# Indiana HB 1412: Reporting of child abuse or neglect. Indiana HB 1412, Reporting of child abuse or neglect., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) House bill sponsored by Becky Cash (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-01 (Signed by the Governor) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1412-2025 - 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 1412 - State: Indiana - Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) - Title: Reporting of child abuse or neglect. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-13 - Last action: 2025-05-01, Signed by the Governor - Sponsor: Becky Cash (Republican) - Cosponsors: 7 - Subjects: family, the senate, family and children services - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (181 yes, 37 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Provides that an individual's duty to report suspected child abuse or neglect may only be delegated to another person if certain conditions are met. Requires that if a report of suspected child abuse or neglect alleges that a staff member, youth coach, or volunteer of an institution, school, facility, organization, or agency is the abuser, law enforcement shall investigate to determine whether the institution, school, facility, organization, or agency knew that the alleged abuse was happening and failed to report the alleged abuse. Allows law enforcement to consider certain facts when determining whether the institution, school, facility, organization, or agency knew about the alleged abuse. Provides that a child is not a child in need of services due to a parent, guardian, or custodian referring to and raising a child consistent with the child's biological sex. Makes conforming changes. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Becky Cash (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Dan Dernulc (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Greg Goode (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Julie Olthoff (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Lonnie Randolph (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Lorissa Sweet (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Michael Crider (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Victoria Garcia Wilburn (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-16 | House | House concurred with Senate amendments | pass | 59 | 19 | | | 2025-04-07 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 31 | 18 | | | 2025-02-11 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 91 | 0 | | ## Actions (28) - 2025-05-01: Signed by the Governor (House) - 2025-05-01: Public Law 168 (House) - 2025-04-23: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-21: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Signed by the Speaker (House) - 2025-04-16: House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 474: yeas 59, nays 19 (House) - 2025-04-14: Motion to concur filed (House) - 2025-04-08: Returned to the House with amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Senator Randolph added as cosponsor (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 346: yeas 31, nays 18 (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Amendment #1 (Young M) prevailed; voice vote (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Amendment #4 (Johnson T) prevailed; voice vote (Senate) - 2025-03-25: Senator Carrasco removed as third sponsor (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (Senate) - 2025-02-20: First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Referred to the Senate (House) - 2025-02-11: Representatives Sweet and Garcia Wilburn added as coauthors (House) - 2025-02-11: Cosponsor: Senator Dernulc (House) - 2025-02-11: Senate sponsors: Senators Goode, Crider, Carrasco (House) - 2025-02-11: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 138: yeas 91, nays 0 (House) - 2025-02-10: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House) - 2025-02-06: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-01-30: Recommitted to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code pursuant to House Rule 126.3 (House) - 2025-01-30: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-01-13: First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs (House) - 2025-01-13: Coauthored by Representative Olthoff (House) - 2025-01-13: Authored by Representative Cash (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1412/versions/HB1412.05.ENGS?format=pdf) - Enrolled House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1412/versions/HB1412.06.ENRS?format=pdf) - House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1412/versions/HB1412.02.COMH?format=pdf) - House Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1412/versions/HB1412.03.COMH?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1412/versions/HB1412.04.COMS?format=pdf) - Introduced House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1412/versions/HB1412.01.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/HB1412/versions/HB1412.05.ENGS?format=pdf) - [Enrolled House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1412/versions/HB1412.06.ENRS?format=pdf) - [House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1412/versions/HB1412.02.COMH?format=pdf) - [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1412/versions/HB1412.03.COMH?format=pdf) - [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1412/versions/HB1412.04.COMS?format=pdf) - [Introduced House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1412/versions/HB1412.01.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-HB1412-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).