# Indiana SB 409: Employee absence for certain meetings.

Indiana SB 409, Employee absence for certain meetings., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Rodney Pol (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-04-24 (Signed by the Governor); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

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- As of: 2026-10-17
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## Facts
- Bill: Indiana SB 409
- State: Indiana
- Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025)
- Title: Employee absence for certain meetings.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-13
- Last action: 2025-04-24, Signed by the Governor
- Sponsor: Rodney Pol (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 13
- Subjects: pensions and labor, the house, employment
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (126 yes, 19 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

Prohibits an employer from taking an adverse employment action against an employee as a result of the employee's absence from work to attend an attendance conference or a case conference committee meeting with respect to the employee's child, except under certain circumstances. Provides that an employer is not required to pay an employee for travel or attendance time with respect to a conference or meeting. Requires certain persons to provide documentation related to a conference or meeting under certain circumstances.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Job protection for parents, with meeting rules: mixed, low. From July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2029, Indiana workers get job protection for certain meetings about their children. Employers cannot punish workers for missing work to attend an attendance conference or a case conference committee meeting. This covers private employers with at least one employe…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Rodney Pol (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Andrea Hunley (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Becky Cash (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Blake Doriot (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Chuck Moseley (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: David Niezgodski (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Greg Walker (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Julie Olthoff (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: La Keisha Jackson (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Linda Rogers (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Lonnie Randolph (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Shelli Yoder (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Stacey Donato (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Victoria Garcia Wilburn (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-09 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 96 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 30 | 19 |   |

## Actions (27)

- 2025-04-24: Signed by the Governor (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Public Law 109 (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Signed by the Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-14: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: Returned to the Senate without amendments (House)
- 2025-04-09: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 415: yeas 96, nays 0 (House)
- 2025-04-08: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House)
- 2025-04-03: Committee report: do pass, adopted (House)
- 2025-03-03: First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions (House)
- 2025-02-21: Referred to the House (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Senator Jackson L added as coauthor (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Cosponsors: Representatives Olthoff, Moseley, Garcia Wilburn (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: House sponsor: Representative Cash (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 191: yeas 30, nays 19 (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Amendment #4 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: Placed back on second reading (Senate)
- 2025-02-06: Senator Randolph added as coauthor (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Senator Yoder added as coauthor (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Amendment #1 (Pol) prevailed; voice vote (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: Senators Niezgodski, Doriot, Walker G, Hunley, Donato added as coauthors (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (Senate)
- 2025-01-29: Senator Rogers added as second author (Senate)
- 2025-01-13: Authored by Senator Pol (Senate)
- 2025-01-13: First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor (Senate)

## Bill text

- Engrossed Senate Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0409/versions/SB0409.04.ENGS?format=pdf)
- Engrossed Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0409/versions/SB0409.03.ENGS?format=pdf)
- Enrolled Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0409/versions/SB0409.06.ENRH?format=pdf)
- Introduced Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0409/versions/SB0409.01.INTR?format=pdf)
- Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0409/versions/SB0409.02.COMS?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0409/versions/SB0409.05.COMH?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 Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0409/versions/SB0409.04.ENGS?format=pdf)
- [Engrossed Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0409/versions/SB0409.03.ENGS?format=pdf)
- [Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0409/versions/SB0409.06.ENRH?format=pdf)
- [Introduced Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0409/versions/SB0409.01.INTR?format=pdf)
- [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0409/versions/SB0409.02.COMS?format=pdf)
- [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0409/versions/SB0409.05.COMH?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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB409-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).