---
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 1430"
citation: "Indiana HB 1430 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH", "SCHOOLS", "Health and Safety Issues", "CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Labor Laws and Safety Issues"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Kruse", "Julie Olthoff", "Mark Messmer", "Randall Head"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93b945d0-577f-45af-a051-b71f269ab87c"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1430"
source_hash: "099c9fa91801fe65219558e5f7d9a7cc65b1e392dd83e0b072edc94a9fc541b6"
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 1430 (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 House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1430/versions/hb1430.04.engs)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1430/versions/hb1430.05.enrs)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1430/versions/hb1430.02.comh)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1430/versions/hb1430.03.coms)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1430/versions/hb1430.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1430 - Head - 3rd Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1430 - Olthoff - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dennis Kruse — primary (person)
- Julie Olthoff — primary (person)
- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
- Randall Head — primary (person)
- Brian Bosma — coauthor (person)
- Cindy Ziemke — coauthor (person)
- David Ober — coauthor (person)
- Donna Schaibley — coauthor (person)
- Doug Miller — coauthor (person)
- Eddie Melton — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Soliday — coauthor (person)
- Edward Clere — coauthor (person)
- Joe Taylor — coauthor (person)
- Linda Lawson — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Karickhoff — coauthor (person)
- Susan Glick — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Smith — coauthor (person)
- Wendy McNamara — coauthor (person)
- Woody Burton — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** Coauthored by Representative Ober
- **2017-01-17** Authored by Representative Olthoff
- **2017-01-17** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Representatives Smith, V. and Burton added as coauthors
- **2017-02-07** 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 105: yeas 94, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-13** Senate sponsors: Senators Head and Messmer
- **2017-02-14** Rule 105.1 suspended
- **2017-02-14** Representatives Bosma, Clere, Schaibley, Ziemke, McNamara, Soliday, Karickhoff added as coauthors
- **2017-02-15** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-16** Rule 105.1 suspended
- **2017-02-16** Representative Lawson added as coauthor
- **2017-02-16** Representative Miller added as coauthor
- **2017-02-16** Representative Taylor J added as coauthor
- **2017-02-20** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** Senator Kruse added as third sponsor
- **2017-03-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-20** Senator Melton added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-21** Amendment #1 (Head) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-21** Amendment #2 (Head) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-21** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-21** Placed back on second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-21** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-27** Senator Glick added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-28** Reread second time: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-04-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 342: yeas 47, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-04** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-11** Motion to dissent filed
- **2017-04-11** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-12** House conferees appointed: Olthoff and Smith V
- **2017-04-12** House advisors appointed: McNamara, Karickhoff and Errington
- **2017-04-12** Senate conferees appointed: Head and Mrvan
- **2017-04-12** Senate advisors appointed: Messmer, Stoops and Ruckelshaus
- **2017-04-13** Motion to concur filed
- **2017-04-17** House reconsidered and concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 487: yeas 84, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-19** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-20** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-25** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-28** Public Law 254
- **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/93b945d0-577f-45af-a051-b71f269ab87c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).