Introduced Version
SENATE BILL No. 369
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 12-17.2-4-4.2.
Synopsis: Security cameras at child care centers. Requires a child care
center to: (1) be equipped with cameras in sufficient number and
location to allow visual monitoring of every space inside the child care
center, with the exception of adult bathrooms, that can reasonably be
expected to be occupied by children; and (2) provide notice to parents
that children are subject to video monitoring inside the child care
center. Requires a child care center to record footage captured by the
child care center's cameras and retain the footage for 90 days, unless:
(1) the child care center receives notice of a suspected crime
committed against a child at the child care center, in which case the
child care center must retain all footage until the investigation of the
suspected crime is complete; or (2) the child care center receives a
request from a parent to view the footage, in which case the child care
center must retain all footage until the parent has had an opportunity to
view the footage. Allows a parent of a child who has reason to believe
that a crime was committed against the parent's child at a child care
center to view the footage recorded by the child care center. Requires
an individual to report suspected child abuse and neglect witnessed by
the individual on a child care center's camera footage.
Effective: July 1, 2025.
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January 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Family and Children
Services.
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First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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SENATE BILL No. 369
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
human services.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 12-17.2-4-4.2 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
2 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
3 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4.2. (a) A child care center must
4 be equipped with closed circuit video cameras in sufficient number
5 and location to allow visual monitoring of every space inside the
6 child care center, with the exception of adult bathrooms, that can
7 reasonably be expected to be occupied by children.
8 (b) A child care center shall provide notice to parents of
9 children for whom the child care center provides care that children
10 are subject to video monitoring inside the child care center.
11 (c) A child care center shall:
12 (1) record the footage captured by each camera described in
13 subsection (a); and
14 (2) except as provided under subsection (d), retain footage
15 recorded under subdivision (1) for ninety (90) days after the
16 date on which the footage is recorded.
17 (d) A child care center that receives notice from a law
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1 enforcement official of a suspected crime committed against a child
2 at the child care center may not delete or dispose of any footage
3 recorded by the child care center's cameras under subsection (c)
4 until the law enforcement investigation of the suspected crime is
5 complete. A child care center that receives notice of a suspected
6 crime committed against a child at the child care center from a
7 parent under subsection (e) may not delete or dispose of any
8 footage recorded by the child care center's cameras under
9 subsection (c) until the parent has been given an opportunity to
10 view the footage under subsection (f).
11 (e) A parent who has reason to believe that a crime was
12 committed against the parent's child while the child was at a child
13 care center may view the footage recorded by the child care center
14 under subsection (c).
15 (f) Upon receiving a request to view footage from a parent
16 under subsection (e), a child care center shall:
17 (1) respond to the request not later than five (5) days after
18 receiving the request; and
19 (2) allow the parent to view the footage during the child care
20 center's business hours.
21 (g) An individual who, based on footage captured on cameras
22 described in subsection (a) and viewed by the individual, has
23 reason to believe that a child is a victim of child abuse or neglect
24 shall make a report of the suspected abuse or neglect as required
25 under IC 31-33.
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