Indiana · 2026 session · house
+105 / −296 words · LargeConfidence: high
This version removes procedural appendix materials (committee reports and voting records) while substantially expanding the bill's core provisions on confidential records and child abuse definitions. The changes add a comprehensive framework defining 'crime of child abuse' to include various forms of neglect, battery, child selling, and sex offenses against children, with specific references to multiple subsections of Indiana Code addressing escalating severity levels from basic battery to battery resulting in death. The bill also creates extensive new confidentiality protections across multiple categories: medical records, Social Security numbers, autopsy recordings, attorney work product, trade secrets, examination materials, and records relating to economic development negotiations. Notably, it establishes special protections for juvenile crime victims under 18 by exempting their information from daily logs unless parental consent is obtained (with restrictions preventing alleged offenders from consenting), while allowing law enforcement to share investigatory records with victim advocates and schools. The changes further define 'Registry' as a child abuse registry and 'Office' as the office of judicial administration, and expand the list of entities whose economic development negotiation records may be withheld to include seven specific state agencies and local economic development corporations.
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