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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child seduction."
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 1228"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1228 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Crimes Against Children", "CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Youth Programs", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Sex Crimes"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Maureen Bauer", "Mike Bohacek", "Rodney Pol", "Susan Glick"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-01-10"
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last_action: "2023-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73e19b00-e2eb-4e73-a3f8-154c0cafaff2"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1228"
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source_hash: "01d1abcf60cf1c97ab32caa55feb46d4979c29eb4b62453c3ecc4c2f57712ca0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana HB 1228 (2023) — Child seduction.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1228/versions/HB1228.04.ENGS)
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2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1228/versions/HB1228.05.ENRS)
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3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1228/versions/HB1228.02.COMH)
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4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1228/versions/HB1228.03.COMS)
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5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1228/versions/HB1228.01.INTR)
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## Votes
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- HB 1228 - Bauer M - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Maureen Bauer — primary (person)
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- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
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- Rodney Pol — primary (person)
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- Susan Glick — primary (person)
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- Joanna King — coauthor (person)
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- Ryan Hatfield — coauthor (person)
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- Sharon Negele — coauthor (person)
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- Vaneta Becker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-10** Authored by Representative Bauer M
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- **2023-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-31** Representative Negele added as coauthor
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- **2023-02-09** Representatives King J and Hatfield added as coauthors
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- **2023-02-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-21** Senate sponsors: Senators Bohacek, Glick, Pol
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- **2023-02-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 175: yeas 94, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-22** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2023-03-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-14** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-20** Amendment #3 (Pol) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-03-20** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 241: yeas 42, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-21** Senator Becker added as cosponsor
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- **2023-03-22** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
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- **2023-03-28** Motion to concur filed `filing`
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- **2023-04-11** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 395: yeas 95, nays 0
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- **2023-04-21** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2023-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Public Law 133 `became-law`
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## Source
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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).
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