republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/hb-1233.md

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Bill	Robotics competition program.	Amends the robotics competition program (program) definition of "allowable expenses" to allow a robotics competition team to use grant funds on expenses associated with a robotics competition. (Current law allows expenditures for expenses associated with attendance at a robotics competition.) Amends the program definition of "eligible school" to include a nonpublic school accredited by a national or regional accreditation agency that is recognized by the state board of education. Amends the program definition of "eligible team" to include a community based robotics competition team. Requires the department of education (department) to consider the number of participants when developing a guideline to award grants. Requires the department to award grants for each school year not later than August 1 of the applicable school year. Specifies that the program and any participation by a team mentor and team coach in the program is not subject to collective bargaining.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	HB 1233	Indiana HB 1233 (2024)	bill	AGENCIES; Department of Education (DOE) and Secretary of Education LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; Collective Bargaining Benefits and Wages SCHOOLS; Generally SCHOOLS; Private Schools SCHOOLS; Special Education and Special Programs STATE GOVERNMENT; State and Local Funding TECHNOLOGY; Artificial Intelligence and Robotics	enacted	Brian Buchanan Chuck Goodrich Eric Bassler Linda Rogers	4	23	2	2024-01-09	2024-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/8244442e-981b-44bb-bc16-669780f5cc32	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1233	62f78b18bc36e3f0b6d8232da119e617fa194182ecae03ca897c87568facb369	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1233 (2024) — Robotics competition program.

Amends the robotics competition program (program) definition of "allowable expenses" to allow a robotics competition team to use grant funds on expenses associated with a robotics competition. (Current law allows expenditures for expenses associated with attendance at a robotics competition.) Amends the program definition of "eligible school" to include a nonpublic school accredited by a national or regional accreditation agency that is recognized by the state board of education. Amends the program definition of "eligible team" to include a community based robotics competition team. Requires the department of education (department) to consider the number of participants when developing a guideline to award grants. Requires the department to award grants for each school year not later than August 1 of the applicable school year. Specifies that the program and any participation by a team mentor and team coach in the program is not subject to collective bargaining.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• HB 1233 - Goodrich - 3rd Reading — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1233 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Buchanan — primary (person)
• Chuck Goodrich — primary (person)
• Eric Bassler — primary (person)
• Linda Rogers — primary (person)
• Cyndi Carrasco — cosponsor (person)
• John Crane — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Karickhoff — coauthor (person)
• Robert Behning — coauthor (person)
• Ryan Lauer — coauthor (person)
• Sheila Klinker — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Coauthored by Representatives Behning and Karickhoff
• 2024-01-09 Authored by Representative Goodrich
• 2024-01-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-01-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 36: yeas 97, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-01-23 Representatives Lauer and Klinker added as coauthors
• 2024-01-23 Rule 105.1 suspended
• 2024-01-24 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2024-01-23 Senate sponsors: Senators Rogers, Bassler, Buchanan
• 2024-02-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-15 Senator Crane added as cosponsor
• 2024-02-19 Senator Carrasco added as cosponsor
• 2024-02-19 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-20 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2024-02-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 171: yeas 49, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Returned to the House without amendments receipt
• 2024-02-27 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-04 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-11 Public Law 64 became-law
• 2024-03-08 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8244442e-981b-44bb-bc16-669780f5cc32. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).