# Indiana SB 143: Parental rights. Indiana SB 143, Parental rights., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Liz Brown (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-22 (Public Law 101) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB143-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Indiana SB 143 - State: Indiana - Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) - Title: Parental rights. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-08 - Last action: 2025-04-22, Public Law 101 - Sponsor: Liz Brown (Republican) - Cosponsors: 21 - Subjects: judiciary, the house - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (156 yes, 33 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Provides that a governmental entity may not substantially burden certain parental rights unless the burden, as applied to the parent and the child, is required to advance a compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of advancing the governmental interest. Prohibits a governmental entity from: (1) advising, directing, or coercing a child to withhold certain information from the child's parent; or (2) denying a child's parent access to certain information. Allows a parent to bring an action against a governmental entity for certain violations and provides for certain relief. Specifies that the parent of a child does not have a right to access certain medical care on behalf of the child if the child does not have an affirmative right of access to the medical care. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Liz Brown (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Blake Doriot (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Brett Clark (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Brian Buchanan (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Chris Garten (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Gary Byrne (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Greg Goode (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: J.D. Prescott (Republican), House - Cosponsor: James Buck (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: James Tomes (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jeff Raatz (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Linda Rogers (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Lonnie Randolph (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Matt Commons (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Mike Bohacek (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Mike Gaskill (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Randy Maxwell (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Scott Alexander (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Shane Lindauer (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Stacey Donato (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Timothy Wesco (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Tyler Johnson (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-08 | Senate | Senate concurred with House amendments | pass | 43 | 4 | | | 2025-04-01 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 69 | 24 | | | 2025-01-27 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 44 | 5 | | ## Actions (32) - 2025-04-22: Public Law 101 (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Signed by the Governor (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Signed by the Speaker (House) - 2025-04-09: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Motion to concur filed (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 371: yeas 43, nays 4 (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Returned to the Senate with amendments (House) - 2025-04-01: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 344: yeas 69, nays 24 (House) - 2025-03-31: Representative Wesco added as cosponsor (House) - 2025-03-27: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House) - 2025-03-24: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-03-13: Representative Commons added as cosponsor (House) - 2025-03-13: Representative Prescott added as cosponsor (House) - 2025-03-03: First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary (House) - 2025-01-28: Referred to the House (Senate) - 2025-01-27: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 23: yeas 44, nays 5 (Senate) - 2025-01-27: Senator Buck added as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-01-27: House sponsor: Representative Lindauer (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Amendment #3 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Senator Raatz added as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Senator Bohacek added as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Senators Gaskill, Johnson T, Donato, Doriot, Buchanan, Tomes, Goode, Randolph, Maxwell added as coauthors (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Senator Clark added as third author (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Senator Alexander added as second author (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Senator Rogers added as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Senator Garten added as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-01-16: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (Senate) - 2025-01-13: Senator Byrne added as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-01-08: Authored by Senator Brown L (Senate) - 2025-01-08: First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate) ## Bill text - Engrossed Senate Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0143/versions/SB0143.03.ENGS?format=pdf) - Enrolled Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0143/versions/SB0143.05.ENRH?format=pdf) - Introduced Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0143/versions/SB0143.01.INTR?format=pdf) - Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0143/versions/SB0143.02.COMS?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0143/versions/SB0143.04.COMH?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 Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0143/versions/SB0143.03.ENGS?format=pdf) - [Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0143/versions/SB0143.05.ENRH?format=pdf) - [Introduced Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0143/versions/SB0143.01.INTR?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0143/versions/SB0143.02.COMS?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0143/versions/SB0143.04.COMH?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-SB143-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).