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HB1092 • 2026

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning family law and juvenile law.

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning family law and juvenile law.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Dale DeVon
Last action
2026-03-04
Official status
Enrolled House Bill (H)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific information on enforcement mechanisms, effective dates, or the exact number of institutions and volunteers affected by these changes.

Indiana Law Changes for Family and Child Services

This law changes Indiana rules about family matters like child support, adoption, and volunteer background checks.

What This Bill Does

  • It requires sports wagering certificate holders and vendors to withhold funds from a person's mobile sports betting account if the person is behind on child support payments.
  • It allows paternity orders to be established without further court proceedings under certain conditions.
  • It permits the state to approve additional payment methods for accepting child support payments.
  • It requires adoption petitions to include information about any ongoing or pending CHINS or delinquency cases involving the child.
  • It mandates criminal background checks for volunteers at child care institutions who will have unsupervised contact with children or access to their medical records.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who owe child support and use sports betting apps
  • Parents trying to establish paternity for their children
  • Child welfare agencies and adoption services
  • Volunteers at child care institutions

Terms To Know

CHINS
A legal term in Indiana that stands for 'Children In Need of Services', used when a court decides a child needs help or supervision.
Paternity
The legal recognition of who the father is, which can affect things like child support and inheritance rights.

Limits and Unknowns

  • It does not specify what happens to the withheld funds from sports betting accounts.
  • There are no details on how many child care institutions or volunteers this new requirement for background checks will impact.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HB1092.03.ENGH.AMS09

Committee Engrossed House Bill (S) • Senator Cyndi Carrasco

Filed

Plain English: This amendment would require a background check for delinquent child support cases involving criminal history.

  • Adds a requirement to conduct a criminal history check when dealing with individuals who are behind on their child support payments.
  • The exact details of how the criminal history checks will be conducted and used are not specified in this amendment text.
HB1092.03.ENGH.AMS07

Committee Engrossed House Bill (S) • Senator Aaron Freeman

Filed

Plain English: The amendment adds a new section to the Indiana Code that allows certain individuals or groups to participate in legal proceedings related to family law and juvenile law.

  • Adds a provision allowing specific parties, such as grandparents or other interested persons, to intervene in cases involving family law and juvenile law.
  • The exact criteria for who can intervene and under what circumstances are not detailed in the provided amendment text.
  • It is unclear how this new right to intervene will interact with existing legal procedures and rights.
HB1092.01.INTR.AMH02

Committee Introduced House Bill (H) • Representative Dale DeVon

Filed

Plain English: This amendment changes the Indiana Code to address certain aspects of juvenile law.

  • The amendment modifies the Indiana Code regarding family and juvenile law, but does not specify exact details in its provided text.
  • The official text is too brief to provide specific details about what changes are being proposed.
HB1092.02.COMH.AMH001

Filed House Bill (H) • Representative Dale DeVon

Passed

Plain English: This amendment does not provide specific details about changes to the Indiana Code concerning family law and juvenile law.

  • The official text of the amendment does not specify any concrete changes or updates to the Indiana Code, making it impossible to describe its effects.
HB1092.04.COMS.AMS001

Filed House Bill (S) • Senator Aaron Freeman

Passed

Plain English: This amendment changes the Indiana Code to include new requirements for family law and juvenile law.

  • The amendment adds new rules about family law and juvenile law in the Indiana Code.
  • The official text does not provide specific details on what exactly is being amended or added, making it hard to explain concrete changes.
HB1092.04.COMS.AMS002

Filed House Bill (S) • Senator Liz Brown

Failed

Plain English: This amendment aims to modify the Indiana Code regarding family law and juvenile law, but does not provide specific details on what changes it intends to make.

  • The amendment seeks to change parts of the Indiana Code related to family and juvenile laws, though exact modifications are unclear from the provided text.
  • The official amendment text is too brief to specify concrete changes or limits.
  • Further details about the intended amendments are not available in the given information.
HB1092.04.COMS.AMS003

Filed House Bill (S) • Senator Liz Brown

Failed

Plain English: This amendment aims to modify the Indiana Code regarding family law and juvenile law, but does not provide specific details on what changes it intends to make.

  • The amendment seeks to change parts of the Indiana Code related to family and juvenile laws, though exact modifications are unclear from the provided text.
  • The official amendment text is too brief to specify concrete changes or limits.
  • Further details about the intended amendments are not available in the given information.
HB1092.04.COMS.AMS004

Filed House Bill (S) • Senator Liz Brown

Failed

Plain English: This amendment aims to modify the Indiana Code regarding family law and juvenile law, but does not provide specific details on what changes it intends to make.

  • The amendment seeks to change parts of the Indiana Code related to family and juvenile laws, though exact modifications are unclear from the provided text.
  • The official amendment text is too brief to specify concrete changes or limits.
  • Further details about the intended amendments are not available in the given information.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-04 House

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2026-03-04 House

    Public Law 78

  3. 2026-02-27 Senate

    Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  4. 2026-02-27 Senate

    Signed by the President of the Senate

  5. 2026-02-26 House

    Signed by the Speaker

  6. 2026-02-25 House

    House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 373: yeas 92, nays 0

  7. 2026-02-25 House

    Motion to concur filed

  8. 2026-02-24 Senate

    Third reading: passed; Roll Call 232: yeas 48, nays 0

  9. 2026-02-24 Senate

    Returned to the House with amendments

  10. 2026-02-19 Senate

    Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  11. 2026-02-19 Senate

    Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote

  12. 2026-02-12 Senate

    Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  13. 2026-02-05 Senate

    First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

  14. 2026-02-03 House

    Referred to the Senate

  15. 2026-02-02 House

    Third reading: passed; Roll Call 169: yeas 80, nays 0

  16. 2026-02-02 House

    Senate sponsor: Senator Walker G

  17. 2026-02-02 House

    Representative Goss-Reaves added as coauthor

  18. 2026-01-28 House

    Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  19. 2026-01-28 House

    Amendment #1 (DeVon) prevailed; voice vote

  20. 2026-01-22 House

    Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  21. 2026-01-12 House

    Representative Olthoff added as coauthor

  22. 2026-01-05 House

    Authored by Representative DeVon

  23. 2026-01-05 House

    First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning family law and juvenile law.
Child services matters.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning family law and juvenile law.

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.