---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teacher preparation program curriculum."
description: "Requires a teacher preparation program to include content within the curriculum that: (1) prepares teacher candidates to use evidenced based trauma informed classroom instruction and recognition of social, emotional, and behavioral reactions to trauma that may interfere with a student's academic functioning; and (2) provides information on certain applicable Indiana laws. Requires a teacher preparation program to consider using certain curricula pertaining to student trauma."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1283"
citation: "Indiana HB 1283 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS", "Teachers", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "Colleges and Universities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale DeVon", "Jeff Raatz", "Linda Rogers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c3793b6-d116-43a1-8303-6312dfa57383"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1283"
source_hash: "ffc57cd0c7478f2999c1442f6940c8a975a24fab4c45e43e30ca91f30036b562"
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 1283 (2020) — Teacher preparation program curriculum.

Requires a teacher preparation program to include content within the curriculum that: (1) prepares teacher candidates to use evidenced based trauma informed classroom instruction and recognition of social, emotional, and behavioral reactions to trauma that may interfere with a student's academic functioning; and (2) provides information on certain applicable Indiana laws. Requires a teacher preparation program to consider using certain curricula pertaining to student trauma.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1283/versions/HB1283.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1283/versions/HB1283.03.COMS)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1283/versions/HB1283.02.COMH)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1283/versions/HB1283.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1283 - DeVon - 3rd Reading — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1283 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — **42–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dale DeVon — primary (person)
- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Dennis Kruse — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Melton — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Thompson — coauthor (person)
- John Crane — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey Donato — cosponsor (person)
- Tonya Pfaff — coauthor (person)
- Wendy McNamara — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** Authored by Representative DeVon
- **2020-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Representative McNamara added as coauthor
- **2020-01-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23** Representatives Thompson and Pfaff added as coauthors
- **2020-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-28** Senate sponsors: Senators Rogers and Raatz
- **2020-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 101: yeas 98, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-29** Referred to the Senate
- **2020-02-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Senator Kruse added as cosponsor
- **2020-02-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-27** Senator Donato added as cosponsor
- **2020-02-27** Senator Melton added as cosponsor
- **2020-03-02** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2020-03-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 308: yeas 42, nays 6 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-03** Senator Crane added as cosponsor
- **2020-03-04** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-04** Motion to concur filed
- **2020-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 324: yeas 85, nays 2 `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-10** Signed by the Speaker
- **2020-03-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-30** Public Law 124

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c3793b6-d116-43a1-8303-6312dfa57383`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).