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Bill Purple star designation. Requires the commission for higher education (CHE) and the Indiana department of veterans' affairs to develop and implement the higher education purple star designation for the following purposes: (1) To recognize postsecondary educational institutions that are supportive and inclusive of veterans and military connected families. (2) To provide veterans and military connected families with enhanced support for pursuing and finishing a degree or postsecondary credential. Provides that the application for a designation must be made available to interested postsecondary educational institutions on the website of the CHE before May 1, 2024. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2023 SB 384 Indiana SB 384 (2023)
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HIGHER EDUCATION
Colleges and Universities
VETERANS
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Chris Garten
Jack Sandlin
James Tomes
Randall Frye
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Indiana SB 384 (2023) — Purple star designation.

Requires the commission for higher education (CHE) and the Indiana department of veterans' affairs to develop and implement the higher education purple star designation for the following purposes: (1) To recognize postsecondary educational institutions that are supportive and inclusive of veterans and military connected families. (2) To provide veterans and military connected families with enhanced support for pursuing and finishing a degree or postsecondary credential. Provides that the application for a designation must be made available to interested postsecondary educational institutions on the website of the CHE before May 1, 2024.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

  • SB 384 - Frye - 3rd Reading — 960 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Chris Garten — primary (person)
  • Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
  • James Tomes — primary (person)
  • Randall Frye — primary (person)
  • Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
  • Chris Judy — cosponsor (person)
  • James Buck — coauthor (person)
  • John Crane — coauthor (person)
  • Mark Messmer — coauthor (person)
  • Renee Pack — cosponsor (person)
  • Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)
  • Steve Bartels — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-19 Authored by Senators Sandlin and Garten
  • 2023-01-19 First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and The Military reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2023-01-24 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2023-01-26 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-01-26 Senator Tomes added as third author
  • 2023-01-26 Senators Buck, Doriot, Messmer added as coauthors
  • 2023-01-30 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 39: yeas 46, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2023-01-30 House sponsor: Representative Frye R
  • 2023-01-30 Senator Crane added as coauthor
  • 2023-01-31 Senator Baldwin added as coauthor
  • 2023-02-02 Referred to the House referral
  • 2023-02-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2023-03-14 Representative Judy added as cosponsor
  • 2023-03-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2023-03-20 Representative Bartels added as cosponsor
  • 2023-03-23 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-03-23 Representative Pack R added as cosponsor
  • 2023-03-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 305: yeas 96, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2023-03-28 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 326: yeas 48, nays 0
  • 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 Public Law 49 became-law
  • 2023-04-20 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/484f856f-2309-48f9-930d-1e259c2eaa70. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).