republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2017/sb-198.md

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Bill	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2017	SB 198	Indiana SB 198 (2017)	bill	HIGHER EDUCATION Adult Education LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT Work Training SCHOOLS Vocational Education LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL; LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY	enacted	Douglas Eckerty Ryan Mishler Todd Huston	6	45	2	2017-01-04	2017-04-28	openstates	ocd-bill/29124df2-81dd-462b-8297-2d54d13c0e7d	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/198	aa2a3b8049da332898ea3c98397f646198177aca2cd607a3d3250cc41fae2838	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 198 (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 Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 198 - Eckerty - 3rd Reading — 43–6 (pass) · legislature
• SB 198 - Huston - 3rd Reading — 97–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Douglas Eckerty — primary (person)
• Ryan Mishler — primary (person)
• Todd Huston — primary (person)
• Chip Perfect — coauthor (person)
• David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
• Dennis Kruse — coauthor (person)
• Earl Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
• Erin Houchin — coauthor (person)
• Jeff Raatz — coauthor (person)
• Jeffrey Thompson — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Braun — cosponsor (person)
• Randall Head — coauthor (person)
• Rick Niemeyer — coauthor (person)
• Timothy Brown — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-04 Authored by Senator Long
• 2017-01-04 First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-02-16 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-02-16 Senator Long removed as author
• 2017-02-16 Senator Mishler added as author
• 2017-02-21 Senator Mishler removed as author
• 2017-02-21 Senator Eckerty added as author
• 2017-02-21 Senator Mishler added as second author
• 2017-02-21 Senators Bassler and Head added as coauthors
• 2017-02-23 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2017-02-23 Senators Niezgodski and Raatz added as coauthors
• 2017-02-23 Senator Perfect added as coauthor
• 2017-02-23 Senators Houchin and Niemeyer added as coauthors
• 2017-02-27 Amendment #1 (Tallian) failed; voice vote amendment-failure
• 2017-02-27 Amendment #2 (Tallian) failed; voice vote amendment-failure
• 2017-02-27 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 218: yeas 43, nays 6 reading-3, passage
• 2017-02-28 House sponsor: Representative Huston
• 2017-02-28 Cosponsors: Representatives Brown, T. and Thompson
• 2017-02-28 Senator Kruse added as coauthor
• 2017-03-01 Referred to the House
• 2017-03-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-03-30 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2017-04-03 Representative Braun added as cosponsor
• 2017-04-04 Amendment #1 (Huston) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2017-04-04 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2017-04-05 Rule 105.1 suspended
• 2017-04-05 Representative Harris added as cosponsor
• 2017-04-06 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 409: yeas 97, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-07 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
• 2017-04-17 Motion to dissent filed
• 2017-04-17 Senate conferees appointed: Eckerty and Niezgodski
• 2017-04-17 Senate advisors appointed: Mishler, Melton, Bassler and Perfect
• 2017-04-17 Senate dissented from House amendments amendment-failure
• 2017-04-17 House conferees appointed: Huston and Harris
• 2017-04-17 House advisors appointed: Braun, Clere and Goodin
• 2017-04-21 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
• 2017-04-21 CCR # 1 filed in the House
• 2017-04-21 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 524: yeas 50, nays 0
• 2017-04-21 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 542: yeas 98, nays 0
• 2017-04-25 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-04-27 Signed by the Speaker
• 2017-04-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2017-04-28 Public Law 230
• 2017-04-28 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/29124df2-81dd-462b-8297-2d54d13c0e7d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).