IN HB 1177

enacted

Child care assistance.

Indiana · 2026 Regular Session (2nd Regular Session, 124th General Assembly) · lower

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Did IN HB 1177 pass?

Yes. IN HB 1177 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-03-03): Signed by the Governor

What is IN HB 1177 about?

Increases the maximum number of individuals an entity may employ to be eligible for the employer child care expenditure income tax credit. Provides that costs incurred: (1) for the operating costs of a child care facility operated for a taxpayer's employees; or (2) under a contract with a child care facility to provide child care services to employees of the taxpayer, or under a contract with an intermediate entity that contracts with one or more child care facilities for child care services; are qualified expenditures for purposes of the employer child care expenditure income tax credit. Allows a redevelopment commission to use revenue collected in a tax increment financing district to expend money or provide financial assistance to entities for the purpose of encouraging or incentivizing the construction or expansion of child care facilities.

Who sponsors IN HB 1177?

Becky Cash, Greg Goode, Brett Clark and 1 others are the primary sponsors of IN HB 1177, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-03-03 — Signed by the Governor
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-03-03
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2026-03-03
Public Law 58
became-law
2026-02-27
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
passage
2026-02-27
Signed by the President of the Senate
passage
2026-02-26
Signed by the Speaker
passage
2026-02-24
Returned to the House without amendments
receipt
2026-02-24
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 237: yeas 48, nays 0
passage,reading-3,reading-3
2026-02-24
Senator Alting added as cosponsor
2026-02-19
Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
2026-02-19
Second reading: ordered engrossed
reading-2
2026-02-17
Committee report: do pass, adopted
committee-passage
2026-02-12
Senator Becker added as cosponsor
2026-02-05
First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-03
Referred to the Senate
referral
2026-02-02
Senate sponsors: Senators Buchanan, Clark, Goode
2026-02-02
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 172: yeas 80, nays 0
passage,reading-3,reading-3
2026-02-02
Cosponsor: Senator Charbonneau
2026-01-29
Amendment #1 (Porter) failed; Roll Call 156: yeas 28, nays 63
amendment-failure,failure
2026-01-29
Second reading: ordered engrossed
reading-2
2026-01-27
Committee report: do pass, adopted
committee-passage
2026-01-22
Representative Lopez added as coauthor
2026-01-08
Representative Porter added as coauthor
2026-01-05
First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-05
Authored by Representative Cash
2026-01-05
Coauthored by Representative Patterson

Versions

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Votes

HB 1177 - Cash - 2nd Reading
2026-01-29 · fail · 28-63
Member-level votes (100)
- Andrade: yes
- Dvorak: yes
- Jackson, C: yes
- Pfaff: yes
- Bartlett: yes
- Errington: yes
- Johnson, B: yes
- Pierce, M: yes
- Bauer: yes
- Garcia Wilburn: yes
- Klinker: yes
- Porter: yes
- Burton: yes
- GiaQuinta: yes
- Miller, K: yes
- Pryor: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Gore: yes
- Moed: yes
- Shackleford: yes
- Dant Chesser: yes
- Hamilton: yes
- Novak: yes
- Smith, V: yes
- DeLaney: yes
- Harris: yes
- Pack: yes
- Summers: yes
- Abbott: no
- Goss-Reaves: no
- Lehman: no
- Rowray: no
- Aylesworth: no
- Greene: no
- Lindauer: no
- Shonkwiler: no
- Baird: no
- Haggard: no
- Lopez: no
- Slager: no
- Barrett: no
- Hall: no
- Lucas: no
- Smaltz: no
- Bascom: no
- Heaton: no
- Manning: no
- Smith, H: no
- Borders: no
- Heine: no
- May: no
- Snow: no
- Carbaugh: no
- Hostettler: no
- McGuire: no
- Soliday: no
- Cash: no
- Ireland: no
- McNamara: no
- Steuerwald: no
- Clere: no
- Isa: no
- Meltzer: no
- Sweet: no
- Commons: no
- Jeter: no
- Miller, D: no
- Teshka: no
- Criswell: no
- Jordan: no
- O'Brien: no
- Thompson: no
- Culp: no
- Judy: no
- Olthoff: no
- VanNatter: no
- Davis: no
- King: no
- Patterson: no
- Wesco: no
- DeVon: no
- Lauer: no
- Pierce, K: no
- Yocum: no
- Engleman: no
- Lawson: no
- Prescott: no
- Zimmerman: no
- Genda: no
- Ledbetter: no
- Pressel: no
- Behning: excused
- Morris: excused
- Moseley: excused
- Payne: excused
- Mayfield: excused
- Bartels: not voting
- Hatcher: not voting
- Karickhoff: not voting
- Mr. Speaker: not voting
HB 1177 - Cash - 3rd Reading
2026-02-02 · pass · 80-0
Member-level votes (100)
- Abbott: yes
- Errington: yes
- Klinker: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Andrade: yes
- Genda: yes
- Lauer: yes
- Pfaff: yes
- Aylesworth: yes
- GiaQuinta: yes
- Lawson: yes
- Pierce, K: yes
- Baird: yes
- Gore: yes
- Ledbetter: yes
- Pierce, M: yes
- Barrett: yes
- Goss-Reaves: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Porter: yes
- Bartels: yes
- Greene: yes
- Lindauer: yes
- Pryor: yes
- Bartlett: yes
- Haggard: yes
- Lucas: yes
- Rowray: yes
- Behning: yes
- Hall: yes
- Manning: yes
- Shackleford: yes
- Borders: yes
- Hamilton: yes
- May: yes
- Shonkwiler: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Harris: yes
- Mayfield: yes
- Smaltz: yes
- Carbaugh: yes
- Hatcher: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Smith, H: yes
- Cash: yes
- Heaton: yes
- McNamara: yes
- Smith, V: yes
- Clere: yes
- Heine: yes
- Miller, D: yes
- Snow: yes
- Commons: yes
- Hostettler: yes
- Miller, K: yes
- Summers: yes
- Criswell: yes
- Isa: yes
- Moed: yes
- Sweet: yes
- Culp: yes
- Jackson, C: yes
- Morris: yes
- Teshka: yes
- Dant Chesser: yes
- Johnson, B: yes
- Moseley: yes
- Thompson: yes
- DeLaney: yes
- Jordan: yes
- Novak: yes
- VanNatter: yes
- DeVon: yes
- Judy: yes
- O'Brien: yes
- Wesco: yes
- Engleman: yes
- King: yes
- Pack: yes
- Yocum: yes
- Bascom: excused
- Garcia Wilburn: excused
- Olthoff: excused
- Steuerwald: excused
- Bauer: excused
- Ireland: excused
- Prescott: excused
- Zimmerman: excused
- Burton: excused
- Jeter: excused
- Pressel: excused
- Davis: excused
- Lopez: excused
- Slager: excused
- Dvorak: excused
- Meltzer: excused
- Soliday: excused
- Karickhoff: not voting
- Payne: not voting
- Mr. Speaker: not voting
HB 1177 - Buchanan - 3rd Reading
2026-02-24 · pass · 48-0
Member-level votes (50)
- Alexander: yes
- Carrasco: yes
- Glick: yes
- Niezgodski: yes
- Alting: yes
- Charbonneau: yes
- Goode: yes
- Qaddoura: yes
- Baldwin: yes
- Clark: yes
- Holdman: yes
- Raatz: yes
- Bassler: yes
- Crider: yes
- Hunley: yes
- Randolph: yes
- Becker: yes
- Deery: yes
- Jackson, L: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Bohacek: yes
- Dernulc: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Schmitt: yes
- Bray: yes
- Donato: yes
- Koch: yes
- Spencer: yes
- Brown: yes
- Doriot: yes
- Leising: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Buchanan: yes
- Ford J.D.: yes
- Maxwell: yes
- Tomes: yes
- Buck: yes
- Freeman: yes
- McKinley: yes
- Walker G: yes
- Busch: yes
- Garten: yes
- Mishler: yes
- Walker K: yes
- Byrne: yes
- Gaskill: yes
- Niemeyer: yes
- Yoder: yes
- Pol: excused
- Young: excused

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