republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/sb-167.md

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Bill	FAFSA.	Requires all students, except for students at certain nonpublic schools, in the student's senior year to complete and submit the FAFSA not later than April 15 unless: (1) a parent of a student or a student, if the student is an emancipated minor, signs a waiver that the student understands what the FAFSA is and declines to complete it; or (2) the principal or school counselor of the student's high school waives the requirement for a group of students due to the principal or school counselor being unable to reach the parents or guardians of the students by April 15 after at least two reasonable attempts to contact the parents or guardians. Requires that the: (1) model notice prepared by the commission for higher education; and (2) notice that each school corporation is required to send regarding the FAFSA; include information regarding the requirements and exceptions for completing the FAFSA. Expires certain requirements on June 30, 2033. Makes a conforming change and technical corrections.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2023	SB 167	Indiana SB 167 (2023)	bill	SCHOOLS generally (K-12) STUDENT ASSISTANCE LOANS AND GRANTS	enacted	Jean Leising Robert Behning Stacey Donato	5	25	1	2023-01-09	2023-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/c368f283-c684-49be-bfa3-7a6f90adfc12	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/167	d4082a4dd5cbd42f6a1550db162a67504af52f1bad94100a39eda07eaf566286	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 167 (2023) — FAFSA.

Requires all students, except for students at certain nonpublic schools, in the student's senior year to complete and submit the FAFSA not later than April 15 unless: (1) a parent of a student or a student, if the student is an emancipated minor, signs a waiver that the student understands what the FAFSA is and declines to complete it; or (2) the principal or school counselor of the student's high school waives the requirement for a group of students due to the principal or school counselor being unable to reach the parents or guardians of the students by April 15 after at least two reasonable attempts to contact the parents or guardians. Requires that the: (1) model notice prepared by the commission for higher education; and (2) notice that each school corporation is required to send regarding the FAFSA; include information regarding the requirements and exceptions for completing the FAFSA. Expires certain requirements on June 30, 2033. Makes a conforming change and technical corrections.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 167 - Behning - 3rd Reading — 84–9 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jean Leising — primary (person)
• Robert Behning — primary (person)
• Stacey Donato — primary (person)
• Cindy Ledbetter — cosponsor (person)
• Edward DeLaney — cosponsor (person)
• J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-09 Authored by Senator Leising
• 2023-01-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-01-26 Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
• 2023-02-09 Senator Donato added as second author
• 2023-02-16 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-02-20 Amendment #1 (Leising) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2023-02-20 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-02-21 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 136: yeas 43, nays 3 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-02-21 House sponsor: Representative Behning
• 2023-02-21 Cosponsors: Representatives Ledbetter C and DeLaney
• 2023-02-21 Senator Pol added as coauthor
• 2023-02-21 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2023-02-22 Referred to the House referral
• 2023-02-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-03-16 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-03-20 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-03-21 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 280: yeas 85, nays 9 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-03-22 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2023-04-03 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2023-04-04 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 318: yeas 45, nays 3
• 2023-04-06 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2023-04-11 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2023-04-18 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2023-04-20 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2023-04-20 Public Law 29 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c368f283-c684-49be-bfa3-7a6f90adfc12. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).