---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment social enterprises."
description: "Defines \"employment social enterprise\" as a nonprofit or for-profit organization that meets certain criteria. Amends the definition of \"workforce related program\" to include a work based learning program or transitional jobs program that: (1) is through an employment social enterprise; and (2) meets certain other criteria."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1289"
citation: "Indiana HB 1289 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; Charitable Organizations and Nonprofits", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrea Hunley", "Carey Hamilton", "Greg Goode", "Michael Crider"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20d71974-7df3-4450-b450-16306d3534d2"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1289"
source_hash: "5c83d8a9a3e342278c77ca822360f3c7b2bc28bc704718fd0ad48876aababe30"
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 1289 (2025) — Employment social enterprises.

Defines "employment social enterprise" as a nonprofit or for-profit organization that meets certain criteria. Amends the definition of "workforce related program" to include a work based learning program or transitional jobs program that: (1) is through an employment social enterprise; and (2) meets certain other criteria.

## 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/124/2025/house/bills/HB1289/HB1289.04.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1289/HB1289.03.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1289/HB1289.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1289/HB1289.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1289 - Crider - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1289 - Hamilton - 3rd Reading — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrea Hunley — primary (person)
- Carey Hamilton — primary (person)
- Greg Goode — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Dernulc — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Moed — coauthor (person)
- Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Morris — coauthor (person)
- Rodney Pol — cosponsor (person)
- Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey Donato — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Isa — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Coauthored by Representative Moed
- **2025-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** Authored by Representative Hamilton
- **2025-01-21** Representative Morris added as coauthor
- **2025-02-06** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-06** Representative Isa added as coauthor
- **2025-02-10** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-11** Senate sponsors: Senators Crider, Goode, Hunley
- **2025-02-12** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2025-02-11** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 135: yeas 90, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-02-20** First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** Senator Yoder added as cosponsor
- **2025-03-11** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 229: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Senators Rogers, Doriot, Dernulc, Donato, Pol added as cosponsors
- **2025-03-17** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-25** Public Law 7 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20d71974-7df3-4450-b450-16306d3534d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).