Indiana House Bill 1194

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-11 - Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

County coroners. 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. Requires a first draw blood sample to be kept for 21 days if the sample is from an individual being treated for an injury that is suspicious, violent, accidental, or from an overdose.

County coroners.

Rep. David Abbott [R]

Rep. Heath VanNatter [R]

Rep. Mark Genda [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-11	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2025-01-27	House	Representative Genda added as coauthor
2025-01-08	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
2025-01-08	House	Authored by Representative Abbott
2025-01-08	House	Coauthored by Representative VanNatter

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/house/1194/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1194/HB1194.01.INTR.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1194/HB1194.02.COMH.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1194/committee-amendments/drafts/AM119401.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1194/committee-amendments/amendments/HB1194.01.INTR.AMH01.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1194/fiscal-notes/HB1194.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1194/votesheets/HB1194.01.INTR.04.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1194/committee-reports/HB1194.01.INTR.CRH001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1194/fiscal-notes/HB1194.02.COMH.FN001.pdf