# Indiana SC 14: Honoring Bella Bauer.

Indiana SC 14, Honoring Bella Bauer., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) Senate bill sponsored by David Niezgodski (Democratic); status adopted, last action 2025-02-11 (Returned to the Senate) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Indiana SC 14
- State: Indiana
- Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025)
- Title: Honoring Bella Bauer.
- Status: adopted
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-03
- Last action: 2025-02-11, Returned to the Senate
- Sponsor: David Niezgodski (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 51
- Subjects: the house
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to honor Bella Bauer, founder of the Purple Project, for her advocacy and empowerment of kids and teens with epilepsy.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: David Niezgodski (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Aaron Freeman (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Andrea Hunley (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Andy Zay
- Cosponsor: Blake Doriot (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Brett Clark (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Brian Buchanan (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Chris Garten (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Cyndi Carrasco (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Dale DeVon (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Dan Dernulc (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Daryl Schmitt (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Ed Charbonneau (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Eric Bassler (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Eric Koch (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Fady Qaddoura (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Gary Byrne (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Greg Goode (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Greg Taylor (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Greg Walker (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: J.D. Ford (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: James Buck (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: James Tomes (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jean Leising (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jeff Raatz (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Justin Busch (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kyle Walker (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: La Keisha Jackson (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Linda Rogers (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Liz Brown (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Lonnie Randolph (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mark Spencer (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Maureen Bauer (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Michael Crider (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Michael Young (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mike Bohacek (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mike Gaskill (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Randy Maxwell (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rick Niemeyer (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rodney Pol (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rodric Bray (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Ron Alting (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Ryan Mishler (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Scott Alexander (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Scott Baldwin (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Shelli Yoder (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Spencer Deery (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Stacey Donato (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Susan Glick (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Travis Holdman (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Tyler Johnson (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Vaneta Becker (Republican), Senate

## Actions (8)

- 2025-02-11: Returned to the Senate (House)
- 2025-02-10: First reading: adopted (House)
- 2025-02-04: Referred to the House (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Authored by Senators Niezgodski, Doriot, Yoder (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Cosponsor: Representative DeVon (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: House sponsor: Representative Bauer (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: First reading: adopted voice vote (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Senators Alexander, Alting, Baldwin, Bassler, Becker, Bohacek, Bray, Brown L, Buchanan, Buck, Busch, Byrne, Carrasco, Charbonneau, Clark, Crider, Deery, Dernulc, Donato, Ford J.D., Freeman, Garten, Gaskill, Glick, Goode, Holdman, Hunley, Jackson L, Johnson T, Koch, Leising, Maxwell, Mishler, Niemeyer, Pol, Qaddoura, Raatz, Randolph, Rogers, Schmitt, Spencer, Taylor G, Tomes, Walker G, Walker K, Young M, Zay added as coauthors (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced Senate Resolution (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SC0014/versions/SC0014.01.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
- [Introduced Senate Resolution (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SC0014/versions/SC0014.01.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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SC14-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).