republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/hb-1310.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children in need of services."
description: "Provides that if a child has been removed from the child's parent for at least 12 of the most recent 22 months at the time of a periodic case review, the child's permanency plan must include at least one intended permanent or long term arrangement for care and custody of the child other than reunification of the child with the child's parent, guardian, or custodian. Provides that concurrent planning must be implemented if the child has been removed from the child's parent for at least 12 of the most recent 22 months at the time of a permanency hearing. Provides that the department may not: (1) take adverse action against a foster parent's license; or (2) remove a child from the home of a foster parent, relative of the child, or de facto custodian; on the basis of the foster parent, relative, or de facto custodian filing a notice with the court that a petition is required to be filed, but has not been filed, to terminate the parent-child relationship with regard to the child."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1310"
citation: "Indiana HB 1310 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Child Services (DCS)", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Children in Need of Services (CHINS)", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Foster Care", "COURTS; Juvenile Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Walker", "Mike Gaskill", "Ryan Lauer", "Tyler Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf096ba4-2a88-4782-8b90-f8700dc07763"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1310"
source_hash: "876b2fb2dea23474a1e04871017122ce0ff399f66d3ed352ce16b94b4ec92ee4"
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 1310 (2024) — Children in need of services.

Provides that if a child has been removed from the child's parent for at least 12 of the most recent 22 months at the time of a periodic case review, the child's permanency plan must include at least one intended permanent or long term arrangement for care and custody of the child other than reunification of the child with the child's parent, guardian, or custodian. Provides that concurrent planning must be implemented if the child has been removed from the child's parent for at least 12 of the most recent 22 months at the time of a permanency hearing. Provides that the department may not: (1) take adverse action against a foster parent's license; or (2) remove a child from the home of a foster parent, relative of the child, or de facto custodian; on the basis of the foster parent, relative, or de facto custodian filing a notice with the court that a petition is required to be filed, but has not been filed, to terminate the parent-child relationship with regard to the child.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1310/HB1310.03.ENGH.pdf)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1310/HB1310.05.ENRS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1310/HB1310.04.COMS.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1310/HB1310.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1310 - Lauer - 3rd Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1310 - Walker G - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Greg Walker — primary (person)
- Mike Gaskill — primary (person)
- Ryan Lauer — primary (person)
- Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
- Carolyn Jackson — coauthor (person)
- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Olthoff — coauthor (person)
- Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Lori Goss-Reaves — coauthor (person)
- Stacey Donato — cosponsor (person)
- Vaneta Becker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Authored by Representative Lauer
- **2024-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Representative Olthoff added as coauthor
- **2024-01-25** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-29** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** Representative Goss-Reaves added as coauthor
- **2024-01-29** Amendment #1 (Jackson) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 94: yeas 92, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-01-30** Senate sponsors: Senators Walker G, Johnson T, Gaskill
- **2024-01-30** Cosponsor: Senator Donato
- **2024-01-30** Representative Jackson added as coauthor
- **2024-01-31** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2024-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-19** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Senator Rogers added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-26** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 197: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Senator Becker added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-26** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-27** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2024-03-04** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-11** Public Law 69 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf096ba4-2a88-4782-8b90-f8700dc07763`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).