republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/hb-1082.md

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Bill	Various higher education matters.	Makes changes to the: (1) definition of "eligible secondary school student"; and (2) requirements regarding agreements between the commission for higher education (commission) and eligible employers; for purposes of the employment aid readiness network (EARN) Indiana program. Makes changes to the name of the "return and complete" project. Makes changes to the definitions regarding the project, including repealing definitions regarding the return and complete project. Requires the commission to: (1) collect and maintain certain information regarding the project; and (2) submit a report to the general assembly and governor regarding the information. Provides that money in the graduate medical education fund does not revert to any other fund. (Current law provides that money in the graduate medical education fund does not revert to the state general fund.) Repeals provisions that do the following: (1) Require state educational institutions to report annually to the commission regarding return and complete students. (2) Expire the return and complete project provisions.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2020	HB 1082	Indiana HB 1082 (2020)	bill	HIGHER EDUCATION Colleges and Universities HIGHER EDUCATION Adult Education	enacted	Jon Ford Robert Heaton Ronald Grooms	4	26	2	2020-01-07	2020-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/36a2e954-80c7-443e-97c7-e1581bc78c80	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1082	ddfc7e9771a74540794792faea55d6e8247872cfdcc479fa115ac42bbd05d1f6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1082 (2020) — Various higher education matters.

Makes changes to the: (1) definition of "eligible secondary school student"; and (2) requirements regarding agreements between the commission for higher education (commission) and eligible employers; for purposes of the employment aid readiness network (EARN) Indiana program. Makes changes to the name of the "return and complete" project. Makes changes to the definitions regarding the project, including repealing definitions regarding the return and complete project. Requires the commission to: (1) collect and maintain certain information regarding the project; and (2) submit a report to the general assembly and governor regarding the information. Provides that money in the graduate medical education fund does not revert to any other fund. (Current law provides that money in the graduate medical education fund does not revert to the state general fund.) Repeals provisions that do the following: (1) Require state educational institutions to report annually to the commission regarding return and complete students. (2) Expire the return and complete project provisions.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
3. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1082 - Heaton - 3rd Reading — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1082 - Ford Jon - 3rd Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jon Ford — primary (person)
• Robert Heaton — primary (person)
• Ronald Grooms — primary (person)
• Chris May — coauthor (person)
• Dale DeVon — coauthor (person)
• Eddie Melton — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Raatz — cosponsor (person)
• Tonya Pfaff — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Authored by Representative Heaton
• 2020-01-07 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-01-09 Representative DeVon added as coauthor
• 2020-01-14 Representative May added as coauthor
• 2020-01-16 Representative Pfaff added as coauthor
• 2020-01-23 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-01-27 Amendment #1 (Porter) failed; Roll Call 70: yeas 31, nays 60 amendment-failure
• 2020-01-27 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-28 Senate sponsor: Senator Ford Jon
• 2020-01-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 80: yeas 97, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-01-29 Referred to the Senate
• 2020-02-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-17 Senator Melton added as cosponsor
• 2020-02-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-02-24 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-24 Senator Raatz added as cosponsor
• 2020-02-25 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 239: yeas 46, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-25 Senator Grooms added as second sponsor
• 2020-02-26 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2020-03-03 Motion to concur filed
• 2020-03-04 Signed by the Speaker
• 2020-03-04 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 303: yeas 91, nays 0 amendment-failure
• 2020-03-09 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2020-03-11 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-03-14 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2020-03-30 Public Law 37

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36a2e954-80c7-443e-97c7-e1581bc78c80. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).