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type: "Bill"
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title: "Permissible unsupervised activity."
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description: "Defines \"independent activity\". Provides that a child is not a child in need of services solely because a parent, guardian, or custodian allows the child to engage in an independent activity unless the parent, guardian, or custodian is so reckless in allowing the child to engage in the independent activity that it endangers the child's health or safety given the child's maturity, condition, and ability. Provides a defense for neglect of a dependent that the accused person reasonably believed that an independent activity was not dangerous."
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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 1035"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1035 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Child Services (DCS)", "HEALTH; Children and Minors"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brett Clark", "Cyndi Carrasco", "Eric Koch", "Jake Teshka"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-12-01"
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last_action: "2026-02-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d20c49e7-95b5-4f7b-9632-cd60b1b67be0"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1035"
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source_hash: "00a0f9dfd73560c79acc2140bde8213447836f3f9d1fa2c9d54b65fe031c039b"
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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 1035 (2026) — Permissible unsupervised activity.
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Defines "independent activity". Provides that a child is not a child in need of services solely because a parent, guardian, or custodian allows the child to engage in an independent activity unless the parent, guardian, or custodian is so reckless in allowing the child to engage in the independent activity that it endangers the child's health or safety given the child's maturity, condition, and ability. Provides a defense for neglect of a dependent that the accused person reasonably believed that an independent activity was not dangerous.
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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/HB1035/HB1035.04.ENRS.pdf)
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2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1035/HB1035.03.COMS.pdf)
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3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1035/HB1035.02.COMH.pdf)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1035/HB1035.01.INTR.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HB 1035 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- HB 1035 - Teshka - 3rd Reading — **93–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brett Clark — primary (person)
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- Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
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- Eric Koch — primary (person)
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- Jake Teshka — primary (person)
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- James Buck — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer Meltzer — coauthor (person)
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- Rodney Pol — cosponsor (person)
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- Ryan Lauer — coauthor (person)
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- Susan Glick — cosponsor (person)
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- Victoria Garcia Wilburn — 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** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-12-01** Coauthored by Representatives Garcia Wilburn, Lauer
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- **2025-12-01** Authored by Representative Teshka
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- **2026-01-12** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-12** Representative Meltzer added as coauthor
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- **2026-01-15** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-21** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2026-01-20** Senate sponsor: Senator Carrasco
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- **2026-01-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 53: yeas 93, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-01-26** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-05** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-09** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-10** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 149: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-10** Senator Koch added as second sponsor
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- **2026-02-10** Senators Buck, Glick, Pol added as cosponsors
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- **2026-02-10** Senator Clark added as third sponsor
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- **2026-02-12** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2026-02-11** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
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- **2026-02-18** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-02-24** Public Law 20 `became-law`
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- **2026-02-24** 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/d20c49e7-95b5-4f7b-9632-cd60b1b67be0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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