republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/hb-1193.md

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Bill	Civil rights commission.	Provides that the civil rights commission (commission) may not represent a private individual in a civil action filed in circuit or superior court. Amends the definition of "discriminatory practice". Requires the commission to first send a complaint received by the commission to another state or federal agency that has jurisdiction over the complaint. Allows the commission to enter into a memorandum of understanding with a state or federal agency if certain conditions are met. Requires the party that elects to have claims asserted in a finding of reasonable cause decided in a civil action to file the civil action. Provides that the commission may only represent the state in a civil action and repeals a provision allowing a court to award monetary damages in those cases. Conforms the circumstances under which the commission may be required to pay attorney's fees to the circumstances under which an agency may be required to pay fees under the administrative orders and proceedings act (AOPA).	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	HB 1193	Indiana HB 1193 (2026)	bill	AGENCIES; Civil Rights Commission (ICRC) COURTS; Trial Courts STATE GOVERNMENT; Administrative Code	enacted	Chris Jeter Cyndi Carrasco	4	20	3	2026-01-05	2026-03-04	openstates	ocd-bill/2001b41d-1c95-4ece-8340-618d6c984d3e	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1193	7ce82cbb5e2d9000d061d47e6d04b1f2cf95b7add5c527433c61615cb0f167d1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1193 (2026) — Civil rights commission.

Provides that the civil rights commission (commission) may not represent a private individual in a civil action filed in circuit or superior court. Amends the definition of "discriminatory practice". Requires the commission to first send a complaint received by the commission to another state or federal agency that has jurisdiction over the complaint. Allows the commission to enter into a memorandum of understanding with a state or federal agency if certain conditions are met. Requires the party that elects to have claims asserted in a finding of reasonable cause decided in a civil action to file the civil action. Provides that the commission may only represent the state in a civil action and repeals a provision allowing a court to award monetary damages in those cases. Conforms the circumstances under which the commission may be required to pay attorney's fees to the circumstances under which an agency may be required to pay fees under the administrative orders and proceedings act (AOPA).

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 1193 - Jeter — 66–29 (pass) · lower
• HB 1193 - Jeter - 3rd Reading — 71–20 (pass) · lower
• HB 1193 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading — 40–8 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris Jeter — primary (person)
• Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-05 Authored by Representative Jeter
• 2026-01-22 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-27 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 138: yeas 71, nays 20 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-28 Senate sponsor: Senator Carrasco
• 2026-01-29 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2026-02-02 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-23 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-23 Amendment #1 (Hunley) failed; voice vote amendment-failure, failure
• 2026-02-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 240: yeas 40, nays 8 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-24 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 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 395: yeas 66, nays 29
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-03-04 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-03-04 Public Law 83 became-law
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2001b41d-1c95-4ece-8340-618d6c984d3e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).