---
type: "Bill"
title: "Free speech at state educational institutions."
description: "Provides that a state educational institution may not: (1) designate an outdoor area on campus as an area where protected expressive activities are prohibited; (2) deny any benefit or privilege to, or discriminate against, a religious, political, or ideological student organization for its protected expressive activity; and (3) deny a benefit to or discriminate against a religious, political, or ideological student organization based on the protected expressive activity or a requirement of the student organization. Allows a state educational institution to enforce reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions that comply with certain requirements. Requires a state educational institution to create and publish protected expressive activity policies. Provides that a student or student organization may bring a cause of action for a violation of free speech rights. Allows a court to award injunctive relief, compensatory damages, reasonable court costs, and attorney's fees to an aggrieved student or student organization if the court finds that a violation occurred. Allows a court to award compensatory damages up to $50,000. Provides that a state educational institution is not immune from certain liability. Requires the commission for higher education to create a form for a state educational institution to submit information on an alleged violation of this chapter. Makes conforming changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1190"
citation: "Indiana HB 1190 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "Colleges and Universities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Buchanan", "Dennis Kruse", "Jack Jordan", "Jeff Raatz"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5aad456-c4d8-4ade-bee1-b8aacdaa4a6b"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1190"
source_hash: "28f9a35d7f74363d09f43293416d6cc0a90ff6bd61efeaa57e2cbe180e291a4c"
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 1190 (2022) — Free speech at state educational institutions.

Provides that a state educational institution may not: (1) designate an outdoor area on campus as an area where protected expressive activities are prohibited; (2) deny any benefit or privilege to, or discriminate against, a religious, political, or ideological student organization for its protected expressive activity; and (3) deny a benefit to or discriminate against a religious, political, or ideological student organization based on the protected expressive activity or a requirement of the student organization. Allows a state educational institution to enforce reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions that comply with certain requirements. Requires a state educational institution to create and publish protected expressive activity policies. Provides that a student or student organization may bring a cause of action for a violation of free speech rights. Allows a court to award injunctive relief, compensatory damages, reasonable court costs, and attorney's fees to an aggrieved student or student organization if the court finds that a violation occurred. Allows a court to award compensatory damages up to $50,000. Provides that a state educational institution is not immune from certain liability. Requires the commission for higher education to create a form for a state educational institution to submit information on an alleged violation of this chapter. Makes conforming changes.

## 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/2022/bills/HB1190/versions/HB1190.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1190/versions/HB1190.02.COMH)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1190/versions/HB1190.03.COMS)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1190/versions/HB1190.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1190 - Buchanan - 3rd Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Buchanan — primary (person)
- Dennis Kruse — primary (person)
- Jack Jordan — primary (person)
- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
- Chris Jeter — coauthor (person)
- Eric Koch — cosponsor (person)
- John Crane — cosponsor (person)
- Sheila Klinker — coauthor (person)
- Timothy Wesco — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06** Coauthored by Representative Jeter
- **2022-01-06** Authored by Representative Jordan
- **2022-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** Representative Wesco added as coauthor
- **2022-01-24** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-27** Senate sponsors: Senators Buchanan, Raatz, Kruse
- **2022-01-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 122: yeas 94, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-27** Representative Klinker added as coauthor
- **2022-01-28** Referred to the Senate
- **2022-02-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Senator Koch added as cosponsor
- **2022-02-24** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 295: yeas 44, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Senator Crane added as cosponsor
- **2022-03-02** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-02** Motion to concur filed
- **2022-03-03** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 336: yeas 92, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-04** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-15** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-15** Public Law 145

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5aad456-c4d8-4ade-bee1-b8aacdaa4a6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).