republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/hb-1031.md

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Bill	County coroners.	Makes changes to the blood or tissue retention protocols at a hospital for purposes of conducting a death investigation. Makes changes to the training course requirements for coroners and deputy coroners. Makes changes to provisions governing the conduct of a death investigation.Provides that a coroner or deputy coroner who conducts a death investigation or signs a death certificate without completing certain training commits a Class B misdemeanor. Provides that, if a coroner or deputy coroner fails to complete the required training course within the time required, the county shall reimburse the coroners training board for the cost of the training. Provides that the county may recover from an individual the amount the county reimbursed the coroners training board. Makes technical corrections.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	HB 1031	Indiana HB 1031 (2026)	bill	BOARDS COMMISSIONS AND COUNCILS; Generally CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Creation of New Offenses LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS; Coroners STATE GOVERNMENT; State and Local Funding	enacted	Blake Doriot Dan Dernulc Karen Engleman	4	21	3	2025-12-01	2026-03-04	openstates	ocd-bill/c69401ab-cdb0-4b39-baa4-674e2bd14fdb	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1031	020a03c05572380ed4a9a90080302de2e2a21828dfc0bc213f7d1e71b504bd26	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1031 (2026) — County coroners.

Makes changes to the blood or tissue retention protocols at a hospital for purposes of conducting a death investigation. Makes changes to the training course requirements for coroners and deputy coroners. Makes changes to provisions governing the conduct of a death investigation.Provides that a coroner or deputy coroner who conducts a death investigation or signs a death certificate without completing certain training commits a Class B misdemeanor. Provides that, if a coroner or deputy coroner fails to complete the required training course within the time required, the county shall reimburse the coroners training board for the cost of the training. Provides that the county may recover from an individual the amount the county reimbursed the coroners training board. Makes technical corrections.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• HB 1031 - Engleman - 3rd Reading — 92–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1031 - Engleman — 83–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1031 - Doriot - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Blake Doriot — primary (person)
• Dan Dernulc — primary (person)
• Karen Engleman — primary (person)
• David Abbott — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-01 Authored by Representative Engleman
• 2025-12-01 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-05 Representative Abbott added as coauthor
• 2026-01-06 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-12 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-13 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 43: yeas 92, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-13 Senate sponsor: Senator Doriot
• 2026-01-14 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2026-01-27 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-12 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-19 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-19 Senator Dernulc added as second sponsor
• 2026-02-24 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2026-02-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 227: yeas 48, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-25 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2026-02-26 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-02-26 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 386: yeas 83, nays 0
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-03-04 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-03-04 Public Law 75 became-law
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c69401ab-cdb0-4b39-baa4-674e2bd14fdb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).