IndianaBattery against school and healthcare employees.
What it does
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.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Feb 19Second reading: amended, ordered engrossedLatest
- Feb 19Amendment #2 (Freeman) prevailed; voice voteMajor
- Feb 12Committee report: amend do pass, adoptedMinor
- Jan 27First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal LawMinor
- Jan 14Referred to the SenateMinor
- Jan 13Third reading: passed; Roll Call 44: yeas 92, nays 1Passed House
- Vote recorded HB 1040 - McNamara - 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 13Senate sponsors: Senators Freeman, Carrasco, Raatz
- Jan 12Second reading: ordered engrossedMinor
- Jan 8Representative Pfaff added as coauthor
- Jan 8Committee report: amend do pass, adoptedMinor
- 2025
- Dec 2Authored by Representative McNamara
- Dec 2First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal CodeMinor
- Dec 2Coauthored by Representatives Engleman, BarrettIntroduced