INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Several new laws will take effect July 1 aimed at better protecting children in Indiana and improving transparency.

House Enrolled Acts 1257 and 1036, as well as Senate Enrolled Act 171, are expected to have a major impact on the child welfare system.

“Kinsleigh’s law”, or HEA 1036, will require Indiana Department of Child Services case workers to see a child in person within 30 days of closing a case.

Kinsleigh died in 2024 of starvation. Her mother, Toni McClure, is criminally charged in Marion County with murdering Kinsleigh.