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Bill Civics education. Requires, not later than July 1, 2022, the state board of education, in coordination with the department of education, to establish standards for civics education. Establishes the: (1) Indiana civic education commission; and (2) duties of the commission. Provides that each school corporation, charter school, and state accredited nonpublic school shall require each student to successfully complete in grade 6, 7, or 8 one semester of a civics education course. Provides that the civics education standards in effect on July 2, 2022, may only be changed by the express authorization of the general assembly. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2021 HB 1384 Indiana HB 1384 (2021)
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Creation of New Agencies
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Curricula
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Anthony Cook
Brian Buchanan
Jeff Raatz
John Crane
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Indiana HB 1384 (2021) — Civics education.

Requires, not later than July 1, 2022, the state board of education, in coordination with the department of education, to establish standards for civics education. Establishes the: (1) Indiana civic education commission; and (2) duties of the commission. Provides that each school corporation, charter school, and state accredited nonpublic school shall require each student to successfully complete in grade 6, 7, or 8 one semester of a civics education course. Provides that the civics education standards in effect on July 2, 2022, may only be changed by the express authorization of the general assembly.

Version chain

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

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

Sponsors

  • Anthony Cook — primary (person)
  • Brian Buchanan — primary (person)
  • Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
  • John Crane — primary (person)
  • Dennis Kruse — cosponsor (person)
  • Donna Schaibley — coauthor (person)
  • Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
  • J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
  • James Buck — cosponsor (person)
  • Jean Leising — cosponsor (person)
  • Jeffrey Thompson — coauthor (person)
  • Kyle Walker — cosponsor (person)
  • Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)
  • Robert Cherry — coauthor (person)
  • Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-14 Coauthored by Representatives Thompson, Cherry, Schaibley
  • 2021-01-14 Authored by Representative Cook
  • 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
  • 2021-02-16 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2021-02-18 Senate sponsors: Senators Buchanan, Raatz, Crane
  • 2021-02-18 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 196: yeas 96, nays 1 passage, reading-3
  • 2021-02-19 Referred to the Senate
  • 2021-02-24 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2021-03-04 Senator Raatz removed as second sponsor
  • 2021-03-04 Senator Buchanan removed as sponsor
  • 2021-03-04 Senator Raatz added as sponsor
  • 2021-03-04 Senator Buchanan added as second sponsor
  • 2021-03-04 Senator Kruse added as cosponsor
  • 2021-03-04 Senator Qaddoura added as cosponsor
  • 2021-03-04 Senators Rogers and Leising added as cosponsors
  • 2021-03-04 Senator Walker K added as cosponsor
  • 2021-03-11 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2021-03-15 Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
  • 2021-03-15 Amendment #1 (Young M) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
  • 2021-03-15 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2021-03-16 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 233: yeas 49, nays 0 passage, reading-3
  • 2021-03-16 Senator Buck added as cosponsor
  • 2021-03-16 Senator Yoder added as cosponsor
  • 2021-03-17 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
  • 2021-03-22 Motion to concur filed
  • 2021-03-25 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 307: yeas 88, nays 1 amendment-failure
  • 2021-03-29 Signed by the Speaker
  • 2021-04-01 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
  • 2021-04-07 Signed by the President of the Senate
  • 2021-04-08 Public Law 39
  • 2021-04-08 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/70020539-4080-470c-94dd-5a8188987608. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).