HB 1626 Indiana House · 2025 Regular Session

Child custody orders.

Summary
Requires the following to be included in a custody order: (1) a trial court shall include the court's findings of fact and conclusions of law on which the custody order is based; and (2) an appellate decision shall include the facts upon which the appellate court relied to affirm or reverse an order.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Signed Apr 3, 2025
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What changed between versions

Enrolled House Bill (H) House Bill (S) · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was reformatted from an enrolled House Bill to a standard House Bill version, removing the official act language and adding committee report details. The substantive policy content regarding custody order requirements remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL

Removed the enrolled act header and official act language that would appear on the final signed version of the bill.

Added committee report information showing Judiciary Committee approval with 12 yeas and 0 nays.

Changed formatting from enrolled bill style to standard House Bill format with line numbers and digest information.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 11, 2025 · House Feb 3, 2025

How they voted

500
Passed
Total votes 50
Mar 11, 2025
D Democratic10
10 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican40
40 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
10
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Apr 3, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Mar 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President of the Senate
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by the Speaker
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 275: yeas 96, nays 0
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 230: yeas 50, nays 0
upper
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 71: yeas 87, nays 2
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
lower
2 primary · 3 co-sponsors

Sponsors