republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/hb-1193.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil rights commission."
description: "Provides that the civil rights commission (commission) may not represent a private individual in a civil action filed in circuit or superior court. Amends the definition of \"discriminatory practice\". Requires the commission to first send a complaint received by the commission to another state or federal agency that has jurisdiction over the complaint. Allows the commission to enter into a memorandum of understanding with a state or federal agency if certain conditions are met. Requires the party that elects to have claims asserted in a finding of reasonable cause decided in a civil action to file the civil action. Provides that the commission may only represent the state in a civil action and repeals a provision allowing a court to award monetary damages in those cases. Conforms the circumstances under which the commission may be required to pay attorney's fees to the circumstances under which an agency may be required to pay fees under the administrative orders and proceedings act (AOPA)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1193"
citation: "Indiana HB 1193 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Civil Rights Commission (ICRC)", "COURTS; Trial Courts", "STATE GOVERNMENT; Administrative Code"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Jeter", "Cyndi Carrasco"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-05"
last_action: "2026-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2001b41d-1c95-4ece-8340-618d6c984d3e"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1193"
source_hash: "7ce82cbb5e2d9000d061d47e6d04b1f2cf95b7add5c527433c61615cb0f167d1"
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 1193 (2026) — Civil rights commission.

Provides that the civil rights commission (commission) may not represent a private individual in a civil action filed in circuit or superior court. Amends the definition of "discriminatory practice". Requires the commission to first send a complaint received by the commission to another state or federal agency that has jurisdiction over the complaint. Allows the commission to enter into a memorandum of understanding with a state or federal agency if certain conditions are met. Requires the party that elects to have claims asserted in a finding of reasonable cause decided in a civil action to file the civil action. Provides that the commission may only represent the state in a civil action and repeals a provision allowing a court to award monetary damages in those cases. Conforms the circumstances under which the commission may be required to pay attorney's fees to the circumstances under which an agency may be required to pay fees under the administrative orders and proceedings act (AOPA).

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1193/HB1193.04.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1193/HB1193.03.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1193/HB1193.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1193/HB1193.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1193 - Jeter — **66–29** (pass) · lower
- HB 1193 - Jeter - 3rd Reading — **71–20** (pass) · lower
- HB 1193 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading — **40–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Jeter — primary (person)
- Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** Authored by Representative Jeter
- **2026-01-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 138: yeas 71, nays 20 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-01-28** Senate sponsor: Senator Carrasco
- **2026-01-29** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2026-02-02** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-23** Amendment #1 (Hunley) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2026-02-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 240: yeas 40, nays 8 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-24** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2026-02-25** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-26** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 395: yeas 66, nays 29
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-04** Public Law 83 `became-law`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2001b41d-1c95-4ece-8340-618d6c984d3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).