---
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: "SB 198"
citation: "Indiana SB 198 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIGHER EDUCATION", "Adult Education", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT", "Work Training", "SCHOOLS", "Vocational Education", "LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL; LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Douglas Eckerty", "Ryan Mishler", "Todd Huston"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-04"
last_action: "2017-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29124df2-81dd-462b-8297-2d54d13c0e7d"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/198"
source_hash: "aa2a3b8049da332898ea3c98397f646198177aca2cd607a3d3250cc41fae2838"
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 SB 198 (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. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0198/versions/sb0198.05.engh)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0198/versions/sb0198.06.enrh)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0198/versions/sb0198.01.intr)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0198/versions/sb0198.04.comh)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0198/versions/sb0198.03.coms)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0198/versions/sb0198.02.coms)

## Votes

- SB 198 - Eckerty - 3rd Reading — **43–6** (pass) · legislature
- SB 198 - Huston - 3rd Reading — **97–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Douglas Eckerty — primary (person)
- Ryan Mishler — primary (person)
- Todd Huston — primary (person)
- Chip Perfect — coauthor (person)
- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
- Dennis Kruse — coauthor (person)
- Earl Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
- Erin Houchin — coauthor (person)
- Jeff Raatz — coauthor (person)
- Jeffrey Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Braun — cosponsor (person)
- Randall Head — coauthor (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — coauthor (person)
- Timothy Brown — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-04** Authored by Senator Long
- **2017-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16** Senator Long removed as author
- **2017-02-16** Senator Mishler added as author
- **2017-02-21** Senator Mishler removed as author
- **2017-02-21** Senator Eckerty added as author
- **2017-02-21** Senator Mishler added as second author
- **2017-02-21** Senators Bassler and Head added as coauthors
- **2017-02-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-23** Senators Niezgodski and Raatz added as coauthors
- **2017-02-23** Senator Perfect added as coauthor
- **2017-02-23** Senators Houchin and Niemeyer added as coauthors
- **2017-02-27** Amendment #1 (Tallian) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-27** Amendment #2 (Tallian) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 218: yeas 43, nays 6 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-28** House sponsor: Representative Huston
- **2017-02-28** Cosponsors: Representatives Brown, T. and Thompson
- **2017-02-28** Senator Kruse added as coauthor
- **2017-03-01** Referred to the House
- **2017-03-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-03** Representative Braun added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-04** Amendment #1 (Huston) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-04** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-04-05** Rule 105.1 suspended
- **2017-04-05** Representative Harris added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 409: yeas 97, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-07** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-17** Motion to dissent filed
- **2017-04-17** Senate conferees appointed: Eckerty and Niezgodski
- **2017-04-17** Senate advisors appointed: Mishler, Melton, Bassler and Perfect
- **2017-04-17** Senate dissented from House amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-17** House conferees appointed: Huston and Harris
- **2017-04-17** House advisors appointed: Braun, Clere and Goodin
- **2017-04-21** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2017-04-21** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2017-04-21** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 524: yeas 50, nays 0
- **2017-04-21** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 542: yeas 98, nays 0
- **2017-04-25** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-27** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-28** Public Law 230
- **2017-04-28** 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/29124df2-81dd-462b-8297-2d54d13c0e7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).