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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Twenty-first century scholars program."
+description: "Provides that the commission for higher education shall do the following: (1) In cooperation with the department of education, identify students who meet the requirements to participate in the twenty-first century scholars program (program). (2) Notify the student and the custodial parent or guardian of the student, if the student is an unemancipated minor, that: (A) the student is eligible to participate in the program; (B) the student must agree to the conditions required to participate in the program; and (C) the student has the right to opt out of the program at any time."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1449"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1449 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EDUCATION", "Secretary of Education", "State Department and Boards", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "Colleges and Universities", "STUDENT ASSISTANCE", "LOANS", "AND GRANTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Earl Harris", "Eddie Melton", "Jeff Raatz", "Jon Ford"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-17"
+last_action: "2023-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36e2cf5c-103d-417f-be89-74b4fab45efd"
+source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1449"
+source_hash: "0aacc28bc01f7b397253b8e390b67a705f6591baa5f6c2b79a481a94eb335e2f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
+---
+
+# Indiana HB 1449 (2023) — Twenty-first century scholars program.
+
+Provides that the commission for higher education shall do the following: (1) In cooperation with the department of education, identify students who meet the requirements to participate in the twenty-first century scholars program (program). (2) Notify the student and the custodial parent or guardian of the student, if the student is an unemancipated minor, that: (A) the student is eligible to participate in the program; (B) the student must agree to the conditions required to participate in the program; and (C) the student has the right to opt out of the program at any time.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1449/versions/HB1449.06.ENRS)
+2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1449/versions/HB1449.02.COMH)
+3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1449/versions/HB1449.03.COMH)
+4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1449/versions/HB1449.04.COMS)
+5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1449/versions/HB1449.05.COMS)
+6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1449/versions/HB1449.01.INTR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1449 - Raatz - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Earl Harris — primary (person)
+- Eddie Melton — primary (person)
+- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
+- Jon Ford — primary (person)
+- Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
+- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
+- Jean Leising — cosponsor (person)
+- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Behning — coauthor (person)
+- Robert Morris — coauthor (person)
+- Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)
+- Vaneta Becker — cosponsor (person)
+- Vernon Smith — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-17** Authored by Representative Harris
+- **2023-01-17** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-17** Representative Smith, V. added as coauthor
+- **2023-01-30** Representatives Behning and Davis M added as coauthors
+- **2023-02-02** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-02** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
+- **2023-02-09** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-16** Senate sponsors: Senators Raatz, Melton, Ford Jon
+- **2023-02-16** Cosponsor: Senator Qaddoura
+- **2023-02-16** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 148: yeas 92, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-16** Representative Davis M removed as coauthor
+- **2023-02-16** Representative Morris added as coauthor
+- **2023-02-17** Referred to the Senate `referral`
+- **2023-02-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-09** Senator Yoder added as cosponsor
+- **2023-03-14** Senators Ford J.D. and Leising added as cosponsors
+- **2023-03-16** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-03** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
+- **2023-04-06** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-10** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-11** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 374: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-11** Senator Becker added as cosponsor
+- **2023-04-12** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
+- **2023-04-17** Motion to concur filed `filing`
+- **2023-04-19** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 456: yeas 89, nays 1
+- **2023-04-24** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-04-28** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
+- **2023-05-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-04** Public Law 235 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36e2cf5c-103d-417f-be89-74b4fab45efd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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