Files
2026-07-06 17:27:20 -04:00

101 lines
4.8 KiB
Markdown
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
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: "SB 29"
citation: "Indiana SB 29 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION generally", "SCHOOLS", "Curricula", "SCHOOLS generally (K-12)", "EDUCATION", "State Superintendent", "State Department and Boards", "SCHOOLS", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Cook", "Dennis Kruse", "Eric Koch", "Jean Leising"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb357486-8b0f-4c06-8bbc-52eb3732a0b3"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/29"
source_hash: "b91a370a3d3e86a48ed32c25c8ad5d9c24420c132ef3ddc64582406e69aaf64a"
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 SB 29 (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. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0029/versions/sb0029.04.enrh)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0029/versions/sb0029.01.intr)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0029/versions/sb0029.02.coms)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0029/versions/sb0029.03.comh)
## Votes
- SB 29 - Cook - 3rd Reading — **950** (pass) · legislature
- SB 29 - Koch - 3rd Reading — **473** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Anthony Cook — primary (person)
- Dennis Kruse — primary (person)
- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- Jean Leising — primary (person)
- Edward Clere — cosponsor (person)
- James Smith — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Rodric Bray — coauthor (person)
- Sheila Klinker — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-03** Authored by Senator Koch
- **2017-01-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-04** Senator Kruse added as second author
- **2017-01-12** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 11: yeas 47, nays 3 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-23** House sponsor: Representative Cook
- **2017-01-23** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2017-01-24** Senator Smith added as coauthor
- **2017-01-24** Senator Bray added as coauthor
- **2017-01-25** Referred to the House
- **2017-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Representative Klinker added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-03** Representative Clere added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-03** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-05** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 404: yeas 95, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-07** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-11** Motion to dissent filed
- **2017-04-11** Senate dissented from House amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-11** Senate conferees appointed: Koch and Mrvan
- **2017-04-11** Senate advisors appointed: Kruse and Melton
- **2017-04-12** House advisors appointed: Burton, Jordan and Candelaria Reardon
- **2017-04-12** House conferees appointed: Cook and Klinker
- **2017-04-19** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2017-04-19** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2017-04-20** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 509: yeas 89, nays 1
- **2017-04-20** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 489: yeas 41, nays 5
- **2017-04-20** Senator Leising added as third author
- **2017-04-21** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-25** Public Law 162
- **2017-04-25** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-25** Signed by the President of the Senate
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb357486-8b0f-4c06-8bbc-52eb3732a0b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).