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Yes: 279 • No: 2
IndianaSB 71Second Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2026)SenateWALLET
Various probate matters.
Sponsored By: Cyndi Carrasco (Republican)
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Bigger payments to minors without guardianship
Beginning July 1, 2026, people can pay up to $25,000 owed to a minor without appointing a guardian. This applies only if no guardian is appointed and no case is pending. The money can go to the person caring for the child where the child lives, or to a legal custodian. Trustees and plan administrators can also send retirement, life insurance, or employee plan proceeds for a minor to a custodian when no guardian exists.
Longer trusts and clearer timing rules
Beginning July 1, 2026, a trust can last up to 360 years if the trust says this and the trustee can freely sell trust property. When an earlier power is used to create a later power or interest, the later one counts as created when the earlier one was created, unless the document says a different time. This timing rule also covers initial powers in legacy trusts. For lifetime gifts to a trust that give a spouse a limited power, interests from that power count as created when the giver created the spouse’s power.
More family real estate deals exempt
Beginning July 1, 2026, the chapter on residential real estate service agreements does not cover deals made before March 15, 2024. It also does not cover written deals between a homeowner and a family member, the homeowner’s power of attorney, health care representative, or guardian. These exempt deals may grant an interest or be secured by a lien and are outside that chapter’s consumer rules.
Task force to update guardianship law
The law creates a temporary Guardianship Code Revision Task Force with 11 voting members and staff support. Appointments are due by July 30, 2026, and leaders are named by July 31, 2026. The task force gives a status report by November 1, 2026; if that has no bill text, it must submit proposed legislation by November 1, 2027. It ends December 31, 2027, and meetings are open to the public.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Cyndi Carrasco
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Chris Jeter
Republican • House
Eric Koch
Republican • Senate
Lonnie Randolph
Democratic • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 2/27/2026
Roll Call 411 on SB0071.04.COMH.CCH001
Yes: 93 • No: 2
Senate vote • 2/27/2026
Roll Call 315 on SB0071.04.COMH.CCS001
Yes: 49 • No: 0
House vote • 2/16/2026
Roll Call 249 on SB0071.04.COMH
Yes: 89 • No: 0 • Other: 4
Senate vote • 1/12/2026
Roll Call 17 on SB0071.03.ENGS
Yes: 48 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Public Law 105
3/5/2026SenateSigned by the Governor
3/5/2026SenateRules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 315: yeas 49, nays 0
2/27/2026SenateCCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2/27/2026SenateSigned by the President Pro Tempore
2/27/2026SenateSigned by the President of the Senate
2/27/2026SenateSigned by the Speaker
2/27/2026HouseCCR # 1 filed in the House
2/27/2026HouseRules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 411: yeas 93, nays 2
2/27/2026HouseHouse conferees appointed: Jeter, Burton
2/25/2026HouseHouse advisors appointed: Prescott, Davis, Garcia Wilburn
2/25/2026HouseSenate advisors appointed: Taylor G, Koch
2/25/2026SenateSenate conferees appointed: Carrasco, Randolph Lonnie M
2/25/2026SenateMotion to dissent filed
2/25/2026SenateSenate dissented from House amendments
2/25/2026SenateReturned to the Senate with amendments
2/17/2026HouseThird reading: passed; Roll Call 249: yeas 89, nays 0
2/16/2026HouseSecond reading: ordered engrossed
2/12/2026HouseCommittee report: amend do pass, adopted
2/9/2026HouseFirst reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/20/2026HouseReferred to the House
1/13/2026SenateThird reading: passed; Roll Call 17: yeas 48, nays 0
1/12/2026SenateHouse sponsor: Representative Jeter
1/12/2026SenateSenator Randolph added as coauthor
1/8/2026SenateAmendment #1 (Carrasco) prevailed; voice vote
1/8/2026Senate
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