---
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: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1136"
citation: "Indiana HB 1136 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS", "Special Education and Special Programs", "CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Child Care Programs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Frizzell", "Dennis Kruse", "Jeff Raatz", "Ronald Grooms"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a1b9f55-721c-4fe3-92a9-5c889e1b7c2c"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1136"
source_hash: "07162086c757f2decec6c42b2c1078c921f023d17b305f63f24d2322f49bd183"
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 1136 (2017) — 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/2017/bills/hb1136/versions/hb1136.05.engs)
2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1136/versions/hb1136.03.engh)
3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1136/versions/hb1136.06.enrs)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1136/versions/hb1136.02.comh)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1136/versions/hb1136.04.coms)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1136/versions/hb1136.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1136 - Frizzell - 3rd Reading — **91–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1136 - Raatz - 3rd Reading — **41–9** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- David Frizzell — primary (person)
- Dennis Kruse — primary (person)
- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
- Ronald Grooms — primary (person)
- Eddie Melton — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Milo Smith — coauthor (person)
- Sheila Klinker — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-05** Authored by Representative Frizzell
- **2017-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-30** Representative Smith, M. added as coauthor
- **2017-01-30** Representative Klinker added as coauthor
- **2017-02-07** Amendment #2 (DeLaney) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-07** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-09** Senate sponsors: Senators Raatz and Grooms
- **2017-02-09** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 91: yeas 91, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-10** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-20** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** Senator Kruse added as third sponsor
- **2017-03-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-20** Amendment #1 (Raatz) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-20** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 276: yeas 41, nays 9 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-21** Senator Melton added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-21** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-22** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-10** Motion to concur filed
- **2017-04-12** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 471: yeas 69, nays 12 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-17** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-18** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-19** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-20** Public Law 82
- **2017-04-20** 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/5a1b9f55-721c-4fe3-92a9-5c889e1b7c2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).