republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2017/sb-475.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 475	Indiana SB 475 (2017)	bill	MENTAL HEALTH Mentally Ill or Impaired Persons EDUCATION State Superintendent State Department and Boards SCHOOLS Special Education and Special Programs	enacted	Eddie Melton Luke Kenley Timothy Brown	6	28	2	2017-01-12	2017-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/8d81da48-0ee3-46ba-bd5f-c8325b91d53d	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/475	8c9a1f561c5d65f8123577d932ca617605bd67c85dce6f3573f9984ecee5c0a8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 475 (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
2. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 475 - Brown, T. - 3rd Reading — 95–0 (pass) · legislature
• SB 475 - Melton - 3rd Reading — 49–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Eddie Melton — primary (person)
• Luke Kenley — primary (person)
• Timothy Brown — primary (person)
• Charlie Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Edward Clere — cosponsor (person)
• Frank Mrvan — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Mark Stoops — coauthor (person)
• Sheila Klinker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-12 Authored by Senator Melton
• 2017-01-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-01-26 Senator Kruse added as second author
• 2017-01-26 Senator Mrvan added as coauthor
• 2017-02-02 Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-02-02 Senator Kruse removed as second author
• 2017-02-02 Senator Kenley added as second author
• 2017-02-02 Senator Stoops added as coauthor
• 2017-02-16 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2017-02-20 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-20 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2017-02-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 182: yeas 49, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2017-02-23 House sponsor: Representative Brown T
• 2017-02-23 Cosponsors: Representatives Brown, C. and Clere
• 2017-02-24 Referred to the House
• 2017-02-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-03-14 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2017-03-14 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 referral-committee
• 2017-03-16 Representative Klinker added as cosponsor
• 2017-03-23 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2017-03-27 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2017-03-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 322: yeas 95, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-29 Returned to the Senate without amendments
• 2017-03-30 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2017-04-10 Signed by the Speaker
• 2017-04-12 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-04-13 Public Law 75
• 2017-04-13 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8d81da48-0ee3-46ba-bd5f-c8325b91d53d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).