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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: "SB 475"
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citation: "Indiana SB 475 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["MENTAL HEALTH", "Mentally Ill or Impaired Persons", "EDUCATION", "State Superintendent", "State Department and Boards", "SCHOOLS", "Special Education and Special Programs"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Melton", "Luke Kenley", "Timothy Brown"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-01-12"
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last_action: "2017-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d81da48-0ee3-46ba-bd5f-c8325b91d53d"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/475"
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source_hash: "8c9a1f561c5d65f8123577d932ca617605bd67c85dce6f3573f9984ecee5c0a8"
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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 SB 475 (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 Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0475/versions/sb0475.06.enrh)
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2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0475/versions/sb0475.01.intr)
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3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0475/versions/sb0475.03.coms)
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4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0475/versions/sb0475.04.comh)
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5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0475/versions/sb0475.02.coms)
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6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0475/versions/sb0475.05.comh)
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## Votes
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- SB 475 - Brown, T. - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
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- SB 475 - Melton - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Eddie Melton — primary (person)
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- Luke Kenley — primary (person)
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- Timothy Brown — primary (person)
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- Charlie Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward Clere — cosponsor (person)
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- Frank Mrvan — coauthor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
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- Mark Stoops — coauthor (person)
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- Sheila Klinker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-12** Authored by Senator Melton
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- **2017-01-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-26** Senator Kruse added as second author
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- **2017-01-26** Senator Mrvan added as coauthor
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- **2017-02-02** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2017-02-02** Senator Kruse removed as second author
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- **2017-02-02** Senator Kenley added as second author
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- **2017-02-02** Senator Stoops added as coauthor
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- **2017-02-16** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2017-02-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-20** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
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- **2017-02-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 182: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2017-02-23** House sponsor: Representative Brown T
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- **2017-02-23** Cosponsors: Representatives Brown, C. and Clere
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- **2017-02-24** Referred to the House
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- **2017-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-14** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2017-03-14** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-16** Representative Klinker added as cosponsor
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- **2017-03-23** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2017-03-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 322: yeas 95, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2017-03-29** Returned to the Senate without amendments
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- **2017-03-30** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2017-04-10** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2017-04-12** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2017-04-13** Public Law 75
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- **2017-04-13** 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/8d81da48-0ee3-46ba-bd5f-c8325b91d53d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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