--- type: "Bill" title: "Robotics competition program." description: "Amends the robotics competition program (program) definition of \"allowable expenses\" to allow a robotics competition team to use grant funds on expenses associated with a robotics competition. (Current law allows expenditures for expenses associated with attendance at a robotics competition.) Amends the program definition of \"eligible school\" to include a nonpublic school accredited by a national or regional accreditation agency that is recognized by the state board of education. Amends the program definition of \"eligible team\" to include a community based robotics competition team. Requires the department of education (department) to consider the number of participants when developing a guideline to award grants. Requires the department to award grants for each school year not later than August 1 of the applicable school year. Specifies that the program and any participation by a team mentor and team coach in the program is not subject to collective bargaining." jurisdiction: "us/states/in" legislature: "Indiana General Assembly" session: "2024" identifier: "HB 1233" citation: "Indiana HB 1233 (2024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Education (DOE) and Secretary of Education", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; Collective Bargaining", "Benefits", "and Wages", "SCHOOLS; Generally", "SCHOOLS; Private Schools", "SCHOOLS; Special Education and Special Programs", "STATE GOVERNMENT; State and Local Funding", "TECHNOLOGY; Artificial Intelligence and Robotics"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Brian Buchanan", "Chuck Goodrich", "Eric Bassler", "Linda Rogers"] version_count: 4 action_count: 23 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2024-01-09" last_action: "2024-03-11" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8244442e-981b-44bb-bc16-669780f5cc32" source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1233" source_hash: "62f78b18bc36e3f0b6d8232da119e617fa194182ecae03ca897c87568facb369" 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 1233 (2024) — Robotics competition program. Amends the robotics competition program (program) definition of "allowable expenses" to allow a robotics competition team to use grant funds on expenses associated with a robotics competition. (Current law allows expenditures for expenses associated with attendance at a robotics competition.) Amends the program definition of "eligible school" to include a nonpublic school accredited by a national or regional accreditation agency that is recognized by the state board of education. Amends the program definition of "eligible team" to include a community based robotics competition team. Requires the department of education (department) to consider the number of participants when developing a guideline to award grants. Requires the department to award grants for each school year not later than August 1 of the applicable school year. Specifies that the program and any participation by a team mentor and team coach in the program is not subject to collective bargaining. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1233/HB1233.04.ENRS.pdf) 2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1233/HB1233.03.COMS.pdf) 3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1233/HB1233.02.COMH.pdf) 4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1233/HB1233.01.INTR.pdf) ## Votes - HB 1233 - Goodrich - 3rd Reading — **97–0** (pass) · lower - HB 1233 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Brian Buchanan — primary (person) - Chuck Goodrich — primary (person) - Eric Bassler — primary (person) - Linda Rogers — primary (person) - Cyndi Carrasco — cosponsor (person) - John Crane — cosponsor (person) - Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person) - Michael Karickhoff — coauthor (person) - Robert Behning — coauthor (person) - Ryan Lauer — coauthor (person) - Sheila Klinker — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-01-09** Coauthored by Representatives Behning and Karickhoff - **2024-01-09** Authored by Representative Goodrich - **2024-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee` - **2024-01-18** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage` - **2024-01-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2` - **2024-01-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 36: yeas 97, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3` - **2024-01-23** Representatives Lauer and Klinker added as coauthors - **2024-01-23** Rule 105.1 suspended - **2024-01-24** Referred to the Senate `referral` - **2024-01-23** Senate sponsors: Senators Rogers, Bassler, Buchanan - **2024-02-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee` - **2024-02-15** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage` - **2024-02-15** Senator Crane added as cosponsor - **2024-02-19** Senator Carrasco added as cosponsor - **2024-02-19** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2` - **2024-02-20** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor - **2024-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 171: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3` - **2024-02-21** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt` - **2024-02-27** Signed by the Speaker `passage` - **2024-03-04** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage` - **2024-03-11** Public Law 64 `became-law` - **2024-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage` - **2024-03-11** 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/8244442e-981b-44bb-bc16-669780f5cc32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).