---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1005"
citation: "Indiana HB 1005 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "State Superintendent", "State Department and Boards", "ELECTIONS generally", "GOVERNOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandt Hershman", "Brian Bosma", "James Buck"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc0c546d-038e-4efe-8713-4a666f031bc9"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1005"
source_hash: "8b12652000b4b3223dc82b6497d8af0ae8f86512178209fdf10b5f468c871e57"
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 1005 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning 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](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1005/versions/hb1005.04.enrs)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1005/versions/hb1005.03.coms)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1005/versions/hb1005.02.comh)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1005/versions/hb1005.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1005 - Buck - 3rd Reading — **28–20** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1005 - Bosma - 3rd Reading — **68–29** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Brandt Hershman — primary (person)
- Brian Bosma — primary (person)
- James Buck — primary (person)
- David Ober — coauthor (person)
- Edward DeLaney — coauthor (person)
- Timothy Wesco — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-10** Coauthored by Representatives Ober and Wesco
- **2017-01-10** Authored by Representative Bosma
- **2017-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16** Amendment #2 (Pelath) failed; Roll Call 130: yeas 28, nays 62 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-16** Amendment #1 (Pierce) failed; Roll Call 131: yeas 28, nays 62 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-20** Representative DeLaney added as coauthor
- **2017-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 159: yeas 68, nays 29 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-21** Senate sponsors: Senators Buck and Hershman
- **2017-02-21** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-30** Amendment #1 (Breaux) failed; Roll Call 322: yeas 9, nays 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-30** Amendment #2 (Breaux) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-30** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-04-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 363: yeas 28, nays 20 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-05** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-17** Motion to concur filed
- **2017-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 493: yeas 66, nays 31 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-20** Joint Rule 20 technical correction adopted by the Senate
- **2017-04-20** Joint Rule 20 technical correction adopted by the House
- **2017-04-21** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-24** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-27** Public Law 219
- **2017-04-27** 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/cc0c546d-038e-4efe-8713-4a666f031bc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).