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type: "Bill"
title: "Child seduction."
description: "Provides that \"solicit\", for purposes of the crime of child solicitation, includes luring and enticing. Defines \"coach\", \"workplace supervisor\", and \"youth sports organization\", and provides that the coach of a youth sports organization or a workplace supervisor commits child seduction if the person engages in sexual activity with a child less than 18 years of age and certain other conditions are met. Reduces the age difference from five years to four years for child seduction committed by a law enforcement officer. Makes conforming amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1228"
citation: "Indiana HB 1228 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Crimes Against Children", "CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Youth Programs", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Sex Crimes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maureen Bauer", "Mike Bohacek", "Rodney Pol", "Susan Glick"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73e19b00-e2eb-4e73-a3f8-154c0cafaff2"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1228"
source_hash: "01d1abcf60cf1c97ab32caa55feb46d4979c29eb4b62453c3ecc4c2f57712ca0"
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 HB 1228 (2023) — Child seduction.
Provides that "solicit", for purposes of the crime of child solicitation, includes luring and enticing. Defines "coach", "workplace supervisor", and "youth sports organization", and provides that the coach of a youth sports organization or a workplace supervisor commits child seduction if the person engages in sexual activity with a child less than 18 years of age and certain other conditions are met. Reduces the age difference from five years to four years for child seduction committed by a law enforcement officer. Makes conforming amendments.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1228/versions/HB1228.04.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1228/versions/HB1228.05.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1228/versions/HB1228.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1228/versions/HB1228.03.COMS)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1228/versions/HB1228.01.INTR)
## Votes
- HB 1228 - Bauer M - 3rd Reading — **940** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Maureen Bauer — primary (person)
- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
- Rodney Pol — primary (person)
- Susan Glick — primary (person)
- Joanna King — coauthor (person)
- Ryan Hatfield — coauthor (person)
- Sharon Negele — coauthor (person)
- Vaneta Becker — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-10** Authored by Representative Bauer M
- **2023-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Representative Negele added as coauthor
- **2023-02-09** Representatives King J and Hatfield added as coauthors
- **2023-02-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Senate sponsors: Senators Bohacek, Glick, Pol
- **2023-02-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 175: yeas 94, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2023-03-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-20** Amendment #3 (Pol) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-20** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 241: yeas 42, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-03-21** Senator Becker added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-22** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2023-03-28** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2023-04-11** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 395: yeas 95, nays 0
- **2023-04-21** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Public Law 133 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73e19b00-e2eb-4e73-a3f8-154c0cafaff2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).