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Bill Children in need of services. Requires the department of child services, subject to certain procedural safeguards, to have in-person contact with an alleged victim of child abuse or neglect: (1) before concluding an assessment; and (2) before dismissing or terminating a pending child in need of services case with the juvenile court. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2026 HB 1036 Indiana HB 1036 (2026)
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AGENCIES; Department of Child Services (DCS)
CHILDREN AND MINORS; Children in Need of Services (CHINS)
COURTS; Juvenile Courts
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Brett Clark
Linda Rogers
Rodney Pol
Victoria Garcia Wilburn
4 28 3 2025-12-01 2026-02-26 openstates ocd-bill/26a21f5a-95b6-4037-9b0e-689faf8ad85e https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1036 d69d32dfb5dec6a9eaf86a3f7ec79845afd307d579eae8353286c2c331137ce6 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Indiana HB 1036 (2026) — Children in need of services.

Requires the department of child services, subject to certain procedural safeguards, to have in-person contact with an alleged victim of child abuse or neglect: (1) before concluding an assessment; and (2) before dismissing or terminating a pending child in need of services case with the juvenile court.

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 1036 - Garcia Wilburn — 940 (pass) · lower
  • HB 1036 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — 450 (pass) · upper
  • HB 1036 - Garcia Wilburn - 3rd Reading — 950 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Brett Clark — primary (person)
  • Linda Rogers — primary (person)
  • Rodney Pol — primary (person)
  • Victoria Garcia Wilburn — primary (person)
  • Alex Burton — coauthor (person)
  • Andrea Hunley — cosponsor (person)
  • Daryl Schmitt — cosponsor (person)
  • Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
  • Greg Goode — cosponsor (person)
  • Greg Walker — cosponsor (person)
  • J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
  • Julie McGuire — coauthor (person)
  • Lori Goss-Reaves — coauthor (person)
  • Mike Gaskill — cosponsor (person)
  • Randy Maxwell — cosponsor (person)
  • Stacey Donato — cosponsor (person)
  • Tyler Johnson — cosponsor (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 Representative Burton
  • 2025-12-01 Authored by Representative Garcia Wilburn
  • 2025-12-04 Representative McGuire added as coauthor
  • 2026-01-27 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2026-01-29 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-02-02 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 189: yeas 95, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2026-02-02 Representative Goss-Reaves added as coauthor
  • 2026-02-02 Senate sponsors: Senators Rogers, Pol, Clark
  • 2026-02-02 Cosponsor: Senator Ford J.D.
  • 2026-02-03 Referred to the Senate referral
  • 2026-02-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2026-02-09 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2026-02-16 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-02-16 Senator Hunley added as cosponsor
  • 2026-02-16 Senators Schmitt, Gaskill, Johnson T added as cosponsors
  • 2026-02-16 Senators Goode, Donato, Walker G, Qaddoura added as cosponsors
  • 2026-02-16 Amendment #2 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2026-02-18 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
  • 2026-02-17 Senator Maxwell added as cosponsor
  • 2026-02-17 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 175: yeas 45, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2026-02-19 Motion to concur filed filing
  • 2026-02-19 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 294: yeas 94, nays 0
  • 2026-02-23 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2026-02-24 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2026-02-25 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2026-02-26 Public Law 37 became-law
  • 2026-02-26 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26a21f5a-95b6-4037-9b0e-689faf8ad85e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).