# Indiana HB 1002: Various education matters. Indiana HB 1002, Various education matters., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) House bill sponsored by Robert Behning (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-06 (Public Law 214); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1002-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Indiana HB 1002 - State: Indiana - Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) - Title: Various education matters. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-13 - Last action: 2025-05-06, Public Law 214 - Sponsor: Robert Behning (Republican) - Cosponsors: 5 - Subjects: education, the senate, education and career development, appropriations - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 13 (551 yes, 393 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 71 ## Summary Removes and repeals various education provisions and expired education provisions, including provisions concerning the following: (1) Secretary of education criteria. (2) Certain department of education (department) requirements. (3) The advisory committee on career and technical education. (4) Use of hearing examiners by the state board of education (state board). (5) Credit for retaking a virtual course during certain time periods. (6) Children's social, emotional, and behavioral health plans. (7) Family friendly school designations. (8) The Indiana civic education commission. (9) Discretionary directives to the department. (10) The program for the advancement of math and science. (11) Access to telecommunication services. (12) Elementary school counselors, social workers, and school psychologists program and fund. (13) Grants for mental health counselor licenses for school counselors. (14) The arts education program. (15) The geothermal conversion revolving fund. (16) Clause requirements for certain charter school organizer documents. (17) Required acknowledgment by a current authorizer regarding a proposal by an existing charter school to another authorizer. (18) Requirements regarding a governing body of a school corporation (governing body) providing a noncharter school. (19) Charter requirements, including minimum year and annual performance target requirements. (20) Certain notice requirements from an authorizer to an organizer that is not in compliance. (21) Indiana school for the arts. (22) Allowing the board of trustees of Vincennes University to establish a grammar school. (23) Designation of certain committees by a governing body. (24) Governing body use of funds for associations. (25) Developing and reviewing evidence based plans with parents for improving student behavior and discipline. (26) Township trustees and the sale of schoolhouses. (27) School health advisory councils and adoption of a school corporation policy on child nutrition and physical activity. (28) Certain agreement requirements regarding joint programs. (29) Certain requirements regarding the transfer of a student to another school. (30) Freeway school corporation and freeway school program. (31) Policies, programs, and reports regarding criminal organization activity. (32) Transportation program discretion. (33) Recommendations regarding certain powers and duties of the department. (34) Culturally responsive methods. (35) Certain training and professional development requirements. (36) Certain teacher leave requirements. (37) Ineligibility for state funds for adopting residence requirements. (38) Certain compensation included in computing a teacher's retirement benefit. (39) Penalty for failing to comply with working schedule requirements. (40) Discretionary modification of graduation plan. (41) Required course on safety education. (42) Compilation of leaflets regarding hygiene, sanitary science, and disease prevention. (43) Making a violation regarding teaching certain disease information an infraction. (44) Certain elective courses and teachings. (45) Voluntary summer school program and joint summer school program requirements. (46) Technology preparation curriculum. (47) Community or volunteer service programs. (48) Nonsession school activities. (49) Requirements regarding Indiana academic standards. (50) Strategic and continuous improvement and achievement plans. (51) Cultural competency. (52) Student educational achievement grants. (53) Remediation grant program. (54) Postsecondary workforce training program remediation reduction. (55) Requirement to provide an enrollment form for the twenty-first century scholars program to certain students. (56) Governor's scholars academy. (57) Seminary township school fund. (58) Dual credit teacher stipend matching grant fund. (59) Student enrichment grants. (60) The study of ethnic and racial groups as a semester elective course. (61) Requirements regarding proposed charter school economic interest statements. (62) Certain charter requirements for adult high schools. (63) Required policies on contacting employment references. (64) Certain requirements concerning staff performance evaluations. (65) Authorizer responsibility for charter school compliance with applicable legal standards. (66) Certain nondiscrimination provisions regarding students who transfer from charter schools to public noncharter schools. Merges and amends provisions regarding fund distribution upon the termination of a charter and the cessation of a charter school. Amends the age eligibility for a member of a governing body. Amends the time period by which a governing body must organize by electing officers. Establishes information that must be included in a consolidated audit by an organizer. Provides adult high schools are excluded from all cohort based graduation rate calculations except to the extent required under federal law. Amends the termination and notice requirements with regard to terminating a transportation program. Relocates and amends a provision regarding classroom instruction curriculum in teacher preparation programs. Provides that the secretary of education (instead of the governor) shall appoint the director of special education. Amends required frequency of child abuse and neglect training. Requires the department to make a list of best practices and guidelines regarding classroom behavioral management strategies and a list of best practices to reduce student discipline. Permits the governing body of a school corporation or an organizer of a charter school to assess and collect a reasonable fee for certain supplies and materials. Amends certain financial statement filing requirements regarding school trusts to pool assets for insurance coverage. Repeals a provision regarding requiring certain CSA participating entities to provide evidence of certain unencumbered assets. Makes technical and conforming changes. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Fewer teacher job limits tied to ratings: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, low ratings alone no longer bar continuing teachers from next-year raises; raises are not guaranteed. Related pay-redistribution, early-career exception, and post-rating conference rules also end. Probationary status covers first- or second-year full-time classroom teachers… - Homeless Teens Get Free Identification Documents: benefit, medium. Eligible homeless teens ages 16 and 17 can get birth certificates, state photo identification, and Indiana driver’s licenses free. Parental consent is not required. Teens must be unemancipated, mentally competent, and meet the federal homelessness definition cited in the law. An authorized governme… - Teachers gain more control over leave: benefit, medium. Teachers can use all or part of their available sick days for pregnancy-related temporary disability leave. The former restriction tied to a doctor's finding that regular duties were possible ends, as does the stated unpaid-leave rule. This does not create extra sick days. Beginning July 1, 2025, t… - Alternative teacher programs gain exam flexibility: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, alternative teacher applicants take an applicable state-approved licensing exam instead of a required Praxis Subject Assessment. Applicants still need a bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college and must complete required content, teaching-method training, and d… - Charter employees get closure payment priority: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, a closing charter school cannot receive funds that have not yet been distributed. Remaining assets pay employee payroll first, other creditors second, and common school fund debt third. Remaining education department funds must be returned within 30 days of closure, nonrenew… - Graduate-degree holders get a teaching pathway: benefit, low. Indiana must grant an initial teaching license to applicants meeting this graduate-degree pathway's requirements. Applicants need a related postgraduate degree from a regionally accredited institution and one academic year teaching in middle school, high school, or college. They must also meet the… - School board service opens at eighteen: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, otherwise eligible adults can serve on an Indiana school corporation governing body at age 18. The former minimum age was 21. Other eligibility requirements still apply. - Career scholarship grants get tax deduction: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, taxpayers can subtract qualifying annual career scholarship account grants from Indiana adjusted gross income. The grant must be distributed to the taxpayer’s account and used for a qualified career scholarship expense. Only the amount included in federal adjusted gross inco… - Charter schools gain shorter term options: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, charter terms no longer must last at least three years. The organizer and authorizer must agree on a fixed number of years. Terms still cannot exceed 15 years. - Gifted Student Programs Gain Planning Flexibility: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, school corporations receiving high-ability program grants gain more planning flexibility. These programs no longer must align with schools’ strategic and continuous improvement and achievement plans. Annual grant reporting remains required. - More Schools Can Join Innovation Coalitions: benefit, low. The law removes numerical limits on school innovation coalition participation. School corporations, eligible schools, and state-accredited nonpublic schools can apply through the coalition’s prescribed process. The state board must approve applications submitted in that manner. - Operating charter schools keep remaining state funds: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, charter revocation, nonrenewal, or early termination does not automatically stop remaining fiscal-year state payments. Payments continue while the school operates in accordance with state law and its charter. The law does not set a new payment amount. - School performance and graduation reporting changes: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, adult high schools are excluded from cohort-based graduation rates unless federal law requires inclusion. Indianapolis school-city plans, program reviews, annual performance levels, and related teacher-evaluation criteria use updated state-law references. The board must stil… - Schools Expand Health and Safety Teaching: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, teachers may deliver age-appropriate, research-based bullying prevention in public-school grades 1–12. Teachers may also teach age-appropriate child abuse and sexual abuse lessons in public and state-accredited nonpublic schools, grades K–12. Every public elementary school m… - Schools must publish staff evaluation plans: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana school districts must post their plans for annual evaluations of licensed staff online. Employees and the public can access the plans on district websites. - Schools retain language and technology grants: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the state must maintain dual language immersion grants as an ongoing program, not a pilot. With state board approval, grants of up to $50,000 support district or charter programs in Chinese, Spanish, French, or another approved language. Districts applying for 4R's technolog… - Teachers get trauma-informed classroom tools: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, teacher preparation programs must teach evidence-based classroom methods that account for student trauma. Training covers related Indiana laws and signs that trauma interferes with learning. The education department must post trauma-informed behavior resources, best practice… - Covered Employers Get Insurance Procurement Help: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana’s education department must maintain insurance procurement support for employers covered by IC 20-20-38.5-3. Support must address adequate employer liability and workers’ compensation insurance. The department must use a company contract or an agreement with a statew… - Material damage fees support school education funds: benefit, low. Collected fees for lost or significantly damaged course materials must go to the charging school's education fund. The receiving school is where the student was enrolled when charged. A charter school without an education fund must use the fund receiving its state tuition support. This rule directs… - Corporations get broadband funding tax subtraction: benefit, low. For tax years beginning after December 31, 2021, corporations subtract qualifying broadband grants and discharged debt from Indiana income. The grants or discharged debt must come from federal, state, or local government. They must support providing or expanding broadband service in Indiana. No dol… - Covered filers recover federally denied deductions: benefit, low. For tax years beginning after December 31, 2022, covered filers subtract deductions denied under federal Section 280C(h) from Indiana income. Covered filers include corporations, insurance companies, trusts, and estates. For tax years ending after March 12, 2020, trusts and estates also subtract de… - Wagering-tax deduction addback phases out: benefit, low. Indiana phases out the wagering-tax deduction addback for individuals and corporations claiming that federal deduction. For tax years beginning in 2019, the required addback is 87.5% of the deduction. It falls to 75% in 2020, 62.5% in 2021, 50% in 2022, and 37.5% in 2023. It falls to 25% in 2024 an… - Dearborn schools can raise property levies: cost, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, schools with territory in Dearborn County have a process to raise their operations-fund property tax limit. The increase equals the district’s distribution in the year before IC 20-45-8 expires and applies the following property-tax year. It becomes part of the base for late… - Transfer Tuition Loses Education Aid Recognition: cost, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, transfer tuition no longer counts toward the applicable public-school “cost of education” definition. Participating schools must be nonpublic, charge tuition, agree to enroll the student, and meet accreditation and assessment requirements. Transfer tuition also no longer cou… - Charter families lose some required safeguards: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, a governing body granting a charter no longer must offer a noncharter school for the same ages or grades. Conversion charter schools also lose this provision's requirement to follow student-diversity rules. They must still follow requirements for children with special needs.… - Families get less transportation shutdown notice: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, school districts covered by IC 20-27-13-2 can end transportation with one year’s public notice. The prior notice period was three years. The school board must approve the shutdown. The law does not require districts to end transportation. - Out-of-state teachers face added training rules: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, teachers using the out-of-state license pathway must meet Indiana's added statutory training requirements. Applicants need a valid license in the same subject area that required passing a content licensing test. Licenses equivalent to Indiana temporary or emergency licenses… - School Employee Residency Ban Loses Penalty: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, school corporations still cannot impose residence requirements on teachers or other employees. However, violating that ban no longer makes a school corporation ineligible for state funds under the affected laws. The law removes this funding penalty, not the residence-rule ba… - School workers must complete abuse-reporting training: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, covered school employees with likely direct, ongoing child contact must receive abuse and neglect training. This covers school corporations, charter schools, and state-accredited private schools. Training must cover recognizing possible signs and reporting suspected abuse or… - Schools drop parent-input and bullying-training duties: cost, low. School corporations no longer must work with parents to create and periodically review evidence-based behavior and discipline plans after receiving the state's model. They also no longer must train employees and volunteers with direct, ongoing student contact on bullying-prevention and reporting po… - Students Lose Some Guaranteed Course Options: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the outside-curriculum graduation-plan option applies only to students choosing a curriculum under IC 20-30-10. Students choosing a curriculum under IC 20-30-12 lose that option; students must otherwise qualify for any outside course. School corporations, charter schools, an… - Teacher pensions exclude state legislative pay: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana General Assembly pay no longer counts as annual compensation for covered teacher retirement calculations. This affects teachers who also serve in the state legislature. The law does not state an individual benefit reduction. - Enrichment scholarship tax deduction ends: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana ends its income subtraction for qualifying Indiana enrichment scholarship account distributions. The removed subtraction covered money used for qualified expenses and included in federal adjusted gross income. Affected taxpayers lose that reduction in Indiana taxable… - Utility Commission Loses State Telecommunications Duties: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana removes listed state duties from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission. Those duties concern universal telecommunications service and access to service and equipment under IC 20-20-16. The commission’s listed duties under the federal Telecommunications Act of 199… - Children’s behavioral health planning framework ends: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the law repeals Indiana’s statutory Children’s Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Health Plan. It ends that planning framework. The provision does not specify replacement services, funding, or changes to eligibility for care. - Charter audits need school-level financial details: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, charter organizers filing one audit for multiple schools must include separate details for each school. The breakdown must show each school’s activities, financial position, and expenses by function. - Charter fund federal matching authority ends: cost, low. The Department of Education can no longer use charter school fund money to match the specified federal grants. The fund remains available for its other listed purposes, including charter school loans or grants. The law states no amount of matching support affected. - Charter schools face stronger oversight powers: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, a new authorizer must seek a state board hearing review after written revocation or nonrenewal notice. This requirement does not apply when the organizer announced its planned authorizer change before receiving that notice. Authorizers can also order corrective action or rev… - Charter Schools Lose Renewal Review Option: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, charter schools lose an express statutory review option after a final renewal ruling. The removed provision allowed further review by the school’s authorizer. The supplied provision does not identify a replacement review process. - Covered School Training Must Move Online: cost, low. After June 30, 2024, covered school training must use the state-law online platform once one is established or licensed. The mandate applies only to the training statutes listed in the law. Schools and people completing those trainings must follow this delivery requirement. - Dual-credit teacher stipend grant framework ends: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana repeals the Dual Credit Teacher Stipend Matching Grant Fund's legal framework. This removes the statutory matching-grant support for teacher stipends. The repeal states no past award amounts or replacement support. - Freeway School Program Law Is Repealed: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana repeals the chapter governing the Freeway School Corporation and Freeway School Program. The provision does not describe affected services, participants, funding, or transition plans. - School counseling support and license grants end: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana repeals the Elementary School Counselors, Social Workers, and School Psychologists Program and Fund. The law also ends statutory grants toward mental health counselor licenses for school counselors. These repeals do not establish that all school counseling services e… - School recognition and civic commission end: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana ends the legal framework for the Family Friendly School Designation. The Indiana Civic Education Commission's legal framework also ends. The repeals identify no replacement designation, commission activities, or funding. - School telecommunications access framework ends: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana repeals the legal framework governing telecommunications access for schools. The repeal does not identify which services or funding arrangements end. It does not establish a change to household internet or phone bills. - School-college legal authorities are repealed: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, schools and state educational institutions lose this authority to contract for programs, classes, or services. That repeal does not require existing services to end. The law also repeals provisions titled 'Grammar School; Vincennes University.' The supplied text does not est… - Schools Lose Bleeding and Gang Mandates: cost, low. School corporations and charter schools no longer must develop and run Stop the Bleed programs. Removed requirements covered bleeding-control kits, training, inspections, and restocking. Beginning July 1, 2025, the law also repeals the chapter governing criminal gang measures. The supplied provisio… - Schools Lose Industrial Training Statutory Authority: cost, low. The law repeals statutory authority for school governing bodies to establish industrial or manual training systems. Related rules on admissions, tuition, and access for charter-school and nonpublic-school students also end. The provision does not establish which schools operate these systems or ide… - Schools Lose Required Trafficking Training Guidance: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the education department’s human trafficking website resources must include guidance on reporting to law enforcement. Those resources no longer must help school officials comply with in-service training requirements. - Schools need separate safety committees: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, each school run by an Indiana school district must have a separate safe school committee. The law removes express permission to use a subcommittee of the school improvement planning group. - Some schools lose required remediation duties: cost, low. Charter schools are no longer subject to the listed state remediation law. Districts and high schools with qualified status under Indiana's school-flexibility law receive the same exemption. Listed assessment and reading-improvement requirements remain, along with specified graduation requirements… - State arts education program laws end: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana repeals its statutory Arts Education Program. The law names no replacement for support provided through that program. It also repeals provisions titled 'Indiana School for the Arts; Indiana University.' That repeal alone does not establish a school closure or a chang… - State dropout prevention program ends: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana repeals the statutory Dropout Prevention program. Schools and students lose support provided under that program. The repeal identifies no replacement services or funding. - State School Remediation Chapters Are Repealed: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana repeals its school remediation chapter. It also repeals the chapter on reducing remediation in postsecondary and workforce training programs. The supplied provisions do not identify specific services lost or replacement requirements. - State school-building guidance duties end: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the State Board of Education no longer must issue nonbinding school-site and building guidelines. Its annual duty to compile those guidelines with fire-safety and health rules also ends. This removes guidance duties, not the underlying fire-safety or health rules. - Student Enrichment Program Laws Are Repealed: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana repeals the law establishing the Governor’s Scholars Academy. It also repeals the legal framework for Student Enrichment Grants. The provisions do not specify replacement programs, funding, or how many students are affected. - Teacher Preparation Surveys Reach Charter Schools: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, teacher preparation surveys apply at public schools, including charter schools. Principals’ surveys concern teachers first licensed in Indiana within the previous two years. Qualifying teachers complete a related form after their first teaching year at that school. The teach… - Truancy Referrals and Workplace Oversight Expand: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, superintendents or attendance officers must report children who are habitually truant in violation of the law. Reports go to juvenile court intake or the Indiana Department of Child Services. Attendance officers’ required visits also extend to employers where children work,… - Schools Lose Geothermal Conversion Financing Fund: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana repeals the Geothermal Conversion Revolving Fund’s statutory provisions. Schools and local entities lose access to financing through that fund. The repeal does not specify replacement financing, fund balances, or loan terms. - School association spending authority ends: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, school corporations lose this authority to fund state or national educational association memberships. The repeal also covers representatives' related meeting and activity expenses. It removes this authorization without establishing a broader spending ban under every other l… - Seminary Township school fund framework ends: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana repeals the Seminary Township School Fund's legal framework. The repeal states no fund balance, current payments, or replacement funding. - Trusts and estates face deduction addbacks: cost, low. Trusts and estates must add their claimed federal Section 199A business income deduction to Indiana adjusted gross income. For tax years beginning after December 31, 2022, they also add state income-tax deductions allowed or allowable under Section 641(b). For tax years beginning in 2018 through 20… - School Supply Fees and Family Assistance: mixed, low. School corporations and charter schools may charge reasonable fees for course supplies that are not curricular materials. The law sets no dollar amount. Beginning July 1, 2025, school corporations must explain assistance procedures before assessing covered fees. This notice change does not expand a… - Teacher licenses require safety training: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, initial teaching-license applicants must complete training on child abuse, youth suicide prevention, human trafficking, and IC 20-28-5.5-1(a). Before issuing an initial license, the education department must also verify CPR, choking-response, Heimlich maneuver, and automated… - Charter Organizers Face Fewer Filing Requirements: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, charter organizers face fewer proposal filing requirements. They no longer must submit economic interest statements for each proposed board member to the authorizer and education department. An existing charter school’s proposal to change authorizers no longer needs written… - Charter schools face fewer program requirements: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, adult high school charters established or renewed no longer need several listed program requirements. Removed rules cover flexible schedules, remote instruction limits, career-aligned dual-credit or industry-certification courses, and graduate transition and follow-up plans.… - Education Leaders Face Fewer Appointment Limits: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the governor has broader choice when appointing Indiana’s education secretary. Former residency, leadership, advanced-degree, and educator licensing or experience qualifications no longer apply. The secretary still leads the education department and serves at the governor’s… - Teacher Evaluations Lose Rules and Protections: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, evaluation plans no longer must use four annual ratings: highly effective, effective, improvement necessary, or ineffective. Evaluators no longer must discuss evaluations with licensed employees, who also lose the statutory option to request another evaluator. School corpora… - Teacher Programs Lose Required Training Content: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, teacher preparation programs gain flexibility over previously required content. State guidelines no longer must include cultural competency courses and methods. The law also repeals requirements for trauma-informed instruction, related state-law information, and consideratio… - Pass-through businesses get revised income calculations: mixed, low. For tax years beginning after December 31, 2022, Indiana revises income calculations for specified pass-through tax rules. The calculation uses ordinary income and losses, or qualifying taxable trust and estate distributions. It also includes specified separately reported tax items and required adj… - Research expenses change business taxable income: mixed, low. For tax years beginning after December 31, 2021, covered taxpayers must adjust Indiana income for specified research or experimental expenses. They must add or subtract amounts as required by IC 6-3-2-29. The adjustment can raise or lower Indiana taxable income. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Robert Behning (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Hunter Smith (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jack Jordan (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jake Teshka (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jeff Raatz (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Linda Rogers (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-24 | House | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House | pass | 61 | 25 | | | 2025-04-24 | Senate | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate | pass | 27 | 21 | | | 2025-04-15 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 31 | 18 | | | 2025-04-10 | Senate | Amendment #21 (Ford J.D.) failed | fail | 9 | 32 | | | 2025-04-10 | Senate | Amendment #9 (Ford J.D.) failed | fail | 11 | 32 | | | 2025-04-10 | Senate | Amendment #15 (Yoder) failed | fail | 9 | 34 | | | 2025-02-03 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 75 | 16 | | | 2025-01-30 | House | Amendment #3 (DeLaney) failed | fail | 28 | 63 | | | 2025-01-30 | House | Amendment #2 (DeLaney) failed | fail | 30 | 60 | | | 2025-01-30 | House | Amendment #9 (Behning) prevailed | pass | 63 | 27 | | | 2025-01-30 | House | Amendment #5 (Smith V) prevailed | pass | 91 | 0 | | | 2025-01-30 | House | Amendment #6 (Smith V) prevailed | pass | 88 | 3 | | | 2025-01-30 | House | Amendment #7 (Klinker) failed | fail | 28 | 62 | | ## Actions (54) - 2025-05-06: Public Law 214 (House) - 2025-05-06: Signed by the Governor (House) - 2025-04-29: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-28: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate) - 2025-04-25: Signed by the Speaker (House) - 2025-04-24: Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 563: yeas 61, nays 25 (House) - 2025-04-24: CCR # 1 filed in the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 530: yeas 27, nays 21 (Senate) - 2025-04-24: CCR # 1 filed in the House (House) - 2025-04-24: Senator Yoder removed as conferee (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Senator Rogers added as conferee (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Senator Rogers removed as advisor (Senate) - 2025-04-24: CCR # 1 filed in the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Representative Davis added as conferee (House) - 2025-04-23: Representative Smith V removed as conferee (House) - 2025-04-23: Representative Davis removed as advisor (House) - 2025-04-17: Senate conferees appointed: Raatz and Yoder (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Senate advisors appointed: Qaddoura and Rogers (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Motion to dissent filed (House) - 2025-04-16: House advisors appointed: Davis, McGuire, Smith H, DeLaney, Klinker and Pfaff (House) - 2025-04-16: House conferees appointed: Behning and Smith V (House) - 2025-04-16: Returned to the House with amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-16: House dissented from Senate amendments (House) - 2025-04-15: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 420: yeas 31, nays 18 (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Amendment #7 (Qaddoura) prevailed; voice vote (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Amendment #11 (Hunley) failed; voice vote (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Amendment #17 (Yoder) failed; voice vote (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Amendment #21 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 379: yeas 9, nays 32 (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Amendment #15 (Yoder) failed; Roll Call 380: yeas 9, nays 34 (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Amendment #9 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 378: yeas 11, nays 32 (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations (Senate) - 2025-03-10: Senator Rogers added as second sponsor (Senate) - 2025-03-10: Senator Rogers removed as cosponsor (Senate) - 2025-02-18: First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Referred to the Senate (House) - 2025-02-03: Senate sponsor: Senator Raatz (House) - 2025-02-03: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 64: yeas 75, nays 16 (House) - 2025-02-03: Cosponsor: Senator Rogers (House) - 2025-01-30: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed (House) - 2025-01-30: Amendment #8 (Teshka) prevailed; voice vote (House) - 2025-01-30: Amendment #9 (Behning) prevailed; Roll Call 36: yeas 63, nays 27 (House) - 2025-01-30: Amendment #1 (DeLaney) failed; voice vote (House) - 2025-01-30: Amendment #2 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 37: yeas 30, nays 60 (House) - 2025-01-30: Amendment #5 (Smith V) prevailed; Roll Call 39: yeas 91, nays 0 (House) - 2025-01-30: Amendment #6 (Smith V) prevailed; Roll Call 40: yeas 88, nays 3 (House) - 2025-01-30: Amendment #7 (Klinker) failed; Roll Call 41: yeas 28, nays 62 (House) - 2025-01-30: Amendment #3 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 38: yeas 28, nays 63 (House) - 2025-01-27: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-01-27: Representative Jordan added as coauthor (House) - 2025-01-13: Coauthored by Representatives Teshka and Smith H (House) - 2025-01-13: First reading: referred to Committee on Education (House) - 2025-01-13: Authored by Representative Behning (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1002/versions/HB1002.06.ENGS?format=pdf) - Engrossed House Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1002/versions/HB1002.03.ENGH?format=pdf) - Enrolled House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1002/versions/HB1002.07.ENRS?format=pdf) - House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1002/versions/HB1002.02.COMH?format=pdf) - House Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1002/versions/HB1002.04.COMS?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1002/versions/HB1002.05.COMS?format=pdf) - Introduced House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1002/versions/HB1002.01.INTR?format=pdf) ## Related bills - SB 231: Various corrections matters. (signed) - SB 324: Criminal procedures. (signed) - SB 80: Code publication. (signed) - SB 453: Various tax matters. (signed) - SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit. (signed) - SB 371: Workforce matters. (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1002/versions/HB1002.06.ENGS?format=pdf) - [Engrossed House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1002/versions/HB1002.03.ENGH?format=pdf) - [Enrolled House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1002/versions/HB1002.07.ENRS?format=pdf) - [House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1002/versions/HB1002.02.COMH?format=pdf) - [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1002/versions/HB1002.04.COMS?format=pdf) - [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1002/versions/HB1002.05.COMS?format=pdf) - [Introduced House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1002/versions/HB1002.01.INTR?format=pdf) ## Related - [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025) - [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025) - [SB 80: Code publication.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB80-2025) - [SB 453: Various tax matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB453-2025) - [SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB464-2025) - [SB 371: Workforce matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB371-2025) - [Indiana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana/bills) - [Indiana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1002-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).