HB 1369 IN

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Amends the definition for "act of rape", only for the purposes of IC 31-35-3.5 (termination of parent-child relationship of an individual who committed an act of rape), to include child molestation and sexual misconduct with a minor. Provides that the department of child services or a court shall consider ensuring the child's safety to be the most important consideration in the determination of a child's best interests under family and juvenile law. Provides that there is a rebuttable presumption that a child is a child in need of services if the state establishes that the child lives in the same household as an adult who was a perpetrator of a child fatality or near fatality that may have been the result of abuse, abandonment, or neglect. Adds sexual misconduct with a minor as an offense that may be alleged in a petition to terminate the parent-child relationship when a child is conceived as a result of the offense. Amends the circumstances under which a court may terminate the parent-child relationship with regard to a child in need of services.

• Julie McGuire Republican · author
• Liz Brown Republican · sponsor
• Eric Koch Republican · sponsor
• Dan Dernulc Republican · sponsor

1. Jan 10, 2024 Authored by Representative McGuire · lower
2. Jan 10, 2024 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary · lower
3. Jan 10, 2024 Coauthored by Representatives Jeter, Steuerwald, Goss-Reaves · lower
4. Jan 25, 2024 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · lower
5. Jan 29, 2024 Amendment #1 (McGuire) prevailed; voice vote · lower
6. Jan 29, 2024 Amendment #2 (Jackson) motion withdrawn voice vote · lower
7. Jan 29, 2024 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed · lower
8. Jan 30, 2024 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 99: yeas 94, nays 0 · lower
9. Jan 30, 2024 Senate sponsors: Senators Brown L, Koch, Dernulc · lower
10. Jan 31, 2024 Referred to the Senate · lower
11. Feb 7, 2024 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary · upper
12. Feb 15, 2024 Committee report: do pass, adopted · upper
13. Feb 19, 2024 Second reading: ordered engrossed · upper
14. Feb 20, 2024 Senators Glick, Buck, Randolph added as cosponsors · upper
15. Feb 20, 2024 Placed back on second reading · upper
16. Feb 22, 2024 Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed · upper
17. Feb 22, 2024 Amendment #1 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote · upper
18. Feb 26, 2024 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 198: yeas 49, nays 0 · upper
19. Feb 27, 2024 Returned to the House with amendments · upper
20. Feb 28, 2024 Motion to concur filed · lower
21. Feb 28, 2024 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 246: yeas 89, nays 0 · lower
22. Mar 4, 2024 Signed by the Speaker · lower
23. Mar 5, 2024 Signed by the President Pro Tempore · upper
24. Mar 11, 2024 Signed by the Governor · executive
25. Mar 8, 2024 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
26. Mar 11, 2024 Public Law 70 · lower