requires the unit to share appropriate information to coordinate and implement services. Removes language that allowed a prosecuting attorney or head of a governmental entity to give written permission for a unit or staff member to be designated as a representative."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 182"
citation: "Indiana SB 182 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA)", "AGENCIES; Prosecuting Attorneys Council (IPAC)", "CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Contracts and Legal Documents", "HEALTH; Behavioral Health; Generally", "HEALTH; Emergency Medical Services (EMS)", "LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally", "LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS; Prosecutors", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT; Generally", "SENIOR CITIZENS", "TECHNOLOGY; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale DeVon", "Michael Crider", "Tyler Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1d2787a-0605-482c-83dc-fa6f859f8466"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0182"
source_hash: "132a2e2b756fd913f6040c21a8c7ee944a00c6dc118efd6eddb5c515c0cc14a9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---

# Indiana SB 182 (2025) — Adult protective services.

Specifies that the adult protective services reporting applies to reports received through a statewide toll free telephone call or through online reporting. Requires an adult protective services unit (unit) to investigate and determine whether a report is to be referred to law enforcement or another agency for investigation. Removes language specifying entities to be informed of an endangered adult report. Removes language requiring the prosecuting attorneys council of Indiana to concur on standards of practice concerning services provided by the unit. Removes language that required the division of aging to maintain nonidentifying statistical records concerning unsubstantiated reports about endangered adults. Authorizes the division to determine when endangered adult reports may be made available and only requires the alleged victim to give consent of the release. (Current law requires all parties to give consent.) Requires the unit to share appropriate information to coordinate and implement services. Removes language that allowed a prosecuting attorney or head of a governmental entity to give written permission for a unit or staff member to be designated as a representative.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0182/SB0182.04.ENRH.pdf)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0182/SB0182.01.INTR.pdf)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0182/SB0182.02.COMS.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0182/SB0182.03.COMH.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 182 - DeVon - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 182 - Crider - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dale DeVon — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
- Chris Jeter — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Michelle Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria Garcia Wilburn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Authored by Senator Crider
- **2025-01-27** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-27** Senator Johnson T added as second author
- **2025-01-30** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2025-02-03** House sponsor: Representative DeVon
- **2025-02-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 53: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Representatives Jeter, Davis, Garcia Wilburn added as cosponsors
- **2025-03-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 298: yeas 94, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
- **2025-03-27** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-10** Public Law 47 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1d2787a-0605-482c-83dc-fa6f859f8466`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).