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type: "Bill"
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title: "Purple star designation."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 384"
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citation: "Indiana SB 384 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HIGHER EDUCATION", "Colleges and Universities", "VETERANS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chris Garten", "Jack Sandlin", "James Tomes", "Randall Frye"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-01-19"
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last_action: "2023-04-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/484f856f-2309-48f9-930d-1e259c2eaa70"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/384"
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source_hash: "239f5ce19eec5c4cd646f34e6f00edec297a50d3da5005631c36606cee5fbbce"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana SB 384 (2023) — Purple star designation.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0384/versions/SB0384.04.ENRH)
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2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0384/versions/SB0384.01.INTR)
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3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0384/versions/SB0384.03.COMH)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0384/versions/SB0384.02.COMS)
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## Votes
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- SB 384 - Frye - 3rd Reading — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chris Garten — primary (person)
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- Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
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- James Tomes — primary (person)
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- Randall Frye — primary (person)
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- Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
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- Chris Judy — cosponsor (person)
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- James Buck — coauthor (person)
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- John Crane — coauthor (person)
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- Mark Messmer — coauthor (person)
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- Renee Pack — cosponsor (person)
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- Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)
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- Steve Bartels — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-19** Authored by Senators Sandlin and Garten
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- **2023-01-19** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and The Military `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-24** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-01-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-01-26** Senator Tomes added as third author
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- **2023-01-26** Senators Buck, Doriot, Messmer added as coauthors
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- **2023-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 39: yeas 46, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-01-30** House sponsor: Representative Frye R
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- **2023-01-30** Senator Crane added as coauthor
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- **2023-01-31** Senator Baldwin added as coauthor
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- **2023-02-02** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2023-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-14** Representative Judy added as cosponsor
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- **2023-03-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-20** Representative Bartels added as cosponsor
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- **2023-03-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-23** Representative Pack R added as cosponsor
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- **2023-03-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 305: yeas 96, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-28** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
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- **2023-04-03** Motion to concur filed `filing`
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- **2023-04-04** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 326: yeas 48, nays 0
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- **2023-04-06** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2023-04-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-04-18** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-04-20** Public Law 49 `became-law`
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- **2023-04-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/484f856f-2309-48f9-930d-1e259c2eaa70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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