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Indiana · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1357: Child services provider background checks.

Enacted 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 1357 is a bill introduced in the Indiana House on January 8, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Child services provider background checks. Primary sponsor: Elizabeth Rowray (Republican), Greg Walker (Republican), Vaneta Becker (Republican), Stacey Donato (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 3, 2026): Public Law 62.

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 an employee of: (1) a preventative provider that operates a child welfare program; (2) a provider of home based family preservation services; (3) a child caring institution; (4) a group home; or (5) a child placing agency; to undergo a background check once every four years. Provides that the employee is not required to complete a separate federally required background check to provide additional child welfare services for the same employer.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Elizabeth RowrayPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse35
Greg WalkerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate41
Vaneta BeckerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate50
Stacey DonatoPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate18

“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. Public Law 62
  2. Signed by the Governor
  3. Signed by the President of the Senate
  4. Signed by the President Pro Tempore
  5. Signed by the Speaker
  6. House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 369: yeas 92, nays 0
  7. Motion to concur filed
  8. Returned to the House with amendments
  9. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 192: yeas 44, nays 0
  10. Senator Becker added as second sponsor
  11. Senator Donato added as third sponsor
  12. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

Showing 12 most recent of 22 actions. Full history

Sources

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