republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/sb-171.md

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Bill	Family and children matters.	Requires the local office of the department of child services to provide notice of an adoption petition to the court in which a CHINS proceeding is open or pending. Provides that the consent to adoption may be executed or acknowledged at any time after the birth of the child in the presence of an attorney, in person, or by video conferencing.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	SB 171	Indiana SB 171 (2026)	bill	AGENCIES; Department of Child Services (DCS) CHILDREN AND MINORS; Adoption CHILDREN AND MINORS; Children in Need of Services (CHINS) CHILDREN AND MINORS; Foster Care CHILDREN AND MINORS; Generally COURTS; Judges MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LAW; Child Support Custody and Visitation	enacted	Greg Walker Julie McGuire Liz Brown Tyler Johnson	4	26	3	2026-01-05	2026-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/887ecbdd-9f8c-4c6c-bb95-9a4268dfd98e	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0171	52b651d8ea7d5d832fa27213e945c49e3165c28811334f9c1be391dd9a9c5b8c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 171 (2026) — Family and children matters.

Requires the local office of the department of child services to provide notice of an adoption petition to the court in which a CHINS proceeding is open or pending. Provides that the consent to adoption may be executed or acknowledged at any time after the birth of the child in the presence of an attorney, in person, or by video conferencing.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 171 - Johnson T - 3rd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 171 - Johnson T — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 171 - McGuire - 3rd Reading — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Greg Walker — primary (person)
• Julie McGuire — primary (person)
• Liz Brown — primary (person)
• Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
• J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Lori Goss-Reaves — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Morris — cosponsor (person)
• Stacey Donato — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-05 Authored by Senator Johnson T
• 2026-01-12 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-13 Senators Ford J.D., Donato added as coauthors
• 2026-01-13 Senator Walker G added as second author
• 2026-01-13 Senator Brown L added as third author
• 2026-01-20 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2026-01-20 Amendment #1 (Johnson T) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-01-20 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-22 House sponsor: Representative McGuire
• 2026-01-22 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 54: yeas 43, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-23 Referred to the House referral
• 2026-01-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-16 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-18 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-19 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 290: yeas 94, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-19 Representative Goss-Reaves added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-19 Representative Morris added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-20 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 279: yeas 46, nays 0
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-03-05 Public Law 116 became-law
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-03-05 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/887ecbdd-9f8c-4c6c-bb95-9a4268dfd98e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).