---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student use of wireless communication device."
description: "Requires each school corporation and charter school to: (1) adopt and implement a wireless communication device policy that governs student use of a wireless communication device; and (2) publish the policy on the school corporation's or charter school's website."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 185"
citation: "Indiana SB 185 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS; Discipline", "TECHNOLOGY; Communication (Including Internet", "Phone Lines", "Print Media", "Radio", "and Television)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Raatz", "Julie McGuire", "Stacey Donato"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f718822-68a2-4b50-9fa0-a69848e21483"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0185"
source_hash: "d0c8a735d5a598b143850162e6dfbfb2798ada11d70431af05873b061a1f40a1"
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 SB 185 (2024) — Student use of wireless communication device.

Requires each school corporation and charter school to: (1) adopt and implement a wireless communication device policy that governs student use of a wireless communication device; and (2) publish the policy on the school corporation's or charter school's website.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0185/SB0185.03.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0185/SB0185.05.ENRH.pdf)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0185/SB0185.01.INTR.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0185/SB0185.04.COMH.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 185 - McGuire - 3rd Reading — **83–8** (pass) · lower
- SB 185 - Raatz - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
- Julie McGuire — primary (person)
- Stacey Donato — primary (person)
- James Buck — coauthor (person)
- John Crane — coauthor (person)
- Linda Rogers — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Michelle Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Tonya Pfaff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Authored by Senator Raatz
- **2024-01-11** Senator Crane added as coauthor
- **2024-01-25** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-29** Senator Donato added as second author
- **2024-01-29** Amendment #1 (Ford J.D.) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-29** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-30** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2024-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 63: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-01-30** House sponsor: Representative McGuire
- **2024-01-30** Cosponsor: Representative Teshka
- **2024-01-30** Senator Buck added as coauthor
- **2024-01-30** Senator Rogers added as coauthor
- **2024-01-31** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2024-02-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Representatives Davis and Pfaff added as cosponsors
- **2024-02-15** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Representative Teshka removed as cosponsor
- **2024-02-19** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
- **2024-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 175: yeas 83, nays 8 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Public Law 24 `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/5f718822-68a2-4b50-9fa0-a69848e21483`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).