---
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 567"
citation: "Indiana SB 567 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GARY", "MUNCIE", "SCHOOLS generally (K-12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Melton", "Luke Kenley", "Timothy Brown"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef2f770b-781b-47a6-902d-f8b21b13f525"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/567"
source_hash: "300e1819ef2496f61d7798fadb818e8c1800dc85ef241b619cb5c68cc7fa1be8"
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 567 (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/sb0567/versions/sb0567.04.engh)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0567/versions/sb0567.05.enrh)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0567/versions/sb0567.01.intr)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0567/versions/sb0567.03.comh)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0567/versions/sb0567.02.coms)

## Votes

- SB 567 - Brown, T. - 3rd Reading — **77–19** (pass) · legislature
- SB 567 - Kenley - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Eddie Melton — primary (person)
- Luke Kenley — primary (person)
- Timothy Brown — primary (person)
- Charlie Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — coauthor (person)
- Karen Tallian — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Robert Behning — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** Authored by Senator Kenley
- **2017-01-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Senator Melton added as second author
- **2017-02-02** Senators Charbonneau and Tallian added as coauthors
- **2017-02-06** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-09** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 101: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-13** House sponsor: Representative Brown T
- **2017-02-13** Cosponsors: Representatives Brown, C. and Smith, V.
- **2017-02-13** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2017-02-15** Referred to the House
- **2017-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Representative Behning added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-03** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-05** Amendment #3 (Pryor) failed; Roll Call 397: yeas 30, nays 64 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-05** Amendment #2 (Brown C) prevailed; Roll Call 398: yeas 93, nays 0 `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-05** Amendment #1 (Brown C) failed; Roll Call 399: yeas 29, nays 63 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-05** Amendment #5 (Smith V) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-05** Amendment #6 (Smith V) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-05** Amendment #7 (Smith V) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-05** Amendment #8 (Smith V) failed; Roll Call 400: yeas 26, nays 62 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-05** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 422: yeas 77, nays 19 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-07** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-12** Motion to dissent filed
- **2017-04-12** Senate conferees appointed: Kenley and Melton
- **2017-04-12** Senate advisors appointed: Charbonneau, Lanane and Buck
- **2017-04-12** House conferees appointed: Brown T and Bauer
- **2017-04-12** House advisors appointed: Braun, Karickhoff, Behning, Brown C, Errington, Smith V and Wright
- **2017-04-12** Senate dissented from House amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-13** Senator Eckerty added as advisor
- **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 522: yeas 50, nays 0
- **2017-04-21** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 546: yeas 88, nays 10
- **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 241
- **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/ef2f770b-781b-47a6-902d-f8b21b13f525`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).