# Indiana HB 1285: Education matters. Indiana HB 1285, Education matters., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) House bill sponsored by Becky Cash (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-01 (Public Law 165) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1285-2025 - 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 1285 - State: Indiana - Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) - Title: Education matters. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-13 - Last action: 2025-05-01, Public Law 165 - Sponsor: Becky Cash (Republican) - Cosponsors: 7 - Subjects: education, the senate, education and career development - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (136 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Prohibits a school corporation from doing the following: (1) Removing a student's property without providing the student's parent with the opportunity to collect the student's property if the student has died, transferred, dropped out, or otherwise withdrawn from enrollment in the school corporation for any reason. (2) Adopting a policy or otherwise preventing a parent of a student from recording a meeting concerning the student's individualized education program. Requires each school corporation to ensure at least one employee in each school building that is used for classroom instruction: (1) has obtained nonviolent crisis intervention training; and (2) is present in the school building during the school year while school is in session. Establishes requirements regarding the employee. Requires the department of education to review nonviolent crisis intervention training programs and make recommendations to school corporations regarding the training of employees. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Becky Cash (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Brian Buchanan (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Craig Haggard (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Daryl Schmitt (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Gary Byrne (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Lonnie Randolph (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Michelle Davis (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Tyler Johnson (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-31 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 46 | 1 | | | 2025-02-18 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 90 | 0 | | ## Actions (22) - 2025-05-01: Public Law 165 (House) - 2025-05-01: Signed by the Governor (House) - 2025-04-23: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate) - 2025-04-21: Signed by the Speaker (House) - 2025-04-16: Joint Rule 15 Certification (House) - 2025-03-31: Senator Randolph added as cosponsor (Senate) - 2025-03-31: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 309: yeas 46, nays 1 (Senate) - 2025-03-31: Returned to the House with amendments (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Amendment #1 (Buchanan) prevailed; voice vote (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-03: First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Referred to the Senate (House) - 2025-02-18: Senate sponsors: Senators Buchanan, Johnson T, Schmitt (House) - 2025-02-18: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 216: yeas 90, nays 0 (House) - 2025-02-18: Cosponsor: Senator Byrne (House) - 2025-02-17: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House) - 2025-02-13: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-01-27: Representatives Davis and Haggard added as coauthors (House) - 2025-01-13: First reading: referred to Committee on Education (House) - 2025-01-13: Authored by Representative Cash (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1285/versions/HB1285.04.ENGS?format=pdf) - Enrolled House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1285/versions/HB1285.05.ENRS?format=pdf) - House Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1285/versions/HB1285.02.COMH?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1285/versions/HB1285.03.COMS?format=pdf) - Introduced House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1285/versions/HB1285.01.INTR?format=pdf) ## Related bills - SB 324: Criminal procedures. (signed) - SB 231: Various corrections matters. (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/HB1285/versions/HB1285.04.ENGS?format=pdf) - [Enrolled House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1285/versions/HB1285.05.ENRS?format=pdf) - [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1285/versions/HB1285.02.COMH?format=pdf) - [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1285/versions/HB1285.03.COMS?format=pdf) - [Introduced House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1285/versions/HB1285.01.INTR?format=pdf) ## Related - [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025) - [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025) - [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-HB1285-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).