Indiana House Bill 1407 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 23 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-03-09 - First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure
Pending: Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Parental rights. Provides that the state of Indiana, a political subdivision or other governmental entity of the state of Indiana, a government official, or any other person acting under the color of law shall not infringe on the fundamental right of a parent to direct the upbringing, education, health care, and mental health of the parent's child without demonstrating that the infringement: (1) is required by a compelling governmental interest of the highest order as long recognized in the history and traditions of the state of Indiana; and (2) as applied to the child, is narrowly tailored and not otherwise served by a less restrictive means. Creates a right of action for violation of a parent's rights with respect to the upbringing, education, and health care of the parent's child. Provides that a child is not a child in need of services due to the child's parent, guardian, or custodian: (1) referring to and raising the child consistent with the child's biological sex; or (2) declining to consent to the child receiving: (A) specified medication; (B) a medical procedure the purpose of which is to alter the apparent gender or sex of the child or affirm the child's perception of the child's gender or sex in a manner inconsistent with the child's biological sex; or (C) counseling or other mental health services the purpose of which is to affirm the child's perception of the child's gender or sex if the child's perception is inconsistent with the child's biological sex. Provides that if the juvenile court finds that a child is a child in need of services because the child substantially endangers the child's own or another's health, the court shall release the child to the child's parent, guardian, or custodian and may not enter a dispositional decree ordering removal of the child, unless: (1) the court also finds that the child is a child in need of services for another reason; or (2) the parent, guardian, or custodian consents to the child being removed from the child's home. Specifies that the parental rights and responsibilities do not: (1) authorize a parent to: (A) abuse or neglect a child; or (B) make the decision to end the child's life; or (2) prohibit a court from issuing an order that is otherwise permitted by law. Makes conforming changes.

Parental rights.

Rep. Dale DeVon [R]	Rep. Chris Jeter [R]	Rep. Robert Heaton [R]	Rep. Lindsay Patterson [R]
Sen. Aaron Freeman [R]	Sen. Stacey Donato [R]	Sen. Jeff Raatz [R]

2023-02-22 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 58 N: 33 NV: 2 Abs: 7) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-09	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure
2023-02-23	House	Referred to the Senate
2023-02-22	House	Senate sponsors: Senators Freeman, Donato, Raatz
2023-02-22	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 199: yeas 58, nays 33
2023-02-21	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2023-02-21	House	Amendment #2 (Jeter) prevailed; voice vote
2023-02-20	House	Placed back on second reading
2023-02-16	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-02-13	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-02-06	House	Representative Patterson L added as coauthor
2023-01-31	House	Representative Heaton added as coauthor
2023-01-31	House	Representative Jeter C added as coauthor
2023-01-17	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs
2023-01-17	House	Authored by Representative DeVon

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1407/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1407/#1.INTR
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1407/#2.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1407/#3.ENGH
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1407/#H199