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type: "Bill"
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title: "County coroners."
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description: "Requires the coroner where the incident occurred to respond to the coroner where the death occurred not more than 24 hours after being contacted to discuss the need for an autopsy. Provides that if the coroner where the incident occurred does not timely respond, the coroner where the death occurred may conduct an autopsy and bill the coroner where the incident occurred. Provides that beginning January 1, 2026, a licensed hospital is required to have a blood retention protocol for the preservation of the first sample of blood drawn from an individual after arriving at a hospital for treatment. Specifies the required elements of the blood retention protocol, including how long a laboratory is required to hold a blood sample in storage. Provides for waiver of the blood sample storage requirement in any case where the sample is tested and cannot be retained for reasons of medical necessity in the clinical care of the patient."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1194"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1194 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGENCIES; Prosecuting Attorneys Council (IPAC)", "AGENCIES; State Department of Toxicology (ISDT)", "DEATH AND DECEASED; Generally", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Hospitals", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Doctors and Physicians", "HEALTH; Medical Records", "LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS; Coroners"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "David Abbott", "Tyler Johnson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-01-08"
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last_action: "2025-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fd9cec7-b5ea-4f4a-be80-8dbc0c68f91c"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1194"
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source_hash: "7c44ea773ff6be2d0d2d10da367f1f97ffde2377e9963df0644a7235d4e754ba"
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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 1194 (2025) — County coroners.
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Requires the coroner where the incident occurred to respond to the coroner where the death occurred not more than 24 hours after being contacted to discuss the need for an autopsy. Provides that if the coroner where the incident occurred does not timely respond, the coroner where the death occurred may conduct an autopsy and bill the coroner where the incident occurred. Provides that beginning January 1, 2026, a licensed hospital is required to have a blood retention protocol for the preservation of the first sample of blood drawn from an individual after arriving at a hospital for treatment. Specifies the required elements of the blood retention protocol, including how long a laboratory is required to hold a blood sample in storage. Provides for waiver of the blood sample storage requirement in any case where the sample is tested and cannot be retained for reasons of medical necessity in the clinical care of the patient.
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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 (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1194/HB1194.04.ENGS.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1194/HB1194.05.ENRS.pdf)
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3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1194/HB1194.03.COMS.pdf)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1194/HB1194.01.INTR.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HB 1194 - Doriot - 3rd Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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- HB 1194 - Doriot — **43–1** (pass) · upper
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- HB 1194 - Abbott - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1194 - Abbott — **93–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
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- David Abbott — primary (person)
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- Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
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- Heath VanNatter — coauthor (person)
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- Mark Genda — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-08** Authored by Representative Abbott
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- **2025-01-08** Coauthored by Representative VanNatter
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- **2025-01-27** Representative Genda added as coauthor
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- **2025-02-11** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 169: yeas 94, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-17** Senate sponsors: Senators Doriot and Johnson T
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- **2025-02-18** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-17** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-24** Amendment #1 (Johnson T) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-03-24** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 281: yeas 47, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-26** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-04-07** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-07** House dissented from Senate amendments
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- **2025-04-10** Senate advisors appointed: Taylor G and Johnson T
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- **2025-04-10** Senate conferees appointed: Doriot and Jackson L
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- **2025-04-10** House conferees appointed: Abbott and Moed
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- **2025-04-10** House advisors appointed: VanNatter and Genda
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- **2025-04-21** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
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- **2025-04-21** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
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- **2025-04-22** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 485: yeas 43, nays 1
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- **2025-04-23** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 531: yeas 93, nays 0
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- **2025-04-23** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2025-05-06** Public Law 225 `became-law`
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- **2025-04-29** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-06** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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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/0fd9cec7-b5ea-4f4a-be80-8dbc0c68f91c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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