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Indiana · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1310: Domestic violence investigations.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1310 is a bill introduced in the Indiana House on January 6, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Domestic violence investigations. Primary sponsor: Maureen Bauer (Democratic). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 13, 2026): Representative Hamilton added as coauthor.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires a law enforcement officer to administer a lethality assessment for domestic violence incidents. Requires data to be transmitted to a local domestic violence fatality review team and the statewide domestic violence fatality review committee. Provides that a law enforcement officer responding to the scene of an alleged crime involving domestic or family violence shall use all reasonable means to prevent further violence, including administering a lethality assessment. Provides that all statements communicated in a lethality assessment are not admissible as evidence against the victim in any judicial proceeding and not discoverable in any litigation. Provides that the statewide domestic violence fatality review committee shall collect and analyze data concerning domestic violence lethality assessments. Makes conforming changes.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Maureen BauerPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse6
Becky CashCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse25
Mitch GoreCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse89
Carey HamiltonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Representative Hamilton added as coauthor
  2. Representative Cash added as coauthor
  3. First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
  4. Authored by Representative Bauer
  5. Representative Gore added as coauthor

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source