republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/hb-1092.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child services matters."
description: "Requires a sports wagering certificate holder and vendor to withhold funds from a person who requests a certain type of withdrawal from the person's mobile sports wagering account if the person is delinquent in the person's child support payments. Requires an order establishing paternity to be obtained without further proceedings if certain conditions are met. Allows the state to approve additional payment facilities for purposes of accepting child support payments. Provides that if a child who is the subject of an adoption petition is also the subject of an open or pending child in need of services (CHINS) or delinquency proceeding, the adoption petition must identify: (1) the court in which the CHINS or delinquency proceeding is open or pending and the cause number; and (2) the case number of the CHINS or delinquency proceeding; if known to the petitioner. Requires a volunteer of an applicant for licensure as a child caring institution to undergo a criminal background check if the volunteer is likely to have unsupervised contact with children in the child caring institution or will have access to a child's medical records. Provides that the department may deny an application for licensure as a child caring institution, group home, or child placing agency if the applicant was previously licensed as a residential child care provider and the license was revoked within one year of the application. Provides that a department caseworker who wishes to interview a child at the child's school must provide the caseworker's department issued credential in order to interview the child alone."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1092"
citation: "Indiana HB 1092 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Child Services (DCS)", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Child Care Programs", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Children in Need of Services (CHINS)", "COURTS; Juvenile Courts", "MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LAW; Child Support", "Custody", "and Visitation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale DeVon", "Greg Walker"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-05"
last_action: "2026-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6c76281-f87d-44ed-bf94-51cf13a48ad8"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1092"
source_hash: "f02203efac78324917e94327c9da9d6876ed165d46e9b808039af7f58e65f072"
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 1092 (2026) — Child services matters.

Requires a sports wagering certificate holder and vendor to withhold funds from a person who requests a certain type of withdrawal from the person's mobile sports wagering account if the person is delinquent in the person's child support payments. Requires an order establishing paternity to be obtained without further proceedings if certain conditions are met. Allows the state to approve additional payment facilities for purposes of accepting child support payments. Provides that if a child who is the subject of an adoption petition is also the subject of an open or pending child in need of services (CHINS) or delinquency proceeding, the adoption petition must identify: (1) the court in which the CHINS or delinquency proceeding is open or pending and the cause number; and (2) the case number of the CHINS or delinquency proceeding; if known to the petitioner. Requires a volunteer of an applicant for licensure as a child caring institution to undergo a criminal background check if the volunteer is likely to have unsupervised contact with children in the child caring institution or will have access to a child's medical records. Provides that the department may deny an application for licensure as a child caring institution, group home, or child placing agency if the applicant was previously licensed as a residential child care provider and the license was revoked within one year of the application. Provides that a department caseworker who wishes to interview a child at the child's school must provide the caseworker's department issued credential in order to interview the child alone.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1092/HB1092.05.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1092/HB1092.03.ENGH.pdf)
3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1092/HB1092.06.ENRS.pdf)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1092/HB1092.02.COMH.pdf)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1092/HB1092.04.COMS.pdf)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1092/HB1092.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1092 - DeVon - 3rd Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1092 - Walker G - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1092 - DeVon — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dale DeVon — primary (person)
- Greg Walker — primary (person)
- Julie Olthoff — coauthor (person)
- Lori Goss-Reaves — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-05** Authored by Representative DeVon
- **2026-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Representative Olthoff added as coauthor
- **2026-01-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-28** Amendment #1 (DeVon) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-28** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-02** Representative Goss-Reaves added as coauthor
- **2026-02-02** Senate sponsor: Senator Walker G
- **2026-02-02** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 169: yeas 80, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2026-02-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-19** Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-19** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 232: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-24** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2026-02-25** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 373: yeas 92, nays 0
- **2026-02-25** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-04** Public Law 78 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6c76281-f87d-44ed-bf94-51cf13a48ad8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).