---
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: "2018"
identifier: "SB 297"
citation: "Indiana SB 297 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS", "Curricula", "EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Kruse", "Holli Sullivan", "Jeff Raatz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-08"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/014b3d4d-0e93-4abe-929d-d362af1e580f"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/297"
source_hash: "b6eaafc329f33d0dd79f807c250917f93756ddeabe8956a6bcc0c1450c0ede5c"
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 297 (2018) — 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 Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0297/versions/sb0297.05.enrh)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0297/versions/sb0297.01.intr)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0297/versions/sb0297.03.coms)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0297/versions/sb0297.04.comh)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0297/versions/sb0297.02.coms)

## Votes

- SB 297 - Raatz - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- SB 297 - Sullivan - 3rd Reading — **97–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dennis Kruse — primary (person)
- Holli Sullivan — primary (person)
- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
- Anthony Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Melton — coauthor (person)
- Jack Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Stemler — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy McNamara — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-08** Senator Kruse added as second author
- **2018-01-08** Authored by Senator Raatz
- **2018-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-01** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-01** Senator Melton added as coauthor
- **2018-02-05** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 177: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-06** House sponsor: Representative Sullivan
- **2018-02-07** Referred to the House
- **2018-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-19** Representatives Stemler, Jordan, Cook added as cosponsors
- **2018-02-22** Amendment #1 (DeLaney) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-26** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 210: yeas 97, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-27** Rule 105.1 suspended
- **2018-02-27** Representative McNamara added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-27** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-28** Motion to concur filed
- **2018-03-01** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 278: yeas 46, nays 2 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-06** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-12** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-13** Public Law 57

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/014b3d4d-0e93-4abe-929d-d362af1e580f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).