republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/sb-123.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dyslexia screening and intervention."
description: "Provides that the dyslexia screening and intervention provisions apply to: (1) qualified districts or qualified high schools; and (2) innovation network schools. Provides that the following may not waive or suspend the dyslexia screening and intervention provisions: (1) A coalition of continuous improvement school districts. (2) State accredited public schools. Adds, for consistency, the dyslexia screening and intervention provisions to the list of statutes that apply to charter schools. (Under current law, the dyslexia screening and intervention requirements already apply to charter schools because of the language in the dyslexia screening and intervention provisions.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 123"
citation: "Indiana SB 123 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS generally (K-12)", "SCHOOLS", "Pupils (other than disciplinary matters)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Erin Houchin", "John Crane", "Mike Speedy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-04"
last_action: "2022-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d09a10cb-a144-4eef-897d-71169e259cea"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/123"
source_hash: "abaf39a666408bb67e47175c80ab2edb16aef9e033675423c71456a737482300"
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 123 (2022) — Dyslexia screening and intervention.

Provides that the dyslexia screening and intervention provisions apply to: (1) qualified districts or qualified high schools; and (2) innovation network schools. Provides that the following may not waive or suspend the dyslexia screening and intervention provisions: (1) A coalition of continuous improvement school districts. (2) State accredited public schools. Adds, for consistency, the dyslexia screening and intervention provisions to the list of statutes that apply to charter schools. (Under current law, the dyslexia screening and intervention requirements already apply to charter schools because of the language in the dyslexia screening and intervention 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/2022/bills/SB0123/versions/SB0123.04.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0123/versions/SB0123.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0123/versions/SB0123.03.COMH)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0123/versions/SB0123.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 123 - Speedy - 3rd Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Erin Houchin — primary (person)
- John Crane — primary (person)
- Mike Speedy — primary (person)
- Chip Perfect — coauthor (person)
- Dennis Kruse — coauthor (person)
- Fady Qaddoura — coauthor (person)
- James Buck — coauthor (person)
- Kyle Walker — coauthor (person)
- Linda Rogers — coauthor (person)
- Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
- Ron Alting — coauthor (person)
- Vaneta Becker — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-04** Senator Houchin added as second author
- **2022-01-04** Authored by Senator Freeman
- **2022-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-24** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-24** Senators Walker K, Rogers, Qaddoura added as coauthors
- **2022-01-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 70: yeas 46, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-25** House sponsor: Representative Speedy
- **2022-01-25** Senator Buck added as coauthor
- **2022-01-25** Senators Kruse, Alting, Becker, Crane added as coauthors
- **2022-01-25** Senator Perfect added as coauthor
- **2022-01-26** Referred to the House
- **2022-01-31** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Senator Houchin removed as second author
- **2022-02-01** Senator Crane removed as coauthor
- **2022-02-01** Senator Crane added as second author
- **2022-02-01** Senator Houchin added as third author
- **2022-02-17** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-21** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 232: yeas 92, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-28** Motion to dissent filed
- **2022-02-28** Senate dissented from House amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-28** House conferees appointed: Speedy and Pfaff
- **2022-02-28** House advisors appointed: Jordan, Davis and Klinker
- **2022-03-01** Senate conferees appointed: Freeman and Qaddoura
- **2022-03-01** Senate advisors appointed: Crane and Yoder
- **2022-03-07** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2022-03-07** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2022-03-07** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 354: yeas 95, nays 0
- **2022-03-08** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 345: yeas 50, nays 0
- **2022-03-08** Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-15** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-15** Public Law 126
- **2022-03-15** 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/d09a10cb-a144-4eef-897d-71169e259cea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).