---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civics education."
description: "Requires, not later than July 1, 2022, the state board of education, in coordination with the department of education, to establish standards for civics education. Establishes the: (1) Indiana civic education commission; and (2) duties of the commission. Provides that each school corporation, charter school, and state accredited nonpublic school shall require each student to successfully complete in grade 6, 7, or 8 one semester of a civics education course. Provides that the civics education standards in effect on July 2, 2022, may only be changed by the express authorization of the general assembly."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1384"
citation: "Indiana HB 1384 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS OR COUNCILS", "Creation of New Agencies", "EDUCATION generally", "SCHOOLS", "Curricula"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Cook", "Brian Buchanan", "Jeff Raatz", "John Crane"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70020539-4080-470c-94dd-5a8188987608"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1384"
source_hash: "70052724b61a900bb314382c5ec5794a4c66241d4c118011e0f6c8c1194ff37d"
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 1384 (2021) — Civics education.

Requires, not later than July 1, 2022, the state board of education, in coordination with the department of education, to establish standards for civics education. Establishes the: (1) Indiana civic education commission; and (2) duties of the commission. Provides that each school corporation, charter school, and state accredited nonpublic school shall require each student to successfully complete in grade 6, 7, or 8 one semester of a civics education course. Provides that the civics education standards in effect on July 2, 2022, may only be changed by the express authorization of the general assembly.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1384/versions/HB1384.04.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1384/versions/HB1384.05.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1384/versions/HB1384.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1384/versions/HB1384.03.COMS)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1384/versions/HB1384.01.INTR)

## Sponsors

- Anthony Cook — primary (person)
- Brian Buchanan — primary (person)
- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
- John Crane — primary (person)
- Dennis Kruse — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Schaibley — coauthor (person)
- Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- James Buck — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Leising — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Thompson — coauthor (person)
- Kyle Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Cherry — coauthor (person)
- Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Coauthored by Representatives Thompson, Cherry, Schaibley
- **2021-01-14** Authored by Representative Cook
- **2021-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** Senate sponsors: Senators Buchanan, Raatz, Crane
- **2021-02-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 196: yeas 96, nays 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-19** Referred to the Senate
- **2021-02-24** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Senator Raatz removed as second sponsor
- **2021-03-04** Senator Buchanan removed as sponsor
- **2021-03-04** Senator Raatz added as sponsor
- **2021-03-04** Senator Buchanan added as second sponsor
- **2021-03-04** Senator Kruse added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-04** Senator Qaddoura added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-04** Senators Rogers and Leising added as cosponsors
- **2021-03-04** Senator Walker K added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-11** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15** Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-15** Amendment #1 (Young M) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-15** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 233: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16** Senator Buck added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-16** Senator Yoder added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-17** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-03-22** Motion to concur filed
- **2021-03-25** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 307: yeas 88, nays 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-03-29** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-01** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-07** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-08** Public Law 39
- **2021-04-08** 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/70020539-4080-470c-94dd-5a8188987608`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).