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Yes: 220 • No: 0
IndianaHB 1092Second Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2026)HouseWALLET
Child services matters.
Sponsored By: Dale DeVon (Republican)
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
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5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 3 mixed.
Child support taken from sports winnings
Beginning July 1, 2026, sportsbooks and their vendors must check for child support debt before some payouts. They must check in‑person payouts of $600 or more, and any vendor payout that triggers a W‑2G. If you are delinquent, they withhold the amount owed, send it and your identifying info to the state child support bureau, and give you a receipt. They may keep a fee equal to the lesser of 3% of the withheld amount or $100. The bureau holds the money 10 business days, then applies it to the debt. Withholding comes before most other claims on winnings, except taxes.
Faster paternity orders and payment rules
Beginning July 1, 2026, if a man signed a paternity affidavit and does not present evidence to rebut paternity at the child support hearing, the court enters paternity and child support orders at that hearing. Support payments must be made through the circuit court clerk, the state central collection unit, or a state‑approved payment facility acting as trustee. Clerks accept only cash. All noncash payments must go to the state central collection unit or an approved facility.
Stronger checks for child care programs
Beginning July 1, 2026, child‑caring programs must run criminal history checks on owners, directors, employees, volunteers, contractors, and anyone with unsupervised contact or access to records. Checks are due at licensing or renewal and must be finished before work starts; limited training‑only work is allowed first only after preliminary checks, any needed out‑of‑state requests, and a sworn attestation, with no child contact or access to records. Applicants or facilities pay the fees and must keep and send results to the department when they run the checks themselves. The department tells applicants if a person has disqualifying records and, on request, whether someone was named as an alleged abuser, but it does not share investigation details; people can ask state police for their own reports. The department may deny a license for abuse findings, certain convictions, false statements, unlicensed operation, certain juvenile findings, or a recent revocation; it can grant waivers after reviewing time since offense, severity, rehabilitation, and job duties, and firing a disqualifying worker promptly removes them as a basis for denial.
Child services can interview kids at school
Beginning July 1, 2026, schools must allow child services to privately interview a child at school when the worker shows credentials and a short written statement saying there is parental consent, a court order, or an emergency. The statement can be sent electronically and cannot include facts of the allegations. Schools must not keep the statement in the child’s file and must protect the family’s confidentiality. Some very small nonaccredited nonpublic schools are excepted.
Adoption filings must include support order
Beginning July 1, 2026, if the child has a current child support or medical support order, an adoption petition must attach a copy. The filing must also state whether the order is enforced through the Title IV‑D child support program. This adds a small paperwork step for petitioners.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Dale DeVon
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Greg Walker
Republican • Senate
Julie Olthoff
Republican • House
Lori Goss-Reaves
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 2/25/2026
Roll Call 373 on HB1092.05.ENGS.CON01
Yes: 92 • No: 0 • Other: 5
Senate vote • 2/24/2026
Roll Call 232 on HB1092.05.ENGS
Yes: 48 • No: 0
House vote • 2/2/2026
Roll Call 169 on HB1092.03.ENGH
Yes: 80 • No: 0 • Other: 1
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor
3/4/2026HousePublic Law 78
3/4/2026HouseSigned by the President Pro Tempore
2/27/2026SenateSigned by the President of the Senate
2/27/2026SenateSigned by the Speaker
2/26/2026HouseMotion to concur filed
2/25/2026HouseHouse concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 373: yeas 92, nays 0
2/25/2026HouseThird reading: passed; Roll Call 232: yeas 48, nays 0
2/24/2026SenateReturned to the House with amendments
2/24/2026SenateAmendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote
2/19/2026SenateSecond reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2/19/2026SenateCommittee report: amend do pass, adopted
2/12/2026SenateFirst reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2/5/2026SenateReferred to the Senate
2/3/2026HouseSenate sponsor: Senator Walker G
2/2/2026HouseThird reading: passed; Roll Call 169: yeas 80, nays 0
2/2/2026HouseRepresentative Goss-Reaves added as coauthor
2/2/2026HouseSecond reading: amended, ordered engrossed
1/28/2026HouseAmendment #1 (DeVon) prevailed; voice vote
1/28/2026HouseCommittee report: amend do pass, adopted
1/22/2026HouseRepresentative Olthoff added as coauthor
1/12/2026HouseFirst reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs
1/5/2026HouseAuthored by Representative DeVon
1/5/2026House
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