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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1639: Stillbirths.

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 1639 is a bill introduced in the Indiana House on January 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Stillbirths. Primary sponsor: Elizabeth Rowray (Republican). Most recent recorded action (January 21, 2025): Authored by Representative Rowray.

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.

Amends the definition of "stillbirth" to mean a birth after 12 weeks of gestation that is not a live birth, or if the gender of the child can be visually determined, a birth after 10 weeks of gestation that is not a live birth.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Elizabeth RowrayPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse35

“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. Authored by Representative Rowray
  2. First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health

Sources

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