republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/hb-1286.md

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Bill	Military protective order.	Specifies that a party to a protective order proceeding has a duty to inform the court of any military protective orders issued by a military commander in effect between the parties. Allows the court to consider evidence of a military protective order in effect against a respondent for the protection of the petitioner. Amends provisions concerning facially valid foreign protection orders to include certain protection orders issued by a Canadian court.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	HB 1286	Indiana HB 1286 (2026)	bill	ARMED FORCES; Servicemembers CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Evidence COURTS; Generally MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LAW; Generally	enacted	Cyndi Carrasco Ryan Lauer	4	22	3	2026-01-06	2026-03-04	openstates	ocd-bill/24b2bab3-afda-4e74-a8ad-b4676023871a	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1286	c7cb84b20b4b68b95a57c263df59458597a46543bf8e54898e81fa5e447c82d2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1286 (2026) — Military protective order.

Specifies that a party to a protective order proceeding has a duty to inform the court of any military protective orders issued by a military commander in effect between the parties. Allows the court to consider evidence of a military protective order in effect against a respondent for the protection of the petitioner. Amends provisions concerning facially valid foreign protection orders to include certain protection orders issued by a Canadian 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 1286 - Lauer — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1286 - Lauer - 3rd Reading — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1286 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
• Ryan Lauer — primary (person)
• Alex Zimmerman — coauthor (person)
• Maureen Bauer — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-06 Authored by Representative Lauer
• 2026-01-27 Representative Bauer added as coauthor
• 2026-01-27 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-27 Representative Zimmerman added as coauthor
• 2026-01-29 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-02 Senate sponsor: Senator Carrasco
• 2026-02-02 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 181: yeas 93, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-03 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2026-02-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-12 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-17 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-17 Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-02-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 251: yeas 47, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-25 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 376: yeas 95, nays 0
• 2026-02-25 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2026-02-25 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2026-02-26 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-04 Public Law 90 became-law
• 2026-03-04 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/24b2bab3-afda-4e74-a8ad-b4676023871a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).