# Indiana SB 235: Limitations on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Indiana SB 235, Limitations on diversity, equity, and inclusion., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Tyler Johnson (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-02-10 (Withdrawn) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Indiana SB 235
- State: Indiana
- Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025)
- Title: Limitations on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-08
- Last action: 2025-02-10, Withdrawn
- Sponsor: Tyler Johnson (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Subjects: education and career development, judiciary
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Establishes prohibitions and requirements on state agencies, recipients of state contracts or grants, state educational institutions, and health profession licensing boards regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion. Allows the attorney general to bring an action concerning noncompliance against a state educational institution. Establishes: (1) requirements regarding a standardized admissions test; and (2) requirements regarding altering academic standards; for postsecondary educational institutions that offer certain health education programs.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Tyler Johnson (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Gary Byrne (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: James Tomes (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Michael Young (Republican), Senate

## Actions (8)

- 2025-02-10: Withdrawn (Senate)
- 2025-01-28: Senator Young M added as coauthor (Senate)
- 2025-01-23: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (Senate)
- 2025-01-23: Senator Tomes added as coauthor (Senate)
- 2025-01-16: Senator Byrne added as second author (Senate)
- 2025-01-13: Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Judiciary (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: Authored by Senator Johnson T (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0235/versions/SB0235.01.INTR?format=pdf)
- Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0235/versions/SB0235.02.COMS?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
- [Introduced Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0235/versions/SB0235.01.INTR?format=pdf)
- [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0235/versions/SB0235.02.COMS?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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB235-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).