---
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: "HB 1420"
citation: "Indiana HB 1420 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS", "Pupils (other than disciplinary matters)", "SCHOOLS", "Special Education and Special Programs", "SCHOOLS", "Charter Schools", "SCHOOLS", "Officers and Employees (other than teachers)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Kruse", "Jean Leising", "Jeff Raatz", "Robert Behning"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ae55750-f3cc-45d2-be6e-df4772e31dda"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1420"
source_hash: "00b96f43e4f063d5e3af1752c471e21cc31aae3c88af69c660c69fad042fe6f5"
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 1420 (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. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1420/versions/hb1420.05.engs)
2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1420/versions/hb1420.03.engh)
3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1420/versions/hb1420.06.enrs)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1420/versions/hb1420.02.comh)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1420/versions/hb1420.04.coms)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1420/versions/hb1420.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1420 - Raatz - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1420 - Behning - 3rd Reading — **92–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dennis Kruse — primary (person)
- Jean Leising — primary (person)
- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
- Robert Behning — primary (person)
- Anthony Cook — coauthor (person)
- Curt Nisly — coauthor (person)
- Eddie Melton — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Sheila Klinker — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** Authored by Representative Behning
- **2018-01-16** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-29** Representative Klinker added as coauthor
- **2018-01-29** Representative Cook added as coauthor
- **2018-01-30** Representative Nisly added as coauthor
- **2018-01-31** Amendment #1 (Behning) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-01-31** Amendment #2 (DeVon) motion withdrawn `amendment-failure, amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-01-31** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05** Senate sponsors: Senators Raatz and Kruse
- **2018-02-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 149: yeas 92, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-06** Referred to the Senate
- **2018-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-26** Senator Niezgodski removed as cosponsor
- **2018-03-01** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Senator Leising added as third sponsor
- **2018-03-05** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Amendment #1 (Raatz) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-05** Senator Melton added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-05** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 334: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-06** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-07** Motion to dissent filed
- **2018-03-07** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-07** House conferees appointed: Behning and Klinker
- **2018-03-07** House advisors appointed: Cook, DeVon and Kersey
- **2018-03-07** Senate conferees appointed: Raatz and Melton
- **2018-03-07** Senate advisors appointed: Kruse, Stoops and Leising
- **2018-03-14** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2018-03-14** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2018-03-14** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 418: yeas 44, nays 4
- **2018-03-14** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 414: yeas 83, nays 14
- **2018-03-15** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-19** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-20** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-21** Public Law 191
- **2018-03-21** 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/5ae55750-f3cc-45d2-be6e-df4772e31dda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).