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type: "Bill"
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title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education."
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description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1079"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1079 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Criminal History Information", "SCHOOLS generally (K-12)", "SCHOOLS", "Teachers"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Kruse", "James Merritt", "Jeffrey Thompson", "John Crane"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-01-05"
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last_action: "2017-04-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/159a2670-90aa-4979-a13f-35b7f7934233"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1079"
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source_hash: "e25a9754bd82a5958485739948205172d247043da70b84cbbc59a9e2605b0d6f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana HB 1079 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1079/versions/hb1079.04.enrs)
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2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1079/versions/hb1079.03.coms)
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3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1079/versions/hb1079.02.comh)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1079/versions/hb1079.01.intr)
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## Votes
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- HB 1079 - Merritt - 3rd Reading — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
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- HB 1079 - Thompson - 3rd Reading — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Dennis Kruse — primary (person)
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- James Merritt — primary (person)
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- Jeffrey Thompson — primary (person)
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- John Crane — primary (person)
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- Eddie Melton — cosponsor (person)
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- John Bartlett — coauthor (person)
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- Joseph Zakas — cosponsor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Delph — cosponsor (person)
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- Milo Smith — coauthor (person)
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- Terri Jo Austin — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-05** Authored by Representative Thompson
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- **2017-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-24** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2017-01-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-30** Representative Smith, M. added as coauthor
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- **2017-01-30** Senate sponsors: Senators Merritt and Crane
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- **2017-01-30** Representative Austin added as coauthor
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- **2017-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 27: yeas 99, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2017-02-01** Referred to the Senate
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- **2017-02-02** Representative Bartlett added as coauthor
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- **2017-02-20** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-13** Senator Kruse added as third sponsor
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- **2017-03-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2017-03-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-21** Placed back on second reading `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-21** Senator Melton added as cosponsor
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- **2017-03-21** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
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- **2017-03-27** Reread second time: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 302: yeas 50, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2017-03-28** Senators Zakas and Delph added as cosponsors
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- **2017-03-29** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
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- **2017-04-06** Motion to dissent filed
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- **2017-04-06** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
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- **2017-04-10** Senate conferees appointed: Merritt and Mrvan
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- **2017-04-10** Senate advisors appointed: Kruse, Melton and Bray
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- **2017-04-10** House conferees appointed: Thompson and Austin
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- **2017-04-10** House advisors appointed: Wesco, Cook and Smith V
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- **2017-04-20** CCR # 1 filed in the House
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- **2017-04-20** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
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- **2017-04-21** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2017-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2017-04-21** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 518: yeas 99, nays 0
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- **2017-04-21** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 507: yeas 50, nays 0
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- **2017-04-24** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2017-04-26** Public Law 185
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- **2017-04-26** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/159a2670-90aa-4979-a13f-35b7f7934233`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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