republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/sb-266.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of child services matters."
description: "Provides that an individual may be employed by a child care provider before the state-mandated criminal history check of the individual is completed if the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The individual's: (A) fingerprint-based check of national crime information data bases; (B) national sex offender registry check; (C) in-state local criminal records check; and (D) in-state child protection index check; have been completed. (2) If the individual has resided outside Indiana at any time during the five years preceding the individual's date of hire, the individual's: (A) out-of-state child abuse registry check; and (B) out-of-state local criminal records check; have been requested. (3) The individual's employment before the completion of the state-mandated criminal history check is limited to training during which the individual: (A) does not have contact with children who are under the care and control of the child care provider; and (B) does not have access to records containing information regarding children who are under the care and control of the child care provider. (4) The individual completes an attestation, under penalty of perjury, disclosing: (A) any abuse or neglect complaints made against the individual with the child welfare agency of a state other than Indiana in which the individual resided within the five years preceding the date of the attestation; and (B) any contact the individual had with a law enforcement agency in connection with the individual's suspected or alleged commission of a crime in a state other than Indiana in which the individual resided within the five years preceding the date of the attestation. Establishes a process by which a child caring institution, group home, licensed child placing agency, or secure private facility (child services providers) may request a review of base rates and other cost-based rates approved by the department of child services (department)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 266"
citation: "Indiana SB 266 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Department of Child Services", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Criminal History Information"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Garten", "Chris Jeter", "Jon Ford", "Linda Rogers"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84224743-e1d2-4ec4-8418-f4bd430777dd"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/266"
source_hash: "61b78b45941b9fb38e7f382381173ef62b877d0f6f9e1b53808e54ad0338fcc4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---

# Indiana SB 266 (2022) — Department of child services matters.

Provides that an individual may be employed by a child care provider before the state-mandated criminal history check of the individual is completed if the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The individual's: (A) fingerprint-based check of national crime information data bases; (B) national sex offender registry check; (C) in-state local criminal records check; and (D) in-state child protection index check; have been completed. (2) If the individual has resided outside Indiana at any time during the five years preceding the individual's date of hire, the individual's: (A) out-of-state child abuse registry check; and (B) out-of-state local criminal records check; have been requested. (3) The individual's employment before the completion of the state-mandated criminal history check is limited to training during which the individual: (A) does not have contact with children who are under the care and control of the child care provider; and (B) does not have access to records containing information regarding children who are under the care and control of the child care provider. (4) The individual completes an attestation, under penalty of perjury, disclosing: (A) any abuse or neglect complaints made against the individual with the child welfare agency of a state other than Indiana in which the individual resided within the five years preceding the date of the attestation; and (B) any contact the individual had with a law enforcement agency in connection with the individual's suspected or alleged commission of a crime in a state other than Indiana in which the individual resided within the five years preceding the date of the attestation. Establishes a process by which a child caring institution, group home, licensed child placing agency, or secure private facility (child services providers) may request a review of base rates and other cost-based rates approved by the department of child services (department).

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0266/versions/SB0266.06.ENGH)
2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0266/versions/SB0266.03.ENGS)
3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0266/versions/SB0266.07.ENRH)
4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0266/versions/SB0266.01.INTR)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0266/versions/SB0266.04.COMH)
6. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0266/versions/SB0266.05.COMH)
7. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0266/versions/SB0266.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 266 - Jeter C - 3rd Reading — **67–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Garten — primary (person)
- Chris Jeter — primary (person)
- Jon Ford — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Chuck Goodrich — cosponsor (person)
- Dale DeVon — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — coauthor (person)
- Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
- Fady Qaddoura — coauthor (person)
- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
- John Young — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Boehnlein — coauthor (person)
- Liz Brown — coauthor (person)
- Michael Crider — coauthor (person)
- Stacey Donato — coauthor (person)
- Travis Holdman — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-10** Senator Rogers added as second author
- **2022-01-10** Senator Garten added as third author
- **2022-01-10** Senator Holdman added as coauthor
- **2022-01-10** Authored by Senator Ford Jon
- **2022-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-24** Senator Bassler added as coauthor
- **2022-01-25** Senator Brown L added as coauthor
- **2022-01-25** Senators Ford J.D., Qaddoura, Donato added as coauthors
- **2022-01-27** Amendment #1 (Holdman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Amendment #2 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 87: yeas 12, nays 35 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-01-27** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-27** Senator Charbonneau added as coauthor
- **2022-01-31** Senator Boehnlein added as coauthor
- **2022-01-31** Senator Crider added as coauthor
- **2022-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 117: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** House sponsor: Representative Jeter
- **2022-02-01** Cosponsor: Representative DeVon
- **2022-02-02** Referred to the House
- **2022-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Representatives Goodrich and Young J added as cosponsors
- **2022-02-17** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-17** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Amendment #7 (Jeter) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Amendment #1 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 277: yeas 35, nays 57 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-24** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 303: yeas 67, nays 30 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-01** Motion to concur filed
- **2022-03-02** Concurrence withdrawn
- **2022-03-02** Motion to dissent filed
- **2022-03-02** Senate dissented from House amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-02** House conferees appointed: Jeter and Summers
- **2022-03-02** House advisors appointed: Slager, Rowray, Lehman and Hamilton
- **2022-03-03** Senate conferees appointed: Ford Jon and Ford J.D.
- **2022-03-03** Senate advisors appointed: Rogers and Qaddoura
- **2022-03-08** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2022-03-08** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2022-03-08** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 374: yeas 92, nays 1
- **2022-03-08** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 356: yeas 50, nays 0
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-15** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-21** Public Law 173
- **2022-03-21** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84224743-e1d2-4ec4-8418-f4bd430777dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).