republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/hb-1313.md

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Bill	Students with disabilities.	Requires the Indiana management performance hub to: (1) use its data resources and technology to cross-reference with data bases of certain state agencies to identify certain former students with disabilities (eligible individuals); (2) coordinate with the state department of health to determine whether identified eligible individuals are deceased; and (3) provide the information concerning eligible individuals to the department of workforce development (DWD). Requires the state department of health to, not later than November 1, 2021, coordinate with the Indiana management performance hub. Requires the DWD to: (1) communicate with identified eligible individuals; and (2) provide to the eligible individuals a copy of a resource list concerning training and education opportunities and employment services resources. Requires the state advisory council on the education of children with disabilities (council) to annually update and submit the resource list to the department of education and the DWD. Requires the department of education and DWD to post a copy of the most recently updated resource list on the department's and DWD's Internet web sites. Requires the DWD, in consultation with the department of education, to prepare and submit an annual report to the general assembly and the council. Requires the state board of education to, not later than December 1, 2021, adopt rules to create an alternate diploma for students with significant cognitive disabilities.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2021	HB 1313	Indiana HB 1313 (2021)	bill	CHILDREN AND MINORS Children with Special Health Needs LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT State Department and Agencies TECHNOLOGY	enacted	Dennis Kruse Edward Clere Jon Ford Stacey Donato	4	23	1	2021-01-14	2021-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/8c1f7e56-3bb4-42ac-a1e1-5998fc9b4964	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1313	d9334a9b5f959fea092e128825acac17cf451fefd8fa504cd007f6466ba397f0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1313 (2021) — Students with disabilities.

Requires the Indiana management performance hub to: (1) use its data resources and technology to cross-reference with data bases of certain state agencies to identify certain former students with disabilities (eligible individuals); (2) coordinate with the state department of health to determine whether identified eligible individuals are deceased; and (3) provide the information concerning eligible individuals to the department of workforce development (DWD). Requires the state department of health to, not later than November 1, 2021, coordinate with the Indiana management performance hub. Requires the DWD to: (1) communicate with identified eligible individuals; and (2) provide to the eligible individuals a copy of a resource list concerning training and education opportunities and employment services resources. Requires the state advisory council on the education of children with disabilities (council) to annually update and submit the resource list to the department of education and the DWD. Requires the department of education and DWD to post a copy of the most recently updated resource list on the department's and DWD's Internet web sites. Requires the DWD, in consultation with the department of education, to prepare and submit an annual report to the general assembly and the council. Requires the state board of education to, not later than December 1, 2021, adopt rules to create an alternate diploma for students with significant cognitive disabilities.

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 1313 - Kruse - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dennis Kruse — primary (person)
• Edward Clere — primary (person)
• Jon Ford — primary (person)
• Stacey Donato — primary (person)
• Erin Houchin — cosponsor (person)
• Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
• J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Davis — coauthor (person)
• Robert Behning — coauthor (person)
• Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)
• Tonya Pfaff — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-14 Coauthored by Representatives Pfaff, Davis, Behning
• 2021-01-14 Authored by Representative Clere
• 2021-01-14 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-02-11 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-02-15 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-02-16 Senate sponsors: Senators Kruse, Donato, Ford Jon
• 2021-02-16 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 144: yeas 97, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-16 Cosponsor: Senator Ford J.D.
• 2021-02-17 Referred to the Senate
• 2021-02-23 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-04 Senators Yoder and Qaddoura added as cosponsors
• 2021-03-18 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-03-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-03-23 Senator Houchin added as cosponsor
• 2021-03-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 263: yeas 48, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-24 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2021-04-12 Motion to concur filed
• 2021-04-13 Signed by the Speaker
• 2021-04-13 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 418: yeas 92, nays 0 amendment-failure
• 2021-04-21 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2021-04-22 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-04-23 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2021-04-23 Public Law 113

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c1f7e56-3bb4-42ac-a1e1-5998fc9b4964. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).