IN HB 1040
died on adjournmentBattery against school and healthcare employees.
Indiana · 2026 Regular Session (2nd Regular Session, 124th General Assembly) · lower
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Quick answers
Did IN HB 1040 pass?
No. IN HB 1040 died when the 2026 Regular Session (2nd Regular Session, 124th General Assembly) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-02-19): Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
What is IN HB 1040 about?
Increases the penalty for battery on certain health care employees and school employees. Specifies that the enhancement for battery committed against a department of child services (DCS) employee applies only to those DCS employees whose responsibilities include personally supervising a child or parent, personally providing services to a child or parent, or personally interviewing a child or parent as part of an investigation. Requires the employer of a health care or school employee who is the victim of battery to make a semiannual report to the department of labor concerning workplace batteries.
Who sponsors IN HB 1040?
Cyndi Carrasco, Aaron Freeman, Wendy McNamara and 1 others are the primary sponsors of IN HB 1040, joined by 3 cosponsors.
Description
Increases the penalty for battery on certain health care employees and school employees. Specifies that the enhancement for battery committed against a department of child services (DCS) employee applies only to those DCS employees whose responsibilities include personally supervising a child or parent, personally providing services to a child or parent, or personally interviewing a child or parent as part of an investigation. Requires the employer of a health care or school employee who is the victim of battery to make a semiannual report to the department of labor concerning workplace batteries.
- Introduced
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- Latest action
- 2026-02-19 — Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Cyndi Carrascosponsor
- Aaron Freemansponsor
- Wendy McNamaraauthor
- Jeff Raatzsponsor
- Tonya Pfaffcoauthor
- Brad Barrettcoauthor
- Karen Englemancoauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-02-19
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
reading-2
2026-02-19
Amendment #2 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-passage
2026-02-12
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
committee-passage
2026-01-27
First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-14
Referred to the Senate
referral
2026-01-13
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 44: yeas 92, nays 1
passage,reading-3,reading-3
2026-01-13
Senate sponsors: Senators Freeman, Carrasco, Raatz
2026-01-12
Second reading: ordered engrossed
reading-2
2026-01-08
Representative Pfaff added as coauthor
2026-01-08
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
committee-passage
2025-12-02
Authored by Representative McNamara
2025-12-02
First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-12-02
Coauthored by Representatives Engleman, Barrett
Versions
Documents
- application/pdf
- application/pdf
- application/pdf
- application/pdf
- application/pdf(no extracted text yet)
Votes
HB 1040 - McNamara - 3rd Reading
2026-01-13 · pass · 92-1
Member-level votes (100)
- Abbott: yes
- Errington: yes
- Klinker: yes
- Pfaff: yes
- Andrade: yes
- Garcia Wilburn: yes
- Lauer: yes
- Pierce, K: yes
- Aylesworth: yes
- Genda: yes
- Lawson: yes
- Porter: yes
- Baird: yes
- GiaQuinta: yes
- Ledbetter: yes
- Prescott: yes
- Barrett: yes
- Goss-Reaves: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Pressel: yes
- Bartels: yes
- Greene: yes
- Lindauer: yes
- Pryor: yes
- Bartlett: yes
- Haggard: yes
- Lopez: yes
- Rowray: yes
- Bascom: yes
- Hall: yes
- Lucas: yes
- Shackleford: yes
- Bauer: yes
- Hamilton: yes
- Manning: yes
- Shonkwiler: yes
- Borders: yes
- Harris: yes
- May: yes
- Slager: yes
- Burton: yes
- Hatcher: yes
- Mayfield: yes
- Smaltz: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Heaton: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Smith, H: yes
- Carbaugh: yes
- Heine: yes
- McNamara: yes
- Smith, V: yes
- Cash: yes
- Hostettler: yes
- Meltzer: yes
- Snow: yes
- Clere: yes
- Ireland: yes
- Miller, D: yes
- Soliday: yes
- Commons: yes
- Isa: yes
- Miller, K: yes
- Steuerwald: yes
- Criswell: yes
- Jackson, C: yes
- Moed: yes
- Sweet: yes
- Dant Chesser: yes
- Jeter: yes
- Morris: yes
- Teshka: yes
- Davis: yes
- Johnson, B: yes
- Novak: yes
- Thompson: yes
- DeLaney: yes
- Jordan: yes
- O'Brien: yes
- VanNatter: yes
- DeVon: yes
- Judy: yes
- Olthoff: yes
- Wesco: yes
- Dvorak: yes
- Karickhoff: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Yocum: yes
- Engleman: yes
- King: yes
- Payne: yes
- Zimmerman: yes
- Pierce, M: no
- Behning: excused
- Moseley: excused
- Pack: excused
- Summers: excused
- Culp: excused
- Gore: not voting
- Mr. Speaker: not voting
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