republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2018/hb-1426.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	2018	HB 1426	Indiana HB 1426 (2018)	bill	EDUCATION State Superintendent State Department and Boards SCHOOLS Pupils (other than disciplinary matters) SCHOOLS Academic Achievement	enacted	Dennis Kruse Jeff Raatz Robert Behning	8	40	2	2018-01-16	2018-03-21	openstates	ocd-bill/ceded254-d560-4f05-9cdd-fafde3dfd382	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1426	00754f42f40a010736f8d8bbd81dca1361906800dac519b68c9978a381195f09	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1426 (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 (H) (committee substitute) — source
6. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
7. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
8. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1426 - Kruse - 3rd Reading — 49–0 (pass) · legislature
• HB 1426 - Behning - 3rd Reading — 84–5 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Dennis Kruse — primary (person)
• Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
• Robert Behning — primary (person)
• Anthony Cook — coauthor (person)
• Eddie Melton — cosponsor (person)
• Edward Clere — coauthor (person)
• Terri Jo Austin — 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
• 2018-01-18 Representative Clere added as coauthor
• 2018-01-23 Representative Cook added as coauthor
• 2018-01-23 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2018-01-23 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 referral-committee
• 2018-01-29 Representative Austin added as coauthor
• 2018-01-30 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2018-02-01 Amendment #5 (Behning) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2018-02-01 Amendment #4 (Brown T) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2018-02-01 Amendment #3 (DeVon) prevailed; Roll Call 142: yeas 73, nays 12 amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2018-02-01 Amendment #2 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 143: yeas 21, nays 62 amendment-failure
• 2018-02-01 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2018-02-05 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 147: yeas 84, nays 5 reading-3, passage
• 2018-02-05 Senate sponsors: Senators Kruse and Raatz
• 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 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-02-22 Senator Melton added as cosponsor
• 2018-03-01 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2018-03-05 Amendment #3 (Kruse) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2018-03-05 Amendment #4 (Kruse) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2018-03-05 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2018-03-06 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 336: 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 Austin
• 2018-03-07 House advisors appointed: Cook, Clere and Smith V
• 2018-03-07 Senate conferees appointed: Kruse and Melton
• 2018-03-07 Senate advisors appointed: Raatz, Mrvan, Zay and Spartz
• 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 421: yeas 44, nays 4
• 2018-03-14 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 415: yeas 71, nays 25
• 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 192
• 2018-03-21 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ceded254-d560-4f05-9cdd-fafde3dfd382. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).