States / Indiana / HB 1040

HB 1040 Passed First Chamber

Battery against school and healthcare employees.

Introduced
In Committee
Floor
Crossed Over
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Enacted

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.

Chamber
House
Introduced
Dec 2, 2025
Last action
Feb 19, 2026 — Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
Session
2026
Momentum
68 · High