republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/sb-15.md

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Bill	Foster youth.	Requires the department of child services to: (1) create a statement called "the foster youth bill of rights", which is to summarize a foster youth's rights and responsibilities; (2) update the statement periodically; (3) distribute the statement to specified individuals; and (4) publish the statement on the department's website. Defines "foster youth" for purposes of the foster youth bill of rights. Makes conforming changes.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	SB 15	Indiana SB 15 (2026)	bill	AGENCIES; Department of Child Services (DCS) CHILDREN AND MINORS; Foster Care TECHNOLOGY; Communication (Including Internet Phone Lines Print Media Radio and Television)	enacted	Danny Lopez Greg Goode Greg Walker Kyle Walker	4	29	3	2025-12-08	2026-03-04	openstates	ocd-bill/6d1494a3-f006-4771-a36f-d57a3dae7fee	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0015	3be24a9d79f8ea0c949e5a83498842ae82c99c26645b5dd871a926e6369fc9fc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 15 (2026) — Foster youth.

Requires the department of child services to: (1) create a statement called "the foster youth bill of rights", which is to summarize a foster youth's rights and responsibilities; (2) update the statement periodically; (3) distribute the statement to specified individuals; and (4) publish the statement on the department's website. Defines "foster youth" for purposes of the foster youth bill of rights. Makes conforming changes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 15 - Walker K — 42–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 15 - Lopez - 3rd Reading — 86–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 15 - Walker K - 3rd Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Danny Lopez — primary (person)
• Greg Goode — primary (person)
• Greg Walker — primary (person)
• Kyle Walker — primary (person)
• Andrea Hunley — coauthor (person)
• Carey Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
• Fady Qaddoura — coauthor (person)
• J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
• James Buck — coauthor (person)
• Julie Olthoff — cosponsor (person)
• La Keisha Jackson — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Scott Alexander — coauthor (person)
• Shelli Yoder — coauthor (person)
• Vaneta Becker — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-08 Senator Becker added as coauthor
• 2025-12-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-12-08 Authored by Senators Walker K, Walker G, Goode
• 2025-12-08 Coauthored by Senator Hunley
• 2026-01-08 Senator Jackson L added as coauthor
• 2026-01-12 Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
• 2026-01-12 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-15 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-20 House sponsor: Representative Lopez
• 2026-01-20 Senators Alexander, Yoder added as coauthors
• 2026-01-20 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2026-01-20 Senator Buck added as coauthor
• 2026-01-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 35: yeas 46, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-22 Senator Qaddoura added as coauthor
• 2026-01-22 Referred to the House referral
• 2026-01-27 Representative Hamilton added as cosponsor
• 2026-01-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 Representative Olthoff added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-12 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-16 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-17 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 261: yeas 86, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-18 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2026-02-23 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2026-02-25 Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 270: yeas 42, nays 0
• 2026-02-26 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-02-26 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-03-04 Public Law 67 became-law
• 2026-03-04 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d1494a3-f006-4771-a36f-d57a3dae7fee. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).