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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	2018	HB 1420	Indiana HB 1420 (2018)	bill	SCHOOLS Pupils (other than disciplinary matters) SCHOOLS Special Education and Special Programs SCHOOLS Charter Schools SCHOOLS Officers and Employees (other than teachers)	enacted	Dennis Kruse Jean Leising Jeff Raatz Robert Behning	6	38	2	2018-01-16	2018-03-21	openstates	ocd-bill/5ae55750-f3cc-45d2-be6e-df4772e31dda	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1420	00b96f43e4f063d5e3af1752c471e21cc31aae3c88af69c660c69fad042fe6f5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1420 (2018) — 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 House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
4. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
5. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
6. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1420 - Raatz - 3rd Reading — 49–0 (pass) · legislature
• HB 1420 - Behning - 3rd Reading — 92–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Dennis Kruse — primary (person)
• Jean Leising — primary (person)
• Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
• Robert Behning — primary (person)
• Anthony Cook — coauthor (person)
• Curt Nisly — coauthor (person)
• Eddie Melton — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Sheila Klinker — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-16 Authored by Representative Behning
• 2018-01-16 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-01-29 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2018-01-29 Representative Klinker added as coauthor
• 2018-01-29 Representative Cook added as coauthor
• 2018-01-30 Representative Nisly added as coauthor
• 2018-01-31 Amendment #1 (Behning) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2018-01-31 Amendment #2 (DeVon) motion withdrawn amendment-failure, amendment-withdrawal
• 2018-01-31 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2018-02-05 Senate sponsors: Senators Raatz and Kruse
• 2018-02-05 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 149: yeas 92, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2018-02-06 Referred to the Senate
• 2018-02-07 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-02-22 Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
• 2018-02-26 Senator Niezgodski removed as cosponsor
• 2018-03-01 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2018-03-01 Senator Leising added as third sponsor
• 2018-03-05 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2018-03-05 Amendment #1 (Raatz) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2018-03-05 Senator Melton added as cosponsor
• 2018-03-05 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2018-03-06 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 334: yeas 49, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2018-03-06 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2018-03-07 Motion to dissent filed
• 2018-03-07 House dissented from Senate amendments amendment-failure
• 2018-03-07 House conferees appointed: Behning and Klinker
• 2018-03-07 House advisors appointed: Cook, DeVon and Kersey
• 2018-03-07 Senate conferees appointed: Raatz and Melton
• 2018-03-07 Senate advisors appointed: Kruse, Stoops and Leising
• 2018-03-14 CCR # 1 filed in the House
• 2018-03-14 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
• 2018-03-14 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 418: yeas 44, nays 4
• 2018-03-14 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 414: yeas 83, nays 14
• 2018-03-15 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2018-03-19 Signed by the Speaker
• 2018-03-20 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2018-03-21 Public Law 191
• 2018-03-21 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5ae55750-f3cc-45d2-be6e-df4772e31dda. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).