Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana Senate Bill SB0369 Compare Versions

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2	2	Introduced Version
3	3	SENATE BILL No. 369
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5	5	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
6	6	Citations Affected: IC 12-17.2-4-4.2.
7	7	Synopsis: Security cameras at child care centers. Requires a child care
8	8	center to: (1) be equipped with cameras in sufficient number and
9	9	location to allow visual monitoring of every space inside the child care
10	10	center, with the exception of adult bathrooms, that can reasonably be
11	11	expected to be occupied by children; and (2) provide notice to parents
12	12	that children are subject to video monitoring inside the child care
13	13	center. Requires a child care center to record footage captured by the
14	14	child care center's cameras and retain the footage for 90 days, unless:
15	15	(1) the child care center receives notice of a suspected crime
16	16	committed against a child at the child care center, in which case the
17	17	child care center must retain all footage until the investigation of the
18	18	suspected crime is complete; or (2) the child care center receives a
19	19	request from a parent to view the footage, in which case the child care
20	20	center must retain all footage until the parent has had an opportunity to
21	21	view the footage. Allows a parent of a child who has reason to believe
22	22	that a crime was committed against the parent's child at a child care
23	23	center to view the footage recorded by the child care center. Requires
24	24	an individual to report suspected child abuse and neglect witnessed by
25	25	the individual on a child care center's camera footage.
26	26	Effective: July 1, 2025.
27	27	Young M
28	28	January 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Family and Children
29	29	Services.
30	30	2025 IN 369—LS 7225/DI 119 Introduced
31	31	First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
32	32	PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
33	33	Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
34	34	additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
35	35	Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
36	36	provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
37	37	word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
38	38	a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
39	39	Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
40	40	between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
41	41	SENATE BILL No. 369
42	42	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
43	43	human services.
44	44	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
45	45	1 SECTION 1. IC 12-17.2-4-4.2 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
46	46	2 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
47	47	3 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4.2. (a) A child care center must
48	48	4 be equipped with closed circuit video cameras in sufficient number
49	49	5 and location to allow visual monitoring of every space inside the
50	50	6 child care center, with the exception of adult bathrooms, that can
51	51	7 reasonably be expected to be occupied by children.
52	52	8 (b) A child care center shall provide notice to parents of
53	53	9 children for whom the child care center provides care that children
54	54	10 are subject to video monitoring inside the child care center.
55	55	11 (c) A child care center shall:
56	56	12 (1) record the footage captured by each camera described in
57	57	13 subsection (a); and
58	58	14 (2) except as provided under subsection (d), retain footage
59	59	15 recorded under subdivision (1) for ninety (90) days after the
60	60	16 date on which the footage is recorded.
61	61	17 (d) A child care center that receives notice from a law
62	62	2025 IN 369—LS 7225/DI 119 2
63	63	1 enforcement official of a suspected crime committed against a child
64	64	2 at the child care center may not delete or dispose of any footage
65	65	3 recorded by the child care center's cameras under subsection (c)
66	66	4 until the law enforcement investigation of the suspected crime is
67	67	5 complete. A child care center that receives notice of a suspected
68	68	6 crime committed against a child at the child care center from a
69	69	7 parent under subsection (e) may not delete or dispose of any
70	70	8 footage recorded by the child care center's cameras under
71	71	9 subsection (c) until the parent has been given an opportunity to
72	72	10 view the footage under subsection (f).
73	73	11 (e) A parent who has reason to believe that a crime was
74	74	12 committed against the parent's child while the child was at a child
75	75	13 care center may view the footage recorded by the child care center
76	76	14 under subsection (c).
77	77	15 (f) Upon receiving a request to view footage from a parent
78	78	16 under subsection (e), a child care center shall:
79	79	17 (1) respond to the request not later than five (5) days after
80	80	18 receiving the request; and
81	81	19 (2) allow the parent to view the footage during the child care
82	82	20 center's business hours.
83	83	21 (g) An individual who, based on footage captured on cameras
84	84	22 described in subsection (a) and viewed by the individual, has
85	85	23 reason to believe that a child is a victim of child abuse or neglect
86	86	24 shall make a report of the suspected abuse or neglect as required
87	87	25 under IC 31-33.
88	88	2025 IN 369—LS 7225/DI 119