HB1194: A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government.

Page last updated: Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM (America/Indianapolis).

General Information

• Stage: Engrossed House Bill (H)
• Current Chamber: house
• Origin Chamber: house
• Description: County coroners.

Legislators

Actions (21 total)

• Apr 10, 2025, 2:02 PM: Senate advisors appointed: Taylor G and Johnson T
• Apr 10, 2025, 2:01 PM: Senate conferees appointed: Doriot and Jackson
• Apr 10, 2025, 12:04 PM: House advisors appointed: VanNatter and Genda
• Apr 10, 2025, 12:04 PM: House conferees appointed: Abbott and Moed
• Apr 7, 2025, 12:54 PM: House dissented from Senate amendments
• Apr 7, 2025, 8:39 AM: Motion to dissent filed
• Mar 26, 2025, 4:44 AM: Returned to the House with amendments
• Mar 25, 2025, 10:13 AM: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 281: yeas 47, nays 0
• Mar 24, 2025, 9:50 AM: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
• Mar 24, 2025, 9:50 AM: Amendment #1 (Johnson T) prevailed; voice vote
• Mar 17, 2025, 9:38 AM: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
• Mar 3, 2025, 7:14 AM: First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
• Feb 18, 2025, 5:45 AM: Referred to the Senate
• Feb 17, 2025, 10:24 AM: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 169: yeas 94, nays 0
• Feb 17, 2025, 10:23 AM: Senate sponsors: Senators Doriot and Johnson T
• Feb 13, 2025, 7:55 AM: Second reading: ordered engrossed
• Feb 11, 2025, 9:50 AM: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
• Jan 27, 2025, 10:42 AM: Representative Genda added as coauthor
• Jan 8, 2025, 4:53 AM: First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
• Jan 8, 2025, 4:53 AM: Authored by Representative Abbott
• Jan 8, 2025, 4:53 AM: Coauthored by Representative VanNatter

Digest

Requires the coroner where the incident occurred to respond to the coroner where the death occurred not more than 24 hours after being contacted to discuss the need for an autopsy. Provides that if the coroner where the incident occurred does not timely respond, the coroner where the death occurred may conduct an autopsy and bill the coroner where the incident occurred. Provides that beginning January 1, 2026, a licensed hospital is required to have a blood retention protocol for the preservation of the first sample of blood drawn from an individual after arriving at a hospital for treatment. Specifies the required elements of the blood retention protocol, including how long a laboratory is required to hold a blood sample in storage. Provides for waiver of the blood sample storage requirement in any case where the sample is tested and cannot be retained for reasons of medical necessity in the clinical care of the patient.