republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/sb-251.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deduction of dues to exclusive representative."
description: "Provides that a school employee has the right to resign from, and end any financial obligation to, a school employee organization at any time. Provides that a school employee must annually authorize a pay deduction to a school employee organization. Provides that the attorney general, in consultation with the Indiana education employment relations board (board) shall prescribe an authorization for withholding form for use by a school employee to deduct dues from the pay of the school employee to the school employee organization. Adds certain requirements for information to be included on the form. Provides that after receiving the authorization for withholding form, the employer shall confirm the authorization by sending an electronic mail message to the school employee at the employee's school provided work electronic mail address and shall wait for confirmation of the authorization before starting any deduction. Specifies the time frame for (1) ceasing withholding upon receipt of a request, and (2) providing notice to the school employee organization. Provides that a school employer shall annually provide, at a time it prescribes, written or electronic mail notification to its school employees of their right to cease payment of school employee organization dues and to withdraw from that organization. Specifies what the notification must include. Provides that the attorney general, in consultation with the board and the department of education, must annually provide notice to school employers of certain provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 251"
citation: "Indiana SB 251 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "EDUCATION generally", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT", "Wages", "Arbitration", "and Benefits", "SCHOOLS", "Officers and Employees (other than teachers)", "SCHOOLS", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Goodrich", "Jeff Raatz", "Linda Rogers", "Philip Boots"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e241c4e-ee78-4a02-8792-957c49fa7d3a"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/251"
source_hash: "c0181255f8abc66ccbbd7abddff2223d8d41ea2d200a91f7883e6d453512f921"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---

# Indiana SB 251 (2021) — Deduction of dues to exclusive representative.

Provides that a school employee has the right to resign from, and end any financial obligation to, a school employee organization at any time. Provides that a school employee must annually authorize a pay deduction to a school employee organization. Provides that the attorney general, in consultation with the Indiana education employment relations board (board) shall prescribe an authorization for withholding form for use by a school employee to deduct dues from the pay of the school employee to the school employee organization. Adds certain requirements for information to be included on the form. Provides that after receiving the authorization for withholding form, the employer shall confirm the authorization by sending an electronic mail message to the school employee at the employee's school provided work electronic mail address and shall wait for confirmation of the authorization before starting any deduction. Specifies the time frame for (1) ceasing withholding upon receipt of a request, and (2) providing notice to the school employee organization. Provides that a school employer shall annually provide, at a time it prescribes, written or electronic mail notification to its school employees of their right to cease payment of school employee organization dues and to withdraw from that organization. Specifies what the notification must include. Provides that the attorney general, in consultation with the board and the department of education, must annually provide notice to school employers of certain provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0251/versions/SB0251.04.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0251/versions/SB0251.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0251/versions/SB0251.03.COMH)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0251/versions/SB0251.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 251 - Boots - 3rd Reading — **27–22** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chuck Goodrich — primary (person)
- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Philip Boots — primary (person)
- Erin Houchin — coauthor (person)
- J.D. Prescott — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Carbaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Behning — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Authored by Senator Boots
- **2021-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-15** Senator Raatz added as third author
- **2021-02-16** Senator Rogers added as second author
- **2021-02-16** Senator Houchin added as coauthor
- **2021-02-16** Third reading: failed for lack of constitutional majority; Roll Call 131: yeas 24, nays 22 `failure, reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Reread third time: passed; Roll Call 137: yeas 27, nays 22 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** House sponsor: Representative Goodrich
- **2021-02-18** Cosponsor: Representative Behning
- **2021-02-19** Referred to the House
- **2021-03-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Representative Prescott added as cosponsor
- **2021-04-01** Representative Carbaugh added as cosponsor
- **2021-04-01** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-05** Amendment #1 (Hatfield) failed; Roll Call 357: yeas 31, nays 62 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-05** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 366: yeas 58, nays 34 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Returned to the Senate without amendments
- **2021-04-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-19** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-22** Public Law 98
- **2021-04-22** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e241c4e-ee78-4a02-8792-957c49fa7d3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).