republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/hb-1357.md

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Bill	Child services provider background checks.	Requires an employee of: (1) a preventative provider that operates a child welfare program; (2) a provider of home based family preservation services; (3) a child caring institution; (4) a group home; or (5) a child placing agency; to undergo a background check once every four years. Provides that the employee is not required to complete a separate federally required background check to provide additional child welfare services for the same employer.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	HB 1357	Indiana HB 1357 (2026)	bill	CHILDREN AND MINORS; Children in Need of Services (CHINS) CHILDREN AND MINORS; Employment and Labor Law Issues LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; Generally	enacted	Elizabeth Rowray Greg Walker Stacey Donato Vaneta Becker	4	22	3	2026-01-08	2026-03-03	openstates	ocd-bill/93995586-2228-4406-8cf7-068c3fac7a32	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1357	0227ba7f816f344d937cbf0387b3a922cc5254099eecccc808e5a644ad3331eb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1357 (2026) — Child services provider background checks.

Requires an employee of: (1) a preventative provider that operates a child welfare program; (2) a provider of home based family preservation services; (3) a child caring institution; (4) a group home; or (5) a child placing agency; to undergo a background check once every four years. Provides that the employee is not required to complete a separate federally required background check to provide additional child welfare services for the same employer.

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 1357 - Walker G - 3rd Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 1357 - Rowray — 92–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1357 - Rowray - 3rd Reading — 88–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Elizabeth Rowray — primary (person)
• Greg Walker — primary (person)
• Stacey Donato — primary (person)
• Vaneta Becker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-08 Authored by Representative Rowray
• 2026-01-14 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-20 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-23 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2026-01-22 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 80: yeas 88, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-22 Senate sponsor: Senator Walker G
• 2026-01-27 First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-09 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-12 Amendment #1 (Walker G) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-02-12 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-16 Senator Donato added as third sponsor
• 2026-02-16 Senator Becker added as second sponsor
• 2026-02-18 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2026-02-17 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 192: yeas 44, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-24 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2026-02-25 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 369: yeas 92, nays 0
• 2026-02-25 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-03-03 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-03-03 Public Law 62 became-law
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/93995586-2228-4406-8cf7-068c3fac7a32. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).