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type: "Bill"
title: "DCS technical changes and adoption subsidies."
description: "Relocates the definition of \"foster youth\". Defines \"licensed kinship caregiver\". Makes the following changes with regard to state adoption subsidies: (1) Removes the age requirement for eligibility. (2) Provides that a child who is a ward of the department of child services (DCS) is considered hard to place for purposes of eligibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1064"
citation: "Indiana HB 1064 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Child Services (DCS)", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Adoption", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Foster Care", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Indiana Code", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Generally", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Generally", "HEALTH; Children and Minors", "HEALTH; Medical Records", "MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LAW; Child Support", "Custody", "and Visitation", "STATE GOVERNMENT; State and Local Funding"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale DeVon", "Greg Walker", "Stacey Donato"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cb9c9ec-04c5-4930-b304-5789a2665ceb"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1064"
source_hash: "573c89811618e0ed1ed70b8767ec3a2b4d946526c76ad74503308af5268a4b2b"
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 1064 (2024) — DCS technical changes and adoption subsidies.
Relocates the definition of "foster youth". Defines "licensed kinship caregiver". Makes the following changes with regard to state adoption subsidies: (1) Removes the age requirement for eligibility. (2) Provides that a child who is a ward of the department of child services (DCS) is considered hard to place for purposes of eligibility.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1064/HB1064.05.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1064/HB1064.04.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1064/HB1064.03.COMS.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1064/HB1064.01.INTR.pdf)
## Votes
- HB 1064 - DeVon — **930** (pass) · lower
- HB 1064 - DeVon - 3rd Reading — **960** (pass) · lower
- HB 1064 - Donato - 3rd Reading — **480** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Dale DeVon — primary (person)
- Greg Walker — primary (person)
- Stacey Donato — primary (person)
- Edward Clere — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Lori Goss-Reaves — coauthor (person)
- Ryan Lauer — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** Authored by Representative DeVon
- **2024-01-18** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-22** Representative Lauer added as coauthor
- **2024-01-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 30: yeas 96, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-01-23** Representative Clere added as coauthor
- **2024-01-23** Senate sponsors: Senators Donato and Walker G
- **2024-01-23** Representative Goss-Reaves added as coauthor
- **2024-01-24** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2024-02-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-26** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 205: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2024-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 274: yeas 93, nays 0
- **2024-03-05** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Public Law 46 `became-law`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cb9c9ec-04c5-4930-b304-5789a2665ceb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).