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Indiana 2026

HB 1036

Children in need of services.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-07 02:11:15 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Indiana
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
AGENCIES; Department of Child Services (DCS), CHILDREN AND MINORS; Children in Need of Services (CHINS), COURTS; Juvenile Courts
Introduced / first action
2025-12-01 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Requires the department of child services, subject to certain procedural safeguards, to have in-person contact with an alleged victim of child abuse or neglect: (1) before concluding an assessment; and (2) before dismissing or terminating a pending child in need of services case with the juvenile court.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  2. Public Law 37

    became-law

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

    passage

  4. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

    passage

  5. Signed by the Speaker

    passage

  6. House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 294: yeas 94, nays 0

  7. Motion to concur filed

    filing

  8. Returned to the House with amendments

    receipt

  9. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 175: yeas 45, nays 0

    passage, reading-3

  10. Senator Maxwell added as cosponsor

  11. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

    reading-2

  12. Senator Hunley added as cosponsor

  13. Senators Goode, Donato, Walker G, Qaddoura added as cosponsors

  14. Senators Schmitt, Gaskill, Johnson T added as cosponsors

  15. Amendment #2 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote

    amendment-passage

  16. Committee report: do pass, adopted

    committee-passage

  17. First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services

    reading-1, referral-committee

  18. Referred to the Senate

    referral

  19. Senate sponsors: Senators Rogers, Pol, Clark

  20. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 189: yeas 95, nays 0

    passage, reading-3

  21. Representative Goss-Reaves added as coauthor

  22. Cosponsor: Senator Ford J.D.

  23. Second reading: ordered engrossed

    reading-2

  24. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

    committee-passage

  25. Representative McGuire added as coauthor

  26. First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

    reading-1, referral-committee

  27. Authored by Representative Garcia Wilburn

  28. Coauthored by Representative Burton

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