The following juvenile law bills passed out of their originating house:
SCR 16 Urging the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of assessing the laws and policies concerning the adjudication and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders
- Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=2497
- House sponsor: Goodrich
- Read the current bill: http://www.iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/resolutions/senate/concurrent/16
SB 1 Department of Child Services
- Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=2455
- Floor amendments: The bill was amended on 2nd reading to include crimes committed in other jurisdictions that are substantially similar to the crimes in the bill for the purposes of determining consent to adoption. Amended on 3rd reading to redefine the term “long term foster parent;” add a new section providing a foster parent with the right to intervene in a CHINS proceeding; and schedule a hearing within 30 days of the filing of notice that termination of parental rights has not been filed as required.
- House sponsors: Mahan, Steuerwald
- Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/1
SB 279 Waiver to adult court for attempted murder
- Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=2304
- House sponsors: McNamara, Goodrich
- Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/279
SB 423 Court appointed youth advocate pilot program
- Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=2472
- House sponsors: Cook, Steuerwald, Pressel
- Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/423
SB 596 Juvenile court voluntary preventative programs
- Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=2469
- House sponsors: Schaibley, Cook, Goodrich
- Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/596
HB 1006 Department of Child Services
- Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=2302
- Senate sponsors: Houchin, Holdman, G. Taylor, Randolph
- Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/house/1006
HB 1075 Children’s Commission report and DCS human trafficking coordinator. [f/k/a Child victim of human or sexual trafficking]
- Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?s=1075
- Senate sponsor: Houchin
- Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/house/1075
HB 1198 Department of Child Services matters
- Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=2461
- Senate sponsors: Grooms, Breaux
- Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/house/1198
HB 1432 Parental incarceration
- Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?s=1432
- Floor amendment: The bill was amended on 2nd reading to add language allowing a court to consider the length of time remaining in an incarcerated parents’ sentence and other relevant factors that the court considers relevant when determining whether to dismiss a petition to terminate a parent-child relationship when specified circumstances are present.
- Senate sponsors: Young, Niezgodski
- Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/house/1432
The following juvenile law bills died in their originating house: