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type: "Bill"
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title: "County coroners."
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description: "Makes changes to the blood or tissue retention protocols at a hospital for purposes of conducting a death investigation. Makes changes to the training course requirements for coroners and deputy coroners. Makes changes to provisions governing the conduct of a death investigation.Provides that a coroner or deputy coroner who conducts a death investigation or signs a death certificate without completing certain training commits a Class B misdemeanor. Provides that, if a coroner or deputy coroner fails to complete the required training course within the time required, the county shall reimburse the coroners training board for the cost of the training. Provides that the county may recover from an individual the amount the county reimbursed the coroners training board. Makes technical corrections."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 1031"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1031 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "AND COUNCILS; Generally", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Creation of New Offenses", "LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS; Coroners", "STATE GOVERNMENT; State and Local Funding"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Dan Dernulc", "Karen Engleman"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-12-01"
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last_action: "2026-03-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c69401ab-cdb0-4b39-baa4-674e2bd14fdb"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1031"
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source_hash: "020a03c05572380ed4a9a90080302de2e2a21828dfc0bc213f7d1e71b504bd26"
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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 1031 (2026) — County coroners.
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Makes changes to the blood or tissue retention protocols at a hospital for purposes of conducting a death investigation. Makes changes to the training course requirements for coroners and deputy coroners. Makes changes to provisions governing the conduct of a death investigation.Provides that a coroner or deputy coroner who conducts a death investigation or signs a death certificate without completing certain training commits a Class B misdemeanor. Provides that, if a coroner or deputy coroner fails to complete the required training course within the time required, the county shall reimburse the coroners training board for the cost of the training. Provides that the county may recover from an individual the amount the county reimbursed the coroners training board. Makes technical corrections.
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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. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1031/HB1031.04.ENRS.pdf)
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2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1031/HB1031.03.COMS.pdf)
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3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1031/HB1031.02.COMH.pdf)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1031/HB1031.01.INTR.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HB 1031 - Engleman - 3rd Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1031 - Engleman — **83–0** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1031 - Doriot - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
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- Dan Dernulc — primary (person)
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- Karen Engleman — primary (person)
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- David Abbott — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-01** Authored by Representative Engleman
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- **2025-12-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-05** Representative Abbott added as coauthor
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- **2026-01-06** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-12** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-13** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 43: yeas 92, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-01-13** Senate sponsor: Senator Doriot
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- **2026-01-14** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2026-01-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-12** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-19** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-19** Senator Dernulc added as second sponsor
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- **2026-02-24** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
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- **2026-02-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 227: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-25** Motion to concur filed `filing`
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- **2026-02-26** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 386: yeas 83, nays 0
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-04** Public Law 75 `became-law`
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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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/c69401ab-cdb0-4b39-baa4-674e2bd14fdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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