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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1623: Juvenile court matters.

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 1623 is a bill introduced in the Indiana House on January 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Juvenile court matters. Primary sponsor: Alex Zimmerman (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (January 21, 2025): First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary.

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.

Provides that, when a petition is filed for the appointment of a guardian for two or more minors or incapacitated persons who are children of a common parent, parent and child, or husband and wife, a separate petition must be filed for each minor or incapacitated person. Provides that when a separate petition is required in certain cases, the court may only charge one filing fee for the proceeding. Requires a petition for adoption to include information about the juvenile court if the child is the subject of an open or pending child in need of services (CHINS), termination of parental rights (TPR), or juvenile delinquency proceeding. Provides that the department of child services (department) shall file a notice with the juvenile court in which the open or pending CHINS or TPR proceeding was filed. Requires the department to file a report each year with the legislative council, the office of judicial administration, and the public defender council.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Alex ZimmermanPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Garrett BascomCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68

“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. First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
  2. Authored by Representative Zimmerman
  3. Coauthored by Representative Bascom

Sources

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