2025 Regular Session • Indiana Legislature
HB1626: Child custody orders.
Legislative Summary
Child custody orders. 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.
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Bill History
1/21/2025
Coauthored by Representative Jeter
House of Representatives
1/21/2025
Authored by Representative Judy
House of Representatives
1/21/2025
First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
House of Representatives
1/27/2025
Committee report: do pass, adopted
House of Representatives
1/27/2025
Representative VanNatter added as coauthor
House of Representatives
1/29/2025
Second reading: ordered engrossed
House of Representatives
1/30/2025
Representative Garcia Wilburn added as coauthor
House of Representatives
2/3/2025
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 71: yeas 87, nays 2
House of Representatives
2/3/2025
Senate sponsor: Senator Brown L
House of Representatives
2/4/2025
Referred to the Senate
House of Representatives
2/19/2025
First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
Senate
3/6/2025
Committee report: do pass, adopted
Senate
3/10/2025
Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote
Senate
3/10/2025
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
Senate
3/11/2025
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 230: yeas 50, nays 0
Senate
3/12/2025
Returned to the House with amendments
Senate
3/13/2025
Motion to concur filed
House of Representatives
3/17/2025
House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 275: yeas 96, nays 0
House of Representatives
3/20/2025
Signed by the Speaker
House of Representatives
3/20/2025
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
Senate
3/27/2025
Signed by the President of the Senate
Senate
4/3/2025
Signed by the Governor
House of Representatives
Amendments
Senate Amendment #1
Senate Amendment #1
3/10/2025Not Adopted
Roll Call Votes
House - House concurred with Senate amendments
3/17/2025
96
Yea
0
Nay
1
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate - Third reading
3/11/2025
50
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House - Third reading
2/3/2025
87
Yea
2
Nay
4
Not Voting
7
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(4/3/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sponsors
Republican: 4
Democrat: 1
Primary Sponsor
Christopher Judy
Republican