republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/hb-1283.md

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Bill	Teacher preparation program curriculum.	Requires a teacher preparation program to include content within the curriculum that: (1) prepares teacher candidates to use evidenced based trauma informed classroom instruction and recognition of social, emotional, and behavioral reactions to trauma that may interfere with a student's academic functioning; and (2) provides information on certain applicable Indiana laws. Requires a teacher preparation program to consider using certain curricula pertaining to student trauma.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2020	HB 1283	Indiana HB 1283 (2020)	bill	SCHOOLS Teachers HIGHER EDUCATION Colleges and Universities	enacted	Dale DeVon Jeff Raatz Linda Rogers	4	26	2	2020-01-14	2020-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/0c3793b6-d116-43a1-8303-6312dfa57383	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1283	ffc57cd0c7478f2999c1442f6940c8a975a24fab4c45e43e30ca91f30036b562	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1283 (2020) — Teacher preparation program curriculum.

Requires a teacher preparation program to include content within the curriculum that: (1) prepares teacher candidates to use evidenced based trauma informed classroom instruction and recognition of social, emotional, and behavioral reactions to trauma that may interfere with a student's academic functioning; and (2) provides information on certain applicable Indiana laws. Requires a teacher preparation program to consider using certain curricula pertaining to student trauma.

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 1283 - DeVon - 3rd Reading — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1283 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — 42–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dale DeVon — primary (person)
• Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
• Linda Rogers — primary (person)
• Dennis Kruse — cosponsor (person)
• Eddie Melton — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey Thompson — coauthor (person)
• John Crane — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Stacey Donato — cosponsor (person)
• Tonya Pfaff — coauthor (person)
• Wendy McNamara — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-14 Authored by Representative DeVon
• 2020-01-14 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-01-21 Representative McNamara added as coauthor
• 2020-01-23 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-01-23 Representatives Thompson and Pfaff added as coauthors
• 2020-01-27 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-28 Senate sponsors: Senators Rogers and Raatz
• 2020-01-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 101: yeas 98, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-01-29 Referred to the Senate
• 2020-02-11 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-20 Senator Kruse added as cosponsor
• 2020-02-27 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-02-27 Senator Donato added as cosponsor
• 2020-02-27 Senator Melton added as cosponsor
• 2020-03-02 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-03-02 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2020-03-03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 308: yeas 42, nays 6 reading-3, passage
• 2020-03-03 Senator Crane added as cosponsor
• 2020-03-04 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2020-03-04 Motion to concur filed
• 2020-03-05 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 324: yeas 85, nays 2 amendment-failure
• 2020-03-10 Signed by the Speaker
• 2020-03-12 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2020-03-30 Public Law 124

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0c3793b6-d116-43a1-8303-6312dfa57383. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).