republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/hb-1305.md

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Bill	Graduation rate calculation.	Provides that a student who withdraws from school after completing grade 10 may not be included in a school's graduation rate if the student's parent submits to the school the following statements while the student is enrolled in grade 8: (1) A statement from the parent affirming that the parent has a sincerely held religious belief against the taking of a photograph and that the student will be withdrawing from school after completing grade 10 in order to complete a career pathway certification or due to the parent's deeply held religious belief. (2) A statement from a member of the clergy of the religious organization of which the parent is a member regarding the prohibition of photography of members of the religious organization. Requires at least one parent of the student to provide proof that the parent has been issued a photo exempt driver's license or identification card.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2020	HB 1305	Indiana HB 1305 (2020)	bill	SCHOOLS generally (K-12)	enacted	Blake Doriot Christy Stutzman Linda Rogers	4	22	2	2020-01-14	2020-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/0e284a16-c3f9-4e2b-9e42-d1de9caec09b	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1305	ab3532f0e86dc5e6ea5522522ffecf6a0c3290885dd9adcde961a9c7017233ba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1305 (2020) — Graduation rate calculation.

Provides that a student who withdraws from school after completing grade 10 may not be included in a school's graduation rate if the student's parent submits to the school the following statements while the student is enrolled in grade 8: (1) A statement from the parent affirming that the parent has a sincerely held religious belief against the taking of a photograph and that the student will be withdrawing from school after completing grade 10 in order to complete a career pathway certification or due to the parent's deeply held religious belief. (2) A statement from a member of the clergy of the religious organization of which the parent is a member regarding the prohibition of photography of members of the religious organization. Requires at least one parent of the student to provide proof that the parent has been issued a photo exempt driver's license or identification card.

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 1305 - Doriot - 3rd Reading — 42–6 (pass) · upper
• HB 1305 - Stutzman - 3rd Reading — 97–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Blake Doriot — primary (person)
• Christy Stutzman — primary (person)
• Linda Rogers — primary (person)
• Dennis Kruse — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Raatz — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Shane Lindauer — coauthor (person)
• Sheila Klinker — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-14 Representative Lindauer added as coauthor
• 2020-01-14 Authored by Representative Stutzman
• 2020-01-14 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-01-27 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-27 Representative Klinker added as coauthor
• 2020-01-28 Senate sponsors: Senators Doriot and Rogers
• 2020-01-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 104: yeas 97, nays 1 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
• 2020-02-24 Senator Raatz added as cosponsor
• 2020-02-27 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 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 309: yeas 42, nays 6 reading-3, passage
• 2020-03-04 Returned to the House without amendments
• 2020-03-05 Signed by the Speaker
• 2020-03-12 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-03-30 Public Law 125

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0e284a16-c3f9-4e2b-9e42-d1de9caec09b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).