republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/hb-1499.md

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Bill	Education matters.	Provides that certain students have the opportunity to retake the determinant evaluation of reading skills at least twice in the summer before grade 3 retention requirements apply. Requires the department of education to establish a registration process for schools to exempt certain English language learners from compliance with grade 3 retention requirements until the beginning of the 2027-2028 school year. Allows required career fairs to be held off of school property if the school provides transportation. Amends agreement requirements with regard to the employment aid readiness network (EARN) Indiana program. Makes a technical correction.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	HB 1499	Indiana HB 1499 (2025)	bill	AGENCIES; Department of Education (DOE) and Secretary of Education SCHOOLS; Curricula SCHOOLS; Funds and Budgets SCHOOLS; Teachers	enacted	Gary Byrne Linda Rogers Robert Behning	4	22	3	2025-01-21	2025-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/f6ac5d31-663f-4eff-abb5-56d556506d7f	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1499	95e4109d748bd61a35fd951c66cacb0d95a36953d6d84c4e7b956ec2547f2881	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1499 (2025) — Education matters.

Provides that certain students have the opportunity to retake the determinant evaluation of reading skills at least twice in the summer before grade 3 retention requirements apply. Requires the department of education to establish a registration process for schools to exempt certain English language learners from compliance with grade 3 retention requirements until the beginning of the 2027-2028 school year. Allows required career fairs to be held off of school property if the school provides transportation. Amends agreement requirements with regard to the employment aid readiness network (EARN) Indiana program. Makes a technical correction.

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 1499 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — 46–1 (pass) · upper
• HB 1499 - Behning — 90–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1499 - Behning - 3rd Reading — 95–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gary Byrne — primary (person)
• Linda Rogers — primary (person)
• Robert Behning — primary (person)
• Jake Teshka — coauthor (person)
• Julie McGuire — coauthor (person)
• Sheila Klinker — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-21 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-21 Authored by Representative Behning
• 2025-02-13 Representative Klinker added as coauthor
• 2025-02-13 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-02-13 Representatives McGuire and Teshka added as coauthors
• 2025-02-17 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-18 Senate sponsor: Senator Rogers
• 2025-02-18 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 200: yeas 95, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-02-19 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-03-24 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-03-25 Senator Byrne added as second sponsor
• 2025-03-25 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 290: yeas 46, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-03-26 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2025-04-22 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2025-04-22 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-04-22 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 514: yeas 90, nays 0
• 2025-04-22 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2025-04-23 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2025-05-01 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-01 Public Law 177 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f6ac5d31-663f-4eff-abb5-56d556506d7f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).