Indiana House Bill 1448 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Passed on April 29 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-29 - Public Law 203
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Adoption. Permits an individual who seeks to adopt a child less than 18 years of age to file a petition for adoption in any county in Indiana if either of the following is filed with the petition: (1) A written consent to the adoption from each individual whose consent to the adoption is required under Indiana law; (2) A certified copy of a court order terminating the parental rights of each parent whose consent to the adoption is required under Indiana law. Requires notice of an adoption petition to be delivered to imprisoned or detained individuals. Specifies certain requirements when delivering notice of a petition for adoption to an individual whose address is unknown. Provides that certain notice requirements concerning petitions for adoption are met even when the recipient of the notice refuses to accept the offer or tender of the notice. Requires that the notice of an adoption must be given to the local office of the department of child services, if the child is the subject of an open or pending child in need of services proceeding. Mandates that the notice of an adoption must be given to the entity, facility, or individual of which the child is a ward if the child is a subject of an open or pending juvenile delinquency proceeding. Specifies certain other requirements concerning notice for petitions for adoption. Requires the setting aside of an adoption decree if notice is not properly effectuated and the adoption decree is challenged within 45 days of when it was entered. Allows the court to set aside a dismissal of a motion to contest under certain circumstances. Allows the court to consider, in the context of a motion to contest, (1) the parent's substance abuse; (2) the parent's voluntary unemployment; or (3) instability in the parent's household, if the parent has made substantial and continuing progress and it appears reasonably likely that progress will continue. Makes conforming amendments..

Adoption.

Rep. Gerald Torr [R]	Rep. Martin Carbaugh [R]	Sen. Elizabeth Brown [R]	Sen. Eric Koch [R]
Sen. Justin Busch [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Sen. J.D. Ford [D]

2021-04-13 - House - House - House concurred in Senate amendments (Y: 92 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2021-04-06 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 49 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-03-31 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-22 - House - House Floor - (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2021-02-09 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-29	House	Public Law 203
2021-04-29	House	Signed by the Governor
2021-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2021-04-23	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2021-04-13	House	Signed by the Speaker
2021-04-13	House	House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 420: yeas 92, nays 0
2021-04-12	House	Motion to concur filed
2021-04-07	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2021-04-06	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 357: yeas 49, nays 1
2021-04-05	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2021-04-01	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2021-03-02	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2021-03-01	Senate	Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
2021-02-23	House	Referred to the Senate
2021-02-22	House	Cosponsor: Senator Randolph
2021-02-22	House	Senate sponsors: Senators Brown L, Koch, Busch
2021-02-22	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 212: yeas 96, nays 0
2021-02-17	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2021-02-15	House	Representative Carbaugh added as coauthor
2021-02-11	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2021-01-14	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2021-01-14	House	Authored by Representative Torr

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1448/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/f/3/4/2f349af2/HB1448.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/1/6/8/a168e385/HB1448.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/3/c/5/43c58f32/HB1448.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/7/9/0/6790e5c5/HB1448.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/f/1/6/8f16a635/HB1448.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/9/8/9/39892eba/HB1448.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/c/4/9/9c49f397/HB1448.04.ENRS.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/2/b/3/42b39147/HB1448.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/1/1/6/6116f1ad/HB1448.02.COMH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/5/9/6/759695f7/HB1448.01.INTR.CRH001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/c/b/c/8cbced2e/HB1448.02.COMH.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/2/0/7/b2073e11/HB1448.02.COMH.FN003.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/1/a/c/91acdfcc/HB1448.02.COMH.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/3/0/1/13014824/HB1448.03.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/b/a/1/bba17e73/HB1448.03.COMS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/c/7/c/fc7c5c67/HB1448.03.COMS.FN003.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/7/b/d/67bdeb8c/HB1448.03.COMS.CON01.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/6/4/7/b647605d/HB1448.04.ENRS.FN001.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/f/6/c/9f6c3be5/HB1448.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/1/9/b/219b4593/HB1448.212_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/7/9/0/079080c1/HB1448.02.COMH.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/c/c/a/7cca4c97/HB1448.357_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/1/b/c/e1bc1fe9/HB1448.420_H.pdf