---
type: "Bill"
title: "State educational institutions."
description: "Requires a state educational institution (institution) to disclose certain foreign gifts and contracts received or entered into after December 31, 2020. Requires the commission to establish and maintain a website for accessing information about disclosed gifts and contracts. Authorizes the commission to provide for an audit of an institution's use of a disclosed gift, or the proceeds of a disclosed contract, received or entered into after June 30, 2021, and before July 1, 2024. Authorizes the attorney general to bring a cause of action to enforce the disclosure statute. Requires the board of trustees of an institution to adopt a policy prohibiting the transfer, licensing, or sublicensing of intellectual property developed using the institution's resources to: (1) a business entity organized under the laws of a foreign adversary; (2) a business entity headquartered in a foreign adversary; or (3) a business entity or other entity, including a governmental entity, that is owned or controlled by citizens of, or is directly controlled by the government of, a foreign adversary. Requires the board of trustees of each institution to adopt a policy prohibiting an employee or contractor of the institution from making a public statement in the employee's or contractor's official capacity unless the statement: (1) relates to the operation of the institution, or to an institution sponsored event; or (2) has been approved by the board of trustees. Prohibits an institution from using state funds or resources to: (1) engage or contract with an individual associated with a foreign terrorist organization or a state sponsor of terror; or (2) support the activities of a foreign terrorist organization or a state sponsor of terror."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1179"
citation: "Indiana HB 1179 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; Generally", "HIGHER EDUCATION; Colleges and Universities (Including Ivy Tech)", "HOMELAND SECURITY; Generally", "PROPERTY; Intellectual and Intangible Property", "STATE GOVERNMENT; Contracts", "Procurements", "and Purchases", "STATE GOVERNMENT; State and Local Funding"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Raatz", "Joanna King"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa1c6282-213a-4424-b9e2-d47c3cf237d3"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1179"
source_hash: "defcdcd1dcff2b986d9cdf36aef18bea60cf337d1d5521ccd6a4ce1319257ed8"
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 1179 (2024) — State educational institutions.

Requires a state educational institution (institution) to disclose certain foreign gifts and contracts received or entered into after December 31, 2020. Requires the commission to establish and maintain a website for accessing information about disclosed gifts and contracts. Authorizes the commission to provide for an audit of an institution's use of a disclosed gift, or the proceeds of a disclosed contract, received or entered into after June 30, 2021, and before July 1, 2024. Authorizes the attorney general to bring a cause of action to enforce the disclosure statute. Requires the board of trustees of an institution to adopt a policy prohibiting the transfer, licensing, or sublicensing of intellectual property developed using the institution's resources to: (1) a business entity organized under the laws of a foreign adversary; (2) a business entity headquartered in a foreign adversary; or (3) a business entity or other entity, including a governmental entity, that is owned or controlled by citizens of, or is directly controlled by the government of, a foreign adversary. Requires the board of trustees of each institution to adopt a policy prohibiting an employee or contractor of the institution from making a public statement in the employee's or contractor's official capacity unless the statement: (1) relates to the operation of the institution, or to an institution sponsored event; or (2) has been approved by the board of trustees. Prohibits an institution from using state funds or resources to: (1) engage or contract with an individual associated with a foreign terrorist organization or a state sponsor of terror; or (2) support the activities of a foreign terrorist organization or a state sponsor of terror.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1179/HB1179.04.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1179/HB1179.05.ENRS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1179/HB1179.03.COMS.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1179/HB1179.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1179 - Raatz - 3rd Reading — **39–9** (pass) · upper
- HB 1179 - King — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1179 - King - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
- Joanna King — primary (person)
- Chuck Goodrich — coauthor (person)
- Jake Teshka — coauthor (person)
- John Crane — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Heaton — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Authored by Representative King
- **2024-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Representative Heaton added as coauthor
- **2024-01-25** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-29** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** Representatives Teshka J and Goodrich added as coauthors
- **2024-01-30** Senate sponsor: Senator Raatz
- **2024-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 85: yeas 94, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-01-31** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2024-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Senator Crane added as cosponsor
- **2024-03-04** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Amendment #3 (Raatz) prevailed; Division of the Senate: yeas 32, nays 7 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-04** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2024-03-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 277: yeas 39, nays 9 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2024-03-05** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2024-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 310: yeas 80, nays 0
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-12** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Public Law 142 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa1c6282-213a-4424-b9e2-d47c3cf237d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).