Indiana Senate Bill 259 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on April 29 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-29 - Public Law 146
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Parents with disabilities. Specifies that it is the policy of the state to recognize the parenting rights of a parent regardless of whether the parent has a disability. Provides that the right of a person with a disability to parent the person's child may not be denied or restricted solely because the person has a disability. Provides that: (1) a court, in: (A) considering the appointment of a person as a guardian; (B) hearing an action to modify custody or an action to determine or modify parenting time; or (C) determining whether to grant a petition for adoption; and (2) the department of child services, in determining whether to grant a person a license to operate a foster family home; may not discriminate against, and shall take into consideration the provision of reasonable accommodations to, a person with a disability.

Parents with disabilities.

Sen. David Niezgodski [D]	Sen. Jon Ford [R]	Sen. Shelli Yoder [D]	Sen. Mike Bohacek [R]
Sen. John Crane [R]	Sen. J.D. Ford [D]	Sen. Eric Koch [R]	Sen. Ronald Grooms [R]
Sen. Ronnie Alting [R]	Sen. Erin Houchin [R]	Sen. Fady Qaddoura [D]	Sen. Linda Rogers [R]
Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Rep. Edward Clere [R]	Rep. Gregory Porter [D]	Rep. Mike Andrade [D]
Rep. Ann Vermilion [R]

2021-04-19 - Senate - Senate Floor - (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-04-12 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 89 N: 0 NV: 6 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2021-03-25 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-02-22 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-15 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-29	Senate	Public Law 146
2021-04-29	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2021-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2021-04-28	House	Signed by the Speaker
2021-04-23	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2021-04-19	Senate	Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 452: yeas 48, nays 0
2021-04-15	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2021-04-13	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2021-04-12	House	Representative Vermilion A added as cosponsor
2021-04-12	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 404: yeas 89, nays 0
2021-04-08	House	Amendment #2 (Clere) prevailed; voice vote
2021-04-08	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2021-03-25	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2021-03-04	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs
2021-02-24	Senate	Referred to the House
2021-02-23	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2021-02-22	Senate	Senator Rogers added as coauthor
2021-02-22	Senate	Senator Qaddoura added as coauthor
2021-02-22	Senate	Senator Houchin added as coauthor
2021-02-22	Senate	Senator Alting added as coauthor
2021-02-22	Senate	Cosponsors: Representatives Porter and Andrade M
2021-02-22	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Clere
2021-02-22	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 154: yeas 49, nays 0
2021-02-18	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2021-02-16	Senate	Senators Bohacek, Crane, Ford J.D., Koch, Grooms added as coauthors
2021-02-15	Senate	Senator Yoder added as coauthor
2021-02-15	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2021-01-25	Senate	Senator Ford Jon added as second author
2021-01-11	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services
2021-01-11	Senate	Authored by Senator Niezgodski

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/259/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/d/5/0/3d503b57/SB0259.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/7/7/5/4775fc9b/SB0259.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/c/3/4/0c346b6d/SB0259.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/b/9/9/7b99afab/SB0259.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/2/4/2/7242689e/SB0259.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/9/5/1/49512173/SB0259.04.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/f/b/a/3fba8d3e/SB0259.04.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/6/d/c/c6dc42d3/SB0259.05.ENRH.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/2/0/8/8208cffd/SB0259.03.COMH.AMH001.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/1/e/a/c1eaf081/SB0259.03.COMH.AMH002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/8/7/1/c87170be/SB0259.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/1/5/7/b157ce04/SB0259.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/b/b/c/9bbc97a7/SB0259.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/3/5/4/23546572/SB0259.02.COMS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/7/0/c/a70c853e/SB0259.02.COMS.FN003.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/8/d/5/98d52781/SB0259.03.COMH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/b/4/a/8b4a8a3f/SB0259.02.COMS.CRH001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/a/7/b/fa7bfb83/SB0259.04.ENGH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/0/4/7/20474e30/SB0259.04.ENGH.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/0/f/e/e0fee39f/SB0259.04.ENGH.CON01.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/6/8/e/368ec7c1/SB0259.05.ENRH.FN001.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/3/c/c/13cc72e9/SB0259.01.INTR.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/f/c/a/7fcab74c/SB0259.154_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/5/1/1/b511dadf/SB0259.02.COMS.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/a/9/e/5a9e39c0/SB0259.404_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/3/0/c/630cb318/SB0259.452_S.pdf