Indiana House Bill 1432 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-05-05 - Public Law 258
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Parental incarceration. Provides that a child in need of services (CHINS) case plan must include a description and discussion of: (1) the services and treatment available to an incarcerated parent at the facility at which the parent is incarcerated; and (2) how the parent and child may be afforded visitation opportunities, unless visitation with the parent is not in the best interests of the child. Requires a CHINS dispositional decree to provide a reasonable opportunity for a parent of the child who: (1) is incarcerated; and (2) has maintained a meaningful role in the child's life; to maintain a relationship with the child, subject to the safety of the community and best interests of the child. Provides that a motion to dismiss a petition to terminate a parent-child relationship (TPR) may be filed if: (1) the parent is incarcerated or the parent's prior incarceration is a significant factor in the child having been under the supervision of the department of child services (DCS) or a county probation department for at least 15 of the most recent 22 months; (2) the parent maintains a meaningful role in the child's life; (3) DCS has not documented a reason to conclude that it would otherwise be in the child's best interests to terminate the parent-child relationship; and (4) the parent is not incarcerated due to conviction for certain crimes. Provides that in determining whether to grant the motion to dismiss the TPR, the court may consider the length of time remaining in the incarcerated parent's sentence and any other factor the court considers relevant.

Parental incarceration. Provides that a child in need of services (CHINS) case plan must include a description and discussion of: (1) the services and treatment available to an incarcerated parent at the facility at which the parent is incarcerated; and (2) how the parent and child may be afforded visitation opportunities, unless visitation with the parent is not in the best interests of the child. Requires a CHINS dispositional decree to provide a reasonable opportunity for a parent of the child who: (1) is incarcerated; and (2) has maintained a meaningful role in the child's life; to maintain a relationship with the child, subject to the safety of the community and best interests of the child. Provides that a motion to dismiss a petition to terminate a parent-child relationship (TPR) may be filed if: (1) the parent is incarcerated or the parent's prior incarceration is a significant factor in the child having been under the supervision of the department of child services (DCS) or a county probation department for at least 15 of the most recent 22 months; (2) the parent maintains a meaningful role in the child's life; (3) DCS has not documented a reason to conclude that it would otherwise be in the child's best interests to terminate the parent-child relationship; and (4) the parent is not incarcerated due to conviction for certain crimes. Provides that in determining whether to grant the motion to dismiss the TPR, the court may consider the length of time remaining in the incarcerated parent's sentence and any other factor the court considers relevant.

Rep. Karlee Macer [D]	Rep. Gregory Steuerwald [R]	Rep. Vanessa Summers [D]	Sen. Michael Young [R]
Sen. David Niezgodski [D]	Sen. John Crane [R]	Sen. Jon Ford [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]

2019-04-23 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 90 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2019-04-23 - Senate - Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-03-26 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2019-03-11 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-18 - House - Third reading (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2019-02-05 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-05	House	Public Law 258
2019-05-05	House	Signed by the Governor
2019-04-30	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2019-04-24	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2019-04-24	House	Signed by the Speaker
2019-04-23	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 604: yeas 90, nays 0
2019-04-23	Senate	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 578: yeas 48, nays 0
2019-04-23	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2019-04-23	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2019-04-08	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Crane, Breaux, Ford Jon and Randolph Lonnie M
2019-04-08	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Young M and Ford J.D.
2019-04-08	House	House advisors appointed: DeVon, Frizzell, Boy, Jackson and Summers
2019-04-08	House	House conferees appointed: Steuerwald and Macer
2019-04-02	House	House dissented from Senate amendments
2019-04-01	House	Motion to dissent filed
2019-03-28	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2019-03-26	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 332: yeas 48, nays 0
2019-03-25	Senate	Amendment #3 (Houchin) prevailed; voice vote
2019-03-25	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2019-03-18	Senate	Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
2019-03-12	Senate	Senators Crane and Ford Jon added as cosponsors
2019-03-11	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2019-03-04	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services
2019-02-19	House	Referred to the Senate
2019-02-18	House	Senate sponsors: Senators Young M and Niezgodski
2019-02-18	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 196: yeas 96, nays 0
2019-02-07	House	Representative Summers added as coauthor
2019-02-07	House	Amendment #1 (Macer) prevailed; voice vote
2019-02-07	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2019-02-05	House	Representative Steuerwald added as coauthor
2019-02-05	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2019-01-15	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs
2019-01-15	House	Authored by Representative Macer

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/house/1432/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/5/3/5/95356c99/HB1432.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/d/1/e/6d1e2830/HB1432.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/3/3/b/b33be0f7/HB1432.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/7/a/8/d7a87006/HB1432.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/6/0/6/7606792e/HB1432.03.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/c/5/9/7c5935a6/HB1432.03.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/4/c/d/b4cd996a/HB1432.04.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/1/c/0/31c04881/HB1432.04.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/9/e/5/89e564c5/HB1432.05.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/5/b/8/35b8d7a6/HB1432.05.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/c/7/0/cc70c06c/HB1432.06.ENRS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/f/2/7/8f27727e/HB1432.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/5/b/a/85bad6bc/HB1432.196.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/2/b/8/e2b8c153/HB1432.03.ENGH.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/6/3/b/d63be2b5/HB1432.332.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/5/3/b/753bad24/HB1432.578.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/1/f/4/31f4d4a1/HB1432.604.pdf