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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Nonaccredited nonpublic schools."
+description: "Provides that a high school diploma (diploma) or credential issued by a nonaccredited nonpublic school (school) is legally sufficient to demonstrate that the recipient of the diploma or credential has met the requirements to complete high school. Provides that a state or local agency or institution of higher education in Indiana may not reject or otherwise treat a person differently based solely on the source of a diploma or credential. Provides that a person who administers a school has the authority to execute any document required by law, rule, regulation, or policy to provide certain evidence regarding a child's education."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 1348"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1348 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AGENCIES; Commission for Higher Education (CHE)", "AGENCIES; Department of Education (DOE) and Secretary of Education", "SCHOOLS; Academic Achievements and Outcomes (Including Diplomas)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Raatz", "Timothy Wesco"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-13"
+last_action: "2025-04-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84e641e9-e690-4098-99f0-70a7244bd8c2"
+source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1348"
+source_hash: "82266ff207206846c431fc3090a0b723e4dbf4eb55fd232dec28bf180d0413dc"
+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 1348 (2025) — Nonaccredited nonpublic schools.
+
+Provides that a high school diploma (diploma) or credential issued by a nonaccredited nonpublic school (school) is legally sufficient to demonstrate that the recipient of the diploma or credential has met the requirements to complete high school. Provides that a state or local agency or institution of higher education in Indiana may not reject or otherwise treat a person differently based solely on the source of a diploma or credential. Provides that a person who administers a school has the authority to execute any document required by law, rule, regulation, or policy to provide certain evidence regarding a child's education.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1348/HB1348.04.ENRS.pdf)
+2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1348/HB1348.03.COMS.pdf)
+3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1348/HB1348.02.COMH.pdf)
+4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1348/HB1348.01.INTR.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1348 - Raatz - 3rd Reading — **32–15** (pass) · upper
+- HB 1348 - Wesco - 3rd Reading — **62–29** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
+- Timothy Wesco — primary (person)
+- Aaron Freeman — cosponsor (person)
+- Becky Cash — coauthor (person)
+- Ethan Lawson — coauthor (person)
+- Matt Hostettler — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-13** Authored by Representative Wesco
+- **2025-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-13** Coauthored by Representatives Lawson and Cash
+- **2025-01-27** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-29** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2025-01-30** Representative Hostettler added as coauthor
+- **2025-01-30** Senate sponsor: Senator Raatz
+- **2025-01-31** Referred to the Senate `referral`
+- **2025-01-30** Cosponsor: Senator Freeman
+- **2025-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 54: yeas 62, nays 29 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-20** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-24** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 285: yeas 32, nays 15 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-26** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
+- **2025-03-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
+- **2025-03-27** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-03** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-04-10** Public Law 61 `became-law`
+- **2025-04-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84e641e9-e690-4098-99f0-70a7244bd8c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+