# Indiana HB 1194: County coroners. Indiana HB 1194, County coroners., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) House bill sponsored by David Abbott (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-06 (Signed by the Governor) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1194-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Indiana HB 1194 - State: Indiana - Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) - Title: County coroners. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-08 - Last action: 2025-05-06, Signed by the Governor - Sponsor: David Abbott (Republican) - Cosponsors: 4 - Subjects: local government, the senate - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (277 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Requires the coroner where the incident occurred to respond to the coroner where the death occurred not more than 24 hours after being contacted to discuss the need for an autopsy. Provides that if the coroner where the incident occurred does not timely respond, the coroner where the death occurred may conduct an autopsy and bill the coroner where the incident occurred. Provides that beginning January 1, 2026, a licensed hospital is required to have a blood retention protocol for the preservation of the first sample of blood drawn from an individual after arriving at a hospital for treatment. Specifies the required elements of the blood retention protocol, including how long a laboratory is required to hold a blood sample in storage. Provides for waiver of the blood sample storage requirement in any case where the sample is tested and cannot be retained for reasons of medical necessity in the clinical care of the patient. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: David Abbott (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Blake Doriot (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Heath VanNatter (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Mark Genda (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Tyler Johnson (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-23 | House | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House | pass | 93 | 0 | | | 2025-04-22 | Senate | Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate | pass | 43 | 1 | | | 2025-03-25 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 47 | 0 | | | 2025-02-17 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 94 | 0 | | ## Actions (30) - 2025-05-06: Signed by the Governor (House) - 2025-05-06: Public Law 225 (House) - 2025-04-29: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Signed by the Speaker (House) - 2025-04-23: Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 531: yeas 93, nays 0 (House) - 2025-04-22: Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 485: yeas 43, nays 1 (Senate) - 2025-04-21: CCR # 1 filed in the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-21: CCR # 1 filed in the House (House) - 2025-04-10: House advisors appointed: VanNatter and Genda (House) - 2025-04-10: House conferees appointed: Abbott and Moed (House) - 2025-04-10: Senate conferees appointed: Doriot and Jackson L (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Senate advisors appointed: Taylor G and Johnson T (Senate) - 2025-04-07: House dissented from Senate amendments (House) - 2025-04-07: Motion to dissent filed (House) - 2025-03-26: Returned to the House with amendments (Senate) - 2025-03-25: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 281: yeas 47, nays 0 (Senate) - 2025-03-24: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed (Senate) - 2025-03-24: Amendment #1 (Johnson T) prevailed; voice vote (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-03: First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Referred to the Senate (House) - 2025-02-17: Senate sponsors: Senators Doriot and Johnson T (House) - 2025-02-17: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 169: yeas 94, nays 0 (House) - 2025-02-13: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House) - 2025-02-11: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-01-27: Representative Genda added as coauthor (House) - 2025-01-08: Coauthored by Representative VanNatter (House) - 2025-01-08: Authored by Representative Abbott (House) - 2025-01-08: First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1194/versions/HB1194.04.ENGS?format=pdf) - Enrolled House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1194/versions/HB1194.05.ENRS?format=pdf) - House Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1194/versions/HB1194.02.COMH?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1194/versions/HB1194.03.COMS?format=pdf) - Introduced House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1194/versions/HB1194.01.INTR?format=pdf) ## Related bills - SB 324: Criminal procedures. (signed) - SB 231: Various corrections matters. (signed) - SB 80: Code publication. (signed) - SB 453: Various tax matters. (signed) - SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit. (signed) - SB 371: Workforce matters. (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1194/versions/HB1194.04.ENGS?format=pdf) - [Enrolled House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1194/versions/HB1194.05.ENRS?format=pdf) - [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1194/versions/HB1194.02.COMH?format=pdf) - [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1194/versions/HB1194.03.COMS?format=pdf) - [Introduced House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1194/versions/HB1194.01.INTR?format=pdf) ## Related - [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025) - [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025) - [SB 80: Code publication.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB80-2025) - [SB 453: Various tax matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB453-2025) - [SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB464-2025) - [SB 371: Workforce matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB371-2025) - [Indiana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana/bills) - [Indiana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1194-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).