Bill Commons

IN SB 52

died on adjournment

Grandparent visitation.

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

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Did IN SB 52 pass?

No. IN SB 52 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 (2026-01-28): First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

What is IN SB 52 about?

Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee certain topics related to grandparent visitation rights.

Who sponsors IN SB 52?

Chris Jeter, Kyle Walker, Brett Clark are the primary sponsors of IN SB 52, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee certain topics related to grandparent visitation rights.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-28 — First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Chris Jetersponsor
  • Kyle Walkerauthor
  • Brett Clarkauthor
  • Lonnie Randolphcoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-28

    First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

    reading-1,referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-23

    Referred to the House

    referral

  3. 2026-01-22

    House sponsor: Representative Jeter

  4. 2026-01-22

    Third reading: passed; Roll Call 47: yeas 45, nays 0

    passage,reading-3,reading-3

  5. 2026-01-20

    Second reading: ordered engrossed

    reading-2

  6. 2026-01-15

    Senator Randolph added as coauthor

  7. 2026-01-15

    Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

    committee-passage

  8. 2025-12-08

    Authored by Senator Clark

  9. 2025-12-08

    Senator Walker K added as second author

  10. 2025-12-08

    First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

    reading-1,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • SB 52 - Clark - 3rd Reading

    2026-01-22 · pass · 45-0

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alexander: yes
    • Crider: yes
    • Hunley: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Alting: yes
    • Deery: yes
    • Jackson, L: yes
    • Schmitt: yes
    • Baldwin: yes
    • Dernulc: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Spencer: yes
    • Bohacek: yes
    • Donato: yes
    • Koch: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Bray: yes
    • Doriot: yes
    • Leising: yes
    • Tomes: yes
    • Brown: yes
    • Ford J.D.: yes
    • Maxwell: yes
    • Walker G: yes
    • Buchanan: yes
    • Freeman: yes
    • Niemeyer: yes
    • Walker K: yes
    • Buck: yes
    • Garten: yes
    • Niezgodski: yes
    • Yoder: yes
    • Byrne: yes
    • Gaskill: yes
    • Pol: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Carrasco: yes
    • Glick: yes
    • Qaddoura: yes
    • Charbonneau: yes
    • Goode: yes
    • Raatz: yes
    • Clark: yes
    • Holdman: yes
    • Randolph: yes
    • Becker: excused
    • Mishler: excused
    • Bassler: not voting
    • Busch: not voting

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