# Indiana SB 448: Higher education and workforce development matters. Indiana SB 448, Higher education and workforce development matters., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Greg Goode (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-01 (Public Law 138) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB448-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Indiana SB 448 - State: Indiana - Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) - Title: Higher education and workforce development matters. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-13 - Last action: 2025-05-01, Public Law 138 - Sponsor: Greg Goode (Republican) - Cosponsors: 5 - Subjects: education and career development, appropriations, the house, education - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (162 yes, 25 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Establishes additional duties for the governor's workforce cabinet and requires the cabinet to perform certain duties jointly with other state agencies. Requires the Indiana management performance hub, in collaboration with the department of education (department) and commission for higher education (commission), to: (1) collect and compile certain student income data; and (2) compile into a data product on the department's and commission's websites certain data. Requires the secretary of education to establish a plan to develop a market driven stackable credentials and qualifications framework and submit the plan to the general assembly. Provides that the commission shall (instead of may) approve or disapprove certain branches, campuses, centers, new colleges, new schools, degrees, or programs. Provides that before the commission approves or disapproves a degree or program, a state educational institution shall provide, and the commission shall consider, certain information regarding the degree or program. Requires the commission to: (1) review each degree or program for approval or disapproval at least one time every 10 years; (2) outline a process for degree and program monitoring, improvement, suspension, and closure; (3) publish certain information; and (4) take official action regarding the approval or disapproval of certain requests within 90 days. Requires a state educational institution to approve for admission Indiana residents who meet certain requirements. Requires the board of trustees of a state educational institution to do the following: (1) When reviewing tenured faculty members, assess and review the staffing needs of the institution based on the branches, campuses, extension centers, colleges, schools, and degree and programs of the institution. (2) Submit to the commission any review of, renewal of, or amendment to the process or criteria regarding the tenured faculty member review. Requires the commission to promptly review the process and criteria and provide feedback to a board of trustees. Requires the commission to prepare and submit an annual report to the legislative council regarding certain student enrollment data. Adds duties for the department of workforce development. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Greg Goode (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Alex Burton (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Danny Lopez (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jeff Raatz (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Lonnie Randolph (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Robert Behning (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-17 | Senate | Senate concurred with House amendments | pass | 39 | 3 | | | 2025-04-15 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 75 | 21 | | | 2025-02-20 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 48 | 1 | | ## Actions (25) - 2025-05-01: Public Law 138 (Senate) - 2025-05-01: Signed by the Governor (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Signed by the Speaker (House) - 2025-04-22: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 472: yeas 39, nays 3 (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Motion to concur filed (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Returned to the Senate with amendments (House) - 2025-04-15: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 452: yeas 75, nays 21 (House) - 2025-04-14: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed (House) - 2025-04-14: Amendment #1 (Behning) prevailed; voice vote (House) - 2025-04-14: Representative Burton added as cosponsor (House) - 2025-04-09: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-03-03: First reading: referred to Committee on Education (House) - 2025-02-21: Referred to the House (Senate) - 2025-02-20: House sponsor: Representative Behning (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 196: yeas 48, nays 1 (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Cosponsor: Representative Lopez (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Second reading: ordered engrossed (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Senator Randolph added as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Committee report: do pass, adopted (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Senator Raatz added as second author (Senate) - 2025-01-13: Authored by Senator Goode (Senate) - 2025-01-13: First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development (Senate) ## Bill text - Engrossed Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0448/versions/SB0448.05.ENGH?format=pdf) - Enrolled Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0448/versions/SB0448.06.ENRH?format=pdf) - Introduced Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0448/versions/SB0448.01.INTR?format=pdf) - Senate Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0448/versions/SB0448.03.COMS?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0448/versions/SB0448.04.COMH?format=pdf) - Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0448/versions/SB0448.02.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 - [Engrossed Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0448/versions/SB0448.05.ENGH?format=pdf) - [Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0448/versions/SB0448.06.ENRH?format=pdf) - [Introduced Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0448/versions/SB0448.01.INTR?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0448/versions/SB0448.03.COMS?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0448/versions/SB0448.04.COMH?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0448/versions/SB0448.02.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) - [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-SB448-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).