Child services matters.
Summary
Requires a sports wagering certificate holder and vendor to withhold funds from a person who requests a certain type of withdrawal from the person's mobile sports wagering account if the person is delinquent in the person's child support payments. Requires an order establishing paternity to be obtained without further proceedings if certain conditions are met. Allows the state to approve additional payment facilities for purposes of accepting child support payments. Provides that if a child who is the subject of an adoption petition is also the subject of an open or pending child in need of services (CHINS) or delinquency proceeding, the adoption petition must identify: (1) the court in which the CHINS or delinquency proceeding is open or pending and the cause number; and (2) the case number of the CHINS or delinquency proceeding; if known to the petitioner. Requires a volunteer of an applicant for licensure as a child caring institution to undergo a criminal background check if the volunteer is likely to have unsupervised contact with children in the child caring institution or will have access to a child's medical records. Provides that the department may deny an application for licensure as a child caring institution, group home, or child placing agency if the applicant was previously licensed as a residential child care provider and the license was revoked within one year of the application. Provides that a department caseworker who wishes to interview a child at the child's school must provide the caseworker's department issued credential in order to interview the child alone.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
Signed into Law
Mar 2026
Introduced Jan 5, 2026
Signed Mar 4, 2026
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MODERATE
This bill expands the enforcement of child support by requiring both sports wagering operators and vendors to withhold winnings from delinquent parents. It also clarifies procedures for adoption cases involving children in the child welfare system and updates background check requirements for volunteers to include medical records.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to include 'vendors' alongside 'certificate holders' (sports operators), broadening the entities responsible for withholding child support from sports winnings.
ELIGIBILITY
Added 'vendors' to the list of entities required to check for and withhold child support from sports wagering payouts.
REQUIREMENT
Updated the list of identifying information vendors must transmit to include the 'vendor's' name and location, matching the existing requirement for certificate holders.
Changed the requirement for criminal background checks on volunteers to specifically include access to a child's 'medical records' in addition to general contact.
Added a new requirement for adoption petitions to identify any open or pending child welfare (CHINS) or delinquency proceedings, including the court name and case number.
DEFINITION
Added a specific definition for 'bureau' to refer to the agency defined in IC 4-33-2-3.7.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 24, 2026 · House Feb 2, 2026
How they voted
47–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 49
Feb 24, 2026
D
Democratic9
88% Yea
R
Republican40
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
11
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Mar 4, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President of the Senate
upper
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by the Speaker
lower
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 373: yeas 92, nays 0
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 232: yeas 48, nays 0
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 169: yeas 80, nays 0
lower
Jan 28, 2026
Lower · Passed
Amendment #1 (DeVon) prevailed; voice vote
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
2 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dale DeVon
RRepublican
P
Greg Walker
RRepublican
Co
Julie Olthoff
RRepublican
Co
Lori Goss-Reaves
RRepublican
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