republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/hb-1035.md

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Bill	Permissible unsupervised activity.	Defines "independent activity". Provides that a child is not a child in need of services solely because a parent, guardian, or custodian allows the child to engage in an independent activity unless the parent, guardian, or custodian is so reckless in allowing the child to engage in the independent activity that it endangers the child's health or safety given the child's maturity, condition, and ability. Provides a defense for neglect of a dependent that the accused person reasonably believed that an independent activity was not dangerous.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	HB 1035	Indiana HB 1035 (2026)	bill	AGENCIES; Department of Child Services (DCS) HEALTH; Children and Minors	enacted	Brett Clark Cyndi Carrasco Eric Koch Jake Teshka	4	22	2	2025-12-01	2026-02-24	openstates	ocd-bill/d20c49e7-95b5-4f7b-9632-cd60b1b67be0	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1035	00a0f9dfd73560c79acc2140bde8213447836f3f9d1fa2c9d54b65fe031c039b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1035 (2026) — Permissible unsupervised activity.

Defines "independent activity". Provides that a child is not a child in need of services solely because a parent, guardian, or custodian allows the child to engage in an independent activity unless the parent, guardian, or custodian is so reckless in allowing the child to engage in the independent activity that it endangers the child's health or safety given the child's maturity, condition, and ability. Provides a defense for neglect of a dependent that the accused person reasonably believed that an independent activity was not dangerous.

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 1035 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 1035 - Teshka - 3rd Reading — 93–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brett Clark — primary (person)
• Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
• Eric Koch — primary (person)
• Jake Teshka — primary (person)
• James Buck — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer Meltzer — coauthor (person)
• Rodney Pol — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan Lauer — coauthor (person)
• Susan Glick — cosponsor (person)
• Victoria Garcia Wilburn — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-01 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-12-01 Coauthored by Representatives Garcia Wilburn, Lauer
• 2025-12-01 Authored by Representative Teshka
• 2026-01-12 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-12 Representative Meltzer added as coauthor
• 2026-01-15 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-21 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2026-01-20 Senate sponsor: Senator Carrasco
• 2026-01-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 53: yeas 93, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-26 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-09 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-10 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 149: yeas 48, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-10 Senator Koch added as second sponsor
• 2026-02-10 Senators Buck, Glick, Pol added as cosponsors
• 2026-02-10 Senator Clark added as third sponsor
• 2026-02-12 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-02-12 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-02-11 Returned to the House without amendments receipt
• 2026-02-18 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-02-24 Public Law 20 became-law
• 2026-02-24 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d20c49e7-95b5-4f7b-9632-cd60b1b67be0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).