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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 291: Anatomical gift inquiries.

Passed one chamber 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

SB 291 is a bill introduced in the Indiana Senate on January 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Anatomical gift inquiries. Primary sponsor: David Abbott (Republican), Ed Charbonneau (Republican), Tyler Johnson (Republican), Blake Doriot (Republican). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 3, 2025): First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform.

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 state agency to offer a state employee an opportunity to register as a donor of an anatomical gift: (1) during the state employee's onboarding process; and (2) on an annual basis, during the state agency's employee benefits enrollment period. Requires certain information to be provided to the state employee concerning the donation of an anatomical gift.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
David AbbottPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Ed CharbonneauPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate5
Tyler JohnsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate14
Blake DoriotPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate12
Brad BarrettCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
J.D. FordCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate29
Mark GendaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse41
Joanna KingCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse49
Lonnie RandolphCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate2

“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 Government and Regulatory Reform
  2. Referred to the House
  3. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 150: yeas 44, nays 5
  4. House sponsor: Representative Abbott
  5. Cosponsors: Representatives King, Genda, Barrett
  6. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
  7. Amendment #2 (Doriot) prevailed; voice vote
  8. Senator Randolph added as coauthor
  9. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
  10. Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
  11. Senator Charbonneau added as third author
  12. Authored by Senators Doriot and Johnson T

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

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